unusual names for children these days:

Result of the fumes?

Elegran GD is Isla(y) DS and DIL used to take a cottage looking across to Bowmore distillery

Think I posted this ages ago but - DH was a JP, chairing the bench. The acvused was a woman with children. DH asked their names.

"Well, there's Sue."

"Yes, Sue."

"Then there's Cheyenne and Apache."

I thought polly Esther would be good after the type of sheets for no 1
Or maybe martini after the Christmas tipple.....she arrived 9 months after.

marelli

My DD's middle name is Francesca in case she ever became famous. I rather like the sound of Linoleum.

Well, if we`re being really specific, one of my Heywoods would be MIL to be`s front room rug!

Mine could have been 'Railway Embankment' and 'Mother-in-Law's-to-be Living Room floor'...

Anno, I hope her surname isn't Balls.

ana You could tell who the parents of those children were by their bad backs!

We did think of calling DD1 Islay. That or Small Pup Tent.

There'd have been quite a lot of Morris Minors and Ford Anglias about at one time, as well!

I would have had 4 Heywoods and 1 Rochdale!

There'd be a hell of a lot of Beds if people were named after where they'd been conceived

If I had named mine where they were conceived both of them would be called Ilford!

My sister would have been Aberyswyth.

We've talked about naming children after their place of conception before. Apart from this being too much information, even in the case of Florence Nightingale, I shudder every time I realise that I might have been called Clacton.

I think the Beckhams have a lot to answer for - Brooklyn

If I'd done that with Venetia shed be Walsall!

My second GD has the middle name Ophelia which I think is very pretty, but hope isn't an omen. My first sister and I have middle names which are respectively my paternal and maternal grannies' maiden names. I'd never thought of calling a child after the place of conception. If I had, DS1 would be Kahawa which also happens to be Swahili for coffee.

The worst I have come across (not at liberty to say where) was Ikea.

Must be the Bristol accent coming out!

extra L got in there somehow!

I remember a lady called Conceptual, she had about 14 children!

Seven Greek?

Brilliant thread. In all my years antenatal teaching the weirdest I came across was Strontium.