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What's the most unusual baby name that you've encountered recently?

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CaramelJones · 16/06/2022 14:33

I mean real names not La-A and Lemonjello or Chlamydia or other urban legends.

A friend in the U.S has called her baby son, Sundance. I rather like it in a way though I was taken aback at first.

I met a McLaren recently too, not as unusual as Sundance but not something that you encounter every day either.

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Girliefriendlikespuppies · 11/03/2024 07:19

LemmysBullet · 13/02/2024 08:31

I know a baby Dustin, my brain always wants to say dustbin. Justin would have been so much better.

That'll be from stranger things, I quite like Dustin.

CadyEastman · 11/03/2024 07:05

Is the next one Olivio or Vitalife Grin

BeautyGoesToBenidorm · 10/03/2024 14:29

wheresmymillionaire · 09/02/2024 18:26

I know of a family with DD's called Clover and Flora.

Is the next one Olivio or Vitalife?

AstorianPlease · 13/02/2024 11:02

Kind

solongandthanksforallthedish · 13/02/2024 11:01

I also met a baby Gary. Glad it's back!

4friedchickens · 13/02/2024 08:57

I call my baby ‘Roo’ as a nickname, a woman heard me and started excitedly telling me her grandchild is also Roo - she said she wasn’t sure on it at first but is glad to hear I’ve got a Roo too as it must not be as strange as she first thought. She was worried about child being bullied etc

I couldn’t tell her my son is actually called Rowan…

JDJT · 13/02/2024 08:49

Probably the most unusual has been Phoenix, which isn't incredibly unusual, but the most unusual I know personally.

VERYBRUISEDPEAR · 13/02/2024 08:35

Not babies, but I recently met young lads Gilbert and Edwin.

LemmysBullet · 13/02/2024 08:31

I know a baby Dustin, my brain always wants to say dustbin. Justin would have been so much better.

New2024 · 13/02/2024 08:29

We know a Castello

TheOriginalEmu · 13/02/2024 08:24

I also know a baby Garry. That’s weirdly jarring.

TheOriginalEmu · 13/02/2024 08:21

Berry. At first I thought it quite odd, but its definitely grown on me!

BirdsAreDinosInDisguise · 13/02/2024 08:07

Fox is an old English name; it’s been in use since 1600ish I think.

LaRevolution · 11/02/2024 21:30

mitogoshi · 11/02/2024 20:04

There's a boy called Fox (legal name) which is a bit out there. Most the kids have very traditional names here

I know a couple of Foxs (Foxes?!) but it doesn't seem that weird here - although I live in a small market town that is quite traditional in a lot of ways (and pretty working/lower middle-class) we have a hippie streak too, so I know Shilah, Purdy, Aneurin, Lavender, Lux, Artemis, Katell, and Domino.

SleepingStandingUp · 11/02/2024 21:04

snoreb · 04/11/2023 17:12

Ariella

If my boy twins had been girl twins, second born would have been Ariella

mitogoshi · 11/02/2024 20:04

There's a boy called Fox (legal name) which is a bit out there. Most the kids have very traditional names here

CadyEastman · 11/02/2024 19:38

Notellinganyone · 11/02/2024 17:24

I teach a boy called Vlad. In my mind I always think ‘the impaler’ whenever I say it!

I think I would too!

Notellinganyone · 11/02/2024 17:24

I teach a boy called Vlad. In my mind I always think ‘the impaler’ whenever I say it!

Flaunch · 10/02/2024 17:53

I guess the last two posters know the same person.

Rayvenn is bloody awful.

CadyEastman · 10/02/2024 17:50

Rayvenn. The poor girl.

Cariadxx · 10/02/2024 17:08

Rayvenn (girl)

Odin (boy)

MaloneMeadow · 10/02/2024 01:36

Tate

wheresmymillionaire · 09/02/2024 18:26

I know of a family with DD's called Clover and Flora.

BirdsAreDinosInDisguise · 09/02/2024 09:36

OopsieeDaisy · 27/07/2023 09:58

It’s been mentioned a few times already but I also know of a Pebbles.
Also a girl called Murphy which I thought was unusual.
And probably the most unusual I’ve heard, a little boy called Egyptian.

I don’t personally know of any Birdies but that’s one of those names I love but would never be brave enough to use.

Honestly if you love it use it. It’s a proper name, I imagine it’s due a revival and even if it doesn’t become popular it’s not like you’re calling your child Custard or something. And actually once you use a name it soon becomes totally normal.

*awaits stoning from Custard’s mum

Belshels · 08/02/2024 19:44

CadyEastman · 08/02/2024 19:40

Makes me think of Farley's Rusks but then I am quite old and appreciate that a lot of people wouldn't make that connection.

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Yes exactly!! 🤣