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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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lololizzy · 24/01/2011 16:55

Gully!! have met lots of place names eg Kendall, Staveley, Sydney though none of those are too horrific
thankfully no Peckhams or Hounslows

merryberry · 24/01/2011 16:30

Laughing at misspelled UK place names in the USA...

Londyn
Camdin...

Hacknee?
Norpholc?
Kornwall?
Warryngtonne?

merryberry · 24/01/2011 16:28

In our local park last year:

'Gully! Gully! Gully! Stop that!'

Me thinking 'WhyTF would you name your child after a storm drain or small ravine?'

Is diminutive for Gulliver.

UrsulaBuffay · 24/01/2011 16:03

Gypsy. Her surname was that of the celebrated English nurse.

lololizzy · 24/01/2011 14:54

a Keanu who unfortunately has a cleft palate

theresapotatoundermysink · 24/01/2011 09:15

You win.

happyhappyjoyjoy · 24/01/2011 00:48

I know of a 3 yo Tinkerbelle.

manicbmc · 24/01/2011 00:14

I teach a Marley. Grin

Also know of a Tiger, a Lord Grace (boy), a Blu, and an Ian.

MelinaM · 24/01/2011 00:05

I can't stand the deliberate misspelling of names in the effort to be 'individual', madness! ..hyphenating is also a real bugbear for me!
A few nasty examples that I've come across lately: Emelia-Mae, Hollee, Rueby-May, Cyenna-Rose, Cortnee, Dazey, Elleey-Ray, Jayde, Mistie-Blue, Izzabel, Iylah (Isla), Jorja ...as for the boys well ...Kanyee, Caeden, Alfee-William, Jay, Harvee, Junyor!!!
Absolutely shocking!!!! Why, oh why?!!!!!

lololizzy · 23/01/2011 17:48

ha the Larch! Monty Py!!
there is a Bronte in my sis in law's family.
I know a couple of Cedars..lovely name.

onimolap · 23/01/2011 17:30

I know a Bronte too - I assumed it was transferred surname and a homage to the literary sisters.

I also met three boys called Dante and, by fluke I suppose, all were little thugs quite lively.

theresapotatoundermysink · 23/01/2011 17:21

I know you've all moved on by now, but I know a Bronte and she's lovely and it's lovely. So there.

socialhandgrenade · 23/01/2011 17:16

I have come across a Diesal at my local playgroup.

nannynobnobs · 23/01/2011 17:08

The lovely Gary Dourdan (Warwick Brown in CSI) has a son called Lyric :)
Laughing at rather a lot of these, I used to have a mouse called Inertia and a cat called Beckham :o
The Larch...
The. Larch.
Theeee... LARCH.

BalloonSlayer · 23/01/2011 14:39

I knew a Marley too.

It was funny when he was paired with Jacob to do something.

Petalouda · 23/01/2011 14:37

just to clarify, I'm not the only person who judges parents (probably entirely wrongly, granted) by these names, right?

asdx2 · 23/01/2011 14:37

I know brothers called Saracen and Wolf so I tend to think their parents must have liked Gladiators when it was on Grin

Mumcentreplus · 23/01/2011 14:35

My DH's work colleague's new baby son is named Lampard..I kid you not!

BalloonSlayer · 23/01/2011 14:34

By thunder, I wish I'd called DS1 Inertius. It would suit him down to the ground.

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Petalouda · 23/01/2011 14:30

True re Lurch. And Lampard?!

Oh, and I forgot a beauty: never met the child, but I know of a "Beckham"

MissBeehiving · 23/01/2011 14:30

DH was at Cambridge with a uni (she was the third child in her family). Dead posh they were.

Mumcentreplus · 23/01/2011 14:25

Larch = way to close to Lurch

Nothing beats Lampard as a first name..Grin

Petalouda · 23/01/2011 14:18

We've got a Devin. Which was weird when he started, as we are in Devon.

MommyMayhem · 23/01/2011 14:11

There's a trend in the US at the moment to name children after places in England but mis-spell them. I know of several Londyn's and Camdin's.

DitaVonCheese · 23/01/2011 14:07

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