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thread: The most unique or unusual name you've heard?

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  1. #1
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    Nov 2009
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    I heard of a girl once called Le-a. Guess how it's pronounced.






    Go on I bet you get it wrong


































    Ledasha - the mum explained that the dash did not have to be silent

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    Oct 2007
    Perth
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    Heard a little girl being called at our local shops by her mother her name is Eclipse

    I knew 2 sisters named: Kendall and Fielding.... They must be 18 now.

    More sisters I heard at the shops (not weird but weird if u know what I mean) - Shakira and Beyonce

    Know a girl called Rahdi-Ocea....(pronouced Rah-Dee O-sha) Love her name

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    Nov 2007
    Country Vic - West of Ballarat
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    Traveller so does that mean if she uses correct grammer then her name would be Le Hyphen A.

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    My nieces name is Anderson, but she is called Andie. Have never heard that as a girls name before, but it suits her to a tee.

    I was looked after a kid called Rogan Josh, named after the melbourne cup winner. Parents were so chuffed with themselves (they were very horsey). Weren't so pleased when it was pointed out that the horse was actually named after a popular indian curry! I think they wanted to change it afterwards. Proves research can save a bit of embarrassment later.

    Oh and never call your child meleana, or every medical person they meet for the rest of their lives will be having a quiet chuckle. I had one and every single person how saw it gave a snicker. Very sad.

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    Then of course there is Nevaeh that is becoming way to trendy these days.
    hmmm, didn't think i was using a "trendy" name!


    i have seen and heard a lot of unusual names both through mum doing FDC and with work. probably the one that sticks out as most unusual (but which grew on me) was a friend who gave her DD the middle name Telequa. they'd been playing with the alphabet magnets on the fridge and come up with the word and decided to use it.

    My DD's name is far from common but it suits her - even with the trendy bit thrown in the middle!

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    Mar 2007
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    Some distant family member on FB has kids named Schacobii and Ray-mee Lee

    noice

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    I have a friend called Eowyn, which I think is beautiful, her brother named her (he was 8 at the time and in the middle of reading LOTR)
    My old boss' name was Tarlei, my new boss's name is Shahana (Indian name which I absolutely love) and one of my colleagues was Fenella.
    My brother gave his DD the middle name Benares (after Varinasi in India) which is pretty out there!

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    Dec 2007
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    Oh and never call your child meleana, or every medical person they meet for the rest of their lives will be having a quiet chuckle. I had one and every single person how saw it gave a snicker. Very sad.
    Yes. My name is Melina and I have been teased and sniggered at, even though its a different spelling its pronounced the same. Meh - whatever floats their boat I suppose

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    Yes. My name is Melina and I have been teased and sniggered at, even though its a different spelling its pronounced the same. Meh - whatever floats their boat I suppose
    No offence meant. Medical people have wierd senses of humour.

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    No offence meant. Medical people have wierd senses of humour.
    No offence taken. I didn't come up with the name, so the insult isn't against me - its against my mother

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    More sisters I heard at the shops (not weird but weird if u know what I mean) - Shakira and Beyonce
    Were did you hear this???? We have alady that used to frequent our shop and her lbeautiufl strawberry blonde babies were shakira and beyonce

  12. #12
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    Dec 2006
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    thanks Lolli! i don't think of it as a trendy name - i think it's pretty - but i used it for the meaning (heaven spelt backwards - in honor of our angel babies before E came along)

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    I know a girl named Thavy (Tarvi)

    There was a waitress and the loca Chinese restaurant names Echo (which I actually kind of like)

    I know of a baby named Velvet, and one named Aloha

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    Jul 2006
    Melbourne
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    I know of a:

    Boadie (sp?)
    Nash
    Cobey
    Coady (sp?)
    Colby (yep, like the cheese)
    Wade
    Tarquin
    Joletta
    Clementine (not unusual but not often heard of)
    Pollyanna
    Bertha
    Ernest
    Fausto

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    May 2007
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    BG - I hope I didn't annoy you! I forgot that your DD have Nevaeh in her name. I know 2 Nevaeh's IRL aged 4 and 2.

    The parents of the 4 you heard in on a Triple M segment on the radio (I coincidentally heard that segment too) It is actually very popular in the USA. It is actually in the top 100 names in the US

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    Oct 2008
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    Feb 2005
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    2 boys names that my 17yr old son came up with (think they are some friends names) are

    Haze
    Hex

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    I know a little girl named Priya which I think is gorgeous!

    Just to throw a strange name in for good measure.... Bill The Bananaman! I kid you not, this guy legally changed his name and was on the contracts we dealt with (So I knew he wasn't joking!). He had bananas tattooed all over him and a banana earring!

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