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?

Chrysalis.

Beau was also the name of President Biden's late son.

Matthias, Aloysius, Peregrine and Rosebud (godchildren, the first is the father to the last two, whilst A is his brother/their uncle).
My neighbour's granddaughter is Nevaeh (again, thought it was an urban myth until neighbour's daughter told me the baby's name...).
My oldest went to school with a Bow Spear (female).
My youngest's best mate is Rowan Ash (male).
Mercy.
Trinity.
Elenelle.
Hera.
Morpheus.

I am always intrigued in name threads - because what to one person may seem... a little odd, to the parent or person who chose the name... it's anything but.

Ringo

I worked at a photography agency who represented a famous photographer, he publicly changed his name to something slightly less ridiculous but kept his legal name for everything else and we had to deal with his legal documents from time to time.

legal name was, no joke, rumplestiltskin.

his parents were old school hippies if that makes a difference.

Great and Bright (2 brothers from a Nigerian family). Other family members had similar names but I can't remember them now as it's a number of years since I taught one of them.

Old work colleague called Lollipop Sunshine. We called her Sunnie, lovely lady. Name suited her 🍭☀️
She moved to UK from Thailand about 20 years ago.

One of my useless bits of trivia is that particular NZ rugby player had the full name Zinzan Valentine Brook.

There’s an influencer I follow on insta who has an older son Taz and has just had twins Savvy (F) and Ziggy (M). Never met anyone with those names before!

I knew a South African woman whose son was called Wayne. However, she used to call him Wanky.

Pink. a girl. now a teenager and hates her name.

There's an elderly lady in my village whose brother was called "Beau".

There were several girls named "Fanny" in our family genealogy trees.

OMG, my DD who was 2 at the time wanted to call her little sister Ladybird!
We didn't do it though because that would have been bonkers

I know a Loveday, this is a proper name!

Dickon was the boy in The Secret Garden.

I think that name had Italian origins and kind of morphed in use. I have known a Zinzan and he was called Xan for short.

I know Dotty Beau.

I had never heard of a female Beau.

I mean, at least give the child one good name!! Barrister, high court judge... nope.

FYI- names from cultures different to yours are not "random". They are names from cultures different to yours. Some of them will also be direct translations because us Brits are so crap at pronouncing names from other language.

It's spelled Kuba. Short form of Jakub

I think we must work for the same authority! 😂

A little boy called Ikea. Yes really!

Rainbow
Danger
Quinn (sorry, I know people like it but it sounds and looks like quim, just foul)

Tor-Christian.

Neither that out there on their own but such a random combination to hyphenate.

Kiwi
Brothers Coast and Stream
Fox, although that's becoming more popular I think.

I met a 7yo little boy called Columbo recently.

We went to a baby group with a little girl called Neveah, I love it! Some of these names are lovely, I wish I'd had the confidence to name my child something a bit different.