Unsual names of people you've met

[Abigail47]

That you liked?

I was just thinking of girls and women that I've met over the years, that had unusual names, that I liked.

I've met these people
Johanna
Dina
Persephone
Saffron
Sherryanne
Bronwyn
Gaia -
sweet little girl I used to babysit

Magenta (loved this and considered it for my own daughter)
Sassi

Girls:

Madonna
Reid
Paloma
Vashti (not Asian)
Priya (also not Asian)
Winter

Boys:

Atlas
Ocean
Whewell
Ajax

I don't think of Johanna as an unusual name. Did you mean if the J is pronounced as Y?

I went to school with a Peggy-Sue, never met another one since

Tudor's a Welsh name - I've met three or four! Mostly older men.

My mum had a school friend called Winsome 😍

Helia, I met one years ago and still think it's a lovely name.

Not criticising, but many of these names are not at all unusual in the appropriate language/culture/country/time period , it's just they're uncommon in our/your experience.

And then there's the weird made up ones of course.

Also some that are unusual now maybe v common in ten years' time if they become popular.

I'm surprised to see some of these names described as 'unusual'. I've met plenty of Johannas and Ambers, for example.

I recently met a Rosalita. I don't think that's a particularly unusual name in Spanish-speaking communities, but obviously less common here in the UK. I thought it was a lovely name, partly because it just sounds so pretty, but also because it's a Bruce Springsteen song.

Shoshanna - a Jewish name. I'm not sure if its unusual in the community but I've only heard it once.

Sapphire

Aeris

I worked with a Lavender and thought that was lovely. We never shortened it though.

Rock

I'm descended from him, but he was born in the 1800's, so I never met him 😆

I once taught a little boy called Fox and his brother the year after called Saxon. They really suited these names too 😍

A girl in my granddaughter's class (Year 1) is called Astrid which is pretty cool 😎

Mercedes. Absolute love it for a Spanish girl.

Ayo - a friend with Nigerian/Finnish descent. Love this name but might be biased because I just really like this man.

I loved this series...I'd already read the book it was based on (The Diddakoi) and me and my friends used to 'act it out' in the playground at school ☺️

I've just remembered some from my school days.

Anthula and her sister Savula
Fina
Dympner

And yes in Greece, Italy and Ireland they are probably not rare.

Finty
Saoirse
Jandy
Jamima
Sistine

Hedley
Hartley
Leander
Farquhar
Vernon

I went to school with a Wednesday.

She rocked it.

There was a little girl on holiday where I am called Sunshine. Thought it was a nickname but no it was her real name.

My cousin is called Ceadaoin which is Wednesday in the Irish language.

I met a Rochelle at university. Love that name.

@BlueBobble how do you pronounce Whewell?

Was Dympner not Dymphna. Its an Irish name.

Hugh-el

Maybe a weird spelling of Hywel?