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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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Joolsin · 03/11/2023 22:18

Quincy

SiouxsieSiouxStiletto · 03/11/2023 22:11

Shoopshoopshoopshoopshoop · 03/11/2023 20:58

One of my DC’s classmates is called Snow ❄️

Is that a boy or a girl?

Shoopshoopshoopshoopshoop · 03/11/2023 20:58

One of my DC’s classmates is called Snow ❄️

Laquila · 03/11/2023 20:29

I remember a friend of mine once teaching twins called Delsey Dinah and Chelsea China.

Mayhemmumma · 03/11/2023 19:56

Lollipop and Dolphin are pretty wild

Love Ivo!

Mayhemmumma · 03/11/2023 19:51

Lots at work as a social worker that are unusual but in my circle these have made me raise an eyebrow (to be fair my kids names are certainly unusual as not British)

Dorothy
Hamish (no Scottish connection)
Velvet

wheresmymillionaire · 03/11/2023 18:33

And a Warldoh, Sylvester (Silver), Hunter, Tallon, Isambard, Hermione (Minnie), Hilda. Also a Siri, but this is an Indian family, and it may be a more common Indian name??

I teach, so I see hundreds of names.

wheresmymillionaire · 03/11/2023 18:25

Kal-Al. After Superman apparently.

SiouxsieSiouxStiletto · 02/11/2023 14:53

There's a couple of Lowenna's in the Cornish side of the family Wink

Uniquuue · 02/11/2023 14:47

Dixie moon beam Stream

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Mylovelygreendress · 01/11/2023 22:27

My friend’s new grandchild is called Armani .

Marcipex · 01/11/2023 22:25

Lowenna is an old Cornish name that means ‘a happy child’.

Enko · 01/11/2023 21:21

Friends Grandchildren Jago and Lowenna

I actually really like Lowenna I think its beautiful. However, I had never come across one before. Jago is one Ive seen on MN but not come across one in rl.

SiouxsieSiouxStiletto · 31/10/2023 22:45

Lochness1975 · 31/10/2023 22:37

Not unusual as such but I know a baby Rodney. God awful name!

I'd say Rodney was pretty unusual. I don't know a single one under 80! Wink

Lochness1975 · 31/10/2023 22:37

Not unusual as such but I know a baby Rodney. God awful name!

SiouxsieSiouxStiletto · 31/10/2023 18:21

Was that a boy or girl @guineakoo?

guineakoo · 31/10/2023 14:06

Coco-Baby.

SiouxsieSiouxStiletto · 28/10/2023 12:21

JR94 · 27/10/2023 19:26

Not a baby but in my class this year I have a Beyoncé Princess 🙈

Now that is unusual. Bet you won't get to teach another!

JR94 · 27/10/2023 19:26

Not a baby but in my class this year I have a Beyoncé Princess 🙈

Cakecakecheese · 21/10/2023 20:22

Seven
Cairo
Ziggy

SiouxsieSiouxStiletto · 21/10/2023 14:44

Cumbrianlife · 21/10/2023 14:37

I have a Fox and Babette in my family, love them both. The most unusual (not related) was not the name but the spelling...Destyni.

I love Babette. We did consider it for DD. Not loving Storm Babet so much, not the spelling.

Cumbrianlife · 21/10/2023 14:37

I have a Fox and Babette in my family, love them both. The most unusual (not related) was not the name but the spelling...Destyni.

SiouxsieSiouxStiletto · 21/10/2023 14:33

You might be showing your age there @MissingMoominMamma! Grin

Cn1 · 21/10/2023 14:21

Alba - for a little girl, I think it’s quite unusual…makes me think of a Walkman.

MissingMoominMamma · 21/10/2023 14:17

Lelophants · 06/08/2023 06:46

Tygee (boy)
Blodwin (girl)

My great grandmother was Blodwyn. We called her Blodders (but not where she could hear us).