The most unique or unusual name you've heard?

[allycat06]

^ Interesting...perhaps they really liked Papua New Guinea?

I know of a Dior and Jovelle

[Teeki]

There is a famous NZ opera singer called Kiri Te Kanawa

Yeah, that's pretty much the only way to get people to say my name right, it always goes "I'm Kiri" "Kerri?" "No Kiri" "Kira?" "No, Kiri, like Kiri Te Kanawa". Very frustrating lol

[mako]

I teach a little boy named Jina.I first thought it was a little girl pronounced "Geena" but its a boy pronounced "jyna" I can't believe some parents give their children names like this..Kids are very very cruel at times and to name your son a name that sounds like vagina is unfair. I understand that every parent has a right to name their child what they like but a little consideration doesn't hurt kwim?

[~Kim~]

There was a little girl at the park the other day called Wednesday....

[caline]

Ooooh and I do love the name Denver for a boy, speaking of American cities!

I knew a Denver in my student years. He'd be in his mid thirties now. I agree lovely name.

[[M]umma[M]ia]

I used to know a guy called Drayton. Not so unusual until you find out his last name is also Drayton. So Drayton Drayton....

Some of the more different ones around here atm are - Yonas, Zenith.... i cant think of the other at the moment hahah ill come back to it.

[mrsmac]

Friends of friends named their son Makybe as in the racehorse.

[ElleJay]

Ok, I've got a few doozies!

Coming from a love of video games, I was chuffed when I met a Mario, a Luigi and a Yoshi and I have also met, yes, a Zelda before too!
These are names of people I worked with :
(as above)
Yonas
Rinaldi (pronounced Rin-al-dee)
Borey (pronounced Bore-aye)
Zuzanna
Hasreta
Dana (Although it's not 'unusual' I really don't know many at all!)
Hui
Ives (But she goes by Ivy)
Jovelita
Kiri (her middle name is Aroha)
Kristoffer
Mun
Nene
Niti
Phyo (pronounced Pi-yo)
Rizwan
Roslyn
Severa (Goes by Vera)

Other names I know
Isis (I'd love this to be my DDs name, but I know DH wouldn't go for it - Maybe I could try for middle name??)
Nefer
Cleo (I'm used to hearing it for a pet )
Indra
Storm, Rainee and Summer were all sisters I knew - yet the boys got names like 'Joshua'

Ones my DH comes across at work are :
Tuahuahuru
Chjahniquare (pronounced Shan-ek-wah)
Reegan
Mariquare (pronounced Mar-ek-wah)
He's come across some more - but he's too tired to think so I'll ask him later

[PollyA]

We have a new mum at the school (hello if you lurk)

Her name is B r y n j a. Which I think is really pretty when written down. We asked her how to say it and she said "like Brin' ya own drinks" I can't think of her son's name but the other is pronounced Justice.

I spaced it in the hope google doesn't pick it up when putting it all together LOL

My cousin tried to call her son Justice in NZ and wasnot allowed as it is a title so she used it as a middle name
My friends Dad asked the Dali Lama for a name for her baby girl he suggested Anunda (they used it as a middle name)
Marek is nice for a boy

[Artechim]

My cousin tried to call her son Justice in NZ and wasnot allowed as it is a title so she used it as a middle name

One of the girls at mothers group has a daughter called Justice...

[Visitor5]

I watched a tv show last night and the little girls name was Aniston.

I have a couple of 'unique' names i have heard through work.

* Bart.
* Slim.
* Bogart.
* Jeb.

there is a little girl at play group called Calamity and her big brothers Cult and Torus.

my XF's mate had a baby girl a few weeks ago and they named her Zoowie (Zoe) and no i didnt mis-spell it with a double O.

I also know a little girl who is about 6 her name is Yndigo (Indigo) and her twin sister Monet

[ButterflyForever]

A family member named their first daughter TAOME (pronounced Tay-oh-me) - stands for 'the apple of my eye'.

[BabyDragonz]

I like unique names myself my own name is Regan most people pronounce my name as Ragen which used to annoy me back in school lol. i have heard of a few other Regans but not many and they were usually boys and i'm a girl T.T

Rayga
Kaioan (Kai - own)
Drake
Elise (El - ize)
Reyes


Edit:
Norma
Adria
Jubie

[meow]

Some I have come across that I have only met one child with the name:

Mi'era
Alaska
Thyme
Kalinka

Shahkruz (sha-cruise)
Fox
Zavien
Lucifer
Orien
Bronte

[Starfish]

Lucifer?? That is just curel IMO...

I once worked with a lady who had a son called Blue and a daughter named Bondi Indigo.

[Cocolove]

A friend of mine has a little boy called BROLY rhymes with BOWL-EE and her daughter is JACOBA pronounced JAR-CO-BAR

[mako]

A friend of ours called their little boy Kalarni and another has 2 little girls named Charlie-Blue and China-Rose and her sister called her boy London.

[meow]

Lucifer?? That is just curel IMO...

I gave it heaps of consideration for my own children after meeting this little boy. I think it's a cool name. A little feminine sounding though, but I like the NN Luc.