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Unsual names of people you've met

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Abigail47 · 08/08/2024 23:21

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

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Nataliaa · 01/09/2024 23:42

Male names:

Monty (would be late teens now)
Anatoly (think that was how it’s spelt. Also late teens)
Fox (friend of teen DD)
Lake (old school friends baby announcement on fb a few years back)
Hunter-Chase (another fb baby)
Best (the baby of a social media influencer that I also know in real life )
Fern (definitely a boy. Lives in my area)

Melonjuice · 01/09/2024 23:42

two sisters called raspberry and strawberry children in my school when I was young

purpleme12 · 01/09/2024 23:44

Lijanne

Thunderpants88 · 01/09/2024 23:45

FaithD · 08/08/2024 23:37

Amber
Thomasina

Why is Amber unusual

Thunderpants88 · 01/09/2024 23:46

Ace

Smittenkitchen · 01/09/2024 23:46

A lovely warm woman named Magic.

Enko · 01/09/2024 23:48

Family member is called Filuca I like that
Lowenna
Worked with a girl calles Tiare' (Tee ah reh)
Friends dd is Travishi I love that (they are of Indian descent)
Anushri

I knew brothers called Phoenix and Griffith

Bellabluea · 01/09/2024 23:54

Fathom. Cool girl I met at a festival. Love it!

StTola · 02/09/2024 00:02

Barleysugar86 · 09/08/2024 21:09

I've met a Placid. It seemed a bit of an odd thing to wish for your child, like you wanted them to be quiet and unremarkable.

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Calm and serene doesn’t seem like such an odd set of meanings for a name . Certainly no odder than Mercy/ Verity/ Temperance?

I’ve met or know Gandalf, Ace, Eucharia, Knott, Buzz, LaRue and Bonaventiure.

Oopsohnoherewego · 02/09/2024 00:19

Jolly
Blue
Odin
Barley
Octavia
Araminta
Balthazar
Phoenix
Herbert
Raglan

purpleme12 · 02/09/2024 00:23

You've met a Barley?

Qwertying · 02/09/2024 00:38

Zia (M)
Saffah (F)
Kheir (M)
Mumta (F)

CallMeBettyBoop · 02/09/2024 13:08

Ooh I've just spotted my name on this list Grin

hoarahloux · 02/09/2024 18:10

Bow - a little girl.

Wolf - small boy.

Saizo-Kai - not Japanese.

Swailey - teenage boy.

Rafferty, lovely little boy who'd be a teen by now - he really suited his name somehow

BobandRobertaSmith · 02/09/2024 19:36

@BlueBobble @Butwhybecause Vashti is a biblical name, the Queen of Persia in the Book of Esther.

Marcipex · 02/09/2024 19:45

Beaux- a girl

Stacey-a boy

GoingMadder · 02/09/2024 19:46

MrsBurtMacklin · 09/08/2024 00:13

I know a lady called Tuesday.

Also met a Heaven, Happy and Lucky.

My best friend is "Tuesday" always think of her before the day!

Min133 · 02/09/2024 19:47

Venetia
Wednesday

datagirl · 05/09/2024 21:03

Spirit - a little girl
Darnell - man in his 30s

Guavafish1 · 05/09/2024 21:07

Ilesey

sidsparrownew · 05/09/2024 21:09

I'm sure I overheard someone calling their kids Pamela and Tommy Lee... I must be mistaken right?

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 05/09/2024 21:13

Berlinlover · 08/08/2024 23:57

I worked with someone called Tudor back in the 90s.

Tudur is an often-used Welsh name, might it have been that?

ThereWeAreThenNoPunIntended · 05/09/2024 21:15

Limore

Aydel · 05/09/2024 21:18

Velocity. Her father was a pilot in the RAF.

gardenmusic · 05/09/2024 21:31

BobandRobertaSmith · 02/09/2024 19:36
Vashti is a biblical name, the Queen of Persia in the Book of Esther.

Often used in Romany families. My granny was Vashti. Two of her sisters were called Mary, for no apparent reason.