Recent nutty names I have heard

leidi diana

i love the 'precious' type names

I recently read a book about a gypsy family,in which the little girl was named Defiance,nicknamed Vi.I love defiance,it would have suited dd2 down to the ground.And I'm not a lover of kooky names.

CherylAnnTweedy I would imagine that it was not 'crayon' but 'Creon' (pronounced 'crayon') - as in the ruler of Thebes in Greek mythology.

To those who have or would have chosen Regan (similar to what kicked off the thread) can I ask why? She was, as has already been pointed out, one of the 2 evil sisters in King Lear and the only other one I can think of was the possessed girl in the Exorcist. I can understand if you don't know about those references, but I think somebody said they'd been 'inspired' by King Lear. Hmm

Vomity Bean

Maybe it was a nick name that stuck

A millefeuille is a rather delicious cake.

My Dad has some friends who named their daughter Raggle-Taggle (admittedly back in the 70s).

An American friend has a niece called firstname Blew surname, she's going to have a fun time with it at high school...

I used to teach in various parts of Africa, the names that passed as being quite normal over there struck me as being rather unusual:
Misery
Staffnurse
BigBoy
Logic
SkyRocket
Ringostar (The lad had never even heard of the Beatles)

But then I had a colleague called Dorina, this caused much hilarity amongst the students as it translated as Hippopotamus (sp?) in the local lingo.

DS2 told me about a boy in his class clalled Crayon. I insisted that he must be called something that sounds like that and he was mishearing it until a few days later a lady was stood in the playground shouting "Crayon, Crayon come here!"

I was going to be called Dante if I had been a boy. I would probably have owned up to Dan.

I agree, Buzz.

I like slightly unusual names - nothing wrong with twoapenny names either if that's your bag.

One name I heard not that long ago was Herb (may have been short for Herbert?) and I actually really liked that, wouldn't have said no to that one myself.

I know a little girl called Bubbles. Yes, really.

I also dealt with a customer at work who was called Youthland....

Some of these names are just daft, but those of you laughing at names that are perfectly normal in other countries just look like nobbers.

I used to know a boy called Yorick when I was a teenager. He was from a bit of a hippy background, ever such a gentle bloke.

I heard some years later that he was killed in a car accident

I know somebody who called there child Gypsy-Lee and there's a Giles at my sons playgroup. All I can think of is farmer Giles when I hear his name (hmm)

Perpetua and Helvetica - yes, after the typefaces.

I know someone who called her cat Mylo, and then called her PFB Mylo too. Poor toddler doesnt know if he's being yelled at or if its the cat. Baby number 2 is due shortly. I await with interest.
I also know someone who called his little boy Sean Thomas. (Is Irish, but Sean is Irish for John)

I rather liked that - thank you for posting it namechangedofcourse

I went to school/college with kids called Salem, Freshwater and Badger.

I know of a little boy called Mannii - which I thought was a bit of a weird one.

Amaryllis? A beautiful name, actually. Especially if you know your Theocritus, Virgil and Milton. Oh, and a lovely Cacini madrigal (fab version sung by Anreas Scholl -look it up on youtube)

Amaryllis, my lovely one,
do you not believe, o my heart's sweet desire,
That you are my love?
Believe it thus: and if fear assails you,
Doubt not its truth.
Open my breast and see written on my heart:
Amaryllis, Amaryllis, Amaryllis,
Is my beloved.

Yes, I'm a ponce, but I'd rather be a ponce than a philistine

Actually, in my son's preschool there is a "Golden" which isn't too bad when you say it.

I used to look after a little boy called Martin Luther; his surname was King I think his parents must have had high expectations of him

There is a Miffy in DS's class - it's actually, officially Millefeuille, meaning 'A thousand layers' but no-one bothers with the correct spelling (nor the meaning, I should imagine )...!

When DD was at playgroup there was a Sparkly and also a Sizzle, but we'll let her off - her name was actually Cecilia but her sibling(s) couldn't say it correctly and so the name Sizzle stuck!

I went to school with a girl called February...

MPD

I used to work in a Pizza Express as a student, and there was a family of regulars who used to bring their three kids in. The eldest boy was Skye, the middle girl was Ocean. They used to call the baby girl Mer and I never caught what it was short for until she was naughty one day and the father sharply reprimanded her with the Full Name Treatment: Mermaid

Bonkers rich hippies, so probably not that weird at their schools, but pretty odd in my rural Norfolk town at the time :)

A girl I was in the mat home with wanted to call her son Kregan! Unfortunately, her surname started with a K so she couldn't!
DS went to school with a Joop and a Pele, ( both boys)
I once met identical twins called Melissa and Clarissa.
I have also heard of a Bobina (girl)!