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Weirdest name you've encountered in real life?

334 replies

Socksforxmas · 21/11/2023 18:58

Slightly piggy backing off another thread in this topic but just really curious about this.

Obviously we've all heard of some very unusual suggestions on this site and we can all think of a celeb that's opted for something very unique but in your day to day life what would you say is most unusual you've come across?

For me it'd probably be Maverick for a boy and Lavender-Lily for a girl.

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SoupDragon · 21/11/2023 19:01

Oh good. A "let's laugh at people's names" thread. Hurrah!

Call your kid a stupid name...get stupid comments.

SH23B · 21/11/2023 20:05

Hendrix and Tennyson... brothers I think.

LakeTiticaca · 21/11/2023 20:05

Some.of the names quoted on this thread are quite cool, others, unfortunately...what the hell were the parents thinking?

BarbaraVineFan · 21/11/2023 20:05

Helnathan. Although I have just googled and it's in fact a biblical name, but vanishingly rare.

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FatLarrysBanned · 21/11/2023 20:03

Siblings called Bubble and Anakin. Didn't know them but their mother couldn't stop performance parenting in a park which involved using their names 80 billion times so everyone knew what they were called.

ButterflyBitch · 21/11/2023 20:03

Ace. I also know a Honey which is rather sweet but slightly odd to have a term of endearment (and a foodstuff) as a name.

Reggiebo · 21/11/2023 20:03

Nemcy....bless her. She's no longer with us.

SilverBranchGoldenPears · 21/11/2023 20:02

Mango
Chucky
Blossom
Paradise

i love all the names on this thread and I regret giving my kids such boring monikers.

as for @SoupDragon go for a lie down.

savoycabbage · 21/11/2023 20:00

My favourite is Amber-Lynne. (Anne Boleyn) I just love it.

Mumofgirls2017 · 21/11/2023 19:59

some unusual names I’ve come across… Bliss, Pocohontas, lucky, Cherry, Merlin, Titus, Renesmee, grey, sage, Kiki, kale, cloud, Rocky, Apollo, Venus, Bonita, Perseus, Minerva, Fenyx, Braxton, tansy, tulip.

Dillane · 21/11/2023 19:56

AQuantityOfNaughtyCats · 21/11/2023 19:14

Chlorophyll

Noooooooooooo 😱

TastesLikeStrawberriesOnASummerEvening · 21/11/2023 19:55

Numbertwenty · 21/11/2023 19:49

Mole
Algernon
Heaven-Leigh

Surely the Heaven-Leigh parents were Virginia Andrews fans?

TastesLikeStrawberriesOnASummerEvening · 21/11/2023 19:53

Kick.
He was a lovely little boy, but jeez, that name.

LadyGeorginaSmythe · 21/11/2023 19:53

Breitling

40andlovelife · 21/11/2023 19:51

Anul

NoTango · 21/11/2023 19:51

When I was in primary school a boy in my class had a sister called Mystery. I thought it was so cool. His name was Allan!

Squirrelsnut · 21/11/2023 19:51

Hendrix-Ray
Geronimo
Skylark
Fannie (poor girl, she changed it)

Philandbill · 21/11/2023 19:51

Diesel. A little girl.

Numbertwenty · 21/11/2023 19:49

Mole
Algernon
Heaven-Leigh

LindorDoubleChoc · 21/11/2023 19:48

Jolyon Stiff

Milknosugarta · 21/11/2023 19:47

Wanttobeok · 21/11/2023 19:24

Loveday

This is an old Cornish name. Quite pretty, I think.

timeforacoffeebreak · 21/11/2023 19:46

AQuantityOfNaughtyCats · 21/11/2023 19:14

Chlorophyll

Amazing. I'll be adding Mitochondria to the list of possible baby names

Angrymum22 · 21/11/2023 19:46

Miracle, I’m not sure whether she was one.
A Melaena, for anyone who has medical training Melaena Stools was always a joke/comic name ( think Ivor Biggun type joke).
It is a medical term for dark sticky/bloody poo.
And finally colleague once saw a patient called Clamidia.
You get to see so many odd names as a HCP.

timeforacoffeebreak · 21/11/2023 19:46

Hibernatalie · 21/11/2023 19:13

Bliss, Lil Star and True. Siblings.

I went to school with a bliss. She was in a younger year and HORRID!