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Names you've only met one of.

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PritiPatelsMaker · 25/03/2023 15:57

There a a few names where I've only ever met one.

Gurus would be:

Patience
Hebe
Dulcie
Magenta
Ephiphany
Loveday

Boys would be:

Josiah
Maximus
River

I'm sure there are more though.

What names have you only ever met one person with?

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Namechangeforname · 26/02/2024 19:17

Headley

Maireas · 26/02/2024 19:15

Endellion is nice, I think it's Cornish.
I've come across Damaris before.

Philandbill · 26/02/2024 19:13

Paisley - boy
Pixie- Paisley's sister
Diesel -girl, I kid you not
Endellion- girl
Damaris

ChocolateCinderToffee · 26/02/2024 19:10

Meowandthen · 24/02/2024 20:56

For what? It weird as a forename for a human.

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It's a very traditional Cornish name, so maybe you should read up about it instead of being rude.

Maireas · 26/02/2024 10:32

I have taught several boys called Josiah.
Several girls called Tabitha. A couple of Maggies.
The only unique student name I came across was a girl called Isis.

Marcipex · 26/02/2024 07:31

Girls:
Primrose
Nevaeh
Jemima

Boys:
Maximilian
Hayden
Victor
Sheldon

DinnaeFashYersel · 26/02/2024 00:57

I've come across loads of these names.

SammyScrounge · 26/02/2024 00:36

Florian

ScruffMuffin · 26/02/2024 00:35

Oh, and Stoirm, pronounced Storm.

ScruffMuffin · 26/02/2024 00:32

Axel
Ptolemy
Malachi
Royston
Caspar

Xanthe
Pollyanna
Sweetpea
Johanna
Estella
Mala

ScruffMuffin · 26/02/2024 00:17

Ixtaccihuatl
Zena
Octavia
Kit
C-Jay
Saira
Amani
Hywel
Afsani
Ada
Maggie (child)
Marguerite
Bunny
Sparkle

Smallonesaremorejuicy · 26/02/2024 00:01

One of my twins is Ursula & my singlgton is Vivienne

MrsSkylerWhite · 25/02/2024 23:54

Our children, so not going to say what they are 😁 (nothing outlandish)

ScruffMuffin · 25/02/2024 23:53

Geneva... pronounced Jennifer!
Gaylord
Spike
Alexandria
Kenzo
Olympia
I've also known an Eleri and a Loveday, and have heard of others with those names.

Hedjwitch · 25/02/2024 21:37

Yep,pronounced sinjun
Singe to his mates

VesperLind · 25/02/2024 21:25

I’ve met a StJohn.
Geronimo
Dolores (currently aged 12)
Honeysuckle
Redvers
Peyton (girl)
Paxton (boy)
Campion (girl)

YourLocal · 25/02/2024 21:08

oof never knew that!! That just blew my mind

InTheRainOnATrain · 25/02/2024 21:05

YourLocal · 25/02/2024 20:58

St John… I’m hoping there called John and that’s just a joke…

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Have you never seen 4 weddings and a funeral??

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 25/02/2024 21:00

YourLocal · 25/02/2024 20:58

St John… I’m hoping there called John and that’s just a joke…

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No, that’s a real name although it’s very old-fashioned and very rare these days. It is pronounced ‘sinjun’. See St. John Rivers in Jane Eyre for example.

YourLocal · 25/02/2024 20:58

Hedjwitch · 25/02/2024 19:34

Dulcie
St John

St John… I’m hoping there called John and that’s just a joke…

MichaelAndEagle · 25/02/2024 19:53

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 25/02/2024 19:50

How do you pronounce it? My best guess would be similar to Briar?

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Yes that's how she said it, exactly.
I've just googled it and it is one of the Scilly Isles apparently.
This was in the 80s before the trend of unique names so all the more unusual at the time when we were all called Sarah, Emma or Louise.

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 25/02/2024 19:50

MichaelAndEagle · 25/02/2024 19:39

I went to school with a Bryher (girl). I've never met another one. She was forever having to spell it.

How do you pronounce it? My best guess would be similar to Briar?

MichaelAndEagle · 25/02/2024 19:39

I went to school with a Bryher (girl). I've never met another one. She was forever having to spell it.

Hedjwitch · 25/02/2024 19:34

Dulcie
St John

Mallani · 25/02/2024 17:31

Meowandthen · 24/02/2024 20:56

For what? It weird as a forename for a human.

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Loveday is an old Cornish name.
I've met:

Boys - Thorlac, Tycho

Girls: Oriel, Aphra