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Splendid names you've come across

379 replies

whatausername · 10/01/2022 22:18

I recently heard of an Elphinstone Dalgleish. Have also met a couple of kids called Star.

What fun/marvellous/slightly wacky names have you come across?

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Winniemarysarah · 10/01/2022 22:21

I know 3 sisters called summer, moon and star. I feel like moon pulled the short straw 😬

WhatDidISayAlan · 10/01/2022 22:22

I’m an expert in this - we have a funny names WhatsApp. My latest was one I saw on a job ad the other day for Alix Joddrell-Banks.

eggandonion · 10/01/2022 22:24

I was in a doctor's waiting room once with a young woman called Jubilee McQueen. She was born on the Queens Silver Jubilee.

OublietteBravo · 10/01/2022 22:24

There is a senior patent examiner at the Indonesian Patent Office called Dr Mercy Marvel. Such a fabulous name!

Staggersaurus · 10/01/2022 22:24

I recently met a little girl called Loveday. I thought it was a most splendid name Smile

FleetwoodRaincoat · 10/01/2022 22:26

Lollipop-Mae. In A and E in front of me.

MerylSqueak · 10/01/2022 22:27

My mum had a student once called Billie Midnight Blue.

Chunkymenrock · 10/01/2022 22:27

I interviewed a lady called Coriander.

Laureatus · 10/01/2022 22:28

I went to school with a girl called Jett Black. She was very cool. There was a kid a few years below me called Storm as well.

WinterCarlisle · 10/01/2022 22:31

I used to work with a girl called Diamanté - I had serious name envy,

furbabymama87 · 10/01/2022 22:32

@FleetwoodRaincoat

Lollipop-Mae. In A and E in front of me.
Jesus Christ
TrashyPanda · 10/01/2022 22:40

I worked with public records, and there was a list of the best names, place names and occupations, compiled over many years.

My favourite name was a lady with the surname Sidebottom. She married a man called Mr Top, and thus became Mrs Sidebottom or Top!

ThedaBara · 10/01/2022 22:41

Met a lady who had twins named Natasha and Natalia... which is literally the same name

Elderflower14 · 10/01/2022 22:43

@Staggersaurus

I recently met a little girl called Loveday. I thought it was a most splendid name Smile
Rosamund Pilcher book character name!
Gobolino80 · 10/01/2022 22:43

I once worked with someone called Alphonse Wondergems. Awesome name!

Atla · 10/01/2022 22:45

I went to school with two sisters called Rainbow and Star, last name: Hart

Elderflower14 · 10/01/2022 22:45

Sitting in hospital with my late DP and his daughter and a lady near us was called to go in... Her name was Gloria Bunny!! Cue giggling from daughter and I when she had gone!!

ememem84 · 10/01/2022 22:45

Geoffrey wildeboarhans.

And also used to work with a precious and a sleepy.

TommyShelby · 10/01/2022 22:49

I knew a lady who had an aunt who was born on the day the Lusitania sank so her middle name was Lusitania which I always thought was so interesting.

mumofEandE · 10/01/2022 22:51

I know a teenage Miracle

UpToMyEye · 10/01/2022 22:52

I know a child called Marvellous!

TheBugHouse · 10/01/2022 22:52

Nothing to add… but love these fabulous names!

brusselsprout5 · 10/01/2022 22:52

Pocahontas! Yes really!

frazzledfragglefromfragglerock · 10/01/2022 22:52

Blessing. He was no such thing (I taught him)

cafedesreves · 10/01/2022 22:54

@FleetwoodRaincoat

Lollipop-Mae. In A and E in front of me.
This is brilliant.

I always have to mention sisters Bunny-Love and Candy-Darling whose mum insisted on the full version of their names at all times!