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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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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.

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