Very strange names for children

That should say" same name as me"

Back in the sixties there were seven girls in my class with the same name. I worked in schools and nurseries for years and only met one child with the same name. Maybe one day it'll be stylish again. My daughter is expecting and it's such a big thing choosing a name.

I had a client named her child Sherlandorhope...a combination of the names of female relatives. My grandfather was T Potts and named his son the same and i pointed out to my son that my new grandson's initials would be W O G hastily changed of course

Novelette was my favourite. It was a name I came across when we were living in Jamaica.

Airey Neave hated his name until he went into politics when he said nobody ever forgot him, our eldest is Eben, second Daniel, he had 4 in his class!

No correct name for me yet!

Germolene poor child. Well Bob Geldoffs kids have strange names. And David Bowie son changed his name from zowie forgot what he's called now.

I know a girl who after she was wed became Tracey Tracey!

My daughter is Aisling (pronounced ashling) it's iris meaning vision or dream. She hates it! People never pronounce it properly.
I went to school with a Teresa Green!
Some names are ridiculous. I met a social worker called Exodus & her husband was called Blessing!

One of my Grandsons is called Gaige but after reading the previous posts, that doesn't sound too bad now.

On the bus on Saturday the small girl in front of me was told "sit the f*ck down, Texas".

As someone with a name beginning with 'H' it always surprises me how many people -including DH -who just call me H. I don't mind but you don't hear people being called F or C do you? I wonder why.

I had a very good friend at Secondary school called Valerie Dickinson. She hated her initials especially when she later got a job typing despatch notes and had to initial them VD.

I know someone who called her DD Poppy - their surname is Day...

I had the opposite problem to you NoStrayGrey my first name is really boring and, as a child, my surname was really common. There was even another child in my school with exactly the same first and second names as mine. I've always hated having such a boring name. I'd love a name that would stand out and that people would remember!

The names parents come up with never cease to amaze me and the spellings are incredible. Remember a Chardonnay- you did wonder if she was a result of too much! And the variations on Kylie/Kayleigh-spelt every way you can imagine!

This year, on my travels in Oz, I came across the following ;

Chase, Tag, Mason, Cody, Slater, Tully, Fletcher, Murphy, Cooper and Harley - all boys

Shayna, Blaze, Kalani, Natarcha and Harvarna - girls

What's wrong with a good old Susan or Peter? Perhaps what goes around, comes around

I used to work in a school and every year was amazed at the names and spellings of the new intake. The worst one I encountered was Tewsdae. Poor child spent most of her time spelling it out for people.

I work for public libraries and we see some corkers amongst newly registered customers (obviously it would be very unprofessional of me to list any of them specifically!!). There are definite trends, we have had flurries of Lokis and Blades and Destinys, and 'exotic' spellings are also popular (Sherneil, anyone?), as are randomly placed apostrophes (e.g. Da'ren). We also see a lot of bad choices as far as how a name sounds or looks when combined with the surname. I do know a social worker who claims a client named her daughter Chlamydia - but this may be an urban myth!!

There's an apocryphal story amongst Scottish teachers of twin sisters in Glasgow called Versace and Armani McLatchie. It wouldn't surprise me if this were true!

Knew a lady who talked without pronouncing her H's, she was married to 'Arley and had 2 DD called 'Aley and 'Elen! I also hate how some people spell the names phonetically or just plain weirdly, but console myself with the very snobbish view that they probably couldn't spell it properly in the first place!

Knew of someone who was registered as 'Thistle' because his father was too drunk to be able to say 'Cecil'.

chocolate pudding...Harley?

My granddaughter is called Niamh pronounced Neve it's the Irish spelling and has no problem with the spelling mum just taught her how to spell her name before she went to school. If people have a problem with the pronunciation just ask they won't be affended. It's only a problem if you make it one!

I know of a local woman who has a daughter called Trixibelle and a son called Linkin.

Lincoln I could understand. Trixibelle she calls Princess Trixibelle.

My son has an odd name but i'd say 98% of people think it's a good name, and that is Forde.