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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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allieballiebee · 14/04/2011 10:47

Did you see it spelt? Are you sure it's not just Cheyenne? It's a Native Indian name, I know a few.

AppleHEAD · 13/04/2011 23:42

Deville and Amorus
I kid you not

inanna12 · 13/04/2011 22:58

bobdylan and jimihendrix!??
i know/knew/have heard of round our neck o' the woods:
box
scooter
helix (problems arise with anything belonging to him - "helix's shoes" etc
epiphany bliss
truly scrumptious.

jbob01 · 07/04/2011 20:55

I know a Poppet...POPPET! Seriously.

puddeycat · 07/04/2011 18:51

I went to school with a girl called Ginnie, not very unusual untill you know her full name! VAGINA -JANE and her brother was called Syke!!!!

MamaLazarou · 31/03/2011 19:30

Love Diamond. seriously! Precious, though - reminds me of Gollum, or the serial killer's dog in Silence of the Lambs.

Pachelbel · 31/03/2011 14:44

Jesus is a perfectly common Spanish name, and doesn't have the connotations that it has in the UK.

I've met sisters called Precious and Diamond, and also a Bayleee. Yes, three 'E's on the end..

kreecherlivesupstairs · 31/03/2011 12:43

I just read about a young woman called Collagen. It was on the DM website and she is having cosmetic surgery so I don't know if it is real.

MamaLazarou · 31/03/2011 12:37

Worst ones I have known personally are Bethenay, Sian (pronounced 'see-ann'), Aryan and Posy Parker.

Hedwig3 · 31/03/2011 12:29

I have taught a few children with interesting names

The worst are the ones that look like something else written in the register, like...

Orifice pn Orifeechee
Jesus pn Hayzeus

anabelish · 31/03/2011 12:19

we've named our baby 'Otter'. He's adorable. :) We love nature names and wanted something without obvious precedent.

CorrieQueen · 20/03/2011 09:47

I met a little boy called Saxon the other day.

EllenJane1 · 19/03/2011 23:18

I went to school with Richard Stiff. I knew a family who's children were Gaive (boy), Heathcliff and Nada (girl). There's a Chinese family at school who's boys are Jimihendrix and Bobdylan. I know a family called Storm (girl), Kelly (boy) and Jazz (girl).

MegBusset · 19/03/2011 23:05

There's a Sidnee (girl) and a Neo (boy) at DS1's nursery. Also a Lennon which sounds like Lenin in the local accent.

strawberrycake · 19/03/2011 21:47

I have a host from teaching over the years!

I see a lot of Precious/ Blessings etc. but it's to be expected here and they don't stand out. A few Princess or Queens too. Others have translated badly (Poor Chit-paul called Shit-ball or 'Manmeet'(F))

My top I've taught are:

  1. One that is so strange I don't want to identify, but it's 9 letters and no vowels and we STILL don't know what to call him so use the first initial only, it's a collection of letters from relatives names.
  2. Heavenli-Angel
  3. Peachez
  4. (Twins) Nutmeg and Cinnamin (sic)
  5. 'See-Anne' (spelt Sean-they saw it in film credits)
MrsRigby · 19/03/2011 21:32

One of my colleagues called her DD Aimee-Li.

blushingm · 19/03/2011 21:06

at work we had a customer called randy cuntapay

blushingm · 19/03/2011 21:05

in ds class at school is a girl called bridget........she's called biddie for short. for at least 2 years i thought he'd misheard it til i saw a christmas card from her

serin · 18/03/2011 21:38

I met a Chelsea Bunn the other day at a conference Smile in her defence it is her married name.

Jezabelle · 18/03/2011 20:59

Ollie Wood. Moon Buzzard (girl). Mike Hunt. . . have really met one. Oh and Tia Maria Diamond. Ewan Kerr . . . work it out!

pinguwings · 18/03/2011 20:46

Met a delightful man called Tomtom today. Not a nick name apparently

KenDoddsDadsDog · 18/03/2011 20:33

I heard someone shouting Keegan whilst in Newcastle one day. To a little girl!

theanimalswentintwobytwo · 18/03/2011 18:50

Red

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CheerfulYank · 06/03/2011 22:15

No, Candida is not popular in America, I can assure you! At least not my little corner of it. :)

One of my friends is dating a man named Thalamus.

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