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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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COPPER3 · 11/04/2023 21:06

Ignatius
Sorrel
Lowenna (girl's name)

Clettercletterthatsbetter · 11/04/2023 20:55

Girls:
Princess
Loveday
Morwenna
Precious
Taryn
Tamar
Rainbow

Boys:
Alaric
Sylvan
Inigo
Endeavour
Espen
Jacoby

COPPER3 · 10/04/2023 19:20

These are names of people I have known personally, or through a friend and never come across them since.
Drusilla
Ambrose
Jabus (elderly man)
Seymour
Nolan
Phylisitina
Tracy (male)
Kelly (male)
Verinia
Levi (elderly man)

MortimerTheCat · 09/04/2023 22:07

I used to know a girl called lineker (yes, it was after Gary)

shadowchancesassy · 09/04/2023 00:16

Boys

Tristan
Denny

Girls
Veronica
Cheyenne

BeaKind · 08/04/2023 21:40

I know lots of one offs but the most “out there” would be Elvis

Elspethelf · 08/04/2023 17:17

Boys
Alec
Hamilton

Girls
Denali
Sharne
Shanna

Hatsforbats · 08/04/2023 10:21

Pepsi
Philleda
Margate
Tarenna
Sybyl
Harmenica
Audrey

Salter
Cormac
Pickton
Marsh
Funsom
Clive

midsomermurderess · 08/04/2023 10:05

‘Registered’.

midsomermurderess · 08/04/2023 10:05

Would a child be registered with just a letter as a name? The Scotsman did an article the other day noting unusual names that had been resisted last year, including `Excel’, ‘Queen’, ‘Testimony’, ‘Pacesetter’ and ‘Greatness’, but just the letter ‘J’? How odd.

Percypiglover · 08/04/2023 09:25

I knew a boy called Fionagal and a girl called loveday. Also a boy who was just J

Doveyouknow · 08/04/2023 02:25

Buster, Brave, Wolf for boys; Princess for a girl

Deebeelou1 · 08/04/2023 01:17

Ansie
aine
esme
winnie
heidi
chad
jodine
jolene
davena
Audrey
damon
marcie
carrie
dee
bindi
elena
marta
glyn
glen
blair
duncan
cory
grainne
hazel
bruce
Eliza
alistair
warren
zak
heather
Karin
luana

CastlesinSpain · 08/04/2023 00:54

Psyche, Aurora, Amethyst and Imagine (a relative's children)

Also my own name - it's the town where my parents holidayed nine months before I was born.

twosquashedmelons · 05/04/2023 01:31

Boys:
Cairo
Phoenix
Stanislaus
Boone
Manus
Jude
Saul

Girls:
Juno
Tansy
Bowie
Rain
Mellow
Clelia
Mara
Sorrell
Arabella
Breifne
Saorla
Olwyn
Saffron
Callie
Nola
Taia
Pearl
Anastasia
Winter
Coco
Ailsa
Jamily

UrsulaBelle · 04/04/2023 23:27

Oh yes, not forgetting
Garnet (elderly man)
Zephyr
Jonquil

UrsulaBelle · 04/04/2023 23:09

Heathcliff
Thor
Keyan
Gaive
Isis
Honey
Storm
Dorcas
Julie-nne
Troy
Dennette
Thadra (spelt like that)
Jenneth
Parvin
Santina
Jimihendrix (all one word)
Teagan
Robeye
Rhiliy
Nada

Snugglemonkey · 04/04/2023 22:29

Carmella
Summer-Lily
Blessed
Tamsin

Murdoch
Aloysius
Montgomery

paulinesmithson · 04/04/2023 21:54

some people should not be allowed to name kids
some of these names are nice though

thesnailandthewhale · 04/04/2023 17:54

Merlin

thesnailandthewhale · 04/04/2023 17:53

Mercy

KeepingTheWaterOut · 04/04/2023 16:15

@MercyChant66 Murdina was from the Highlands - not sure about Wemyss. I met Wemyss at a Guide Camp in the late 1970s or early 80s - she'd be in her mid / late 50s now. Same one?

WhatFreshHeckle · 04/04/2023 16:12

Boys:

Draven
Lane
Taliesin
Kes
Prince

Girls:

Blaze
Blessing
Beauty
Blakeley

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PritiPatelsMaker · 04/04/2023 16:07

ScoopT · 04/04/2023 14:30

Soda-pop
Red-satellite
Boudicca

Red-satellite? There can't be many people with that name?

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Twoinapod · 04/04/2023 15:16

Boys:
Odin
Draven
Kester
Cole
Corey
Ceri
Blue

Girls:
Zaydy
Artemis
Genevieve
Kizzy
Olivia(I know supposed to be really popular but only ever actually met one)
Corey
Aeris
Faye

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