What are the most uncommon name's you've heard on Mumsnet?

[LauriefairycakeeatsCupid]

I've never met a Tarquard or a Bear in real life.

i've met weirder in real life

There is a Bear in the village where I teach. Son of Rolf Harris, apparently - I haven't met him!

Well I know 2 Merlins, 1 Gypsy and 1 King!!! How Fab. My friends knows a set of twins called Melody and Harmony (she is also called Melody)

Somebody posted a thread a while ago about the name Herman. I think my response was the standard MN: 'Oh, FFS!'.

Herman is a perfectly good German name! And what about Herman's Hermits?

I know a Merlin and a Digby .

I know a Melody...she's about 33 now...

I know a Zeff

I went to school with a Herman - And he had chosen it himself as an alternative to his chinese name.

Krythia

Herman is definately a perfectly normal German and Scandinavian name!

I've never met a Ptolomy.

Not posh, me.

Queen Fee, I went to school with quite a few Chineese people who had funny English names they had chosen.

I also went to school with a Herman, but he was German.

I've just realised we could have called him Herman the German, but didn't.

I think my DS's are the only ones with their names on MN.

DS1 even had the dubious honour of having his name mentioned in a thread last year with a "FFS what sort of a name is ^that" attached to it

Hermann is an old mans name in Germany though. It would be like calling your son Ebenzezer.

Frodo.
Really.
His mum won't let me talk to him or his sister as she's scared they may catch Northern.

The Herman I went to school with was a bit strange. He kept himself to himself, was very square, and when I asked him what his dad did for a living he said he "wrote formulars"

I bet he's still single.

I'm really sorry but may I draw your atention to the unnecessary apostrophe in your thread title? [pedant emoticon]

And in regards to your OP: who the fuck considers Xanthe? Or at least, I suppose, considers is ok, no one should name their child thus.

Based on what stands out from all these name threads, I guess it would have to be Geronimo, Boedicea and BJ (!). I'm sure i've heard loads more, but i just laugh and then forget most of them.

Pula - did you know that your name (your MN name, not your RL name, obv) means cock in Romanian? As in penis, not male chicken?

Hobie and CJ (although not as odd as BJ!!), two brothers - one named after a boat.

A (Chinese) King

There is actually a little 4 year old Herman at my ds's nursery. His brother is Lucas and his parents are Swedish.

the belgian prime minister is called Herman.

my friend named her DD Lyric - I've never heard it since, but it really suited her

I went to school with a boy called Remco - I have no idea where his parents got that!