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Most unusual names you’ve heard at baby group!

588 replies

Nameenthusiast · 25/01/2019 21:33

Thought this might be fun and may give some people some new ideas! What are the most unusual baby names you have heard recently? Mine are:
Moses
Claude
Nula
Herbie
Huckleberry

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Maybelle15 · 22/07/2019 19:31

Moss,
I always wondered if they saw moss growing somewhere and decided that it would be a good name for their child. It was the grandmother who attended baby class and i did at first think she had trouble pronouncing Ross.

flippedoff · 22/07/2019 19:31

When I worked with children back in the early 90s sisters, not twins, Tango and Tivoli. Also a small Aladdin who's middle name was the suburb in which he lived.

Chaoticnewtral · 22/07/2019 19:35

I met a Dlaniger (boy) and thought it must be a traditional European name I'd never come across.

Nope. They just couldn't think of what to call him, so he got his father's name... backwards.

MrBobLobLaw · 22/07/2019 19:44

Another Elvis here.
Jason. Obviously a normal name but .. a baby called Jason?!

wheresmymojo · 22/07/2019 19:47

@Mesosleepy

To be fair...Zebedee sounds like a made up 'modern' name but I found someone in my family tree from the early 1800's with that name.

Also Zebulon (and in a totally different part of the family!)

Theweasleytwins · 22/07/2019 19:49

Edmund
Castle (yes that is his legal name)

Carpetburns · 22/07/2019 19:50

Innocent (boy)
Riley-Kraft (boy)
Luna (girl)

Fruityb · 22/07/2019 19:50

Barnes

EveryFlightBeginsWithAFall · 22/07/2019 19:50

Brothers fox and fawn
Sisters destiny and stormi
Brothers chase and gage
None of them are babies though, all teens now

Theweasleytwins · 22/07/2019 19:52

I was in a and e, the dad had a Kalessi tattoo and the little girl answered to it

EveryFlightBeginsWithAFall · 22/07/2019 19:53

Oh and I know an elodie, shakira and a nevaeh

DartmoorDoughnut · 22/07/2019 19:54

There is a Khaleesi at our pre school, never met her but she shares a peg with my DS

Carpetburns · 22/07/2019 19:55

Grey (boy)
Jersey (girl)

Ohyesiam · 22/07/2019 19:59

gentlyscented
I know twins called Darcy and PiperHmm.
Oaken was my oddest.

Starburst8 · 22/07/2019 20:00

There's an Ottilie at ours. I'm not sure if I've spelt it right but I guess it's spelt how it sounds.
I think it's unusual but I quite like it.

verystressedmum · 22/07/2019 20:01

Girl in ds class was Destiny

wheresmymojo · 22/07/2019 20:01

@sixlittlewitches I know a Chase in his early 40s (British).

It's quite a common American name.

MartiniDry · 22/07/2019 20:07

Maggie
Fox
Skyler
Montgomery
Murdo
Hamish
Dendy

AmericanLemonade · 22/07/2019 20:10

I have a niece called Khaleesi.

I also have two nephews (separate sides of the family - never met each other) called Memphis.

MartiniRihanna · 22/07/2019 20:14

There is a Courtney in my baby group haven't heard that name in a while
Also a Juno

Bellasblankexpression · 22/07/2019 20:19

Torrance (girl)
Elm (girl)
Ambilo (boy)
Graton (boy)

Purplehammer · 22/07/2019 20:19

I had an uncle Moss.
Nickname for Maurice.
A little girl at the dentist was called Harmonia.

troppibambini · 22/07/2019 20:24

I have heard quite a few that would be unusual to us but there are lots of nationalities at our school.
My sons (4) mate is called Martin
I love some of the African names at my daughters school
Precious and Promise are two that spring to mind.

AddNameHere · 22/07/2019 20:29

T'pau

I kid you not. But it was in the 90's

sue51 · 22/07/2019 20:32

I remember a little boy called Tar, I thought he was a Tarquin but it turned out his full name was Tarzan.