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What are the most uncommon name's you've heard on Mumsnet?

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LauriefairycakeeatsCupid · 28/02/2009 21:17

I've never met a Tarquard or a Bear in real life.

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bamboostalks · 11/03/2009 12:23

Da'boy is the very silliest name I have come across.

MommyG · 11/03/2009 11:59

I used to know 2 sisters in college - they were Sigma and Beta !! We joked if they had a scientist dad.. but it was true !!

poshtottie · 07/03/2009 17:00

On holiday last week, dh came across two boys called Achilles and Apollo.

MrsMattie · 03/03/2009 16:52

lol!@ Boy and Newboy. Brilliant! Solves so many arguments.

I don't care if Herman is German - it's vile. German Herman

I know a Spike, a Blade, a Bobbi-Peace , a Jalousie and an Elvis. London is full of oddbods, though, so I doubt the teasing is very bad. If the little boy called Moon that I know moved to the Outer Hebrides it might be a problem

Fimbo · 03/03/2009 16:49

I know of a baby called Ziggy.

A teenager called Sapphire

I also know a Gillan but it is Killian

AnarchyAunt · 03/03/2009 16:48

In RL I know of Phyzbah for a little girl.

And the traveller couple who called their first DS Boy, and their second DS NewBoy...

justneedsomesleep · 03/03/2009 16:45

knew a Gillan once (boy)-got teased mercilessly because it was so similar to Gillian. teachers also frequently mis-read his name...

Wolfblass · 03/03/2009 16:45

I know a Zee - not short for anything and my sisters best friends brother is called Blue.

I know twins Denim and Lace (poor sods)

I have a nephew called Raven and a neice called Nevada (again poor sods)

WorzselMummage · 03/03/2009 16:43

Primrose

Which i think is fantastic !

Rhubarb · 03/03/2009 14:12

Benita

ShowOfHands · 03/03/2009 14:12

EntersStageLeft, as a fellow pedant I agree with the correction but it's best to try and omit any errors of your own when counselling in such matters.

Xanthe, by the way, is lovely.

I know siblings Phinibus, Merlin, Elfin and Fred. Fabulous names. Also know a Hepzhibah Japonica.

belgo · 03/03/2009 11:24

There's a Remco in my dd's class, aged five. Again, a belgian/dutch name I think.

heartmoonshadow · 03/03/2009 10:56

I went to school with a boy called Remco - I have no idea where his parents got that!

smileycat · 03/03/2009 10:33

my friend named her DD Lyric - I've never heard it since, but it really suited her

belgo · 03/03/2009 09:21

the belgian prime minister is called Herman.

sonnieboo · 03/03/2009 09:16

There is actually a little 4 year old Herman at my ds's nursery. His brother is Lucas and his parents are Swedish.

MarmadukeScarlet · 02/03/2009 23:35

Hobie and CJ (although not as odd as BJ!!), two brothers - one named after a boat.

A (Chinese) King

MrsSchadenfreude · 02/03/2009 23:31

Pula - did you know that your name (your MN name, not your RL name, obv) means cock in Romanian? As in penis, not male chicken?

pulapula · 02/03/2009 23:19

Based on what stands out from all these name threads, I guess it would have to be Geronimo, Boedicea and BJ (!). I'm sure i've heard loads more, but i just laugh and then forget most of them.

EntersStageLeft · 02/03/2009 22:31

I'm really sorry but may I draw your atention to the unnecessary apostrophe in your thread title? [pedant emoticon]

And in regards to your OP: who the fuck considers Xanthe? Or at least, I suppose, considers is ok, no one should name their child thus.

LynetteScavo · 02/03/2009 22:28

The Herman I went to school with was a bit strange. He kept himself to himself, was very square, and when I asked him what his dad did for a living he said he "wrote formulars"

I bet he's still single.

minouminou · 02/03/2009 22:25

Frodo.
Really.
His mum won't let me talk to him or his sister as she's scared they may catch Northern.

MmeLindt · 02/03/2009 22:24

Hermann is an old mans name in Germany though. It would be like calling your son Ebenzezer.

FAQinglovely · 02/03/2009 22:23

I think my DS's are the only ones with their names on MN.

DS1 even had the dubious honour of having his name mentioned in a thread last year with a "FFS what sort of a name is ^that" attached to it

LynetteScavo · 02/03/2009 22:22

Queen Fee, I went to school with quite a few Chineese people who had funny English names they had chosen.

I also went to school with a Herman, but he was German.

I've just realised we could have called him Herman the German, but didn't.