Anyone got an unusual name?
Mines "Hadrian".
Never met anyone with the same name yet!

My surname's fairly unusual too.

One of my middle names is "Crawford".

Not really. I was named after the Bronte sisters my full name is Charlotte Elizabeth Ann.

But my two girl's names for when I have kids are: Elsbeth and Desdemona. I think they're really pretty!

my aunts a nurse and a little girl called Annette was in hospital. Her sister's name was Alice and their surname was Curtain. Cruel!

Originally posted by hade


My surname's fairly unusual too.

Let me guess .........
.................... Mr Swall?:D

My surname's fairly unusual too. [/B][/QUOTE]

What is your surname then? Not Wall surely.....

Originally posted by melly

What is your surname then? Not Wall surely.....

Gotta be quicker than that around here!!!:P

Mine's not unusual, but I once knew someone called Stuart Stewart - dunno what his parents were thinking of!!

In my brother's class at school, there were surnames Rose, Lupin and Tulip!!!

Originally posted by Lotti
Not really. I was named after the Bronte sisters my full name is Charlotte Elizabeth Ann.



My eldest daughter is a Charlotte Emily whom was so named due to my love of the Bronte sisters (esp Emily's Wuthering Heights, my all-time favourite novel).

Am I right in thinking that Elizabeth Bronte was one of the younger sisters who died in childhood? Then again, they were all dead before their 40th birthdays, weren't they?

Charlotte - 39
Emily - 30
Anne - 29

Sad indeed and prophetic in some way.

It is sad, especially as they were so talented. And yet we get these people who live to be old and have not one ounce as much talent as those girls had!

Yes, I think Elizabeth did die in childhood.

Apparently my mum never made the connection :suspect:

They are also all royal names of Queens/Princesses and my sister is:
Rebecca Mary Ellen

All biblical.

Never made the connection my eye:suspect:

i once knew someone call McDonald McDonald. i couldnt stop laughing at first..
i once knew someone called Hadrian so your not alone :D

Gotta be quicker than that around here!!!:P [/QUOTE]

Get you and your speedy little fingers!

It's Cawthorne


Quite handy handy, cos I get good google results with it!

It's Cawthorne I was going to say "is it Swall?".

I think lickable is quite an unusual name if you ask me.

Went to college with a girl called Perry Pepper:D:
Wouldn't be many with same name :suspect:

Two of the best names I ever saw were at work.

Major Stiff

Jelly Sultana

My name's not unusual but every time I meet someone with it, they are always middle aged (while I am in my young twenties).

My middle names are Florence and Jean though...

Originally posted by christine
My name's not unusual but every time I meet someone with it, they are always middle aged (while I am in my young twenties).

My middle names are Florence and Jean though...
So can I call you flo? Ha!

Originally posted by hade
So can I call you flo? Ha!

If I can call you Emperor (Hadrian)?

I'm called Rosalind... only met one other girl with the same name spelt the same way although there's loads of Roz's around!

Went to school with a lad who's middle name was Hadrian and a girl who's middle name was Florence, also a woman (aged about 30) who lived across the road from me was Christine! So you're not alone... However my friend just had a baby girl and called her Camrin... I've never heard of this before!

Originally posted by christine
If I can call you Emperor (Hadrian)?
Call me owt yer want luv!


Hmm, never met a rosalind.

Have people just started making names up for their kids now? I wanted to call my little boy lfgsfkg, but decided on reuben!

I got a long name, that I suppose is fairly unusual. Surname is common as muck back home though.

Originally posted by sheff_minx
However my friend just had a baby girl and called her Camrin... I've never heard of this before!

Cameron is a very common girl's name here in the states. One of those names that started out as someone's surname, then morphed into a first name. Spelled a variety of ways, as you can see.

Like Cameron Diaz, or Camryn Mannheim. (Both actresses)

Very pretty name for a little girl, by the way.

My grandmother had a good friend named Silver. Her father had made a fortune working in the silver mines in Nevada.

