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

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HoneyandRum · 28/01/2013 11:46

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

Maybe a Narnia fan?

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LalyRawr · 28/01/2013 20:36

Oh and the nurse who looked after my brother was called Memory.

OhIWishThereWasABook · 28/01/2013 20:39

I have known a
Glastra
Havannah
Marro
Cavan
Solo
Badger
And siblings called Luna and tide.
Wish I hadn't been so boring when I hear some of these- I came over all sensible when I was pg.

Badvoc · 28/01/2013 20:40

Boys in reception called north and gage.
I had a cousin called valentine.
And my paternal GF was called Lancelot!

Yika · 28/01/2013 20:46

Little boy at nursery called Jaguar.
Older west Indian lady called Acceptance.
I've only ever met one Loveday, one Mimi and one Vita, one Raphael (girl).
I also knew a Gerardine way back when.
Some of the names on this thread are lovely.

Lollybrolly · 28/01/2013 20:47

Sisters Loveday and Lovelace

Also met a Torquil and a Peregine - both rather posh.

Yika · 28/01/2013 20:52

Thought of another one - Hereward - would be around 40 now.

HoneyandRum · 28/01/2013 21:05

I had a boss called Warwick pronounced like the city.

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BillyBollyDandy · 28/01/2013 21:07

I knew an Aussie called Warwick

DizzyPurple · 28/01/2013 21:08

Bramble (a boy). Also know cousins called Tinkerbell and Bluebell. I have met a baby called Destiny with a sibling called Desire. Also a Blessing. All babies or school age children. And I went to school with an Autumn. She would be about 40 now (Sshh!)

jazzcat28 · 28/01/2013 21:13

I work with an Adeola

Used to work with a Renata and Roshal

BNmum · 28/01/2013 21:16

I've not met this person but read an article in the paper about an actress called Tuppence which i'd never heard before and i very much doubt i'll hear again. When i was a child my grandma would use this term to describe female parts so i can't imagine why anyone would want to call their child this.

monsterchild · 28/01/2013 21:17

Went to school with a Hariven (ha-riv-en) and her sister Tremine (tre-meen)

BikeRunSki · 28/01/2013 21:20

Comfort

LeChatRouge · 28/01/2013 21:25

yika I know a Hereward -was this in a county beginning with S?

galwaygirl · 28/01/2013 21:30

In Scotland the GRO publishes a full list every year of all the names given to newborns. When 2011's list came out last year my ante-natal group were having a nose to see how popular our children's names were and found some crazy names on the list. For boys, this included:

Jesuslovesme
Boo-Tiger
Bruce-Lee
Johnlewis

Jesuslovesme really makes me think we need some laws about acceptable names...

CelineMcBean · 28/01/2013 21:53

I used to know a Haig. He'd be approaching 40 now and was a sex pest twat. His brother was called Lee bizarrely.

CelineMcBean · 28/01/2013 21:59

JohnLewis Grin

BinarySolo · 28/01/2013 22:00

I knew a Hadley with brothers Aaron and Warwick. Apparently all places with castles.

Also knew a Kezia. She hated her name.

Yika · 28/01/2013 22:01

lechat no it wasn't - must be more than one then!

CaptainNancy · 28/01/2013 22:01

I like the names Hereward and Havelock!

I actually know a Temujin- not a turk either, of White/Irish extraction, though named in honour of Gengis Khan.

I also know a Starskey (girl) and an Ocean-Rivers.

I was at school with girls named Beauty, Lucky, Happy and Joy (none were related to one another).

NippyDrips · 28/01/2013 22:09

Loll9 xmumxdad - pronounced lolly kiss mum kiss dad. She had a sibling who's name involved 3littlebirds.

Rainbow-Lilly

Crikeyblimey · 28/01/2013 22:24

A friend of ours wanted to call his daughter Tempest. Luckily his wife wouldn't let him.

My boss is meeting a woman called Lovelace tomorrow (not meeting in an inappropriate way - an actual meeting). He is really really hoping he doesn't accidentially call her Linda (as he has already referred to her as this by mistake twice already) :)

slopes off having probably just outer herself

Crikeyblimey · 28/01/2013 22:25

Ffs "outed"

stickygingerbread · 28/01/2013 22:33

Let's see:

Hunter, a boy
Beauchamp - boy, went by Beau but full name pronounced Beecham
Princess - she went by her middle name and tried to suppress the 1st
Caprice - wondered what kind of message her mum was sending but expect she just liked how it sounds
Argyle - great uncle
Percival - another great uncle
Winifred - great aunt
Alban - boy who changed his name as an adult
Love - a girl, she went by her middle name too

Tigresswoods · 28/01/2013 22:34

Quite a few "Storm" sightings. I too have met a Storm.

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