Recent nutty names I have heard

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Sigh-Anne.

I thought the woman was mispronouncing Sian, then saw the name written down. Sigh-Anne. I mean, what on earth...?

the other was a little boy called Ragen. As in Ronald Regan, but Ragen. Ragen? I am not a name snob, but I do draw the line at deliberately misspelling surnames and then using them as a first name!

Expecting DC1 end of Nov which we're fully expecting to be a boy and we love the name Jasper. Would people always think of Jasper Carrot though?

I have heard of a little girl called Twinkle.

I've heard of twins called Rebecca-Louise and Louise-Rebecca!! oh and a kid called Success.

i work with someone whose first name is misty-blue

Piggles Manni is short for Manuel.

I know a girl called Carisma (spelled like that - without the "H") - she also seriously lacks any charisma too!

crystalglasses I find Hebe strange. Am I wrong?

No! Do we know the same one?

I know a Cookie.

We met an (otherwise charming) NY family on holiday this summer who had three young daughters called Anna, Chase and Marley. Why call your first child a totally classic name and then your two subsequent daughters out-there names?

My dad worked with a guy who had three daughters called Faith, Hope and Charity...

Kensington.

Trebilcock is a common surname in Cornwall. The emphasis should be on the 'bil' as in 'Truh-BIL-cock'. Saying Treble-cock is funnier though.

I know a Sian that pronounces it Si-an. Yuck.
I also know a Ciara that pronounces it Ci-a-ra to rhyme with tiara.

Years ago I saw the grottiest mother dragging her daughter around the supermarket. The little girl was named Crystal-Marie. WHY???

A friend has three kids with unusual names:
Roxabella
Cassanova
Yoshabelle

They have unusual middle names too. They are gorgeous and delightful adn their names suit them.

And just remembered that a colleague of my husband's (a Mr Weir) had a son name Isaac. Isaac Weir.

I heard someone yelling for a Tayzer (not sure of the spelling). My sister taught an Allora and there was a China Blue at a baby club I attended. Worked with a Cara Mia.

Cara Mia is sweet.

It just made me think of The Addams Family

Where do I start with the weird names I've come across! Twin boys called Jake-Lee and Isaac-Lee, a Trafford (after the football ground) and a Christmas (luckily male so could go by the nickname Chris!). I honestly don't know where some of these names come from..

Charlotte Bronte's father was Irish and originally his surname was brunty, but he changed it to Bronte when he went to cambridge. I think Bronte is a lovely name though, but the writers all had such sad lives and died young so it owuld put me off using it.

I knew of sisters called Mona and Lisa, I heard (and I hope this was ajoke) of a girl called Theresa Tickles, with her first name shortened to Tess! I also heard of a girl in New Zealand called Tallula does the hula from hawaii. parently she went to court to get made a ward of the state so she could change her name, they have also had children called number x bus shelter, and a newspaper article said in the UK there were six children called superman, an two called Arsenal last year. Why oh why?

Marvellous
Precious
Promise
Shine
Bright
Me (this is a common chinese name, so I'm told)
Awesome
Autumn
Rainbow
Supernova
Jet'aime
Sparkle
China
London
Scotland
Jarr
Mama
Papa
Sultan
Diamond
Forever
Peachy
Fallen
Marshal
Sky
Star
Roman
North
Chase
Chaste
Chip

These are the names I have come across in childcare which I would consider unusual, although I like some of them quite a lot.

theres a child in my town called Ibroxia.. after Ibrox stadium in glasgow.

heard a man yelling at his daughter "Destiny" in the leisure centre the other day. poor kid. also met a couple my husband knew in town the other day with their new baby boy. when asked his name they said " Kaizen" - at least i think that's how you would spell it - we both said "sorry?". not the reaction they had hoped for, i would imagine.

My mother in law was chatting to her midwife friend about bad names she had heard...

She told her that some chav mother had considered calling her child Clamydia!!!!

We still laugh about it! Luckily the
MW set her straight, chav just said she
Liked the 'ring' of it!!!

Would she have had a brother called Herpes?!

I heard a little boy being called 'Corbiere' a few days ago, which is the name of a lighthouse where I live (Jersey), and also means something close to 'crow's nest' in French