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For fun - what's the oddest name you've heard?

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YesSirICanBoogie · 26/03/2009 21:03

An old friend in the US has named her baby daughter McCaa. The only reason I know it's a girl is because her middle name is Laura!

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sleepsforwimps · 27/03/2009 08:14

I once met a Sulie apparently her parents couldn't decide between Susan or Julie...

CherryChoc · 26/03/2009 23:11

I must move in sheltered circles - the oddest actual baby names I have come across have been Clementine (which I actually like but wouldn't be brave enough to use) and Dexter (which I know is fairly normal but just does not suit a baby IMO... though the baby in question is a chunker and actually holds it up quite well!)

cyteen · 26/03/2009 22:57

Fedora

brimfull · 26/03/2009 22:51

I think the name Jolyon is bloody odd.

I know it's spiffing and frightfully pukka and a character in tintin but purlease ..it sounds ridiculous.

thederkinsdame · 26/03/2009 22:50

Often the way FAQ ;-)

FAQinglovely · 26/03/2009 22:47

ahh - that kind of blows that one out - although DS2 was out "last" one............until DS3 came along

weebump · 26/03/2009 22:47

And of course there's that famous one over heard on a bus: Woman says she's calling her daughter Ivanny.

Woman 2 asks her how to spell it.

"Y V O N N E"

thederkinsdame · 26/03/2009 22:47

FAQ - I'd like to think it was a deep meaning like that, but she had a younger sibling, too! I was desperate to hear his name...

Mintyy - many moons ago I went to school with a boy called Attila. He was Hungarian.

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weebump · 26/03/2009 22:44

I knew a girl called Lasaraiona (Lass-o-reeena). It's an Irish name.
I also know an American boy called Manny - at least that's what I thought it was. It's written Man-E (wtf??)

SlartyBartFast · 26/03/2009 22:44

an echo
and a xochaphilly

Mintyy · 26/03/2009 22:43

Pil's neighbour is called Ochre.

There is an Attila at our school. He is Turkish. Perhaps the name doesn't have quite the same connotations in Turkey?

FAQinglovely · 26/03/2009 22:40

derkins - she was probably named before the dad went to have the snip ie "the last one"

thederkinsdame · 26/03/2009 22:39

Omega - overheard in the general scrum in Woolies before it closed down. Kid was about 8 - I wondered if she was named after the car or the fish oil...

Thunderduck · 26/03/2009 22:36

I'm waiting for the inevitable event of someone claiming to know an orangejello and lemonjello.

RachieB · 26/03/2009 22:31

pmsl @ Boogie !!

FAQinglovely · 26/03/2009 22:28

Bike - were they West Indian by any chance?

controlfreakythecontrolfreak · 26/03/2009 22:27

yes, really, screaming!

BikeRunSki · 26/03/2009 22:26

Liguanae
(Li-ga-nee).

ickletickle · 26/03/2009 22:21

oh i love sweetpea. i know a buttercup.

FAQinglovely · 26/03/2009 22:21

Kipchoge is a Kenyan name. "Kip" Keino was a 2 times Gold Medalist for Kenya

shonaspurtle · 26/03/2009 22:21

A friend taught a wee girl called Sian, pronounced Cyan. The mum was very cross that my friend called her Sian (normal person's pn) when she first met her - at that point she'd only seen it written down - "It's not Sian it's Cyan"

TartanKnickers · 26/03/2009 22:21

I used to work in a hospital - had a sample in for Madonna Trotter - oh how I laughed!

Winebeforepearls · 26/03/2009 22:20

yes, screaming ... and known as 'Tilly'

KHS · 26/03/2009 22:18

Kipchogey. Seriously. American, of course. And a boy's name, in case you were wondering.