:) Sierra

i work with someone whos's grandaughter is called millan,and that is a made up name,i quite like it htough

I know of someone called Jayne Jane.

Somewhere in Sheffield there is a bloke who got into trouble with the ever-soulless council for brightening up the verge outside his gaff with flowers. There was a story in one of the local rags about it. Picture acompanied it showing the offending floral display flanked by the man's two young English roses of daughters. They were rather fleshy roses, but that's hardly unusual these days. What did strike me is the way he'd nailed his aspirations to the mast by calling his luckless progeny Portia and Carrera. I like to think there may well have been a brother called Turbo, but he wasn't in the pic.

I have a friend who in recent years organised a conference on peat conservation versus forestation. Quite how he found them is still a mystery, but two of his keynote speakers were Theresa Green and Heather Moore. You couldn't make it up...

Originally posted by Agent Gypo
Surname is common as muck back home though.

Did you live in a caravan??

I wish..........

the only time my name has ever been unusal is when i convinced a supply teacher at school a couple of years ago that my name was theresa green (even thought i couldnt even spell theresa n has to write it treesa) o well.

My little girl is called Jayden though which i havent heard many other people being called.

X

Jayden is the 62nd most popular name in the US, apparently

http://babyparenting.about.com/od/gettingready/a/jayden.htm

My surname is Rosso which is Italian. I dont think there are many in Sheffield. Also means 'Red' in Italian as in Martini Rosso, loads of italian red wines I imagine and Lollo Rosso (type of lettuce). Not unusual but different.:clap:

I met two brothers - Perigrine and Merlin.

Don't happen to know their favourite brand of lager, do you?

my little girl is called Jayden

One of my neighbours has a little boy called Jayden, My son is called Jay which at the time i thought was unusual. But its more common than i thought. :)

Joel Frank Cant, my brother is Jacob Melvin Cant, not majorly common names, but not completely unique either

My cousin is called Fabienne Clough

Joel

Originally posted by tpiddo
One of my neighbours has a little boy called Jayden, My son is called Jay which at the time i thought was unusual. But its more common than i thought. :)

ok, thats the third boy i have heard of today.. maybe it is quite common as a boys name

Originally posted by SatanInHeels
ok, thats the third boy i have heard of today.. maybe it is quite common as a boys name

It's still a lovely name. There are plenty of names that are suitable for boys and girls.
Ashley for example :thumbsup:

I'm Caprice Crystal Abigail :thumbsup:

My son's name is Erik. I think it's quite unusual for his age group. In fact, he is the only Erik I know (unless Sven-Erik counts).

Conal is my name. It's quite rare and unusual...

Originally posted by hade
Call me owt yer want luv!


Ooh cheeky... give me your number and I will call you ;)

Nearly had an unusual name, my dad wanted to call me Ford which mum was quite keen on until she realised it was after David Ford the ex Wednesday player. One of my favourite unusual names has to be the actor Slim Pickens:hihi:

My daughter is called Andorra. (pre-Beckhams I might ad).

Worked in an ad agency in Paris and the CEO's chauffeur was called Jesus. (Spanish, obviously). Took a bit of getting used to.

Knew a child in Paris called Prune. Oops. Also knew a bloke in France named after a lake in Italy called Come. Wouldn't work in English would it?

Got some Swedish friends who just had a baby called Ludwig, which I think is way cool only again, you'd think a British baby with that name was just weird. Or would you?

There is a trend in the US for brand names, Chanel, Armani, etc. Sad as you like. Am sure there's more.

My daughter is Keziah Rose. Keziah is getting more popular now.

My brother-in-law is a teacher and had a lad in his form called Sean Gash...:o

I used to be Sarah but Mick the barman christened me Splodge and somehow I'm stuck with it...an if I ever find out what it means....

Apparently there was a woman here in Sheff called Rosie Bottom...

There was also a couple up in the frozen tundra (Northumberland) His last name was Smith, hers was Crisp. When they married she was forever after known as Smith's Crisp

As if there weren't enough reasons to be put off marriage!

my middle name is giovanna.

