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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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WiddlinDiddlin · 04/07/2023 04:57

Probably not so weird now but Rayne - male, my age (early 40s) I knew him when we were in our late teens.

I heard someone in a supermarket shouting 'Movida! Movida!'... thought they were having some sort of revelation in the hair dye section but they were not, it was their child - circa 1990.

Actual kids now... Magnus, Santino, Aveline, Jorja (the last one really makes my teeth itch for some reason).

Oddest... Random. Probably easier for him now he is an adult... I imagine he struggled as a kid/teen (I only knew him as a toddler).

NellyDElephant · 04/07/2023 05:00

Siblings Balthazar and Phaedra (met them at local baby & parent group)
Twins Herbert and Stirling
Bingo (boy)
Cruz
Cassius
Halcyon

Kinsters · 04/07/2023 05:10

I met some twins named Caesar and Kaiser...Caeser I have heard before and think it's quite a nice name. I can only assume Kaiser will go by Kai when he's older!!

User9753224 · 04/07/2023 05:48

Went to school with a Greek boy called Zeni - back in the 60s

user1492757084 · 04/07/2023 05:51

Denby and Marmaduke - boys

Sevahn and Clovelly - girls

BrendaMcPherson · 04/07/2023 05:58

I''ve come across quite a few unusual names during my teaching career, including:

Misty
Truely
Anointing Shalom
Promise
Bluejay
Anfield
Destiny

KoalaKube · 04/07/2023 06:01

I went to school in the late 60s with a Livingstone Jones and an Orlando Bartholemew. My mum (Welsh) was named Marsley but as far as I know it’s not a typical welsh name. My kids have kinda unusual names too. I don’t sadly.

ConkerDreams · 04/07/2023 06:04

My mum’s friend’s daughter and son in law called their baby girl Providence and the grandparents on the other side were so horrified, they refused to talk to them!

I worked with someone called Strawberry. Not very easy to shorten - unless you go for Berry…

NotQuiteUsual · 04/07/2023 06:09

Coral for a girl. Apparently the older generation love it and it was common amongst their parents.

Chatillon · 04/07/2023 06:11

ArnoldBee · 03/07/2023 18:21

You know there's a Welsh population in Argentina and I actually think its in paragonia

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That is correct. The river was called Afon Camwy. Which means winding river.

The half a dozen or so River Avons in the U.K. are all derived from the Welsh name for River - afon.

ConkerDreams · 04/07/2023 06:12

BrendaMcPherson · 04/07/2023 05:58

I''ve come across quite a few unusual names during my teaching career, including:

Misty
Truely
Anointing Shalom
Promise
Bluejay
Anfield
Destiny

I can imagine ‘Anointing Shalom’ was a bit of a mouthful in the classroom.

Heatherjayne1972 · 04/07/2023 06:15

Kairo- boy
Tace- girl
Blanche - girl
Sing - girl

we also know an Elodie
and a woman called Baby

MrsSchadenfreude · 04/07/2023 06:16

A woman called Velocity. Her Dad was in the RAF. Yes, everyone did mishear as Felicity.

Worked with a Turkish man called Ufuk Uras. Unfortunate but true.

Theoldwoman · 04/07/2023 06:17

Twins called Benson and Hedges.

exLtEveDallas · 04/07/2023 06:18

Aubla (g)
Abrum (b)
Destin (b)
Sparrow (b)

Also heard years ago of 2 children called Boy and Babygirl. They had a very sad childhood and their names were changed.

I have a relative whose 3 names are all straight out of Tolkien. Lovely, but bloody hell, took a while to learn how to spell them!

Theoldwoman · 04/07/2023 06:19

BrendaMcPherson · 04/07/2023 05:58

I''ve come across quite a few unusual names during my teaching career, including:

Misty
Truely
Anointing Shalom
Promise
Bluejay
Anfield
Destiny

I know quite a few Misty’s, a couple of Destiny’s too.

SirSidneyRuffDiamond · 04/07/2023 06:21

The headteacher of the boys' grammar school in the town I grew up in had a daughter called Dorcus. The boys were not kind about it.

countvoncount · 04/07/2023 06:21

A few years ago, a wonderful feisty flame haired young girl called Templeton.
She was so full of life, bossy but fair, I fully expect to see her in parliament one day

FcukTheDay · 04/07/2023 06:22

Did she have two sisters and a brother?

FcukTheDay · 04/07/2023 06:23

@Candycats did she have two sisters and a brother?

FcukTheDay · 04/07/2023 06:25

Kinsters · 04/07/2023 05:10

I met some twins named Caesar and Kaiser...Caeser I have heard before and think it's quite a nice name. I can only assume Kaiser will go by Kai when he's older!!

My child has one of those names and it isn't Caeser!:He has not shortened it :)

starrynight21 · 04/07/2023 06:27

A friend in the US is called Sequoia ( like the tree), I love it.

My SIL's sister called her daughter Serendipity . I guess she was a happy accident !

Lampzade · 04/07/2023 06:28

I know a woman called Memory and a man called Souvenir.

Lampzade · 04/07/2023 06:29

SirSidneyRuffDiamond · 04/07/2023 06:21

The headteacher of the boys' grammar school in the town I grew up in had a daughter called Dorcus. The boys were not kind about it.

Dh wanted to call our dd Dorcas. I vetoed it

sages · 04/07/2023 06:31

Zipporah

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