Names that wouldn't usually be names

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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...

I think that there's some place names that would make good names for people.
Kirkby Lonsdale.
Lyme Regis.
Saffron Walden.

Orangina

Sage
Basil
Dill
Taragon
Parsley
All good boys names.

Brick is a strong first name for a man. Brick would be a film star.

Malaena is the black, sticky, tarry, foul smelling poo you get after a gut bleed. Unfortunately, I have also come across it used as a girl's name...

Delrosa, it was a brand name for rose hip syrup when I was young.

Suffix for a girl, momentum for a boy. I used to work for a Candida, so lovely, yet so yeasty name.

Pestle
Mirage
Chester (draws. Jk 😂)
Millennium
Astroturf
Muse
Equilibrium
Rosette
Marionette
Harpic

My husband wanted to call our eldest ds Agent. So he'd be Agent Surname.

I quite like...
Girls:
Gardenia
Ischia (like the island)
Tuscany
Temple
Cello

Boys:
Fortitude
Tyranny (a beautiful sounding name for such an awful meaning)

I taught a boy called Glory which I think is a lovely name, and a girl called Terrine (like the dish).

Mia Farrow and Woody Allen had a son they called Satchel, but I believe he calls himself Ronan these days.

Someone I used to know yearned as a child to be named Vaseline She thought it was a wonderful name.

On a similar theme, Clinique would be quite good for a girl. Like Monique but with better skin.

Muesli and Placenta would be lovely little girls.

Always felt Rubella would make a lovely girl's name

I like herb names. I’ve met a Basil, Tarragon, Bay, Saffron, and multiple Rosemarys in real life.

I also like paint colour names, like in the Casson Family books (Indigo, Cadmium Gold, Saffron, Permanent Rose)

And plant names
Comfrey
Calendula
Clematis
Dandelion
Tulip

I also think Alimony would be a nice name

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

Yea, that didn't happen.

"Malaena", it's an old Greek name. There's lots of cultures that use names that now translate into something else.

I do know someone who wanted to call their DD, Saluki (Grey hound breed), but wasn't allowed to.

My DDs NN, at times, was pestilence, which I think makes a good name.

I like:
Cayenne
Paprika
Mistral
Scirocco
Andorra

I like Calico too.

Zafira for a girl (Vauxhall)

Megane (Renault) for a girl

Kotex could be a unisex name

For boys:
Toboggan (Toby for short)
Stein
Ottoman

For girls:
Argentina
Cinema
Calendula
Galaxy

When I was a child, I had a dolly named Classical

Duvet
Hieroglyph
Burette
Calyx

I once heard of a family with children called Denim, Calico and Gingham.

Galaxy for a girl, Cadbury for a boy

Aero is cool for a boy

Comma, unnisex
Apostrophe for a boy

I like the sound of Avada Kedavra!

I always thought Rubella would be a lovely name too!

Neutrogena would be an old fashioned girls name.

Fiesta, Fifi for a nickname

Brick is a character in US sitcom “The Middle”.
There’s a book series by Grace Dent, “Diary of a Chav”, where the main character and her siblings have alcohol-related names. Her name is Shiraz (middle name Bailey), her older sister is Cava-Sue and brother is Murphy.

DS is adamant there is a child in his class called Cistern.

I was watching a programme this eve - the little girl was called 'Chastity'

I went to school with a girl called moon. We were stopped by neighbourhood police and asked our names and she got taken home by them as they thought she was taking the mick