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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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Evenstar · 15/08/2022 16:26

I met a little Thorin a couple of years ago, I quite liked it as I am a LOTR fan, but thought it was very unusual

MassiveSalad22 · 15/08/2022 16:12

Oh yeah there’s an Elvis at DC’s club….. really doesn’t suit him!

Lulu1919 · 15/08/2022 15:47

Elvis

MumofSpud · 15/08/2022 15:29

@JamSandwich89 Yes! The little girl was about 4 - I heard the mum say something about her brother - I really wanted to ask what his name was but couldn't bear the disappointment if it was something not Twilight related!

MintyGreenDreams · 15/08/2022 15:20

Oh and I know of a Sweetpea

MintyGreenDreams · 15/08/2022 15:19

@FilterWash no I wish i was

MintyGreenDreams · 15/08/2022 15:18

Bentley.
Jersey.

Goodnewsday · 15/08/2022 14:49

Loxley, I quite like it

Silenceisgreat · 15/08/2022 12:38

JamSandwich89 · 14/08/2022 13:56

Isn't that a name from Twilight?

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Yes 😁

Wearefoooked22 · 14/08/2022 15:03

Isreal,
bliss

Rhaenys · 14/08/2022 15:00

JamSandwich89 · 14/08/2022 13:56

Isn't that a name from Twilight?

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Yes it is.

JamSandwich89 · 14/08/2022 13:56

MumofSpud · 13/08/2022 12:01

Renesmee - I was Shock

Isn't that a name from Twilight?

Soubriquet · 14/08/2022 13:56

JamSandwich89 · 14/08/2022 13:52

Isn't that a name from Twilight?

What Skylark?

No

JamSandwich89 · 14/08/2022 13:52

Isn't that a name from Twilight?

Newuser82 · 13/08/2022 21:34

Skylark

Derbee · 13/08/2022 20:44

Starlight and Wulfric

Squiff70 · 13/08/2022 20:39

Not somebody I know, actually a little girl who featured on GPs Behind Closed Doors called Angel-Skye. She was anything but an angel. Absolute brat of the highest order!

OgdensGoneNutFlake · 13/08/2022 20:34

Phyffe
Ziggy
Zola
Quori
Tyger
Diesel
Teejay
Kaicee
Deia
Marley-Jay

(I used to teach...)

OgdensGoneNutFlake · 13/08/2022 20:32

Boys-

Bailin
Greyson
Lennon

Girls-

Casseopeia
Persephone
Cindy-Lou

J3110 · 13/08/2022 20:18

Sunday
Lavender
Tiger
Luella
Sailor

Rhaenys · 13/08/2022 20:11

SnottyLottie · 13/08/2022 12:08

Oh and also a Princess Blessing

But apparently these types of names are common in the parents’ culture and home country

I think in the Philippines Angel, Princess and Baby are some of the most common names for baby girls.

Rhaenys · 13/08/2022 20:02

This is not someone I know personally but I’ve seen some people on social media call their babies Koazy (boy, pronounced the same as Cosy) and Sweetie (girl) recently. That’s the first time I’ve heard either of those as names.

ChillysWaterBottle · 13/08/2022 19:19

mistermagpie · 16/06/2022 15:48

Alan.

Not in itself an unusual name but quite jarring on a teeny baby!

For some reason this is proper cracking me up. I love sensible middle-aged names on babies.

SnottyLottie · 13/08/2022 12:08

Oh and also a Princess Blessing

But apparently these types of names are common in the parents’ culture and home country

SnottyLottie · 13/08/2022 12:06

Pebbles