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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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Trinpy · 10/05/2013 13:16

I know a female Pheonix. it's actually growing on me now and I quite like it.

I also know a baby Pollyanna, which I think is awful, but may be popular in other cultures?

I used to know a little girl called Alberta, nn Bertie. Not unusual as such but she was a very shy and didn't have a lot of confidence. I think it was a difficult name for her to carry off, iyswim.

demi43 · 10/05/2013 13:08

Really don't understand names like Autumn and Summer
Know a v religious family who all have middle name Mary, boys and girls. A bit harsh when you get to school

ksrwr · 10/05/2013 13:03

freedom

steppemum · 10/05/2013 13:00

not recent, but knew an American family with kids called Randy and Brandy??

Peric = one grandfather called Eric and the other Peter

kid in dds class called Eboni, which is very pretty, but she is blonde and blue eyed...

But beware of what you over hear in shops. dd2 has quite sensible name. But I call her all sorts of things, not unusual to hear me calling 'Mopsy' across a shop.
She answers to anything beginning with 'm'

JKSLtd · 10/05/2013 12:51

Icy & snow should get together Smile

JKSLtd · 10/05/2013 12:50

Anakin
Obi
(Not related)
Bane
(All boys)
&
Snow (girl)

TigOldBitties · 10/05/2013 12:47

I also knew a Garianne (as in Gary and Anne, her parents)

MadBannersAndCopPorn · 10/05/2013 12:46

Icicle for a boy 'Icy' for short!

TigOldBitties · 10/05/2013 12:46

Asher is a name in the Book of Genesis.

The only two in probably the past 5 years that have made me Confused were

Sequin

Pinky (this was a 15 year old boy, who told me it was quite common in his community and DS said he didn't get much stick for it at school)

notso · 10/05/2013 12:45

Grin Mummyburrows I love it when you see a house presumably named after it's owners. On the way to my mums there is a Gargret and a Tonynda!

MummyBurrows · 10/05/2013 12:39

A family friend called her dd Bambino and her ds Phoenix..

Neighbours dd is called Harmony...

Also know a girl who's name is Teagan Reagan Frai...not so much 'huh?' as "really?!"

Also know a Karn (boy),Caydence (girl),Blaize (boy),Asher (boy) and Richenda (girl)

My mums lastest girls name suggestion to me last night was a name of her own making... Christim...a combination of her and my dads names....no mother,just no...

bollockstoit · 10/05/2013 12:38

Django's turning out to be the commonest name on this thread, which I know was not the effect that his parents were going for Wink

Fuzzysnout · 10/05/2013 12:36

Bracken (boy)

Trazzletoes · 10/05/2013 12:33

Ooh I know a Django too! I think it's a lovely name.

MoonlightandRoses · 10/05/2013 12:19

Probably apocryphal, but my old English teacher alleged he knew of girl twins Ima and Ura (surname Hogg...). Apparently their father wanted boys. Hmm

bollockstoit · 10/05/2013 12:12

Noddy Holder's son is called Django, and a friend of a friend of mine's son is also called Django. Wonder if it's the same one mentioned up-thread? I also know a little boy called Phoenix.

SirChenjin · 10/05/2013 12:10

Did anyone see the (lovely) young lad on Breakfast news this morning by the name of JaJa (that's pronounced Jay Jay by the way Wink). I thought of this thread when I read his name...Grin

daisydoodoo · 10/05/2013 12:08

although dare i admit spelt wrong as dh (now xh) when registered his name got the i and the e the wrong way round Sad I knew i should have sent him with a note!

daisydoodoo · 10/05/2013 12:07

my son goes to school with a Kc, spelt that way and I didnt believe ds1 (15) so asked a few of his friends who confirm that Kc is in fact Kc!

ds1 has n unusual name but it is a name at least and one with historical connections.

happydutchmummy · 10/05/2013 12:06

I offer you a little girl named.... Candida

Thought it sounded lovely, till I realised its the clinical name for thrush!

SirChenjin · 10/05/2013 11:59

Spike is NOT a gorgeous name, Spike is a horrible name Shock

If you're going to saddle the child with a name like that at least give it a less horrible middle name

ellajayne · 10/05/2013 11:54

Kayne.

It sounds like something the big 'ard blokes call their dogs. Not too put there but still a bit 'huh?'

TimeForLunch · 10/05/2013 11:48

Twinkle. Poor thing. Imagine having to introduce yourself to other people as an adult!

LulaPalooza · 10/05/2013 11:41

ops strikeout fail

LulaPalooza · 10/05/2013 11:40

Lavenderhoney - I quite like Django, but I hope the kid is musically talented with a name like that!

Babylon - Precious and Comfort are fairly common in the Caribbean and some African countries. I know a Comfort from Zimbabwe.

These threads always make me smile... if you lot heard some of the ridiculous names unusual that DH's friends and family have come up with you would have a field day. There seems to be a fashion in South Africa within his community of making up a name using either your and your partner's names or your parents names. For example, a couple I know called Alan and Geroldene have a son called Aldene. DSS has a similarly odd name which can be shortened to something more regular, lucky for him.

I know a couple of She-Earls as well. And a Storm.