Most random kids name you have encountered in real life….

[Mittemucci]

Today I met a child called Bismarck

i felt like it was one of the names you read about but wonder if anyone is actually called that….

what’s the most unusual name you have ever come across in daily life?

I went to school with Kellie Kelly and her sister Terri.

I've taught a Porsche. She had a younger sister Mercedes.

I've also taught/come across Arsedeep, Kalel (dad was a Superman fan), Cove and Acre.

Lots more odd ones too that I've forgotten I'm sure.

My brother is Ignacio, known as Iggy. My Mum is Spanish, it's a popular name in Spanish-speaking countries.

Tinkerbell and Pocahontas. Thankfully they were in two different classes or I’d have thought I was teaching at Disneyland

Loveday is a Cornish name. Old fashioned but I know a couple here in West Cornwall, including a former county councillor. It's pretty.

Well, all those bar Carol are names featured in the bible, so pretty well established as first names.

I've met an Ok. Written like that, pronounced Oak. But she was Korean and told me that it's not an uncommon name there, so fair enough!

There's a Moon in my close family.

Doing family history, I've come across a few corkers from times past; my favourite is probably the twins Castor and Pollux, surname Gollihoff, but this was about 250yrs ago and i cant claim to have actually met any baby Polluxes.

@MrsJellybee Siobhan is not unusual or uncommon. Shocked at how many people Beau unusual!

I think his was a fashion in the 1900's - Jerome K Jerome and Ford Maddox Ford were famous authors. I suspect something to do with public school, where pupils were referred to by their last name.

I did once meet a man called Sensicle.

I once had the misfortune to sit next to a toddler called Tequila on a train.

Sigh. No, you didn't.

I quite like Jubilee

Presumably she was born in a jubilee year

Lamorna was a nice one I came across in Cornwall

@All2Well no, both parents and child were white British, hence my assumption of Kal-El.

Then again, I know a white British little boy called Sabr (Arabic name)...

well that'll be Knut won't it? A very old and usual name.

Borg

I know a lot of the older generation (born around or before WW1) do the same first name surname things for men...especially seems common in older Welsh men.

Oddly I know a Maurice Morris! (a taxi driver...in case it's the same man).

I also know

Bob Roberts
Robert Roberts
Dave Davidson
Bill Williams
William Williamson
Harry Harris

Also- the ONS do not put down names where there are fewer than 3 (or it might be 2) born. It's a privacy issue apparently. I found this out when I was searching to see how common the incredibly unusual ancient biblical name my cousin had named her DS was. (No, I'm not saying the name). So it's perfectly feasible that up to 3 are born each year.

Met a Bodicea.

I'll post these screenshots AGAIN for anyone who thinks La-A might have been born in Scotland, England or Wales. She wasn't.

A friend that is a teacher:

child called DKNY produced dick-nay!

Sky can be short for Schuyler. It’s often abbreviated to Sky. I know an American boy called that and it can be used for girls too.

I'd just start calling her P B then! 🤷‍♀️

There is a Bambi in ds class.

I once had to interview a lady called Sukdeep......

I found my screenshot