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Weirdest name you've encountered in real life?

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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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IDoughnutKnow · 21/11/2023 21:28

RedRobyn2021 · 21/11/2023 21:09

Serephina

Caspian

They're not that unusual, though.

Ellie56 · 21/11/2023 21:28

PonkyPonky · 21/11/2023 21:05

Posey-Blossom
Ocean
Odin
I also see soooo many bloody weird spellings of lovely names. It’s so odd to choose a lovely name then spell it so strangely, that child will spend their entire life spelling it out!

They give them a weird spelling so that the name is then you-neeque.

ChangeNowThen · 21/11/2023 21:27

Boy called Lucifer, and funnily our boy has another angel name, but not a fallen one🤣🤣🤣

Groovybooby · 21/11/2023 21:27

Candida. She thankfully shortened it to Candi...makes me itchy just thinking about it!

IDoughnutKnow · 21/11/2023 21:26

Klaxon

CommonOrNot · 21/11/2023 21:23

Darling-Dolce.

noodlezoodle · 21/11/2023 21:22

AQuantityOfNaughtyCats · 21/11/2023 21:14

Is she a pharmacist? I met a pharmacist called Dimple!

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No! So it's good to know there are multiple Dimples out there Grin

Ellie56 · 21/11/2023 21:22

Walker1178 · 21/11/2023 21:03

Michael, doesn’t sound too bad until
you hear that his surname was also Michael. The guy was called Michael Michael. I really wanted to ask if he had a middle name..

His middle name was probably Michael too. Grin

Stillthewrongsideof40 · 21/11/2023 21:21

bakewellbride · 21/11/2023 21:00

@Stillthewrongsideof40 what's wrong with Charlie? it's a very common nickname for Charlotte.

Absolutely nothing, I think it’s a great name, I didn’t know it was short for Charlotte, the girl I knew was definitely just called Charlie and not short for anything.

polkadotpixie · 21/11/2023 21:18

I've worked with women named Beauty, Tequila and Tiah-Mariah

NoMumLeftBehindLiz · 21/11/2023 21:18

@sparklefresh
My niece went to school with her apparently...unless she's having me on Hmm

Stillthewrongsideof40 · 21/11/2023 21:18

ladygindiva · 21/11/2023 20:59

I know of a few girls named Charlie. Has never struck me as odd. Neither is Star nowadays. Or Cherry particularly.

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I didn’t think they were odd either. Just unique. I’ve only ever met one of each name. Actually considered using all of these names for my own daughter when pregnant. Instead I went for a traditional Scottish name …. There a 3 in the class with the same name 😫

Elsiebear90 · 21/11/2023 21:16

Marvellous
Forrest

I had a patient who had a name I’d never heard of, I called it out and he told me off for pronouncing it wrong, I said “I’m sorry how do I pronounce it? I’ve never come across it before”, he said “yeah I checked Facebook and I’m the only one in the world, my mum said she just made it up” But was outraged I didn’t know how to pronounce it 😂

Scutterbug · 21/11/2023 21:15

At my school there was a Cherry Brakewell.

wossgoinon · 21/11/2023 21:15

Altair.

Her dad named her after a star. Beautiful name

AQuantityOfNaughtyCats · 21/11/2023 21:14

noodlezoodle · 21/11/2023 20:44

Dimple. Impossible not to smile at that name, it's lovely.

Is she a pharmacist? I met a pharmacist called Dimple!

user6776 · 21/11/2023 21:13

@timeforacoffeebreak Ha, maybe we're from the same town! Beginning with B?

jackles · 21/11/2023 21:12

RedRobyn2021 · 21/11/2023 21:09

Serephina

Caspian

My grandson is called Caspian.

jackles · 21/11/2023 21:11

I was called after the town where I was conceived. I have never met anyone else with my name. Nb. It's not in the UK, though I am British.

Luckydog7 · 21/11/2023 21:10

Lazerus. A very pale and quiet boy with white blond hair. My step dad a (usually) stoic ex-vicar, spent the entire visit stifling giggles whenever the lads mother called his name and he would revive for a few moments to reply.

honeylulu · 21/11/2023 21:10

Oh also there was a girl at my daughter's nursery called Oceana which I thought was lovely until I saw it in her peg and it was actually "O'Sheayana".

RedRobyn2021 · 21/11/2023 21:09

Serephina

Caspian

Stillthewrongsideof40 · 21/11/2023 21:09

I didn’t think they were odd either. Just unique. I’ve only ever met one of each name. Actually considered using all of these names for my own daughter when pregnant. Instead I went for a traditional Scottish name …. There a 3 in the class with the same name 😫

PonkyPonky · 21/11/2023 21:09

Oh and if anyone has seen season 2 of ‘Is it cake?’ One of the contestants had siblings called Rightousness, Consciousness and Reality 🙄

ladygindiva · 21/11/2023 21:09

sparklefresh · 21/11/2023 21:02

Honeybee - a very pretentious family
Paisley
Zephaniah

I know a Paisley and a Zephaniah....both toddlers... Are you in Cornwall?