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Unusual names at your DCs school

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IheartNY · 01/05/2009 18:08

Ds has just started pre-school and there are some unusual names there, some I love and some not so keen on, but its interesting to see new names I hadnt heard of/considered before!
I live in a pretty conservative area.

Some are

Harmarnie (girl)
Indiana (girl)
Eden (boy)

What unusual ones have you got?

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dizzydixies · 02/05/2009 08:21

yama I don't follow the footie (although am also in Scotland) and that didn't even occur to me I haven't a leg to stand on considering what my DD3 is called!!

yama · 02/05/2009 08:19

Dizzy - there have been a few footballers (male) here in Scotland called Jackie.

BannedInternationalFlight · 02/05/2009 08:17

Anchan

T'habib

Yonatan (not sure about this - argued with ds for ages that it MUST be Jonathan, have yet to see it written down!

Ola

All quite interesting and unusual but not TTH (try-too-hard) or anything - just quite nice.

dizzydixies · 02/05/2009 08:13

Jackie for a boy

SeamanStaines · 01/05/2009 23:29

Yuma (boy)

browny · 01/05/2009 23:24

Anais (girl)
Missy (girl)
Annaleigh (girl)

walkingprimrose · 01/05/2009 23:19

These are names I've heard recently - aquaintences, nursery school etc:

Fame (girl)
Ocean (girl)
Tracy (girl obviously- don't hear these days)
Wayne (boy - as above)
Elsie Sparkle (Sparkle is the middle name)

pollywobbledoodle · 01/05/2009 22:42

india blue
eden

KateF · 01/05/2009 22:33

Harmony, Liberty and Eden (triplet girls)

frazzledoldbag · 01/05/2009 22:22

I heard of a Chevrolet today (girl) who is at secondary school here.

tummytickler · 01/05/2009 19:42

Serendipity, Daffodil, Sapphire, Tiger (boy)

nevergoogledragonbutter · 01/05/2009 19:25

at greensleeves.

another strategy is to only name one unusual name, that can't be crossmatched.

TheLadyofShalott · 01/05/2009 19:24

DD has friends called Tanika, Christie-Eden, Fayme and Seriann

We have three Courtneys at the school I work at, so I wouldn't have thought of that as unusual.
There was a girl who was registerd at school as PJ but she was always called Anna.
We also had Parisa a few years ago.

Greensleeves · 01/05/2009 19:10

me neither

thanks for speedy deletion MNHQ! xx

mileniwmffalcon · 01/05/2009 19:09

lol not me then

Idranktheeasterspirits · 01/05/2009 19:09

Hoolio. No i am not mispelling it. Unfortunately.

nevergoogledragonbutter · 01/05/2009 19:07

or, a thread for people with nothing to hide mileniwm

MatthewBellamysMuse · 01/05/2009 19:04

Ulysses

mileniwmffalcon · 01/05/2009 19:02

lol if you want to out yourself irl, here's your thread

littlelamb · 01/05/2009 19:01

Ooo love Velvet. COmplete no go with my surname though

nevergoogledragonbutter · 01/05/2009 18:59

She is so lovely too.

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IheartNY · 01/05/2009 18:59

I like Melody and Raphael (was on my list for ds2 but vetoed by DH!)

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andlipsticktoo · 01/05/2009 18:58

Carenza
Melody
Raven
Raphael
Tianna (vomit)
Marly
Darwin
Romin
I'm sure there are more!

Greensleeves · 01/05/2009 18:58

I think Velvet is gorgeous and would use Ettie as a nn

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IheartNY · 01/05/2009 18:57

Its odd that there is an Indiana in Ds's class as thats my absolute dream name which I would have named one of my boys if I had been brave enough (they've both got names which could not be called unusual lol)

There is also an Anastasjia - is this the usual spelling or is it a variation?

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