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Very strange names for children

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Katek Sun 05-Jun-16 15:36:24

I've just seen that a couple in Australia have named their new daughter Kviiilyn as they don't like the traditional spelling of Caitlin. What have they condemned that poor child to? Guarantee that most people will call her K-vill-yn. The parents think that this spelling makes her unique!

anxiousgran Wed 08-Jun-16 20:42:24

I know of a K'sandra

Bellanonna Wed 08-Jun-16 21:30:38

Am I being a bit thick here Nampam ? confused

Nampam Wed 08-Jun-16 22:34:55

A Ness and P Ness. Schoolboy humour?

Bellanonna Wed 08-Jun-16 22:48:26

Oh I see now !!!

Linsco56 Mon 13-Jun-16 15:40:38

A friend's DD has named her baby girl Aphrodite. Fortunately the baby has been given Taylor as a middle name and I foresee her opting for that when she is older.

Marmight Tue 14-Jun-16 08:11:52

Moët is pronounced with the T (Mo-ette) Just saying wink

grumppa Tue 14-Jun-16 09:11:39

It's pronounced Mo-ette before et Chandon, but is the t sounded when it stands alone?

Riverwalk Tue 14-Jun-16 09:27:29

I read somewhere, or was told, that it's originally a Dutch name and the T is pronounced.

I'll have a glass or two, with or without the T!

Bellanonna Tue 14-Jun-16 09:40:09

grumppa. As Moët was someone's name you do pronounce the t both when it's alone, or with the et Chandon

Flowerofthewest Tue 14-Jun-16 10:56:08

I worked with a woman called Misery ... She was South African and her mother named her thus because she had caused her nothing but misery. Another coworker was Memory.

IHaveAFabulousDIL Tue 14-Jun-16 12:18:07

Don't stop now! I neeeeed to know Chocolate Puds name!
Honorah?

BBbevan Tue 14-Jun-16 13:07:28

And so do we all!!!

chocolatepudding Tue 14-Jun-16 13:47:26

Gosh you still want to know?

OK a clue......it is five letters long.......beginning with H

annsixty Tue 14-Jun-16 14:32:19

Hello or Helga

BBbevan Tue 14-Jun-16 14:37:36

Helva, Hulda,?

chocolatepudding Tue 14-Jun-16 14:37:50

No but close

annsixty Tue 14-Jun-16 14:42:56

Hilly

mrsjones Tue 14-Jun-16 14:48:40

Honor ?

hildajenniJ Tue 14-Jun-16 14:50:48

If it's Hilda then that's okay because it's me! grin
I once saw a child's name on a list of prizewinners on a school wall. "Halo". I still know if it was male or female. confused

widgeon3 Tue 14-Jun-16 15:43:24

My two Anglo Chinese grand-daughters have Chinese names of ' London bus' and' Lucky buddha' When I asked their mother why on earth saddle them with these titles she explained that the Chinese version was the closest in sound to the pronunciation of their English names.... to aid Chinese friends in their pronunciation

The girls aren't particularly impressed

Katek Tue 14-Jun-16 18:13:03

Heidi!!

Jalima Tue 14-Jun-16 18:39:27

Hepzibah is a lovely name
One of my gg aunts was Hepzibah, not sure I like it

Helia? Hadrea? Halcyone? Horatia? Hebe?

Sorry is they've been mentioned before

I met someone last year in NZ whose little girls were called Peace and Harmony; she said they had had none since the girls had been born!

BBbevan Tue 14-Jun-16 18:40:06

Hylda

Greenfinch Tue 14-Jun-16 18:51:35

We have a Heidi living next door to us. I like the name.

chocolatepudding Tue 14-Jun-16 19:12:48

I like the name Heidi too - because people have heard of it......but that is not my name