My name is pretty normal, however my fiance (AJCrowley on here), his full name is Benedict Colin Xavier Daniels..... wierd or what. Its gonna be a bit of a mouthful in front of the registrar!!

I usually shorten my first name, as it's Annmarie, and I've gotten tired of having to tell people 'one word, no hyphen, no 'e' in the middle' :hihi: My last name's fairly unusual too. :)

i named my daughter siobhan ariadne
the doctor when he came over to check her over when first born said "bloody hell she'll be 10 before she can even spell that!"

Mine is Joaquín (note the accent on the i) which is Spanish.
My last name is Rettig (German) and I have an Esteban somewhere in between

Imagine having to go to school where some of my illiterate teachers had difficulties with ENGLISH names!!!!

One of my mom's lecturers in Spain was called Perfecto Cuadrado, which translates as Perfect Square!!
Warped parents

One of my best mates is called Franzvon Shorter, which wouldn't be too unusual if he was bavarian or something....thing is he's jamaican!!!

My first name, Luan, is quite unusual in these parts but popular in china and in ireland (where it is gaelic for Monday).

there was a girl in my infant school called kerry perry

but the best one by far was in my senior school, and I kid you not this boy was called mark Skid.

His parents either didn't like him or they were dumb!!

Paige :(


First name BTW

My mate's three daughters are called Galliegh, Misty and Jellybean!! He had to go to Liverpool to register Jellybean's name because the registrar refused to do it in Lincoln.

My Dad's second middle name is Goma. Bless him!!

my kids names are kaleb and aeryn, but since kaleb was born more people are calling their kids with that name but they always spell it caleb and he is 8 aeryn name came from aeryn sun from farscape but she was once mistaked for a boy as the doctor thought it was a different way of spelling aaron which i wasnt best pleased about. my name is louise which was common in the 70s and i was named after one of my nannas neighbours

I've got two great-nephews who are half turkish, Fahre and Emre.
Their names might not be unusual in Turkey but I can't help thinking when they get old enough for school, their education might run along the 'Boy Named Sue' principle

They've both got a great sense of humour.....luckily

I have two cousins with the names Nico and Marco

According to some recent research at Cranfield University, less than 200 people in the UK have the same surname as myself.

Given the profusion of chavs calling their kids Chardonnay, Stella, etc, I took a trip to my local off licence for inspiration.

Consequently should I ever have kids I intend to call my daughter Liebfraumilch and my two boys Strongbow and Woodpecker.....

My SH name is Mr Goose, but my real name is Crysofolex the Impaler.

On my credit card I have "C.T Impaler"

Conal is my name. It's quite rare and unusual...

i know someone i went to school with called conal :suspect: is your surname a colour?

i know a little girl called bunny, think it mite be spelt bunni but i've never heard of it before?!

My sister's name is Helga, she or we have never met anyone with that name (methinks my father went to see a Scandinavian film and the name was from that)

ever watched hey arnold?!

I know of a Basil Sage, and a Matt Black. :)

my best mate called devon thats quite unusual

Consequently should I ever have kids I intend to call my daughter Liebfraumilch and my two boys Strongbow and Woodpecker.....


what lovely names you have chosen for your offspring!

i dont know many unusual or weird names.
Although i like the name Cassea Cole for a girl.
But me and the girls had a laugh in gcse maths the other week,we had a list of kids names off a old register to use for data collecting for our assignment.
And on this list was a suposed female named BEN DOVER.
Cheered up another dull maths class for a while

mines komal...

my name is pretty dull...Lisa
i named my daughter Freya which i thought was a bit unusual even more so is her middle name which is Van it makes her whole name sound lovely (this is also her dads middle name, im sure his mother must have been smoking the good stuff when he was born...well it was the 60s :hihi: )

HI
my daughter is also called freya,her middle name is rose after my mum and my partners nan,we was going to spell it freyja but thought it would make it difficult for here when she started school.we also live on the manor park.spooky

HI
my daughter is also called freya,her middle name is rose after my mum and my partners nan,we was going to spell it freyja but thought it would make it difficult for here when she started school.we also live on the manor park.spooky
whats even more spooky is that we were gonna spell it with a j too :thumbsup:
we are hoping to have another child and if we do get pregnant again and have a girl we are wanting to call her Anya, i love names that are slightly different and they are really pretty names too.

