Weird children's names

[Pandora]

I know a Steele who would be in his 20s. He also has a brother Reed
My Aunty has a coworker who named their bub Storm, which I like.

There is a boy who used to go to playgroup with DS1 names Seagrass. I thought that one was a little more unusual

[bon]

A friend of DH's recently had a baby and called him Jaggar. Not completely out there, but not my cup of tea. DD goes to kindy with a Trojan too, he is lovely little boy but everytime I think of his name I think of condoms!! Poor kid. DS also had a little girl called Miracle in his class last year. Again, not a name I would choose but it did suit her and is quite a pretty name.

[angelaartsstudent]

I wanted to call Palmer 'Ishanley'...my fave paint colour LMAO!

[skybie]

I wanted to call Palmer 'Ishanley'...my fave paint colour LMAO!

i think thats a really pretty name hun

[angelaartsstudent]

So do I! :-)

[Nelle]

What's with the 'poor kid' comments? Perhaps they'll be worse off in life because they have an unusual name? Not sure I know of any statistics that support that, I know plenty of successful happy people with different names.

I think there's a fine line between sharing unusual names we've come across and making judgements that go beyond whether you personally like the name or not. I really hope we can stay on the right side of the line.

[youngmumof3]

i have a odin witch erveryone said is a wierd name and i have now heard it 3 more times since i had him lol and i have a jonras witch i have never heard but odin wanted to name him that so he got his way lol

[angelaartsstudent]

My Mum complained when I named Palmer. Said that she would be bullied and have a miserable life becuase of her weird name. She said I was basically cursing her.

I had the s**t beaten out of me at school and I have a 'normal' name...what difference does it make, I wonder?

[Bathsheba]

I agree Nelle Even though a name is unusual imagine if it was YOUR name, or that of your child and everyone was passing judgement. I have an usual name... and my children have "lesser used" names too. I find that often even the most unusual names end up suiting the person. As a teachers assistant I have come across lots of unusual names but after a few days I didn't think anything of it. For example there was a little girl called Sixteen.... after about 2 minutes of adjusting i thought it was beautiful and perfect ETA: when I was born my mother had to deal with a lot of doubtful relatives regarding my name too... not nice to hear when you are a child. I think it really set me up to be the black sheep of the family hearing the negativity But now I like that it's a bit different.

[bon]

Just to clear something up, I only said 'poor kid' in relation to one of the names I mentioned because of the fact that I associate his name with condoms - so 'poor kid' as in I can't help making that association, not because I am sitting in judgement of his parents.

[CrazyLady]

DD goes to kindy with a Trojan too, he is lovely little boy but everytime I think of his name I think of condoms!!

That was the first thing that popped into my head too!

I went to school with a girl named "China"...... she was of Anglosaxon origins and had red hair, had me baffled!