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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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ShowOfHands · 16/05/2013 10:31

Some of these names are lovely and I considered them myself (Django, Bram, Cosmo, Merlin etc). We have lots of Willoughbys in our family too (going back hundreds of years).

Somebody I know has recently called her newborn baby girl Khaleesi. It's not even Daenerys which I could have understood. Still, her baby, her choice or whatever platitude it is I'm supposed to insert here.

SparkleToffee · 16/05/2013 10:19

My Sister went to school with a boy called Huckleberry......
Where I love dome people love a strange name.
Met a little boy called Oberon once

williaminajetfighter · 15/05/2013 20:49

Can confirm there is a Pocahontas in Glasgow as midwife told me.

And there really are twins called Dolce & Gabanna. Dear god.

Catlike · 15/05/2013 19:37

I met a baby called Fry recently. Different.

I thought I heard a man calling his little girl Fryer recently but then realised it was actually Freya and I'd just been confused by his accent Blush

cuillereasoupe · 15/05/2013 15:33

Jezebel is quite cool if you think of it in terms of reclaiming strong women done down by the patriarchy.

LemonPeculiarJones · 14/05/2013 22:17

The apostrophe is an indulgence too, Mortified, is it not Grin

They are obviously unconcerned by the Alistair Crowley-esque fact that things spelled or chanted backwards mean the opposite of the original meaning. OoooOOOoooh!

ChangeNameToday · 14/05/2013 22:06

I met a baby called Fry recently. Different.

MortifiedAdams · 14/05/2013 22:02

Surely it should be T'nes Neveah?

Not to split hairs or anything.

LemonPeculiarJones · 14/05/2013 20:48

ladyjadie Grin

Also, ABird - Neveah T'nes?!

Hahahahahahaha

Rettu S'kcollob.

amazingmumof6 · 14/05/2013 20:13

I knew a Titanilla and an Olimpia when I was little. they were nice girls

amazingmumof6 · 14/05/2013 20:12

Snake for a boy, Fox also

Cinnamon and Vanilla for twin girls

PMSL at Macjesus! Grin

MortifiedAdams · 14/05/2013 19:54

Someone I know has chosen Alivia. Yep. Thats Olivia with an A as she will constantly need to say

GreenLeafTea · 14/05/2013 19:22

No, I knew a boy called Zen who was anything but.

There was a Japanese lad called Raki. It took me ages to work out it was Lucky.

That was more of a Ah! moment than a Huh! moment.

Moominsarehippos · 14/05/2013 15:57

I just heard someone yell for Divani (boy I think).

Choccyhobnob · 14/05/2013 15:49

Moomins - err definitely not! There's nothing Japanese about this lot, think Jeremy Kyle, Shamless or that Skint programme which was on last night... Hmm

Moominsarehippos · 14/05/2013 15:39

Japanese maybe?

Choccyhobnob · 14/05/2013 15:34

I know of a Daisjhua-Maire pronounced Die - sha -Marie. Don't know where the heck it came from, the parents are Saaarf London through and through and yes Marie is spelt Maire. Don't know if it's a legitimate spelling, made up or just mis spelt!

aquashiv · 14/05/2013 14:32

Colin.

Moominsarehippos · 14/05/2013 13:53

My sister taught an Alora. I worked with a colleague whose child was names Cara Mia (sweet!).

xigris · 14/05/2013 11:31

I know a little girl called Serenity. She's gorgeous and very serene. wish I'd thought to name my children something like that, maybe they would be the crazed hooligans they are today

ABirdInTheBush · 14/05/2013 10:59

I can't say the first name even though it made me 'huh?' because it's so unusual I will out myself, but this poor child's middle name is Flash and his surname is Gordon.

And I know a Nevaeh T'nes.

IcingTheCake · 14/05/2013 10:18

I know two boys (brothers) called Spike and Buzz Smile adorable though haha

ALovelyBunchOfCoconuts · 14/05/2013 10:16

There is a girl in my DD's class at school (reception) called Angel'Mai. It's all one word, you have to say it joined together.

I also know a Jozzi and a Kenny. They are siblings.

ladyjadie · 14/05/2013 09:56

Mc Jesus, that pie filling's hot!

Moominsarehippos · 14/05/2013 09:08

That may be my new swear word!

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