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 know an Iggy too, it’s a great name 😊

Maverick

Kate Bush's nephew is musician Raven Bush ☺️

Miracle
Phoenix
sapphire
Kabelle ( pronounced ka-belle not cable)

babies called Maxine, Anne, Diane, Andrew, kirk
grey
renesmee
elvis

I work with an African guy called Marvelous. These names are quite common in Africa. Patience, Miracle, etc

Ones from my husband and next door neighbour (both teachers) include

Sirius Black

And there was an urban legend of one named Allanfa Dán, meaning fire exit, which turned out to actually be true. They must have read it at the hospital doors perhaps!

I have a toddler Diana

Dee Jay

Precious

Because you know the name of every child in the UK? Get a grip. You vouldnt possibly know that and there is much more likelyhood that there is someone called it than not. 🤦‍♀️

@Jomasell

People check the birth records where (with time caveats applicable to BMD and GRO) all the names are known and searchable.

That name has been doing the rounds for over 20 years. It hasn't come up in the BMD records so far, as far as is possible to search at the current time.

Yes- but as has been pointed out a couple of times, the ONS (from which most of the other sorts of records are taken) do not list names where there are only 1-3 born in a year due to privacy. So it may well be that up to 3 have been born every single year, but they are not listed on the records. It's equally possible that others might have met them at some point.

I would also be dubious about it being allowed by the registering officer as I'm not sure it meets the pronunciation criteria.

I know a few - all different families

Sherlock
Merlin
Lyric

The first time I met an Arlo I thought it was completely random. Id never heard of it. But now have heard it several times.

It's become one of my favourite names.

Jenny Taylor

To be fair, I've only ever heard it pronounced as COE-lin - i.e. with the first syllable unusually (for the UK, at least) to rhyme with Joe (unlike the usual short 'o' as in box), but always with a clear 'i' sound in the second syllable, rather than an 'o' - as in 'din' rather than as in 'don'.

That's the ONS Office for National Statistics.
I didn't mention ONS. That's not the same thing at all, and yes, for privacy, and as they're published by year, those few names are excluded. I think you've also mixed it up as ONS get their data from the birth registrations.

I said BMD and GRO records and those are all available. Every last name. That's where you'll find the the unique one-off names, and obscure names (with the time access searchability caveat I mentioned).

I call my son Tintin all the time (its not his actual name though!)

My cousin's children are Thatcher and gage ....

I do find it funny that, frequently, children have longer names on their birth certificates and commonly go by shorter names - e.g. BC Thomas, known as Tom; BC Elizabeth, known as Beth; BC William, known as Will...

However the one notable standalone exception to this norm seems to be the great number of girls whose birth certificates just say they are called 'Nevaeh' (or even 'Neveah'), but who are only ever introduced as 'Nevaehitsheavenspelledbackwards'

Oddly, you never get parents telling you that their DD is called Hannah and then telling you that their reason for choosing the name was because 'it's Hannah spelled backwards'

I presume Zsa Zsa was in Gabor - not sure where the famous actress got her name from, though.

And it is probably 50/50 that people will automatically either think 'as in Gabor' or 'as in Binks'!

I think Nevaeh is pretty common nowadays but while I don’t shorten my own long and common first name I tend to cut short the questions when asked my name and just go straight to “it’s surname like noun without the consonant” for my surname if they’re doing a form. Just quicker particularly as it’s rare.

I know of a thatcher - which i hated when I first heard but it's actually ok and gage which Is awful in my opinion

We once found out (when exam results were posted) that a fellow student called David also had the middle name Davenport.

From then on, he was only ever known by everybody as Double Dave!