names in your dc's nursery/class that make you smile...

[burgatroyd]

What are unusual names that have stood out for you in your dc's class?

There is an Alaska which makes me smile every time I hear it and a Francesca and Emma which are nice because they are names that I hardly hear on children.

Know a friend of a friend with a child called Montana!

Sorry it doesn't make me smile, it's just unusual.

Precious! (Only to her adoring mama, I can assure you).

A sweet little Huxley.

I once had a Wisdom, he was constant getting in to situations that we had to rescue him from. He certainly didn't have Wisdom.

4-5 year olds (this is in the US, where compulsory schooling starts a year later to the UK):

Winston - one of those names I'd love to be brave enough to use, it always brings a smile to my face for the right reasons.

Randy - bring a smile to my face for all the wrong reasons!

Susan - not a name I'd use, but it brings a smile, seeing it on a little girl.

And while not in DD2's (4) class, there is a boy in the 3-4 year olds named Isreal. It's a misspelling of Israel (a name that's ranked 200-something for boys in the US), and it makes me smile, as obviously it reads 'is real' which I should hope he is!

Tess Isreal! I actually like it.

Rainbow :)
The loveliest, sweetest little girl who always signs her name on everything with a little rainbow next to it!

I'm cheating a bit here, (ds's nursery class is full of Mias, Demi-Leighs and Kayden/Jaydens anyway) but there was a little boy of about 5 named Hope with his (very gorgeous and hipsterish) dad in the airport recently, That made me smile, it's such an underused name and really sweet.

Goodness

There's a little girl in my son's class called Florentine. She's absolutely tiny and her parents often call her Flo. It's not a name that I would use, but it makes me smile (for the right reasons).

Thorin. He was as cute as a button.

My cousin has a son called Harleigh, seems like an odd misspelling to me. He's in his teens and he would prefer Harley.

Beau-Loxley

I love Huxley. Such an awesome name.

My kids have straight laced names, a contrast to my own.

There are some funny names in my son's class but I'm not posting on here as that would be rude.

Beau Loxley is very Gone With The Wind.

Yes. Beau-Loxley is the first name. Not sure what the surname is as it's a child in a family member's child's nursery, rather than my own child. (Obviously I wouldn't put it on here anyway.) It's a girl.

Kids i dunno but I received a couple of letters at work from someone called Fortunate which just made me stop and think.

There is a plethora of Leons in the nursery up the road. I don't know why, but maybe it has to do with sandwiches.

Also, some cultures name kids with aspirational names. Things you want them to be. Happy, Engineer, Preacher, and Glorious.
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cf Baylor.

Not quite the same but I had a customer once whose surname was Sunshine, I thought that was lovely. I'd love to be a Sunshine!

There's a little girl in the nursery at my son's school called Gin

Rocky and Lolita

Gin

We have a Betsy-Boo at preschool which makes me smile.

I read an autobiography where the authors brother was called Space Conqueror. It was in Maoist China though...