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?

Jupiter.

Although we have to be careful assuming things with young kids, I don't think hearing pocahontas shouted across the playground proves anything. My DC get really into role play and insist I call them their name all day long. This week alone I've in public called my son Tiger, Twig, Elsa, Hedgehog, Spiderman, Major, Fox and Baby Truck, Squirrel all at his insistence. He has a perfectly regular top ten most popular boys name!

Surely that’s not true. You can’t have numbers in names?

That's correct @Jessforless Numbers aren't allowed.

Princess Diane (spelt like that!) Biarrely she had a younger brother called James.

A friend of a (middle class) friend named her daughter Henrietta ...not strange at all, I hear you shout...however, her married name was Boghey...
So this poor child's name was 'Henry ate a Boghey' ...

They didn't understand why I couldn't keep a straight face.

What?

Paul and pool are completely different words. They sound nothing alike in my Scottish accent either.

Matt is from Matthew a biblical name like Paul and Mark. Mat is a different word.

Ruth and roof are different words. Again, the ending sound very different in my accent. Maybe not for someone who doesn't pronounce them properly.

What a weird post.

Bit of a misunderstanding there. The immaculate conception does not refer to the virgin birth. Immaculate conception is the notion that Mary herself was conceived and born without original sin. Most people who aren’t Catholic (and probably some who are) get these concepts mixed up. Presumably the nurse came from a strongly Catholic background where the name would be better understood?

Wait, why is it racist? Did you think it sounded like a “black name?” Because I’ve never heard it (this mythical name) associated with a particular race or culture?

Connor.

That's not weird you cry!

Yeah but why did you do that Mr and Mrs Reah?

@Jessforless "I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone with a name that would top anything in this thread"

Don't worry. Neither have the people who claim they have.

Oh in my pregnancy hormones I really wanted Zephaniah - DH said no. I still love it!

Agreed! There's a few examples of that on this thread.

Scara

Kaliber
cliche
rainbow
shine
cartel
rhythm
beyonce

Cameron is a normal name in Scotland.

Boo

Always possible someone has done a deed pole name change to it

Cosmo is a perfectly acceptable and standard Italian name. I've met at least 3. (All very handsome as well, now I think about it).

My grandmother was Fanny, short for Frances, not uncommon in the past.

I don't find any of these strange or random!

Dorothy and Theodore both mean "God's gift", and presumably parents choosing these names know what they mean when they choose them, so choosing the same thing in English isn't really so wild.

Barry and Cosmo, both very run of the mill, Horatio less so, but certainly not unheard of!

Latchman - for real!

Heaven spelled backwards is Nevaeh. Different spelling .
Have come across both spellings though - and it's really not an unusual name .
For anyone working in health or social care in a multi cultural environment a lot of the names mentioned here are not that unusual .

I've taught a Mecedes (no r) and a TJ and KC who had no actual name.

Rusty.

Kulture

True

North

Need I say more