The most unique or unusual name you've heard?

[TaRhLi.]

Traveller so does that mean if she uses correct grammer then her name would be Le Hyphen A.

[Little Chicken]

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.

[briggsy's girl]

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!

[Heaven]

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

noice

[thepixie]

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!

[Lolli]

BG, my dh wanted to name dd Neveah. I love it, and i haven't heard it anywhere but your dd's name and from my dh.

I do believe there is a BB named Melina, which i always thought sounded quite pretty, medical terminology aside.

Another BB member has an unusual spelling for her dd's old fashioned name which is just absolutley gorgeous- I love the way it looks written down (Maz, I'm talking to you!).

[boomba]

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

[briggsy's girl]

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)

[Pandora]

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

[RhiChiChi]

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

[lilima]

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

[Arimeh]

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

[Little Chicken]

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.

[Arimeh]

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

[Little Chicken]

No offence taken. I didn't come up with the name, so the insult isn't against me - its against my mother

Wwwwhhhooopppsss

[nickers]

i also know a elderly lady called Gaynor, and Gwenda

actually i know of a 30yr old called Gaynor!
and that also reminds me of a guy i used to work with called Gaylord

other ppl i went to school with:
Hamzah
Prasard
Abir (A-beer)
Aytul (eye-tool)
Munevver (pronounced moon-eer-vah. Moony for short)
Shiranee
Shonnika
Vedia

[ezymay]

Wow some very unusual names my gf works in the medical profession and came accross a woman who had Nitros and Oxygen for her twins names

[Mags]

My SIL is Irish, so the names are unique here but are very common in Ireland.

Aoife (eefa)
Aisling (ashling)
Audrey

Aoife is the name we have chosen if this baby is a girl. I love Roisin too but my husband can't get pronounce it properly. I'm Irish so Aoife is a name I heard a lot growing up. Our daughter is called Ciara, pronounced like Kiera (Knightley). My spelling of the name (with a C) is actually far more typical than the K spelling. Sadly everyone pronounces it Key-ara or See-ara, because of that singer from the States. I hate the fact the people might think I called her after some pop star!.

Have to say most of my Irish mates think it's a bad idea for me to use Aoife, because it's so hard to pronounce and spell for Aussies, but every Aussie i've asked about it has loved it! You see so many strange and wonderful spellings of names over here that I guess everyone is far more open minded to unusual names.