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Names that wouldn't usually be names

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SawnUpLooRoll · 10/01/2019 20:15

MIL was telling me about a science teacher some decades ago who named her daughter Antimony. I thought this was incredible, and got thinking about other words that could be used as unexpected names.

What do you think could be carried off as a name? In the same elemental theme, I suspect Cobalt has been a boy's name somewhere...

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brizzledrizzle · 10/01/2019 20:40

girls

Beryllium
Rubidium
Ruthenium
SIlver

boys

Caesium
Francium
Rutherfordium
Cadnium

KindergartenKop · 10/01/2019 21:40

Xenon is a kick-ass name.

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SawnUpLooRoll · 15/01/2019 17:39

KindergartenKop It really is!

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MarieKondo · 15/01/2019 18:00

I once taught a child who was called Chardonnay. Staff room was in hysterics a few years later when her sister came along [drumroll] - her name was Shiraz. 😂

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SawnUpLooRoll · 15/01/2019 18:18

White Lightning, anyone?

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motortroll · 15/01/2019 18:59

Oh I randomly thought of this today!

Euphoria for a girl lol

I was teaching a literacy lesson and we were using this word!

ChessieFL · 15/01/2019 19:01

I always thought Ananya (80s Body Shop fragrance) would make a lovely name!

StealthPolarBear · 15/01/2019 19:01

Twins Harry and beau

Peppersteak · 15/01/2019 19:04

I always think Vulcan would be a nice name whenever I teach volcanos!

cece · 15/01/2019 19:19

Sachet for a girl

Gotstuckwiththisname · 15/01/2019 19:22

I went to school with a Shiraz @MarieKondo. He was a boy though.

Etihad · 15/01/2019 19:22

Floralys - loved this for ages and couldn’t work out where I had heard it. It’s the brand name for Lidl toilet rolls.

GetTheStartyParted · 15/01/2019 19:34

I know someone with a son called Xenon.
Her other children also have very unusual names.

prampushingdownthehighst · 15/01/2019 20:12

SEV Marchel makes car headlights and I always thought it would make a beautiful girls name
Sevmarchel!

Openandshut · 15/01/2019 20:17

I read an old fashioned ghost story the other day where the protagonist's love interest was called Chlorine.

IHeartKingThistle · 15/01/2019 20:21

I always thought Bonjela is quite pretty. You know, soothing Wink

Tony2 · 15/01/2019 20:22

Selenium maybe, named after the Goddess. Maybe not Osmium though.

DaphneFanshaw · 15/01/2019 20:24

Artisan, Arti for short.

DaphneFanshaw · 15/01/2019 20:25

King Thistle, I agree bonjella does sound very soothing Grin

TrendyNorthLondonTeen · 15/01/2019 20:27

I know a Xenon. He is nowhere cool enough to pull it off.

Whynotnowbaby · 15/01/2019 20:27

I have met a little Pepper (def like that not the pig) thought it was quite fun!

Stillamum3 · 15/01/2019 20:27

I saw a little girl on a bus years ago - she'd called her dolly " Polly Ester"

mamansnet · 15/01/2019 20:28

A friend tells the story of her former midwife mum, who asked a teenage mum what she was going to call her new daughter.

"Chlamydia".

donquixotedelamancha · 15/01/2019 20:44

I always think Vulcan would be a nice name

It's already a classical male name.