Unusual names that are a one off - never heard it before or since

[HoneyandRum]

I met a lovely little boy and his mum in the US, he was about 5 and was called Caspian.

Maybe a Narnia fan?

[LemonBreeland]

I don't think I've ever met someone with a unique name.

[CheerfulYank]

I knew a Cameo too. :)

[SilverOldie]

Someone named their child God? I'm surprised they were allowed to register that.

[badtemperedaldbitch]

i met an Equator Goldstien once. I thought it was such a beautiful name and it suited her perfectly. Not sure if it were her given name or a name she called herself but it was beautiful.

[BinarySolo]

I knew a girl called Saxon. I assumed her parents were fans of the band!

Was god maybe short for Godfrey or Godrick? I wouldn't have thought you could register that!

I knew of a ghengis khan. Also heard about a New Zealand couple that wanted to name their baby 4real. They were refused by the registrar.

[peeriebear]

Aslan means Lion, unsurprisingly. :)

[emsyj]

It could have been Moomin!!! Maybe it's the same person my DMum taught? I'm guessing she would be late 30s to late 40s by now...

[emsyj]

Oh how thick am I, just googled and see who 'Ladybird Johnson' is . It says her real name was Claudia. Maybe that's where the parents of the little girl my DMum taught got the idea?

[SilentMammoth]

I want to call dd5 Quinta as a mn but dh not keen

[CoteDAzur]

Aslan is a perfectly normal Turkish name for boys. It is the word for "lion" in the Turkish language.

Re Narnia - It is the literary equivalent of calling a fictional dog "Dog".

[lljkk]

Rutger, Saguaro, Clayton, Shanti, Dayjanayda (I don't know proper spelling, might be Deyaneda)

(my dad's name, but I cannot say it because he has a public profile).

An Anakin lives locally.

[Lilyloo]

My niece is called Lauris never heard that before / again, we also know a boy called Valentine

[ithaka]

My friend had an Aunt Griselda. Not unique, but I bet you don't get many Griselda's nowadays.

[lynniep]

I know a Storm (a boy) but thats about it. There is a Pheonix at nursery (thats the spelling they use) Theres also a baby Juniper which is lovely (shortened to Juno which is slightly more popular)

[BinarySolo]

Had the Aslan I met looked Turkish then I probably wouldn't have batted an eyelid, but it was surprising on a little blond boy! And although I knew it was a name in it's own right I still thought Narnia. maybe because his siblings were Lucy, Susan and Tumniss

[CoteDAzur]

"I knew of a ghengis khan"

Cengiz ("Ghengis") is also a perfectly normal Turkish name meaning "warrior". So is Atilla.

[BinarySolo]

Yes cote but given the notoriety of the namesake you'd have thought the parents would think twice with their surname.

[slug]

I've known a few Lovleys. They've all been Bengali girls.

DH used to work at Great Ormond Street hospital. He reckoned you could tell who had been a popular sleb 3-5 years ago by the names of some of the children. There was the wave of Kylies, followed by the Beyonces etc.

[forevergreek]

Typo ( yes named after an error!). He's about 8 now if anyone else knows of a boy called typo

[DizzyHoneyBee]

Cambo

[Ruprekt]

D'Niro - met him at Odds Farm Park and nearly died laughing.


I knew a September once. She was about 40.

[noddyholder]

My ds has a mate called stone Never heard of another

[Badvoc]

Knew a clayton.
And a roderick.
That's it.