Most unusual names in your children’s school class

[Nightsatthelitten]

What’s the most unusual name a child in your kids class at school has had?
Almost every other child I know is called Harry, Theo, Leo, Olivia….would love to hear some unusual examples of names!

I had a great aunt Queenie - not sure when she was born but i'd guess 1890s. I remember her but not very well.
I've never met another one.

Does she pronounce it "Gram"?

Going back 30 years we had a young chap by name of Gearstick turn up for 1 term. The bizarre thing was, no one seem to think it was unusual (I did, and remember distinctly telling my parents on the evening after school)

Sound like Gladiator fans!

Leopold Bloom is the main character in a James Joyce book from a century ago.

Old or not very common names I've come across over the last while include

Kyren
Jeffrey
Conall
Kai
Dáire
Bridget
Breda
Anais
Adrienne
Nancy
Evelyn

Dd13 is in high school now and she has 2 Byron’s in her classes. There’s a Betsy aswell.
she had a kyrill and a Thor in primary school along with a star.

DS 18 had quite a few unusual names in his years at school. Had a JP, helix, phoenix, Ines, JD, taiyo and Aris in his high school. Some of them were in his primary school too. He had 2 Marshall’s in primary school too aswell as a Dayton.

tbh DS himself has an unusual name which I can’t mention as would be incredibly outing but we literally get comments on it everywhere we go.

I’m fairly unsurprisable when it comes to names, I’ve had 3 children go through school and nursery over 17 years in a very diverse area which also has its fair share of try-hards, so I tend to just think ‘right, fine’, whatever it is.

The most unusual name I’ve ever come across was an adult through work so not strictly answering the OP. It was a youngish man from, iirc, Zimbabwe, called Termination. My work also exposed me to shed loads of cultures as well, but I confess that one did make me think ‘sorry?’

Zed and Marguerite at the most unusual at dc’s school, but there is a Feebay (pronounced like Phoebe) at a sports club.

@honeyrider
I remember Anais being very popular early 90's, possibly due to the perfume.

And I know an Adrienne who is 80 and very glamorous, she certainly doesnt look her age at all!

Feebay? That poor child.

Presumably done to have yooneek spelling.

ETA I often wonder whether kids with these yooneek spellings will end up changing their names to the usual spelling.

I had a client at my old job called Integrity.

Stuart!
Fox
Peony

They are usually Indian or Arabic names and presumably normal if you are Indian or Arabic.

Do know of a girl called Love.

Of these, Kai, Nancy and Evelyn (often shortened to Evie with Evelyn for the birth certificate) are all very standard baby names for the last 15 years.

I wonder if she was a big fan of drag race UK.

I know a little girl called Paisley as her Dad proposed to her Mum in Paisley and it really suits her - she’s fun and quirky like the name.’

DS isn't at school yet, but I know a little baby girl from church called Rejoice which I think is lovely. 🥰

Yoda.

Not even joking....

I absolutely love some of these names. So nice to see some different ones.

The people who have named their UK based kids thinks like Mark and Lynda are ahead of the curve. They'll come back round and seem like the name of a younger person. I think they are lucky. Eg if a see a Mollie on a list or a work thing I would assume no older than late teens/early twenties.

Reminded me, eldest DS has a friend who called his eldest Anakin.

In France you're not allowed to give your children outlandish names like Rocky-Rose or, like a PP mentioned, Viper. For a girl. That is appalling. For a boy, too, but calling your a girl Viper just seems designed to humiliate. While there are some nice names on this thread, there are also lots of really dreadful ones. I don't think it's fair on the child, and I think it's great of the French system to recognise that.

I hope some of these children whose parents saddled them with dreadful names change them when they grow up. I can't imagine the bullying poor Viper must get.

This is what DH calls me because I never have any cash on me 🤣

There’s an ‘Ethereal’ in DD’s class, both her parents are white british.

Denby
Becket

Majella
Jacqueline

It IS a cow's name, though. So is Daisy!

Enid Blyton has a lot to answer for.