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!

Ours aren’t crazy but we have a Dax, Tarquin, Tatiana and a Leonard.

Wolfred, Saxon, Misty

Are there any Julias, or is that out of fashion now? I've always thought that Julia is such a nice name.

And any Juliets? I like that, too.

There was a boy called blue a few years below me at school. This was south lanarkshire.

Also my dd2 is going to be going to school with a penelope which I think is a lovely name.

The sister in What Katy Did was Clover. It’s pretty!

But....but....it's a COW'S name! 🤣

Years ago there was a girl called Chanel in the local school. Another school a girl called Octavia.

My DD's too. There was at least one in her year who had it as a first name- now teenagers. I love it, so classy.

I'm in Ireland and they're not that common, I've only known one Kai since birth and he's 7 now and there's another Kai in his class.

On another note, if you are looking for names, look for things that are 70th or less popular on the ONS list. I have a DS whose name is (was when he was born) around 75th most popular. He’s the only one in either of our two primary schools locally. My DD’s name was around 55th most popularly and there are two of them (one in each school). Names that we have a lot of dublicates of aren’t that common other than William, Oliver, Josh and Sophie. There tends to be one or two of most other names. There are loads of names that end in ‘ie’ think Alfie, Marnie, Annie, Mollie, Jamie, Edie, Albie etc.

I was the one with the unusual name many moons ago in between the

Marys, Susan’s and Elizabeth’s in the 70s

now it’s more common but not many use it still.

todays I hear
elizabeth
Mary
a lot again
and a Gary

some
Wolf
River
Summer

Boy - Atlas in my sons class
Was a new one to me, never heard of / met an Atlas before

Was on a ward in a childrens hospital last week and there were 2 coves / koves
One boy one girl and in A&E was a covie.
Never heard that before until those 2 days.

Ok, well Kai was number 72 on last year’s UK baby names list (and this is a UK-based site). Just because you’re not familiar with it doesn’t mean it’s not pretty ordinary.

In my son’s class I think his name, Gilbert, is the rarest in terms of the European names in the class. There are plenty of children in the class with names I haven’t heard of (multicultural school) but I’ve no idea how popular/common they are so can’t really compare with them.

Friends of ours have a Sealoa (see-LOW-ah). The dad is a sailor and Sealoa is a nautical term. It means 'sea level over all' or something like that.

Yes! Clover was a top contender for my daughter’s name as I loved the book character.

I know three primary school Rachels. And a newborn where my sister lives. It’s a classic name

Little girl in DDs swimming is called Elliott. Never heard it before for a girl, but I think it’s nice.

Yes there’s a Rachel in our school, and it was one of the names on our list, too. Definitely in classic territory with the likes of Emma and Charlotte which are fairly ageless.

Boy, white British - Divan (spelt and pronounced exactly the same as the bed)

Elliot is a female doctor in scrubs.

Miroslav
Skylar
Geordie

My DC has a boy in their class called Silver River. There’s also a Steel in school.

I’d put my own DC’s names down too tbf, but I don’t want to out myself :)

River
Larissa
Raya
Etta

Loads of Caspians/ Cassians, maybe 5 that I know of locally!