Want to hear the names I overheard in the park today?

[Lionstar]

Tarrow, Eben and Selva

Now Eben and Selva I rather like, but Tarrow is a bit more difficult to love (and I'm giving full credit here on the assumption it is not spelt Tarot!!)

Apologies if this is a mumsnetter btw, your kids were very gorgeous

i agree - and to be fair, if you choose unusual names for your children there are bound to be those who dislike them.

Well we don't know that these 3 are siblings (assuming there was more than one family in the park), so it might not be that identifiable.

Tarot would be fab (I had a huge crush on the actor in The Ace of Wands), but would find Taro rather strange.

Oh dear, seem to have overstepped some invisible MN etiquette

Just though some on the names topic might find some inspiration here. I love to hear of unusual names and salute anyone 'brave' enough to use them. And as Pixie pointed out, no-one has monopoly on a name. These made my ears prick up, so I thought I'd share.

BTW my kids names are pretty unusual, and at least one of them would 'fit' right in to the above list. And they have had their fair share of slating on the names threads - I didn't take it personally though.

dont take it to heart Lionstar.

I quite like those names, they sound a bit different.

I do know an Eben and also like Selva, not fussed about Tarrow/Tarot sounds too much like Marrow and a card reading for me though.

EAch to their own. I have heard some cracking names while at the park and my cousin is a midwife and she comes home and tells us of all sorts of weird and wonderful names!

Taro is a Japanese name, I know someone with it. Googling tells me it means "first son". So there you go.

Everything Pixie said. I don't care if people have a go at my son's name. It's Sam, so good luck. :) Though some people think it's rather boring.

DS (2 v soon) best friend (2 in Jan) is called Eben. I really like it, it is Turkisj origin and means "Stone" - his dad is a geologist.

But in English it's a root vegetable! But one of many names that might not cross over internationally as well as one might hope.