what is the most unusual name you have heard irl?

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Heard today:-

Spring-rose

At the doctors the other day was deliah-rose. Thought it was a misspell for Delilah but then maybe it's Delia?

And the when I worked in a nursery there was a little boy called deneil. Not too bad you say, till you knew his older brother was called Neil

My all time favourite - Mike Hunt. He was the dad of a girl I swam with and his car had a sticker saying "Mike Hunt's Car".

Second prize - Somerset Pheasant. Almost as good!

Everyone called him Anus, even his teachers, he said it that way himself. "ANess" he pronounced it but it sounded like anus. He was so handsome too.

Lisma, yes just Lisa but with a random "m" in it - her mum said she just thought it sounded cool.

I knew a complete ass hat once who called her baby boy 'Shock' and her daughter 'Pixie Lane'. Then when her boy was about 2 she randomly changed his name to Lennon. Like...WTF?!?!

Someone was on another baby forum today asking if she should call her son Wolfric! I know someone who's son is Zorgar, after a character in a book apparently.

But no name will stop the delightful DSs turning into fat balding middle aged men - Somehow Zorgar doesn't quite fit then.

Dualta is the name of a character in one of Walter Macken's books - Seek the Fair Wind maybe. I had such a crush on him.

The brother of one of dd's school friends is called Oakley.

A woman at work is called Pawsha (Portia)

Oh the Romanys reminded me - I know of a little girl called Gypsy.
Have to admit I love some of the names on this thread!

Spurgeon.

Apparently it's the name of one of the Duggars new arrivals

I've met or know of a Rock, Liberty, Lennon, Keane, Fox, Wednesday, Nevaeh, Anneli, Tansy, Cooper, Dakota, Prince, Mercedes, Ebony, Snow, Travis, Amelie, Shaw, Horatio, Dustin, Bethel, Tequila, Porshe, Perry, Anais, Solomon, Troy & recently babies Malcolm, Lisa & Irene.

Galahad, Dumnac and Athos.

Also, have an Irish friend from Limerick (West of Ireland), and she was mentioning the "Anus" pronunciation for Aeneas the other day as being standard. It wasn't until she moved as an adult the association with the body part sank in.

Bethel is a welsh village never heard it as a name.

I know want to call possible future daughter aurelia

I'd never heard it as a name either, Crazypetlady, but DD swears there are two Bethels at her school! I thought she'd misheard Bethan, but apparently not.

oh dear I now want that should be.

Oh Lancelottie I dont't disbelieve you. Maybe it is an area trend?

Could be - I wonder where MrsEdinburgh lives if she knows another one (could be a clue in the user name!)

baby boy called Lucifer, there really needs to be the ability for registrars to veto some names.

meddie I love the name the lucifer! Not for a baby though. I had 2 black cats called lucifer and Salem.

There was a boy at my school called Glory to God. That's always stuck in my mind.

Tbh I've never met anyone with half the names I read on this board, so names like Araminta, Persephone and Ptomley etc are pretty unusual to me (I'd never heard of them pre-mumsnet) but judging by this board are quite common. Whereas in real life I know a lot of people with Arabic, Indian and African names that some people might find unusual but aren't unusual to me because that's what I grew up around.

MrsEd - I really wanted to call my dd Wednesday but thought it might across like I was trying too hard to be different!

I have worked in a school where there was a Merry and a Merrie in one class. I thought it was very strange.

Lancelottie was when I lived in the Midlands about 5 yrs ago.

Test I did briefly consider Thursday for DD1 as that was the day she wasbornn.

Was born.

I was in the changing room at the gym and heard someone calling her daughter Arriety. Must have been a Borrowers fan.

Just remembered that Aurelia was Julius Caesar's mother.

I know a Legeon but it's pronounced Legion.

Junior and Senior (don't believe they know each other).