Page 23 | Most unusual names in your children’s school class

birdpoo · 01/03/2026 17:22

Blimey who calls their kid Adonis?!

SuperSharpShooter · 01/03/2026 17:22

AngryBird6122 · 01/03/2026 17:13

I’m so intrigued now! My son has an unusual first name but then an unusual foreign surname too (the names wouldn’t normally be put together) so there’s probably only a few of him!

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We've got a rare surname too, so my poor kids didn't get a chance 😅 Both far too outing on here, Ill pm you if you like. Im Intrigued by yours also!
I was one of maaaaany of my name at school, popular with the mid 70's catholics. Wanted something a bit unusual for my kids.

ItsameLuigi · 01/03/2026 17:18

Genesis

ShetlandishMum · 01/03/2026 17:18

SchoolDilemma17 · 01/03/2026 17:10

I know an adult Devon (woman)

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Oh, thank you we really thought of it as a boy's name.

phoenixrosehere · 01/03/2026 17:17

DoubleDoubleDown · 01/03/2026 16:35

Lots of different nationalities at my kids schools. Persian, Turkish, Nigerian, Danish to name a few. Some really beautiful names. Senya and Ngozi are 2 of my favorites.

Same for my own kids and when I was growing up.

It’s only unusual to me if it is a really old name. One of my classmates named her daughter Gertrude and I thought that was a bit unusual and guessed it was someone in the family that maybe had it.

AdventureAnonymous · 01/03/2026 17:17

There's a Nevaeh in my son's class...

ISpendTooMuchTimeOnMN · 01/03/2026 17:14

Nineandahalf · 01/03/2026 16:09

The one that stood out to me was Rachel
You don't often hear that on under 35s!

I know 2 Rachel's, one is 10 and one 12!

Fox is the most unusual I've heard.

scrivette · 01/03/2026 17:13

DD’s year has some lovely and unusual names - I can’t post them all as it would be too identifying as they are very unusual. There is a Serendipity and a Belle.

AngryBird6122 · 01/03/2026 17:13

SuperSharpShooter · 01/03/2026 17:11

My kids have probably got the weirdest names 😅 I'd be very surprised if there was another of my Boy2's name in the entire country. Although we've plenty of Polish, Portuguese and African kids at school/college.

Some of these names are lovely. I'd love to meet a little Queenie ❤️ Parker was on both girl and boy list for my two.
We have lots of Welsh names, as to be expected, in Wales but some of them I'd never heard of, not being Welsh, some of them are very beautiful.

Spider Gwen was the most worn costume at the last comicon we went to. Im expecting a fair few baby Gwens in the near future!

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I’m so intrigued now! My son has an unusual first name but then an unusual foreign surname too (the names wouldn’t normally be put together) so there’s probably only a few of him!

Secretseverywhere · 01/03/2026 17:13

We have an Ossian ( like the bard) and Braan after the river.

SuperSharpShooter · 01/03/2026 17:11

My kids have probably got the weirdest names 😅 I'd be very surprised if there was another of my Boy2's name in the entire country. Although we've plenty of Polish, Portuguese and African kids at school/college.

Some of these names are lovely. I'd love to meet a little Queenie ❤️ Parker was on both girl and boy list for my two.
We have lots of Welsh names, as to be expected, in Wales but some of them I'd never heard of, not being Welsh, some of them are very beautiful.

Spider Gwen was the most worn costume at the last comicon we went to. Im expecting a fair few baby Gwens in the near future!

AngryBird6122 · 01/03/2026 17:11

Nineandahalf · 01/03/2026 16:09

The one that stood out to me was Rachel
You don't often hear that on under 35s!

Rachel is timeless! (IMO)

LikeWhoUsesTypewritersAnyway · 01/03/2026 17:11

Nightsatthelitten · 01/03/2026 15:43

What’s the most unusual name a child in your kids class at school has had?
Almost every other child I know is called Harry, Theo, Leo, Olivia….would love to hear some unusual examples of names!

Surely no teacher is going to post the actual names ON HERE of the real life children in their class?

Good grief.

Sartre · 01/03/2026 17:11

Honestly the most unusual are the real old school names so for example my DD is 13 and she has a Paul, Theresa, Patricia and Mark… To me, all of those names scream 60+. The best thing is Paul and Mark are friends so when she mentions them I always picture them in a pub.

SchoolDilemma17 · 01/03/2026 17:10

ShetlandishMum · 01/03/2026 16:26

It was on my list for middle name for DC3. It was a girl, so. But it is that weird?

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I know an adult Devon (woman)

SchoolDilemma17 · 01/03/2026 17:09

Phoenix (girl)
Hendrix (girl)
Jet

AngryBird6122 · 01/03/2026 17:09

Confidence and Aristotle are two I can think
of.

makes a pleasant change from the sea of Evie’s and Oliver’s etc

Joeydoesntsharefood25 · 01/03/2026 17:09

Moonstone (boy)

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 01/03/2026 17:09

Oh I am pleased! What a lovely selection of names! I am out of the school circle at the moment so only know young family names. We have some of the Ethel/Stan/Mildred era, and some more random ones- not any era in particular, actual names, but not in any kind of type if you see what I mean. Maybe Sebastian or Ettienne would be the kind of thing.

I’m glad the slightly hippy names are more mainstream- Tiger, River, Summer.

It sounds as though there’s a much wider range than in the past.

Parsleyforme · 01/03/2026 17:08

Nursemumma92 · 01/03/2026 16:06

Ocean
Adonis
Atticus
Rocky-Rose

I wonder how long before it becomes Rocky Road 🙈

WorkCleanRepeat · 01/03/2026 17:07

Wraith
Adonis
Tanner

B1anche · 01/03/2026 17:07

rainforestalliance · 01/03/2026 17:00

There are some lovely names on here

And some incredibly pretentious ones!

B1anche · 01/03/2026 17:06

LentilBurt · 01/03/2026 17:05

I thought Ace was pretty unusual. Also the L-A (Ladasha)

I used to have a budgie called Ace...

LentilBurt · 01/03/2026 17:05

I thought Ace was pretty unusual. Also the L-A (Ladasha)

rainforestalliance · 01/03/2026 17:00

There are some lovely names on here