What's the most unusual baby name that you've encountered recently?

[CaramelJones]

I mean real names not La-A and Lemonjello or Chlamydia or other urban legends.

A friend in the U.S has called her baby son, Sundance. I rather like it in a way though I was taken aback at first.

I met a McLaren recently too, not as unusual as Sundance but not something that you encounter every day either.

I've got an arrow and an atlas in my circle

Interesting. I've heard of Atlas but never met one but I've never heard of Arrow being used as a nickname.

That just reminded me that another friend has a baby son called Tiger.

Arrow and Echo.

Alan.

Not in itself an unusual name but quite jarring on a teeny baby!

I recently met a Loki and a Neville. Both a surprise!

Boy I hope they were brothers! Most unusual for me lately is Arlo, although it seems to be gaining traction if MN is anything to go by. I like it, but it makes me think of yoghurt.

Banjo.

Do you think Arrow's parents were having a-row about what to name him/her?

Sorry.

Banjo though, bloody hell. I'd rather be called Clavichord I think, maybe even Harmonica (monica for short)

There's a little girl called Tiger who lives in our street.

Wandrille.

Parsley - didn't see if it was a boy or a girl.

There was a

Whoops!

Rexi in our baby group. Sidney as well, though that's not as unusual as some others mentioned

I knew a little Cello (the parents weren't cellists either!). I also knew a little cherub with big blue eyes and white-blond ringlets, called Diesel - that one was quite jarring!

Many years ago I met a Nico’tiana

An old colleague also named his son Judge.

Spike

Cosmic for a baby boy. Not sure about it myself but each to their own. Probably because my neighbour’s cat is called Cosmic, I keep thinking of the cat.

Boss (son of a colleague)
Flower (female toddler living locally)

There is a Hood in my daughter's class. 4 years old though, not a recent baby.

Indigo. Rare in my part of the world, possibly not in others.

Hubert.
Ramses

Friend of mine called son Duke. It does suit him now he’s older.

Lando, after the racing driver.

Or Faraday for a girl - loved that.

@GeorgiaMcGraw I think they were, definitely looked like the same family but may have been cousins. Imagine the family reactions when names were announced 😂

We knew a Parsley, a lovely little girl who looked exactly like Parsley the lion. I never knew if she had also looked like him as a baby or if it was nominative determinism.