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what is the most unusual name you have heard irl?

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spritefairy · 06/11/2015 13:25

Heard today:-

Spring-rose

At the doctors the other day was deliah-rose. Thought it was a misspell for Delilah but then maybe it's Delia?

And the when I worked in a nursery there was a little boy called deneil. Not too bad you say, till you knew his older brother was called Neil Hmm

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CremeEggThief · 06/11/2015 18:30

Desdemona.

juneau · 06/11/2015 18:30

Oh and a guy who was fixed our phone called Anal. It was pronounced Ann-Al and I'm guessing that wherever he's from its a perfectly reasonable name, but he really shouldn't live somewhere English-speaking with a name like that!

juneau · 06/11/2015 18:26

All the bizarre ones I know seem to to be females:

Remeny
Janae
Kayrn pron. kay-rin
Retheljie - parents were strict 7th day adventists and the name is a condensed version of 'remember the lord jesus'
Nalini - sisters were Falini and Shalini

MildVirago · 06/11/2015 18:25

I forgot, I once encountered, while doing admissions, a girl called Friday - the unusual bit was that her middle names were the date and the month of her birth (which I could see on her form). I won't make her any more Google-able, but think 'Friday September Twenty-First Smith'. Only she also had a slightly comic surname.

I've met at least a couple of Lovedays, both from or living in Cornwall, where I gather it's a trad name.

I think the name I've found it hardest to use naturally is 'Skip', an American bellhop I worked with in my teens. Seeing it on his name badge used to crease me up. I had had it filed mentally under 'things minor characters in US films are called, but not in RL'. And a German-American with the surname Langer, which I realise is a perfectly ordinary German surname, but it's also a slang term for penis where I'm from.

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spritefairy · 06/11/2015 18:23

I know a Keely.....

Not keen on the name but not the worst yet

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FartemisOwl · 06/11/2015 18:20

Cheesymonster you never know! Maybe we just grew up in the same area where everyone seems to be related, haha!
(I'm probably pretty recognisable tbh!)

troubleatmillcock · 06/11/2015 18:20

Keighley? Keighley?

That one takes the cake.

troubleatmillcock · 06/11/2015 18:14

Princess.

I'm not kidding.

This was when I worked in a private school.

Her family name was extremely unique as well, and was very 'fairy-tale' like, so the poor kid was in for a rough ride.

No doubt she shortened it to Pam or something normal as soon as she was able to.

strawberrypenguin · 06/11/2015 18:13

There's an elderly lady who comes into where I work called Loveday. I think it's great! (And she is lovely)

NickiFury · 06/11/2015 18:13

A woman in her fifties called "Dallas"
A boy called "Prime"
A teenager called "R J Paul". The R and J didn't stand for anything.
A woman in her forties called "Bubbles" - was her actual name Grin

Comingfoccacia · 06/11/2015 18:07

I also know a Blade but my fave has to be Nimrod!

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spritefairy · 06/11/2015 18:07

Wouldn't like to shorten shittles' name.....

"bye mum I'm off to shits"

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LumelaMme · 06/11/2015 18:05

Helen, my DH was very keen on thirza. I have actually met someone with it as a first name.

There's an elderly lady I know called Primrose, and I know of another one called Lavender.

SIL knows a Topaz.

Scoobydoo8 · 06/11/2015 18:02

OMG I bet these DCs have children called David, John, Mary or Jane.

SuperNanny1989 · 06/11/2015 17:59

Ah maybe not so unusual then, I've only met one Serena in my time! Its a lovely name Smile

Secondtimeround75 · 06/11/2015 17:58

Boy called Aries

Whenwillwe3meetagain · 06/11/2015 17:58

Someone running a SW london baby class is called Lambrini...

HelenaJustina · 06/11/2015 17:57

Met a couple with a son called Ayrton (as in Senna) and know a couple of others on this thread but the combination would out me!

3littlebadgers · 06/11/2015 17:56

Wandering, 'shittle' made me snort my tea!
I know a Chevron, Candida and a Cool Moon. A boy and two girls. Not quite sure which of them I feel for most.

WanderingTrolley1 · 06/11/2015 17:47

Shittle
Scientist

AssembleTheMinions · 06/11/2015 17:47

Pirette
Paisley
Krystal
Shadelle
Ginger
Avalon

EsmesBees · 06/11/2015 17:43

I went to primary school with a Crystal Walters. At the time I thought it was the most beautiful name ever...

WheresMyBurrito · 06/11/2015 17:35

There was a Pebbles at my primary school. Her brother was called something like Dave or Steve or something else super normal.

SerenityReynolds · 06/11/2015 17:35

I had a patient called Ocean once. She must have been in her 70's.

RingDownRingUp · 06/11/2015 17:31

Boo

For a girl. Not short for anything.

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