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?

There is a Dash in DS1’s school

and we briefly had a Saphic in DS2’s nursery, which was the parents attempt to do a you-neeq ’Sapphire’ but clearly had absolutely no idea what they had actually done
I feel really sorry for what that poor child is going to encounter in later life

Rocky (not a nickname)

Ocean-tigerlilly who parents insisted on the full name every time.
Leonidas

Like from the old gladiators show on the 90’s. I had the biggest crush on him 🤣

Research was made into birth records when this first started doing the rounds and was proven to be untrue.

Someone is having you on or you are continuing the urban myth.

Leonidas is common in Lithuania though...

Tara Palmer-Tompkinson’s sister is called Santa

she is a very established author

Not a nickname, genuinely called Sparkle.

Prince Albert. I wish I was joking!

The most unusual ones I’ve met have been
Zion
Draven
Precious
Algernon
Dixie
Spike

I can’t believe the la-a myth is still going around, I first heard that when pregnant with my daughter she’s a teenager now.

Kale.

Because we all want to be named after the world's worst vegetable.

Oh I forgot we met an adorable little girl called jubilee recently too

Gosh, this thread is worrying me, I know so many of these people!

Beau is quite common, Noah is one of the world's most common female names! Serendipity, I know a few... lots of the others mentioned here as unusual, I know.

Lucky. A boy.

Unfortunate moniker when things go wrong in life. Imagine the ridicule should they befall a terrible accident.

Makes me think of Roman empire

I love Ignatius or Iggy for short! I recently met a child called Sanity.

I can see why some countries have prescribed lists of names, or the names need official approval.

We have a Chardonnay in our extended family.

Yvonne.

Except the parents thought it was pronounced 'Y - vo - knee'

It’s just a bit of fun. Not a criticism of anyone’s choices or culture. I’m sure Dave is probably a random name somewhere in the world and if so I welcome the comment for a bit of light hearted ness.

Obi. Father is a Star Wars fan.

His sister if a boy was going to be called Elvis but was called Elvi instead.

Lovely family and the names suit the children.

A friend once taught English to Vietnamese refugees in Australia. Three of her students were called Fuk, Tits and Fart. A local radio station did a feature on her and she took great delight in introducing her star pupils live on air!

I’ve mentioned this before but I met a Kurdish couple whose baby girl is called N**ga (pronounced exactly like the racist word).

They had recently emigrated to the UK so couldn’t have known. I haven’t seen them in a while but their daughter is school age now so I do wonder whether they changed her name / gave her a nickname.

It’s just a bit of fun. Not a criticism of anyone’s choices or culture. I’m sure Dave is probably a random name somewhere in the world and if so I welcome the comment for a bit of light hearted ness.

Well one of the first replies was a racist trope….

Great report on the difficulties of families trying to put their kids through education in West Africa a few years ago on BBC. Two young men were called Persevere and Scholastic.