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!

My favourite cbeebies birthday card was for a child called "Splendid". Made me smile all day, after seeing that!

Nell Gwynn

I knew a little girl called Sugar.

Osiris is the egyptian god of the afterlife and was also Old Dirty Bastard's (from t' Wu Tang Clan) alter ego.

My godfather's wife taught an Inertia :)

God, I love Inertia. I want that as my name.

just found this thread and love it! Shame I live in the arse end of pretty much nowhere and haven't come across many weird names.

Although I went to school with an Adonis (I think he's of polynesian descent, although I could be wrong) he carried it off well!

My sister nearly called her new son Korben.

I teach a Chardonnay, who is lovely, but I heave a little sigh every time I take the register!

We've had a Marley in school, but I didn't have the pleasure of his company. He wasn't with us long.

I quite like Larch. And I've heard of a Cedar too, which I think is lovely.

Which makes my first choice for ours (due march) quite tame, really!

Larch is quite nice, but surely you are always going to be known as Number 5 (The Larch) (or I'm showing my age

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There's a trend in the US at the moment to name children after places in England but mis-spell them. I know of several Londyn's and Camdin's.

We've got a Devin. Which was weird when he started, as we are in Devon.

Larch = way to close to Lurch

Nothing beats Lampard as a first name..

DH was at Cambridge with a uni (she was the third child in her family). Dead posh they were.

True re Lurch. And Lampard?!

Oh, and I forgot a beauty: never met the child, but I know of a "Beckham"

By thunder, I wish I'd called DS1 Inertius. It would suit him down to the ground.

In response to some other comments:

• There is a Dimity in Gone With the Wind. (Dimity Monroe?)

• And for the Love of God - It's "Alas poor Yorick, I knew him, Horatio"

My DH's work colleague's new baby son is named Lampard..I kid you not!

I know brothers called Saracen and Wolf so I tend to think their parents must have liked Gladiators when it was on

just to clarify, I'm not the only person who judges parents (probably entirely wrongly, granted) by these names, right?

I knew a Marley too.

It was funny when he was paired with Jacob to do something.

The lovely Gary Dourdan (Warwick Brown in CSI) has a son called Lyric :)
Laughing at rather a lot of these, I used to have a mouse called Inertia and a cat called Beckham :o
The Larch...
The. Larch.
Theeee... LARCH.

I have come across a Diesal at my local playgroup.

I know you've all moved on by now, but I know a Bronte and she's lovely and it's lovely. So there.

I know a Bronte too - I assumed it was transferred surname and a homage to the literary sisters.

I also met three boys called Dante and, by fluke I suppose, all were little thugs quite lively.

ha the Larch! Monty Py!!
there is a Bronte in my sis in law's family.
I know a couple of Cedars..lovely name.

I can't stand the deliberate misspelling of names in the effort to be 'individual', madness! ..hyphenating is also a real bugbear for me!
A few nasty examples that I've come across lately: Emelia-Mae, Hollee, Rueby-May, Cyenna-Rose, Cortnee, Dazey, Elleey-Ray, Jayde, Mistie-Blue, Izzabel, Iylah (Isla), Jorja ...as for the boys well ...Kanyee, Caeden, Alfee-William, Jay, Harvee, Junyor!!!
Absolutely shocking!!!! Why, oh why?!!!!!