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.

Tiime and no that is not a typo

Siblings - Ocean, Aurora and Colin. Made me smile. Dad was also Colin and obviously very proud to be passing on a family name.

New neighbours toddler is Cosmo

Cash. A boy.

Valentino … for a girl

Dd has a Thor in her class.
DS knows a Fenton, Phoenix and marshall
dsis also knows a Phoenix and a boy called Kaan
we know a girl called blue,.
ds has a unique name, I can’t say as it will be very very outing.
i love unique names, I think it’s better than being 1 in a million kids called Alfie or Olivia etc.

I met a Tar a few years ago. I thought the full name must be Tarquin but it turned out to be Tarzan.

Somebody I know has a son called Chase, and a fried named her daughter Faustine. I've never heard of the name Faustine before but I actually fell in love with the name as soon as she told me!

Zinnia (after the flower) Nicotiana mentioned by another poster is also a flower name.
Luna.
Lollipop

Rainbow.
Corbyn.

Friend's babies include Xanthe (which I love), Sage, Orik and Faeri (pronounced Fairy).

I so hope you're joking

That made me laugh more than it should've.

Zephyr

Phoenix

Peaches

Apricot

Cove

Pixie

Honey

Storm

Pharaoh

Mercedes...which isn't too bad but her dad's name is Ben so when she was born there is was lots of Ben's Mercedes/Mercedes Benz etc.

We have a Chance (boy) in the extended family.
This is pretty outing, but my dgd is called Snow. Her sister, due in the winter, will be called Storm.

But if my DC were called v popular names like Alfie / Daisy and there were 2/3 of them in a class/school I would be less disappointed than if I had chosen a 'unique' name and another child was called the same.
This is the problem parents are too obsessed with wanting unique names (of which there aren't unless you completely make them up) just think the child is unique enough!

Aw, @Squiff70 , that brings back fond memories of teaching in France - I taught a little girl named Faustine, and it really raised eyebrows as a name back then. Think it was seen as very unusual and probably dated but I liked it.

I know someone with a toddler named Ian, which just sounds wrong to me.

There is a Kie in my DC’s class (I presume a variant of Kai but spelling it to rhyme with “die”?).

I have also heard of a Fenton born within the past year or so.

I love the name Atlas, very unique!

Vee
Nirvana

Little girl raeva

Many years ago I looked after a boy called Zeppelin. Since then I have come across a Pirate and, at my daughter's toddler group, there was a Lettuce - possibly not spelled like that but that's what it sounded like. I also knew (adult) Boniface and Isambard.