Strange baby names

I've come across an Attila (wondered if the mother referred to him as Hun) and an Aristotle. Had to bite my tongue to prevent me from asking about the names.

Jalima1108 In my elders group we have several ladies named Kuini, the spelling is not an affectation but the Maori spelling.

Thank you for the information in Newt

My cousin-twice-removed is called India and it's not until I began reading this thread (some lovely names here) that I began to see it as unusual.

Oscar has just been born into their family too.

marmight Puffin and Otter!?! I can't decide whether that's adorable or absolutely awful
I suppose at least it wasn't Hippo and Gerbil

When I was a little girl I thought everybody grew up to have two names. My Dad's name was Clive but he called himself Cliff. My mother's name was Maude but she called herself Pat. With Dad's family they were Clive and Pat. With Mum's family they were Cliff and Maude. With their friends they were Cliff and Pat. As children we were never confused and just accepted this was what happened when you were adults!

I know of a Parsley. (Goes well with Celery ?), Buzz, Beck (boy), Trey, Zane, Slater, Puffin (girl), Otter and 2 Nelsons ......
One of my grandsons is named John. Phew!

I tried that tactic.
"Oh, I'm reading a book and the woman has just named her baby Guy; isn't that a nice name for a little guy, and of course, it would be quite unusual now".
It didn't work.

Ah, Maud... Had we been blessed with any DGD the first one was destined to be Maud. I was agin it at first, and was trying oh so casually to push Matilda as an alternative (“did you know Maud is a short form of Matilda”, etc, dropped casually into the conversation). I actually quite like it now, but it wouldn’t suit any of the DGS.

I am aware that Sydney and Adelaide have been around for years and one of my own relatives was an Adelaide whose own parents never moved more than a few miles from their home but those
Adelaide the city was named after a Queen and has been a popular name for girls for a very long time.
I know an Adelaide.

Sydney the city was named after Viscount Sydney and the name Sydney (or Sidney) was used by Dickens for one of his characters.

So the places were named after people, not vice versa.

Our beautiful 4yr old granddaughter is called Ethel and we love it.

Bazza
Actually I quite like Maud, especially spelt with an 'e' (Maude) which means that no-one would spell it correctly.

My two daughters...38 and 42 have never met or heard of anyone with their names. Today at work (a department store) a lady called her son...Apollo. I commented on his lovely unusual name. She said he had a twin...Zandor. Lovely names... My grandchildren all have unusual names.....

strange names though .heard a boy called power. and another called north..

I called my daughter alice after my grandmother middle name. she was meant to be called laura after laura ingalls wilder .but she didn't look like a laura .so my mum said how about alice.. little did we know but my mums birth mothers name was also alice......... small world huh ?

My mum had a schoolfriend called Isa Mess

My grandson is Wren. I cringe every time I have to tell anybody.
My husband has a new grandson called Lynk. I think it's ridiculous.
While researching my family tree I found a man called Masser, and twin girls called Loxie and Doxie.
My husband had an uncle called Son.

Following my earlier post about collecting strange names when I was in the Civil Service:-
Dr Oo (A GP)
Mary Christmas (A nurse)
Greene Gage
William Goode Looker
Holly Berrie.
All true.

My mother bless her was great at rubbishing name suggestions. I fancied Tiffany for a girl. ,"oh no she will be called Tiffy" another pregnancy and we fancied Todd. "Oh no he will end up being called Sweeney. You cant call him Todd"
I dont know what she would make of a friend calling her baby Avery recently. I expect it would be fancy calling a baby after a company that makes scales. Although I do know of friends with daughters and granddaughters with that name in the USA. So not so unusual.
My grandson and wife named their baby Lucas which I thought was unusual. I have since heard that name used a lot. My latest and I expect last DGS has a very unusual name Nikanor but known as Nik jut as his brothers are called shortened versions of their names.

I’m absolutely with you Jamila1108. Don’t apologise! Meant to say my granddaughter was very nearly called Maud, shudder, but fortunately it sounded wrong with their surname of Moore. They decided on Kitty, which I’m very happy with. I was told in no uncertain terms it wasn’t my baby when I vetoed names which I guess is fair enough. You’re never going to please everyone.

My son knows two young sisters called Pearl and Emerald.

I had an Uncle Rex so that name is very familiar to me, and doesn’t make me think of dogs!

Sorry Bazza
It is just a personal non-preference!

As a teacher - the most ludicrous name I came across was " La - a ." Pronounced........... Ladasha.!!!

My grand mother was called Queenie. Arrrgh! Can’t remember if she liked it or not. My darling mother was called Pearl, she hated it, bit I know a baby called Pearl.

I had a friend whose mum had delusions of grandeur. She called her daughter Anne Elizabeth Margaret after the royals.

Is anyone called Queenie these days?

I hope there are no Queenies on here, but I don't like it.

Remember DM talking of a family she knew when young. All had fancy names for the time, but I can only remember Queen Victoria Maud and Cyril Reuben Claude Jack. Also a few Horace's around - not one you hear much now.

He's actually Newton Leroy Gingrich BradfordLass and perhaps newts are called something else in the States

But at least you remember him