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Most unusual name you've come across.....

715 replies

erikbloodaxe · 03/07/2023 17:46

Just that really.

I'll start.......

Camwy. - it's a river in Patagonia. Really suited him though (Welsh ..... extremely Welsh man in his 50's).

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BaroldBalonz · 04/07/2023 00:52

My male winner would be Ainsley

Female would be Tango

Surname is either Willey or Dick (because I'm a child and they make me snigger every time)

Sugarplumfury · 04/07/2023 00:52

Stone and Ball (brothers). There was a third brother but I can’t remember his.
Theda
Clayton (at a time where boys were called Michael, John, David, Ian, Gary etc
Shane

Kabbalah · 04/07/2023 00:54

Worked with a guy called Oberon. He was 6 foot 4 and had the most amazing hand writing.

IamnotHWhittier · 04/07/2023 00:55

Blondey2023 · 03/07/2023 18:01

Elodie. Hadn't heard it before. This was years ago, so it may be more popular now, I just haven't heard it since.

I think it’s a French name. My pen-friends daughter is called Elodie plus her brothers wife

Tetchypants · 04/07/2023 00:55

octoegg · 03/07/2023 18:25

I met a Bonaparte once, not met one since.

I know of a Napoleon, he must be about 16 now.

Had a friend at uni called Persephone and was most disappointed to find out she’d changed it from Sarah

Angelil · 04/07/2023 00:56

CaramelJones · 03/07/2023 18:03

A friend in the U.S(Though she's from Singapore)'named her son Sundance. It actually suits him.

Haha, i might have taught that kid.

SabbatWheel · 04/07/2023 00:56

Dorcas (at primary school)
Paxton (brother of a secondary school classmate)
Raven (child of an acquaintance)
Candida (acquaintance at uni)

Angelil · 04/07/2023 00:56

Tyrion. Lovely Welsh name. Have never come across another, though!

captainsandyscrew · 04/07/2023 00:58

Blaise

Precious

I am a google whack also and it's both a blessing and a curse

Angelil · 04/07/2023 00:59

SwankyPants · 03/07/2023 18:34

A baby girl called Albertine.

Beautiful name. Immediately brings to mind a character in Marcel Proust’s “In Search Of Lost Time”. I wonder if ‘your’ Albertine’s parents had read it before naming their daughter?

Whelm · 04/07/2023 00:59

Agapornis · 03/07/2023 21:58

@FatherJackHackettsUnderpantsHamper Kite isn't a normal Dutch name at all! I'm failing to think of names that sound the same but are spelled differently. 'Vlieger' would be a direct translation of kite, but even that would be a very odd hippie name. At a stretch, it may be derived from the surname 'de Vlieger', which isn't that unusual. Bet his real first name was something boring but difficult for English speakers, like Gert-Jan Grin

You might be overthinking - Kuyt?

MaidOfSteel · 04/07/2023 00:59

There was a Madonna in a former workplace of mine.

IamnotHWhittier · 04/07/2023 00:59

Donika
Aoife
Tadhg
Niamh
Orla

All Irish names ( not sure if I spelt Donita right though)

Angelil · 04/07/2023 01:02

grizzlekick · 03/07/2023 19:14

My friend has a baby Hades

Good Lord, really? Why would anyone call a child that?

ElderlyPerson · 04/07/2023 01:04

Charisma. We catty mums reckoned her mother called her that because she herself didn't have any.

Angelil · 04/07/2023 01:04

ShoesoftheWorld · 03/07/2023 19:17

I once worked with an Aphrodite and my dd went to nursery with a Wisdom (fab name), but I'd say neither are unusual per se, just unusual where we live.

Shame if they don’t grow up to be particularly wise though…!

Whelm · 04/07/2023 01:05

Two sets of twins: Jesus and Maria & Gypsy and Summer

octoberfarm · 04/07/2023 01:06

Brick. I wish I was joking 😬

ToWhitToWhoo · 04/07/2023 01:07

Kam610 · 03/07/2023 18:05

Worked with a girl called Phoenix. It suits her though.

I have known THREE boys called Phoenix.

DamasceneRose · 04/07/2023 01:08

Pixie-Beaux (as a French speaker, the ungrammatical ending slightly jarred but it is certainly unique…)

S0upertrooper · 04/07/2023 01:09

A Malaysian girl called Joby. I'm Scottish, if you're Scottish you'll know 😁

Rummykitten · 04/07/2023 01:09

Twins: Rainbow and Starbreeze!

And a girl in school called Bluebell

ToWhitToWhoo · 04/07/2023 01:13

Xantippe -she'd originally been called something else, but changed it.

Alem and Artelle- names in my father's family, over 100 years ago.

Dedre (not Deirdre)

IamnotHWhittier · 04/07/2023 01:17

Angelil · 04/07/2023 01:02

Good Lord, really? Why would anyone call a child that?

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Hades is a banned name in France
Im sure it will be on many other countries lists aswell

OwlBasket · 04/07/2023 01:19

I used to care for an elderly lady called Troy about 30 years ago. It was her full name

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