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Names heard in the playground

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Toomuchtooyoung01 · 08/03/2021 15:20

Usually I seem to only hear Joshua/William/Theo and I have recently noticed lots of Roman's and Harper's.
Today I heard Ernest, Primrose and Inca!
What names do you hear shouted most often in the playground, and what are the most unusual names you have heard while there?

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annonnymous · 15/03/2021 09:11

Pretty boring here. Just a Luna

11112222 · 14/03/2021 20:50

How could I forget Breezy, and Star as well.

MumofSpud · 14/03/2021 15:25

@Veterinari

There are a lot of unneeded apostrophes in this thread!

Mine would be Yoni - short for Yonathon (European heritage)
Nevaeh (religious parents) just reminds me of face cream
Mary - actually love this - very underused

Yes all these unnecessary apostrophes are making my teeth itch!

MumofSpud · 14/03/2021 15:23

@AlohaMolly

About five years ago now I met a little girl Renesmê
My DD is an Esme but I taught her from a v early age to reply (when asked) that she wasn't named after Twilight as she was born just before the first book was published!
somethingischasingme · 14/03/2021 14:14

Oh, and a Percy!

somethingischasingme · 14/03/2021 14:14

Clement, Kendra, loads of Lexies, Elliots, Heidi, Annabel, Isabelle, Will/ iam, loads of Georges and a couple of Philips!!!!

Wavescrashingonthebeach · 14/03/2021 14:02

I know someone who has an Ocean
Someone else has a Nova
Jax / Jaxon seems common round here
Loads and loads of Sophia's and Harper's and Ariella's round here too

ivfbabymomma1 · 14/03/2021 13:54

I heard digby once which I actually now love!!

Pogostemon · 14/03/2021 09:19

@HazelWong

Ariadne. Then sister Phaedra!
Hopefully not setting them up for a lifetime of Greek tragedy.
BluebellCockleshell123 · 14/03/2021 08:19

There’s a Gary and a Keith in my DS’s class.

11112222 · 13/03/2021 21:24

And Ocean, Oran, Dory, Gaby (boy), Athalie, Chalis,

11112222 · 13/03/2021 20:52

Over theist few years, I've taught….
Adelaide
Alobah
Issambard
Sylver
Waldon
Edith,
Sunny,
Hope,
Magic,
Allabella,
Bruno,
Felix,
Kasey (boy)
Meredy,
Freida,
Caspar,
Rufus,
Vincent,
Willoughby,
Bluebell,
Octavia,
Alina,
Pia,
Alec,
Liberty,
Clover,
Innes,

KeflavikAirport · 13/03/2021 19:40

That could have been Oisin ?

More likely Océane, which is a French name.

mathanxiety · 12/03/2021 20:58

A weird mixture of granny/ grandad chic and surnames as names here

Harrison, Jackson, Mason, Parker, Meyer, Archie, Clara, Nora, June, Cassidy, Kennedy, Carter, Ray, Otis...

Koolandorthegang · 12/03/2021 19:46

I heard a Misty Blue recently in the playground.

I thought it would be lovely in my downstairs loo.

WindyScales · 12/03/2021 19:22

The weirdest names I’ve come across are Persephone and Somerset

gluenotsoup · 12/03/2021 19:17

In a hospital waiting room, a call for Nefertiti... the only one I’ve heard 🙂

DollyParton2 · 12/03/2021 19:11

DS made friends with a Sullivan at a playground last week. Love it!

Echobelly · 12/03/2021 12:04

DS at Jewish school, so a lot of Ariella, Ayala, Jake/Jacob

Sandgrown1970 · 12/03/2021 09:11

@RedToothBrush

Loads of these on this thread i don't think are unusual and i would blink at or think remotely unusual!

For example a couple of years ago we heard of 3 Barnabus / Barnabys in a couple of months.

Also surnames as first names are dead common and on trend.

I have come across a Marmaduke, an Atticus (i thought that was one that MNetters just regret not using rather than anyone actually using), a Phineas, an Ophelia (another MN regret name) and a Rayden (with an even worse middle name).

The OP asked both what are the most unusual names and what names do you most often hear. So it stands to reason that people answering will also include the more on trend or commonly used names as well as the more “out there” names. People are just answering the questions.
RedToothBrush · 12/03/2021 07:35

Loads of these on this thread i don't think are unusual and i would blink at or think remotely unusual!

For example a couple of years ago we heard of 3 Barnabus / Barnabys in a couple of months.

Also surnames as first names are dead common and on trend.

I have come across a Marmaduke, an Atticus (i thought that was one that MNetters just regret not using rather than anyone actually using), a Phineas, an Ophelia (another MN regret name) and a Rayden (with an even worse middle name).

ViolaValentina · 12/03/2021 07:20

In our playground I seem to hear a lot of Jack, Oliver, Charlie, Alfie, Amelia and Bella.

The more unusual ones: Barnabus, Dolly, Ernie and Heathcliff.

sqirrelfriends · 12/03/2021 07:11

We also tend to have lots of surname ones around here - Harrison, Cooper, Carson and Hendrix. We also had a baby Atticus which I thought was lovely.

In terms of girls names they all seemed to be called Ivy and Miya.

sqirrelfriends · 12/03/2021 07:07

In a baby group we had twin boys- Castor and Pollux

They were a bit early so ended up being Gemini instead of Cancer which was handy.

Youvegotafriendinme · 12/03/2021 06:55

DS has a Brian at his nursery which would be the most different one to me. There’s also a buntybell and a star
The rest of them are all variations of Ava Eva Sophia etc