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

416 replies

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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wheresmymillionaire · 16/06/2022 22:05

Waldorf
Silver (Sylvester)
Boone
Ocean
Bluebell
Trixie
Ameadea
noaime (sp?? pronounced no-amy)
Minnie
Genevieve
Siri (Indian heritage)

Celery, apples,.walnuts, grapes!!

(Not names although actually I wouldn't be remotely surprised to meet a kid called Walnut)

CharlotteFlax · 16/06/2022 22:08

Greta

Hera

Enko · 16/06/2022 22:08

Friends grandaughter is Lowenna rather unusual but I really like it.

oneforsorrow1 · 16/06/2022 22:05

Echo-Love
Quillian
Lucifer
Forrest
Ember

They are ones I consider unusual but it seems to be the norm now

wheresmymillionaire · 16/06/2022 22:05

Waldorf
Silver (Sylvester)
Boone
Ocean
Bluebell
Trixie
Ameadea
noaime (sp?? pronounced no-amy)
Minnie
Genevieve
Siri (Indian heritage)

GiveMyHeadPeaceffs · 16/06/2022 22:04

@Moonchair1 there's a Jax in my ds class and 2 in his nursery...there's loads of Jax and Jaxon's here!

Blackcountryexile · 16/06/2022 22:03

A little girl called Saylor

ChristmasAtHogwarts · 16/06/2022 22:02

Nova (boy)
Honey Bluebell (girl)

FizzyBiscuits · 16/06/2022 22:01

Smokey.

Girl.

Sadly not joking!

Thighdentitycrisis · 16/06/2022 22:00

I knew a Pink - 25 years ago

Belshels · 16/06/2022 22:00

Current toddlers in my swim class atm Boys... Phoenix, Arlo, Bay, Archer, Avery
Girls.. Antonina, Ottie, Ottilie, Simi,

Moonchair1 · 16/06/2022 21:58

My sister is called Sherry does anyone think that unusual? We live in uk x

LemonadePockets · 16/06/2022 21:55

I know sisters called Sunshine & Pebbles

I have a lot of unusual names around me but they are too outing to share.

a couple I know have recently named their child Laker which I absolutely love

Boozysoozy1 · 16/06/2022 21:55

Atlas and maverick although maverick might be in for a resurgence after Top Gun but this was a couple of years ago

SunnyShiner · 16/06/2022 21:55

I know a little Peaches with a sister called Cherry

Also a Starr and a Missy, and this last one really made me smile, a baby Derek.

peepee123 · 16/06/2022 21:54

Pirate. He looks like his name.

Moonchair1 · 16/06/2022 21:54

@GiveMyHeadPeaceffs my friend has a little boy called jax

Moonchair1 · 16/06/2022 21:53

@GeorgiaMcGraw my friends dog is called arlo x

jazzybelle · 16/06/2022 21:51

My DS went to school with girl who had a baby brother named Attila. My friend has a daughter called Prudence Pineapple.

GiveMyHeadPeaceffs · 16/06/2022 21:51

@QwertyBert I've a family member called Dax, I'm not a fan Grin

Numbertwenty · 16/06/2022 21:50

Primary school aged Tinkerbell.
In my first years of teaching there was a Mole (100% his full, official name) and an Algernon in the same class.
Recently taught a Norbert.
Toddler (girl) named Tiggy.

whatyousayin · 16/06/2022 21:50

I live in Canada and know a little girl called 'Chase' and a boy called 'Captain' 🥲

SpaghettiNotCourgetti · 16/06/2022 21:49

KentishMiss · 16/06/2022 21:26

I met a Shem once, his brothers had Biblical names too but I don’t remember them.

Ham and Japheth?

Linnet · 16/06/2022 21:49

A girl named Monroe

Doveyouknow · 16/06/2022 21:48

Duchy for a boy is the most unusual I have come across