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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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gapbear · 06/03/2011 21:40

Twins - Bonnie and Sherlock. Always seemed an unlikely combination to me...

monkeysmum79 · 04/03/2011 21:24

I've heard of 'Candida' before, heard it was quite popular in America... the name, not the infection but could be the other way around Grin
Did hear a woman calling out for 'IKEA', her daughter once.
My friends dad is called 'John Thomas' always makes me smile. 'Richard Cranium' too, but I've never met anyone of that name.
But the best on this thread has to be 'MUSTAFFA SHITTI' PMSL, that's the funniest thing I've ever heard.
My daughter is called 'Vesper' it's latin for evening, I LOVE,LOVE,LOVE it but it often gets misspelled 'Vespa' and people ask if she was named after the scooter. Hmm

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chasingrainbows · 04/03/2011 20:34

Ocean - for a girl - pronounces as i understand it 'oh see ann'.
also 'che'.

TallulahDoesTheHula · 04/03/2011 19:31

Pitchandpotch I think I went to school with your friend hiedi!

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Trinaluce · 04/03/2011 19:16

I love Hebe, it's on our list Grin

My sister had a Storm, Blaze and a Harvest in her class.

Dad (an anaesthetist) told me about a patient whose child was born slightly jaundiced - tinged a little yellow.

Parents called the poor kid Laa-Laa....

theonlyhb2 · 04/03/2011 16:28

Diesel for a boy.....you gonna name yr girl Petrol? LPG?

SparkleArkle · 04/03/2011 09:10

wasn't Regan the possessed girl in the Exorcist...?

BrigitBigKnickers · 03/03/2011 20:45

My Dsis knows someone who named their child Seven but written as a number.

The child actually has his name written as a number on his passport. Hmm.

spottyock · 03/03/2011 20:32

I know of a little boy called Tractor.

ooma · 22/02/2011 09:15

sorry too many words

ooma · 22/02/2011 09:14

I used to work with a American named whos given name was Randy - what was his Mother thinking!!!

emmanumber3 · 22/02/2011 01:20

So glad I found this thread - is really making me chuckle :)

I used to work with a nurse called Lovely (from Sri Lanka).

We don't get too many unusual names round here unfortunately!

mummypontipine · 14/02/2011 22:19

phoebe-lee
pixie daisy

womma · 14/02/2011 22:11

My friend has boys called Zoom and Ace and my nephew is called Torpeedo.

Yep.

RachelSerena · 13/02/2011 19:10

Met a very sweet boy called Geronimo

superv1xen · 13/02/2011 17:54

oh and now i have read the whole thread, i have seen DS's name mentioned Blush

Scorps · 13/02/2011 17:27

There is a Jaguar at school

superv1xen · 13/02/2011 17:18

there is a girl in DS's class at school called "Corvette"

and a boy called "Mavericc" (spelt like that)

Hmm
ladygray · 13/02/2011 17:09

My mum used to know a little boy called Tame - short for The Apple of My Eye.

FFS.

mejon · 11/02/2011 13:51

Just seen the name Oceanne-Lea on a friend's Facebook. I bet her mum's not a MNer Wink.

porcupine11 · 11/02/2011 13:22

My DS is at nursery with a Meadow (girl)

greenzebra · 11/02/2011 13:04

oh and my mum once looked after a 'Grizinnia' named zinny for short, they were very strange parents who used to insist their child of three memorise spices names by smell!