Active discussions

Help protect children from gaming harms.

Take our survey

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

Original poster

Recent nutty names I have heard

483 replies

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

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Set a reminder
greenzebra · 11/02/2011 13:02

someone just told me one in the office
a relative of hers is called 'Mondeo'

shouldnotbehere · 11/02/2011 10:18

Zinnia

ragged · 11/02/2011 09:50

I like Tiger & Trinity Confused.
Agree that most the others mentioned are horrors, though.

BuntyPenfold · 11/02/2011 09:41

At a job interview I was addressed as Jelton!

Yes, I am Jane Elton. The interviewer called me Jelton. I was Confused

How can someone that dim be in charge of a nursing home?

thinkoutofthetoybox · 11/02/2011 09:09

I once had a job interview with a Hyacinth...who was a man..

Grabaspoon · 05/02/2011 17:43

Heard about a little girl called Shakira.

And I met a bonde haired gorgeous 2 year old called Midnight.

ipredicttrouble · 05/02/2011 17:27

Rip.

Can't figure that one out.

delphinedownunder · 05/02/2011 09:02

I have taught a Freedom and a Breeze and a Chandelier.

DitaVonCheese · 04/02/2011 23:20

Allegra Cosima Ortigia Saffron

stuffedmk · 04/02/2011 11:15

I don't dislike precious....for a girl. I know a precious (male) he obviously wasn't a fan as as soon as he was old enough he changed his name to Stephen.

SecondhandRose · 04/02/2011 09:50

I used to know a Candida, thrush always sprang to my mi nd!

stillenacht · 30/01/2011 10:23

Coleene Botton

Say it fast.

Seriously was an expupil of a colleague of mine.

Unforgettable.

DitaVonCheese · 30/01/2011 10:16

Hairston!

DitaVonCheese · 28/01/2011 23:18

I know someone who worked with a Dutch guy called Jaas (not sure on spelling) Hans :)

QueenofThebes · 28/01/2011 22:28

My sister taught a Jenna, which is pretty ordinary and nothing to laugh at but her surname was Taylor. Say it out loud, running the two words together.

Poor lass Sad

PitchandPotch · 28/01/2011 22:25

I forgot one!

I work with Chris Moss

(and have to resist the urge to say "we wish you a merry" every time I hear his name)

Why he doesn't insist on Christopher I don't know!

DaisyChainGang · 28/01/2011 22:03

Nikhil, pron. "nickel" but in fairness I think it's a foreign name.

PitchandPotch · 28/01/2011 21:58

I've name-changed for this!

I went to school with

Emma Lynn Hughes (she hated it!)

I worked on a deal which had the following clients

William Rash (English)
Randy Bishop (Canadian)

And a dear friend Hiedi whose dad registered her name and when asked how to spell it went by the rule "i before e except after c"

Underconstruction · 28/01/2011 21:17

I used to work regularly with a Vanky Mak. One day his secretary phoned up and introduced herself. It was unfortunate that when he'd interviewed for a secretary he hadn't found a way to check her pronunciation. In Hong Kong it is common for people to pronounce V as W. I had to take the call while my colleague who'd picked up the phone first sat bent double with tears streaming down her cheeks next to me.

thefirstMrsDeVere · 28/01/2011 21:06

The little Hebe I knew was morrocan.

dugsinthestow · 28/01/2011 20:27

I work with children and have looked after:

Emerald Green
Michael Myers
Jack Daniels

And a friend recently told me about a girl named Tequilla....oh dear!

Saggyoldclothcatpuss · 28/01/2011 20:11

I met a lady who knows a boy called 'Baby boy surname'!! His first and middle names are Baby and Boy! FGS!!

sharbie · 28/01/2011 18:48

darcey is marnie crittle acc to wiki but strangely mercedes was an original middle name

sharbie · 28/01/2011 18:45

yh but southofthethames - darcy bussell is not her real name

also know a buzz (short for buster)
and a mercedes shortened to sadie
also met a woody

Bluestocking · 28/01/2011 18:40

I know a Sirrocco - which would be awful even if it was spelt correctly - Scirocco - but spelt wrong is just TRAGIC.

Swipe left for the next trending thread