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Most unusual names you’ve heard at baby group!

588 replies

Nameenthusiast · 25/01/2019 21:33

Thought this might be fun and may give some people some new ideas! What are the most unusual baby names you have heard recently? Mine are:
Moses
Claude
Nula
Herbie
Huckleberry

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Clevs · 05/02/2019 09:28

Apifany, spelt just like thatHmm

Cattenberg · 04/02/2019 19:12

Avery
Cataleya
Hugh
Keone (not sure of spelling, but pronounced Key-own-ay)
Phoenix
Sidney
Soul
Vienna

I’m waiting for a MNer to overhear DD and I out and about, and post that they met a baby named Sausage.

MrsReader · 04/02/2019 18:56

Braxx

CAC5 · 04/02/2019 18:52

I also know these kids. Not babies but all under 10...
Nila
Bluebell
Marlowe
Harlowe
Phoenix
Oakley
Jessany
Columbus
Tana
Joelle
Hudson
Reeva
Roxy
Marlie
Italia
Dulce
Paris
Vienna
Chynna
Axel
Indigo
Rafael
Saffron

and my own name is Cressy (not short for anything) Im nearly 40...

CAC5 · 04/02/2019 18:27

I know the following little boys:
Hunter
Zephron
Foxley
Lief
Dusty
Zenn

and little girls;
Betty Blue
Willow Moon
Princess
Baby Boo
River

All genuine names...

Sophronia · 03/02/2019 23:47

Lily’Mae - with an apostrophe instead of a hyphen
Ethel
Joanie
Everly
Wilbur
Herbie
Clarence shortened to Clarry
July - pronounced like the month
Marigold

ToothlessReg · 03/02/2019 23:38

Girls called Tequila, Elizabelle and Susan (little baby Susan!)

Boys called Brando and Remington (like the hair straighteners...)

GlitterPixie · 03/02/2019 23:15

I’ve heard from a friend about a child in their class whose first name is ‘Handsome Stranger’ and it’s not shortened to anything Confused

GetOnWithLife · 03/02/2019 23:02

Lol, are you in Australia? We use “Clayton’s” for lots of stuff that’s not real.

ChubsyMcChubFace · 03/02/2019 23:00

Sherlock

MarchionessOfMayhem · 03/02/2019 22:49

Dog 🙄
Rolanda
China
Bear
Tequila

KenDoddsDadsDog · 03/02/2019 22:47

Clayton Farlow - Miss Ellie’s second husband in Dallas !

KimchiLaLa · 03/02/2019 22:40

Clayton 🤦🏻‍♀️ I'm not even sure it's a real name

I think it's more common in America

bridgetosomewhere · 03/02/2019 22:36

Kuba
Minnie
Aria-blu ....yep!

importantkath · 03/02/2019 22:30

Over the years I have known a Zebedee, Wolfin Soul, Bram, Wilf, Abbacus, Jazz, Beau, Cosmo, Dante and Innocent (all
Boys).

Storm, Luchia, Autumn, Michael and Jessamy (all girls).

I do know of someone who just called their new baby Yo-yo. After a cellist.

3out · 03/02/2019 21:50

@Jezzifishie I keep forgetting and think the dog is called Kipper 😂

BusySittingDown · 03/02/2019 20:53

Btw, it's been a looong time since I've been to toddler group so the child is probably about 9 now.

BusySittingDown · 03/02/2019 20:50

Jamiroquai.

Used to give me the giggles every time his mum yelled it across the playground.

HettieBettie · 03/02/2019 20:50

Alby for a girl

Jezzifishie · 03/02/2019 20:47

@3out - apparently their real names are Elizabeth, David and Christopher. Not sure how you get Biff, Chip and Kipper, but there you go.

I'm delighted to see the odd 70s/80s name creeping back in on these lists. DD has a very 80s name, the usual comment I get is 'oh, I've got an N - she's in her thirties now...'

3out · 03/02/2019 20:21

Most unusual kids names I see regularly are Biff, Chip and Kipper. Four years since I first ‘met’ them, and I still haven’t got a clue which one’s which.

3in4years · 03/02/2019 20:18

Elvis
Rocky
Rider
Bluebell
Dory

FrenchyQ · 03/02/2019 19:51

One of my sons friends is called Bowie, thought that was quite unusual for a teenage girl

trinitybleu · 03/02/2019 19:43

@Candace19 is your Sunshine in Leicestershire?

trinitybleu · 03/02/2019 19:38

@YourEggnogIsBetterThanMine Buffy is short for Elizabeth... Beth to Buff to Buffy