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...

There’s a reality show in the US about a family with a set of sextuplets. Some of those names are the most ridiculous I’ve ever heard. Like “why on earth would you saddle your children with such weird names” ridiculous.

I play this game sometimes with my friends, horrible or weird words that would make great names if they had different meanings.

My faves are Violence, Syphilis and Table.

Doona and Eskie - sort of an Australian picnic

Forgot to mention I once knew a boy called Stone, which I really like.
On the subject of names that could be names, I wrote a lot of amateur stories from about 8 to 13 and invented some pretty crazy names:
Voo (boy)
Wire (boy)
Mystery (girl)
Million (girl)
Perriantha (girl)
Levina (girl)
Tide (girl)
Blue (girl) (but think I've heard of one since then)

I'm channeling Kath & Kim here

Girls:
Papilloma
Catheter
Enema

Boys:
Lupus

I live in Saudi and always think Jeddah would be quite a pretty name. Friends of ours named their daughter Adliya after a stint they did in Bahrain.

My mum won the Australian name game once and for all by suggesting Margarine......

Renovating a house provides lots of inspiration aside from the obvious Brick,
Architrave
Conduit
Stucco
Terracotta
Aggregate
Joist
Beam
Lintel
Steel
Resin
Plinth

I quite like Alsatian. Not sure if it's for a girl or boy though. Maybe it could be unisex?

Not one for place names but I heard a child called Zenor (I believe its a place in Cornwall) once , being called by her friend . I quite like it to be honest .
Another place name I like is Avimore.

Names that wouldn't usually be names (in the 70s or 80s say) were surnames then but used as forenames a lot more now
Harrison
Mason
Taylor
Etc

I once taught a girl called Song.

Sachet for a girl

Or an alternative spelling (for the Strictly fans) Sashay

Surely it should be Sachette for a girl? Sachet is a boy’s name....

Halcyon, Sonnet, Elysium, Siam, Deco and Aquitaine all would be cool names

Chalice, Patella, Pica, Soya or Fascia for a girl.

Burly, Canton, Merit, Tenor or Pattern for a boy.

Brick is also the name of Steve Carell's weatherman in the film 'Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy' - Brick Tamland.

Rugby player, Scott Quinnel’s son is called Steel.

Boys:
Ferrari
Salton
Seagate
Nemo
Garfield
Appaloosa
Omega
Sparrow
Megahertz
Amstel
Brake
Stallion
Boxer
Prick 😂
Tram

Girls:
Magenta
Martini
Bright
Mare
Clitoris
Court
Rice
Oasis
Dumpling
Plum
Lime
Majorca
Sahara
Tazer
Prim
Lane
Echo

I meet people with "different " names daily as it's customary for the African culture to name their child the first thing they think of. So met plenty of the following:
Monday
Precious
Innocent
Floral
Power
Pretty
Tuesday
Colourful

Amaryllis. I thought this was a name for years.

I love soffit.

I know a Chalis (pronounced Chalice) and I've taught a Jolly (she was!)

I hope Glory doesn't take her DH's surname Hole (I did know someone whose surname was Hole)!
Birdie use to be common in Ireland, nickname for Bridget I think.
I know a Giverny after Monet's garden, quite pretty I think. One of DD's friends wants to name a daughter Samphire

Battersea (pronounced Berterseea)
Paprika
Balsam
Equinox
Salvia
Crescent
Aga
Tallboy
Inertia
Bombardier
Sagacious
Celery

When I was a little girl and the old counties were still extant I always fancied Merioneth as a name. Merry for short?

A friend named his daughter Nova and I believe one of the Olympic rowers has a son called Croyde, like the place in Cornwall. Or might be Devon.

Girls:
Tibia
Gouda
Cylinder
Courgette
Iodine
Aorta
Listeria

boys:
Tarmac
Parkin
Cirrus

We have a Zephyr at school. Lovely lad... We've got some other properly bonkers names going on too; on the whole they're great children, though!