If we have a girl in February, we`re going to call her Freya and its all Freyas_mums fault! :D

my daughter at 8 is called rheann morgan and when i named her no one had heard of it but theres loads of them now,i like talia for a girl,after talia shire who played aidren in rocky.

my name is pretty dull...Lisa
i named my daughter Freya which i thought was a bit unusual even more so is her middle name which is Van it makes her whole name sound lovely (this is also her dads middle name, im sure his mother must have been smoking the good stuff when he was born...well it was the 60s :hihi: )

I really like the name Freya, a goddess of love and fertility.

Well I don't think I have an unusual name, but I'm certain there is only one other person on SF with the name Savannah.

If we have a girl in February, we`re going to call her Freya and its all Freyas_mums fault! :D
its a lovely name though jabber, dont you agree?, because its such a pretty name any new baba is worthy of the pretty name.
unfortunately for us Freya became very popular after our baba was born, id say a lot of the sheffield Freyas were named because of our lil freya van. when she was born she was often cooooed over and when people asked her name and i told them, they all seemed to be preggers or know someone who was preggers, they would then add that it was a new name to add to the baby list.

It is a beautiful name. I must admit that i drew my other halfs attention to it a few weeks ago and she liked it instantly.

i must admit even now after nearly 3 years when people ask freyas name they still say how lovely it is,and how unusual.

My names very boring but my kids are called Reece (boy 14) and Brogan (girl 6)
both names are very old welsh/gailic names but unusual for England.

although both have become popular now

One of my daughter's is 'Milligan' didn't like it at first (other half picked it)
but do now and it certainly suits her - she's a nutter ....:D

One of my daughter's is 'Milligan' didn't like it at first (other half picked it)
but do now and it certainly suits her - she's a nutter ....:D

I know a girl called magden, her moms called margaret, her dad denis, im not keen on her name, but each to their own

As I'm the only one with my name I'm not saying my name but I know that I'm the only. VVVVVV unusual first name and surname to the point where everyone new that I meet or talk to on the phone asks me about my name . I got over the issue of my name many years ago. Surname is an on a tv programme and first name is 'natural'. That's all I'm saying.

I know a girl called magden, her moms called margaret, her dad denis, im not keen on her name, but each to their own


I agree not keen on Magden

Mines a Milly more often than not :D

i must admit even now after nearly 3 years when people ask freyas name they still say how lovely it is,and how unusual.
my daughter is 4 1/2 and since then there seems to be loads of lil Freyas running about. when we had our baba, i hadnt heard it before and thought it was really unusual. since then there has been loads of baby Freyas in the birth section of the star....have to admit though, ive never actually met another Freya so thats ok.
when i was at school Lisa was a very popular name and in my class alone there was 4 others, ones surname was only one letter different to mine so it was very cofusing when a teacher would call us.

Oh and my son has an incredibly unusual name which is very very old Northern Irish. Not simply gaelic.

As I'm the only one with my name I'm not saying my name but I know that I'm the only. VVVVVV unusual first name and surname to the point where everyone new that I meet or talk to on the phone asks me about my name . I got over the issue of my name many years ago. Surname is an on a tv programme and first name is 'natural'. That's all I'm saying.
give us another clue

As I'm the only one with my name I'm not saying my name but I know that I'm the only. VVVVVV unusual first name and surname to the point where everyone new that I meet or talk to on the phone asks me about my name . I got over the issue of my name many years ago. Surname is an on a tv programme and first name is 'natural'. That's all I'm saying.

your a ben Dover arnt you?


oh sorry, the clues ...

nudie eastenders ... god, that is a bad name to have ... think i'd change it to ben dover if i was you :o

????????????

