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Most recent name to make you "huh?!"

381 replies

zingally · 09/05/2013 20:33

What names have you heard recently to make you stop in your tracks and wonder if the parents are a bit mad?

My most recent favourite is... Flossy, for a girl.
Made worse because my dads pet name for me is Flossy, or Floss. So to hear it as an ACTUAL name just makes me gawp.

Worst boys name - Banjo.

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narmada · 09/05/2013 20:36

Banjo? Oh oh, I can see the rhyming nicknames and it's not pretty Grin

peachypips · 09/05/2013 20:37

Larkin for a girl...

SantanaLopez · 09/05/2013 20:40

Oh poor Baby Banjo :(

I met a toddler called Serenity this morning. Serene she was not!

amigababy · 09/05/2013 20:41

In our Local newspaper bonny baby competition,
Pebbles!!

Thurlow · 09/05/2013 20:41

Willoughby. More because he's the villain of the piece. Like calling your son Darth.

thepartysover · 09/05/2013 20:43

< shamelessly marks place >

ForeverTheLastOne · 09/05/2013 20:44

I met a girl recently called Blazie, pronounced blaze-ee.

popsnsqeeze · 09/05/2013 20:44

Sinai. For a boy. Like mount Sinai. Weird

Ezza1 · 09/05/2013 20:45

Destinee... Sad

Cwtchbach · 09/05/2013 20:46

I met a sibset on beach the other day called Petal and Presley nn Pets and Pres.

GwendolineMaryLacey · 09/05/2013 20:47

A friend of a friend on FB has a child called Dempsie. I ask you.

3MonthMaid · 09/05/2013 20:48

Dotty is a local baby. Baby Alan made me Shock

Thurlow · 09/05/2013 20:52

I did meet a baby Ian recently. I think it only made me "huh?" because you don't hear it often, not because there is anything wrong with it. Around my way you are generally ready for Harry-Josh-Charlie-George-Fred, there's a small pool of names here. Ian's surely due a comeback.

ExitPursuedByABear · 09/05/2013 20:53

Ebon.

Hullygully · 09/05/2013 20:55

Hartleton-ThistleFlop (boy) Hartie for short

MortifiedAdams · 09/05/2013 20:56

Bram (boy)

Payton (girl)

Hmm
MortifiedAdams · 09/05/2013 20:57

Hully wins Thanks

LifeIsBetterInFlipFlops · 09/05/2013 21:03

Hurricane

nancerama · 09/05/2013 21:03

Merlin.

cyanarasamba · 09/05/2013 21:05

Boudicca

nancerama · 09/05/2013 21:05

And I know a kid who genuinely has "danger" as his middle name.

boardingschoolbaby · 09/05/2013 21:06

Rawdon for a boy

SingingSands · 09/05/2013 21:07

I live near a village called Rawson and as kids my brother and I called our hamster Flossy. These are not real names!

Machli · 09/05/2013 21:07

Banjo! Grin

R J Paul. The initials don't stand for anything Hmm.

LegArmpits · 09/05/2013 21:08

Zaiden.

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