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Another 'strange' names thread...............

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HRHQueenOfQuotes · 04/09/2006 19:26

heard two crackers while out in Zimbabwe.

firstly we arrived at our Lodge in Vic Falls and were greated by

"Fatnass" (that's the spelling DH says they probably used - but pronounced Fatness)

and on the list of contact at the Hwange safari Lodge was a

"Whatmore"

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Rhubarb · 05/09/2006 21:07

Morticia

sfxmum · 05/09/2006 21:13

beat Lazer for a girl will you. dh has just today been introduced to one by her proud mother

riddleywalker · 05/09/2006 21:14

I know an Ariel. She always gets a good reception...

NQWWW · 05/09/2006 21:21

There is a Storm at ds's school.

I went to school with Ann Bytheway.

In HK, where I worked briefly, they chose their own anglicised (sp?) names, some of which were fantastic - my favourite was "Forever" Yung.

Kaloo20 · 05/09/2006 21:22

dmo - there is nothing wrong with Bibby, probably just a short form of the childs name

ds had a mylove (spelt differently) in his class at nursery

MegaLegs · 05/09/2006 21:22

pmsl riddleywalker

Pinotmum · 05/09/2006 21:24

Ds has a Favour in his Nursery Class which I quite like.

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HRHQueenOfQuotes · 05/09/2006 22:12

"Think you need a baby name you can pronounce really"

Not really the same - but it took me over a year before I could properly pronounce my (now) married name. And I was still having to write it down to spell it to people 3yrs after we married!

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breadandroses · 05/09/2006 22:19

Names which have caused me to bite hard on my inside cheek to keep from laughing:

Blade
Willow
Paradise
Lancelot

squidgeymiller · 05/09/2006 22:25

I went to school with a Ben Dover (I'm not kidding - had to check with my sister recently to prove it to my DH!) and one of the girls on my ward when having dd had a boy and called him shea (pronounced Shay)

squidgeymiller · 05/09/2006 22:26

ps, not really sure about summer for a name, in a perfect world would be ok but always makes me think of californian airheads

merlotmama · 05/09/2006 22:42

LaDiDaDi - that'll be Pocahontas McGlinchey, then? She and little Chlamydia are apocryphal, I think.
JennT - I have met a Sky Blue, too. I think her surname changed, but when she was little her surname was Peacock.
I met a Blessing just this week. And I used to work with a Garland, which I thought was rather nice. And I mustn't forget little Zinadine, who has a very Scottish surname.

squidgeymiller · 05/09/2006 22:44

ooh ooh ooh - forgot I also went to school with a precious!!

CristinaTheAstonishing · 05/09/2006 23:08

On holiday in Romania I saw a little baby dressed in blue. I asked the mum its name and she proudly said it's Summer. I said "oh, is it a girl?" "No, a boy, Summer Gabriel." Catalina is a pretty common name there.

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HRHQueenOfQuotes · 05/09/2006 23:15

Names such as Favour, Charity, Blessing, Grace, Hope, Faith etc etc are really common in Zimbabwe.

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suedonim · 06/09/2006 01:49

QoQ, names such as Blessing, Beauty and Gift are common in Lagos, where I mostly live atm, but I've yet to meet a Faith, Hope or Charity, which really surprised me. Gloria is v common, though!

Californifrau · 06/09/2006 02:17

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eidsvold · 06/09/2006 03:42

i really like the name chelsea - shame a I had to marry a pom who has been a life long bloody chelsea fan.

Grew up next door to two sisters - Storm and Raina

ruty · 06/09/2006 08:50

I was going to say the same thing about
Catalina and Romania CtheA.

educatingrita · 06/09/2006 09:07

I must say im secretly a fan of unusual names
I dont like traditional names where, when they go to school they are 1 of 5 other Emma,Thomas or Jessica's so they get called by a sirname. If statistics are correct those with unusual names get remembered more and stand out (is that a good thing?)
Anyway my worst one, and I think this is sick, was that I went to school with a boy who had no legs below the knee, he wore artificial ones. And his name was- Neil

I just hope that he wasnt born likle that or his parents need shooting!

Peridot30 · 06/09/2006 09:24

When in hospital having ds woman in bed next to me called daughter Shakira.

schneebly · 06/09/2006 09:36

I had a girl in one of my drama workshops called Storm (love it!)- she moved here from South Africa.
I know of a Wisdom and he is from Jamaica.
I live in a small Scottish farming community where everyone is called John and Mairi and a local couple caused quite a stir by naming their children Luxor (girl) and Alba (boy).

SSSandy · 06/09/2006 09:40

I'd prefer the girl to be called Alba and the boy Luxor somehow.

expatinscotland · 06/09/2006 09:43

I knew a fella called Luran. It's a very old Gaelic name.

jumblesale · 06/09/2006 10:08

I know a little girl called Raeven. Not qute sure why her mum has added the extra 'e', but she has black hair and big dark eyes so I think it's a fabulous name for her. She has twin siblings, Summer and Harley. I think Summer is a lovely name, but then I'm a sucker for River, Leaf/Leif, Brooke etc. (although I haven't given mine any of those names). Not too sure about Harley, though.