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Most recent name to make you "huh?!"

381 replies

zingally · 09/05/2013 20:33

What names have you heard recently to make you stop in your tracks and wonder if the parents are a bit mad?

My most recent favourite is... Flossy, for a girl.
Made worse because my dads pet name for me is Flossy, or Floss. So to hear it as an ACTUAL name just makes me gawp.

Worst boys name - Banjo.

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campion · 22/05/2013 17:24

Phoenix Peace - first and middle names

Thisvehicleisreversing · 22/05/2013 10:29

Tulip
Peaches
Gary

Slw8000 · 22/05/2013 08:26

I know a little boy called Atticus (Atti for short) who has a sister called Bebe!

SearchingforSleep · 22/05/2013 06:58

I know a little boy called Han Solo! Grin Name chosen by his 5 yo step-brother...

Trazzletoes · 22/05/2013 06:46

I didn't, but I think she may have done! I knew her through a friend more really...

KittyVonCatsworth · 22/05/2013 06:39

Hmmm, trazzle, I wouldn't imagine there would be many going about! Did you study an environmental type degree by any chance....?!

Trazzletoes · 22/05/2013 06:30

Kitty I was at uni with an Amber Bush! maybe it's the same one?!

LittleMissLucy · 22/05/2013 01:39

I love your list Amazingmumof6 - except for "Hero" - which is an old name, its Greek and even appears in Shakespeare, so in my book its fine. The rest of the trumped up names are all a bit "huh"

Futterby · 22/05/2013 00:59

I don't get it Blush

KittyVonCatsworth · 22/05/2013 00:47

Worked with a girl called Amber. Not unusual I hear you say, but you'd think mr and mrs Bush would've thought that through a bit more.

amazingmumof6 · 22/05/2013 00:41

buskers

was it Kassius Klay? Grin

amazingmumof6 · 22/05/2013 00:39

little cherublegs

what do you think about twins called Adam & Eve? ( true story)

just not right.

Futterby · 22/05/2013 00:15

I know three sisters called Daisy, Lily and Poppy. I just think... no. Are the parent's trying to grow a meadow...? What went through their minds?!

LineRunner · 21/05/2013 23:52

Aslan to the checkouts please

Once in a while, I actually crack a proper smile. Smile

TheBuskersDog · 21/05/2013 23:45

Klay anyone?

Littlecherublegs · 21/05/2013 23:39

I heard of sisters called Heather & Heaven.

Also siblings Harvey & Harper.

Nothing much wrong with the individual names but as sib-sets...???

MrsWinklepicker · 21/05/2013 16:59

I was in a shop the other day and there was a tannoy announcement "Aslan to the checkouts please"... Thought I must've misheard so I causally headed over to the checkout to have a look at his name badge and sure enough...
Great name if you can carry it off!

Amy106 · 21/05/2013 16:31

Christmas. And not even a December baby!

formicadinosaur · 21/05/2013 16:15

Flossy is short for Florence I think.

WhataSook · 20/05/2013 14:03

Banjo Patterson is a famous Australian poet - that's probably where that name came from? If you're not on MN then fanjo really means nothing...

(Granted Andrew is Banjo's real name, i'd take Banjo over Andrew! Smile)

RedCurls · 17/05/2013 23:23

Bear. I know a little boy called Bear and another boy with Bear as a middle name.

smallandimperfectlyformed · 17/05/2013 21:49

In play group a couple of years ago I heard a woman say 'Where is Praise The Lord'?! Enoch is a grandson of Adam so may have been given to children of very religious parents.

hope4455 · 17/05/2013 21:19

February-Rose is lovely.

ThisIsMyRealName · 17/05/2013 20:53

Not read the whole thread so hope this hasn't been said...

A parent at my DC's school has named her new baby boy Spartacus!

Can you imagine having to introduce yourself as "Hello, i'm Spartacus..."

People just won't be able to resist...Wink

amazingmumof6 · 17/05/2013 16:12

were the parents presumptuous? Grin