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Most unusual name you’ve ever heard?

513 replies

ikeakia · 23/12/2019 23:14

Just wondering what unusual ‘only met one’ names people had come across in their lives?

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MaryBoBary · 24/12/2019 08:49

Oh and I know of a 3 year old Queenie

wineandcheeseplease · 24/12/2019 08:47

Rebel
Ziggy

MaryBoBary · 24/12/2019 08:46

Elfie

OhMyGodTheyKilledKenny · 24/12/2019 08:46

Eco (pronounced Eee-co).

Looked like the family were green living, ecologically aware hippy types so his name was perfect.

sqirrelfriends · 24/12/2019 08:44

Gia
Star
Precious

tinytemper66 · 24/12/2019 08:42

Songololo

SimonJT · 24/12/2019 08:39

Not seen anything particularly unusual on here, shame someone took the piss out of sone very traditional African American names.

HalfBloodPrincess · 24/12/2019 08:38

Paeshe, pronounced pay-she. She'd be in her 40s now. Really suited her.

Jaykae
Diamante
Denna
Arthie

Snog · 24/12/2019 08:34

Lord
Barron
Earl

TheClausSeason · 24/12/2019 08:31

Ones I've actually met:

Londonesa
Perseus (white, British parents, so not a cultural-difference thing)
Rhyk (pronounced Reek)- he went by his middle name
Lilith (beautiful but never met another, possibly due to the demonic connotations/meaning). Lovely kid.

PineappleExpress · 24/12/2019 08:30

😂😂😂😂😂 oh my! I said it so many times and still didn't get it

username1724 · 24/12/2019 08:30

Work in public sector and have come across the following..

John Johnson
Micheal Micheals
Lovely
Blessing
Bellatrix
Sunshine
Peaches
Elenia
Lillis
Axel
Sibella

sashh · 24/12/2019 08:26

@sashh what is wrong with Jenna Taylor?

Say it out loud, then think about reproductive organs.

Django is a caribbean take away near me.

JKScot4 · 24/12/2019 08:24

Italiahannah; hideous & stupid 🙄

hardyloveit · 24/12/2019 08:23

I know a little girl called Truly Scrumptious! Middle name Mary!

Aragog · 24/12/2019 08:22

Only properly unusual one I've taught is Zillion.

He was a male prisoner and he was named that by his mum because 'he was more special that one in a million.'

doublebarrellednurse · 24/12/2019 08:17

I've seen lots of unusual names in my career including several Jesus's but Denim I've only met once.

atankofskunks · 24/12/2019 08:16

Teacher here too. I have known a Blue (a girl) a Leaf (a boy) and many others that are somewhat bonkers. I agree that it's the dodgy spellings these days that make me lift an eyebrow. For example Emmerleigh (pronounced Emily) whose mum complained that teachers were pronouncing it wrong (staff were saying "emmeR" as it is spelt and were duly told it should be pronounced Emily). Bonkers!!!

CalleighDoodle · 24/12/2019 08:14

My mum knew an Alan Allan.

Buscake · 24/12/2019 08:12

So many of these comments are really racist

AlfredoTheFrog · 24/12/2019 08:11

Not unusual names in themselves but I know identical twin girls, Marie and Maria.

Serabi · 24/12/2019 08:10

Siblings called Mercedes, Saab and Bentley

isabellerossignol · 24/12/2019 08:09

My mum swears she went to school with a Peter Peters

Was she brought up in N Ireland? I've met a few Davy Davisons and Billy Williamson and the like, so a Peter Peters wouldn't surprise me!

isabellerossignol · 24/12/2019 08:07

My friends mum was a teacher and she had a child called Shaun Lamb

I don't understand what's strange about that one?

Thinking of names where I've only ever met one person called that, I have met a Melody and a Beulah and a Xanthe. They're not strange or made up names but I'd guess they're fairly unusual.

Roselilly36 · 24/12/2019 07:59

Chilli-boy
Zero-boy
Rainbow-girl