Firstly I must state Iam a female of a certain age my middle name is Ashley for years I thought it was a name for a male I asked my mum why she had burdened me with such a name she said whilst she was pregnant she had heard it whispered on a breeze she has always and still is a little weird I am being polite.
I wanted to call my daughter Minardi Larousse Jennifer is rather plain I think.

my name is pretty dull...Lisa
i named my daughter Freya which i thought was a bit unusual even more so is her middle name which is Van it makes her whole name sound lovely (this is also her dads middle name, im sure his mother must have been smoking the good stuff when he was born...well it was the 60s :hihi: )

I think you should have taken the Theophilus T. Wildebeest tack, and added a 'T' as an initial in the middle. You would have had a 'Freya T Van' then ........

<fx: apologises profusely as he runs really, really quickly, even leaving his coat>

My daughters are Lucy Dominique, Heather Niamh, and Emma Siobhan ........ so what do I know ;)

I think you should have taken the Theophilus T. Wildebeest tack, and added a 'T' as an initial in the middle. You would have had a 'Freya T Van' then ........

<fx: apologises profusely as he runs really, really quickly, even leaving his coat>

My daughters are Lucy Dominique, Heather Niamh, and Emma Siobhan ........ so what do I know ;)

im a bit thick so dont get it...sorry.
she is Freya Van H......,

i liked Dominique as a girls name while i was preggers but hubby is a bit more traditional with names so it was a definate no for us, was suprised when he suggested Freya as his original choice was Charlotte

my daughter is 4 1/2 and since then there seems to be loads of lil Freyas running about. when we had our baba, i hadnt heard it before and thought it was really unusual. since then there has been loads of baby Freyas in the birth section of the star....have to admit though, ive never actually met another Freya so thats ok.
when i was at school Lisa was a very popular name and in my class alone there was 4 others, ones surname was only one letter different to mine so it was very cofusing when a teacher would call us.

I have to say though, Freya is a nice name ....... (currying favour rapidly) ........ had we ever had a boy, I wanted Conor Patrick, but only because I couldn't have Loki .......

im a bit thick so dont get it...sorry.
she is Freya Van H......,

i liked Dominique as a girls name while i was preggers but hubby is a bit more traditional with names so it was a definate no for us, was suprised when he suggested Freya as his original choice was Charlotte

Try saying it ...... FreyaT Van ........

Dominique was chosen by my ex as one of my middle names is Dominic (after my uncle who died just after I was born), but because it's my third name, it gets forgotten, so she chose that to let him live on!

Still think it's sweet .........

Well despite being English my parents decided to burden me and my brother with names which were three quarters French. Consequently no-one can spell mine without help, he got off a little lighter as they used English spellings.

I absolutely adore the names Rhiannon, Azaria, Rochelle and Jorja for girls.

Gotta be quicker than that around here!!!:P

Shouldn't really make reference to your own jokes either :D

Firstly I must state Iam a female of a certain age my middle name is Ashley for years I thought it was a name for a male I asked my mum why she had burdened me with such a name she said whilst she was pregnant she had heard it whispered on a breeze she has always and still is a little weird I am being polite.
I wanted to call my daughter Minardi Larousse Jennifer is rather plain I think.

I'm male and I've been lumbered with Ashley, which is now a girls name! At least it's your middle name. (though anyone that calls me Ashley instantly becomes unpopular to me)

Mind you, my middle name is named after my great-grandad, who was nicknamed and known as Clerk, because the registrar spelt his proper name wrong and signed 'clerk' next to the mispelling!

ash (poor me):hihi:

I personally would love to work in Births/deaths/marriages.

Anyone that came in to register a birth with a silly name, I would send out, and say, come back with a proper name.

;)

I absolutely adore the names Rhiannon, Azaria and Jorja for girls.

And I prefer the traditional Georgia to Jorja. It just seems so much more feminine.

My middle name is Elspeth, quite unusual I think.

I think I win in the weirdness stakes.

My first name is Tamlin, named after my scottish great granddad.