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 don't get embarrassed by random internet forums (shrug).

And the thread you quote is just a thread of people debating whether or not the name exists.

You can believe me or not - I didn't even know about the whole urban myth thing or that it was such a big deal (see my previous comments) - but I did meet a child with this name. There's a fairly good chance she was named after this as an urban myth, I've no idea.

Anyway, there's no way that I can prove any of this and I'm really not that invested anyway - believe what you like.

She was a delight to teach tho’ some of the things she told me about the Royal ballet made me squirm.

Tuesday

Both are fairly popular - especially Cameron. Quite a traditional Scottish name....

Diesel and Pepsi-Leigh. I've also known Irish Catholic girls to be called Incarnita and Concepta and also a girl named Markievicz, after the Irish revolutionary countess.

To be fair, if it's like Darker Green website it only records names used 3 or more times cos I can't find my son's name on there. Bloody DH and his spelling.

The La-a urban myth has been around so long now, that perhaps maybe someone thought 'actually I quite like that as a name'.

Elvi is/was a plus sized womens clothing chain!

@PurpleOrchid42 I went to university with a Loveday!

I also knew an extremely glamorous Venetia when I was a teenager. We were working at the same place over the summer and I was very intimidated by her.

I met a kid called Jolly.
And a friend named their baby Blue.

Met a kid called Asbo once, though I'm not sure if it was legal or a nickname!

That's probably what happened.

I'm surprised people are getting so worked up about this and calling me a liar. I don't really mind, just stating my experience, people can believe or not.

I had no idea it would blow up this much or be so controversial (I just logged on to see 15 notifications from this thread!)- I didn't even know about the whole urban myth thing.

The lead singer of Weezer is called River and his brother is called Leaves

I also know a Jet, know several Venetias, and knew of a Loveday.

Calypso and Caledonia (not related, I assume the latter's parents were Dougie McLean fans), both known as "Cally"

God's Gift (female and might've been one word), kid called Barry, Horatio, Cosmo.

I have a friend called Ignatius!

Rollo.

Marvel, Neon, Kok, Poko, a female Noah, Racer, Aero, - live in a arty type city and the choices seem to be super old fashioned names like Hazel and Violet or mad names to do with people’s hobbies/jobs or gender swap names - girls called John and boys called Rose - that kind of thing!

A little girl named Rocky.

I have a cousin named, "Ignacio", the Spanish form of "Ignatius".

It's a name heard all over Latin America and the most common nickname is "Nacho" which is the name of the guy who created the dish in Mexico.

Same here. A Brazilian and a Spanish friend.

Oh I just remembered a Coriolanus, but I don’t know if it counts though, as his name used to be Simon and he changed it by deed poll

My Grandma had something along the lines of "Peter " on her birth certificate. That's what happens when you sent a drunk man to register his daughter's birth in the 20s, she never officially changed it but used a normal feminine name that her mother had meant to have her.

Someone wrote in to Take A Break magazine saying her football-loving husband had named their baby daughter Lanesra, she thought it was just a unique sweet name but after a few months it clicked why he’d chosen it. No idea whether or not it was true but it made me laugh.