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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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spidookly · 21/01/2011 20:47

Dimity - as in a corruption of Dimitri?

PMSL @ Titti-Anna

Tatiana and Titania's mongrel offspring.

WimpleOfTheBallet · 21/01/2011 20:44

I met a Dimity, which I actually really like...it sounds dainty...but would be shortened to Dim...which isn't great.

It's a type of printed fabrc I think.

Mopsa was a bit daft in that play..a sort of yokel type. Her mate was Dorcas..which is lovely in a Dorky sort of way.

KittyBump · 21/01/2011 20:43

In the course of my work I have met a Cerise-Pink, Jack Daniels (as his first name) and a Titti Anna - the mind boggles Hmm

GRW · 21/01/2011 20:40

London for a girl. I wonder if the 2012 Olympics will make it popular.

KenDoddsDadsDog · 21/01/2011 20:40

Yeah I should know better Grin

spidookly · 21/01/2011 20:38

Baby name websites (and books) are full of shit.

UniS · 21/01/2011 20:38

Heaven-leigh.

and I do know a child named after a fine single malt.

KenDoddsDadsDog · 21/01/2011 20:36

There is an Ozzy here who has every movement he makes congratulated in a newspaper family announcement. Always makes me think of Ozzy Osbourne shouting "Sharon"

KenDoddsDadsDog · 21/01/2011 20:34

Baby name website said Bronte was derived from the Irish surname Prunty then came to be a first name. Sounds a bit odd but it's there.

MissBeehiving · 21/01/2011 20:20

Regan was awful. What about her Dsis Goneril? Wink

KnitterInTheNW · 21/01/2011 20:09

Someone told me the other day that there was a birthday card on cbeebies for a child called...#

Tequilio.

crystalglasses · 21/01/2011 20:09

I find Hebe strange. Am I wrong?

spidookly · 21/01/2011 20:08

Bronte is not an Irish name.

"when deciding whether to name my children."

What did you decide?

I hope you decided not to name them. Now that would be unsual.

ShowOfHands · 21/01/2011 20:04

Regan in KL was a bloody nasty piece of work.

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KenDoddsDadsDog · 21/01/2011 19:53

Actually I'm talking bollocks. It's an Irish name, just happen to know a couple of Danish ones!

KenDoddsDadsDog · 21/01/2011 19:50

Bronte is a Scandinavian name. Not so daft there!

Spidermama · 21/01/2011 19:35

Yes that's it. Well done!

onimolap · 21/01/2011 19:20

Spidermama: I thought I knew my Shakespeare pretty well, but I had to look that one up.

Mopsa is a character in Winter'sTale

Spidermama · 21/01/2011 18:26

I wonder how many people will say, 'Alas poor Yorick, I knew him well,'

Spidermama · 21/01/2011 18:25

I know a Mopsa.

She says her name is from a Shakespearean play but I can't remember which one.

When I first met her I was a bit Hmm but it really grew on me. In fact she was one of the people I consulted about having an unusual name when deciding whether to name my children.

Helzapoppin · 21/01/2011 18:18

I met a Yorick at a party last week. He wasn't a baby though, he was twenty and American, perhaps it's more normal there (??).

talkingnonsense · 21/01/2011 17:12

Was it a misspelling of Cyan??

SoupDragon · 21/01/2011 17:10

Sigh-Anne is a shocker.

onimolap · 21/01/2011 17:07

Ah yes! I've never met a Cordelia in RL, though it's a nice name. Pity anyone who's saddled with Goneril.