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Recent nutty names I have heard

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CockneySparra · 21/01/2011 14:23

Sigh-Anne.

I thought the woman was mispronouncing Sian, then saw the name written down. Sigh-Anne. I mean, what on earth...?

the other was a little boy called Ragen. As in Ronald Regan, but Ragen. Ragen? I am not a name snob, but I do draw the line at deliberately misspelling surnames and then using them as a first name! Grin

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LauraSmurf · 26/01/2011 19:33

Little girl whose name was pronouced - fi - mal -ay. Spelt female!

rexrabbit · 26/01/2011 19:32

know a fab threesome called tarquinn (sic) mischa and ruudy!!!!!!!

(all boys in case you're wondering)

InWithTheITCrowd · 26/01/2011 19:23

I teach twins in year 10 called Romeo (he pronounces it Ro-MEY-Oh) and Juliet.

Their surname is Shakespeare

cashmere · 26/01/2011 19:10

I have come across
Storm Temptation
Sussudio Kerrian
Malachi Saxon
Dakota Blaize........they were siblings

AspieDad · 26/01/2011 18:58

There was a news article on babies names rejected by registras and both "Fatso" and "Darth Vader" made an appearance.

Strange names aren't so bad its the joke combinations that really get kids bullied.

Henrietta Ramsbottom
Ray Pugh
Chris Carrol
Rob Sitcher

GeorgeEliot · 26/01/2011 17:52

A boy called Bede

annatomix · 26/01/2011 17:48

An old friend of mine had a daughter called Jedzeea and a son called Dax. They were big Star Trek fans.

My son is called Rufus. Old-fashioned but relavtivly normal I think/ hope!

HibernoCaledonian · 26/01/2011 17:25

A friend of mine in the States went to with a girl whose name is pronounced A Shoal eh. Unfortunately it was spelled Asshole.

BellaBearisWideAwake · 26/01/2011 17:24

By 'classics' I was being very sarcastic Grin

lazarusb · 26/01/2011 17:10

Bella- but would you team that name with Fox? Setting her up for a fall no?

I wanted to call dd Tanith. Dh wouldn't let me.

lostfromoz · 26/01/2011 16:46

I knew a Porsche too! And Bronte is really popular in Australia, there are loads of them. My friend teaches a child called Phlame, and another friend claims to know a Te-A (pronounced Tedasha).

BellaBearisWideAwake · 26/01/2011 16:17

Heaven-Leigh was the name of a heroine in a Virginia Andrews book, the writer who wrote such classics as Flowers in the Attic

asdx2 · 26/01/2011 16:05

I know of a Heavenly Hiraani and her sisters Tatiana and Porsche who were at school with ds. I could never stop the grin when he mentioned Heavenly Backhouse Grin the two names just seem so far removed from each other.

lazarusb · 26/01/2011 15:58

I know a girl named Heaven- Leigh (surname ... Fox). She's either going to be a munter or a porn star methinks Wink

Chandon · 26/01/2011 15:20

I love Mylo and Hebe
(they are Mary Wesley characters, fab books by the way).

Bronte is fine too.

Precious isn't so bad either.

I like the Americans calling their children Londyn etc., must be a reaction to Posh and becks calling their boy Brooklyn!

GnocchiGnocchiWhosThere · 26/01/2011 15:09

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woodenpeg · 26/01/2011 14:49

love these threads!

Email is the greatest name I've ever heard, she had a sister called Lemon and a brother called Fish.

Titus is the other one that always makes me go Hmm but it suits the young man with it.

MarioandLuigi · 26/01/2011 14:45

Dude.

Hatterbox · 26/01/2011 14:35

A friend of mine has named her son Riley, but alas not spelt like that, no she has spelt it Rhyleigh.

Bexamundo · 26/01/2011 14:18

Hi ladies!
I have over the years come across a Blue (boy), Tamar (very religious parents) and my favourite "Jack Daniel", because his parents loved the drink.
I actually know a Myfwnwy who is called Myffy for short and somehow she pulls it off.
Apparently the year Footballers Wives' was first aired there were about 10 DD called "Chardonnay"!

LadyWellian · 26/01/2011 13:52

PMSL at staffnurse - drawing funny looks from colleagues...

Merlion · 26/01/2011 13:41

I have a colleague in Hong Kong called Cactus and another called Twinkie.

Pippaandpolly · 26/01/2011 13:22

Chinese children who come over here for boarding school often come without English names and choose them when they get here. My favourite one I ever heard was 'Snow' Grin. She just thought it was a pretty word - and in China names do usually have literal meanings so it made sense to her. Somehow it really suited her personality, and we had a lot of fun when it snowed!

Vintagepommery · 26/01/2011 13:21

DD2 has a little Aura in her class.

rococopops · 26/01/2011 13:05

Ryman

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