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Unusual names

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Bibiboo · 28/06/2004 19:27

I'm thinking of some unusual names for baby and can't decide whether it would be a blessing (being individual) or a curse (forever having to repeat it/spell it)? Any advice/experience y ou gals can give me?

My name is Welsh so isn't all that common outside Wales, but there were 3 of us in my class at Secondary school and we were referred to as name B, nameT and nameL (or Brown, Thomas and Lloyd) which wasn't all that nice.

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highlander · 16/08/2004 19:40

We're calling our sprog Euan, which is as common as muck back home - but considered very wierd in Canada! People can't even pronounce it.

My SIL, who is a primary teacher in quite a rough area of the 'UK' (best not say where!) had a kid in her class called 'Pocahontus' (sp?). Hmmmm

Aero · 16/08/2004 20:02

Nothing wrong with Jackson - it's my Dad's name, so certainly not a new idea - it simply means 'son of Jack/John' - which he is!! It's also my ds's, nephew's and brother's middle name! We hold it very dear in our family!

zebra · 16/08/2004 20:08

Agree with you, Tallulah. I love Kim as a boy's name, but wouldn't dare use it.

wellsie · 16/08/2004 20:09

DS was due at Christmas time so DH & I thought it might be nice to pick a name which had a Christmas meaning. We trawled the books and came across a name which we both thought was cool!

TASSA = born at Christmas time

We thought it could be shortened to Taz which we thought was even better. Anyway, DH went to work and told friends of our decision - they laughed and said, "you do realise he will be called TOSSER!"

Needless to say we didn't call him that and he was born on New Years Day, named Jason (after his Daddy) ahhhhhhhhh

lou33 · 16/08/2004 20:20

I wanted to call dd1 Delilah, but dh wouldn't have it (this coming from the man who wanted to call her dolphin at one point!), so it is her middle name. She would have been Leo if she were a boy, but I've gone off that now (no offence to mum's of Leos!)

Dd2 has a name which is in Bugsy Malone, though not the reason she was called that. She was going to be Dylan if she were a boy, which is what ds1 ended up being called. He would have been called Betsy if he had been a girl. I wanted to call ds2 Luca, but dh wasn't keen, so we picked another fairly unusual name, although I have heard a few of them since moving to Surrey. He would have been either Willow or Tiger if a girl.

tex111 · 17/08/2004 08:07

HIghlander, I think teachers do hear the best names! I have a friend who taught in an inner-city school in Chicago and she had students at various times named - a little girl named Syphilis (they pronounced it Sie-phyllis), one named Je t'aime (pronounced Jetta Mae) and one named N'Dome (pronounced Domay). I think that last one is something the parents just made up. Reading out the role call at the beginning of the year must be a nightmare.

tex111 · 17/08/2004 08:11

DS was going to be Tom through most of the pregnancy and then at some point the name Tobias just floated in. He's now Tobias John and we call him Toby. If he was a girl we had decided on Isabel Rose. It's a lovely name but soooo popular. I've met four different Isabel Roses since having DS!

janeybops · 17/08/2004 16:34

I am a teacher and in the past have taught some kids with unusual names - a Troy, a Chaniqua, a Perdy (short for Perdita), a Vary, a Trendy (short for Retrenda I think), a Sharne and a Sharni. Also heard of a girl called Savannah.... Chaniqua was made up and her brother is called Thai I think.

hmb · 17/08/2004 16:43

Highlander,was Pocahontus born in or around Dundee? and would she be about 7? I ask because when I had dd in dundee the mw told me that a woman had delivered not that long before be and called her child pocahontus!

tex111 · 17/08/2004 17:45

Janeybops, Troy and Savannah are both very normal names in Texas. My Mom was actually lobbying for the name Savannah the last time I was pregnant. Not a fave of mine though. Funny how names can be cultural. I've never known an American Simon and a Jemima would be laughed at every time she said her name. Such a shame, I rather like Jemima.

Yorkiegirl · 17/08/2004 17:49

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highlander · 17/08/2004 19:47

the Pocahontas I heard of is in Belfast, with a very Irish/Scottish surname!

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Bibiboo · 18/08/2004 10:15

I am loving Ruby & Millie at the moment - probably because their makeup makes me feel so pretty!

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CountessDracula · 18/08/2004 10:17

My dog is called Ruby! I sat opposite a little girl and her mum on a train last week and she was called Ruby, it did my head in!

slug · 18/08/2004 20:03

Go with the slightly different shortening of the name. DD is Alexandra, shortened to Lexi. Originally I wanted Ngaire, a Maori name, but DH campaigned against it on the grounds that it's impossible to either pronounce or spell if you aint a Kiwi.

Lexi is different enough a name to get noticed. I'm always having teenage black girls complimenting me on it for some reason.

kalex · 18/08/2004 20:10

HMB, there is definately a Pochantus McGinty (i think thats the surname) in Dundee, live in Perth and she was born just before my DD aged 6.

OMIGOD, if she ever starts dating my son, I think I will have to put my foot down

mit · 18/08/2004 20:10

My dd's middle name is Millie - we love it!
mit x

beachyhead · 18/08/2004 20:14

My friend has an Ace (b) and a Bo (g). I think its cool!!!!

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Bibiboo · 26/08/2004 14:02

Aunty has just had a baby girl and is bouncing between Lily and Maisy - how sweet!

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Lolabelle · 29/08/2004 11:03

HOw unusual now do you think Amelia is?? When i first fell in love with it i thought it was quite unusual but i have two top 100 lists and on one its far down (no.55) but on the other its no.22 and i REALLY wanted something slightly unusual in the way that its not going to be common or over popular in years to come - I love Esme also but my friends and family have all seemed to turn their noses up at this whihc although doesn't actually matter it can't help but turn you off a bit, loved Coco but a friend named hers that last month plus Courtney Cox so glad i didn't go down that route as i liked the fact it was so original but when a celeb names their baby something it can usually have a popular year (barring Apple from that rule!) - God i find girls names hard!! Love maisie but pregnant frined wants that so don't want to steal her name from her even if i am first and could easily do so...hhhmm..

Chinchilla · 29/08/2004 21:55

One of the MNers on here is called Amelia, so be careful in all your replies girls! Personnally, I like it, because I also love Millie, which it can be shortened to. BTW, I know a couple who called their daughter Amelia Cordelia...just a thought!

Chinchilla · 29/08/2004 21:55

Oops - 'personally'

lou33 · 29/08/2004 22:27

Although it is true, she is unusual.

Linnet · 30/08/2004 00:28

I love the name Amelia and I suggested it for dd2 but dh didn't like it neither did dd1, but then she wanted to name her baby sister Star. I thought that was really nice but again dh didn't like it, neither did anyone else dd1 and dd2 both have unusual names but dd2 isn't Star, shame really I think she would suit it.

I remember reading the birth announcement of the Dundee Pocahontas in the paper. I wonder if she knows how often she is mentioned on mumsnet, lol

Lolabelle · 30/08/2004 09:33

Well I love Amelia as a name and i love Millie as a nickname but I'm not inspired by any others, quite like Esme as i mentioned plus Maisie and quite like Amber but DH loves Amelia - god i wanted to get this sorted before childbirth!! Knowing my luck it'll be a girl as i'm unprepared for a girl!!

Boys names i have LOADS...DH drew the line at Ernie though!!!