Most unusual name ...

mandwrx · Apr 5th, 2012, 06:58 AM

Once I was at a playground with my kids and I heard a woman call

"Cinnamon"

I thought ooh, I can't wait to see what this puppy dog looks like -
then a little girl ran up!

What's the most unusual kids name you've ever heard?

LostAndAlone · Apr 5th, 2012, 07:02 AM

i always seem to see a lot of "unusual" names when i watch the maury show lol, like sunshine or christmas lol i remember once when i worked in a shop i would hear all the celeb names for kids lol, shania (twain) Britney, Whitney, Brooklyn, some of them are bad enough for celebs kids but for "normal" kids, come on lol !!!

mandwrx · Apr 5th, 2012, 07:06 AM

I once looked after a baby called 'Cruise'
the parents said with a name like that they hoped he would cruise through life!

claireybell · Apr 5th, 2012, 07:19 AM

i heard a lady at my sisters school calling her child 'Beyonce' .. i had to laugh..

ive seen some real odd names in my baby-names book that i purchased, can u believe they actually have boys names called 'Job and Forward'.. WTF??!!!

septemberbaby · Apr 5th, 2012, 07:29 AM

La-a, pronounced La-dash-a. must be the most unusual name I've ever seen.

I don't know what it's like in other countries, but in Germany you can't call your kids anything that will obviously get them bullied...like Rapunzel, Satan, Grammophon, Tom Tom...there's an actual list of forbidden names and the registry office can veto a name choice...not sure what the actual process is if they don't like the name you've picked but I imagine some kind of jury would decide...it seems a bit silly, but then again we don't have any apples and cinnamons running around

I think some parents just don't think or care how a name will influence their kids later on and I think it's good there's some way to stop them

mandwrx · Apr 5th, 2012, 07:42 AM

Yeah same in Australia, there is a no-go list and the right to veto silly choices.
We can't have 'junior' here either.

septemberbaby · Apr 5th, 2012, 07:50 AM

I just realized I'm making it sound like all unusual names are horrible...that's not true of course, even though we are going for more traditional names for our kids. We have the added difficulty that we want names to be pronounceable in English and German...so most really unusual names are out by default

I guess it always depends on where you are whether or not your name will be considered unusual...I mean, I'm sure my name would be unusual in China or India, you know?

jd83 · Apr 5th, 2012, 07:50 AM

Yep, seen some pretty weird ones. ABCDEF, pronounced "ab-sid-euf". That ones pretty out there. Or Obgyn. Because the sign that said OB/GYN was the last thing she saw before going into labor and delivery, so she picked it. lol!

April92 · Apr 5th, 2012, 07:54 AM

Before i was pregnant and just fooling about with names,i liked very unusual names-Guppy or barron for a boy and for a girl Kasiva (kaseeva) and im ashamed to say i liked the name strawberry lol, once i got pregnant my OH put his foot down lol x

Starstryder · Apr 5th, 2012, 07:54 AM

Scout's honour on this....

Neo and Trinity for twin babies.

Apr 5th, 2012, 06:58 AM	#1
mandwrx Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Australia Posts: 651	Most unusual name ... Once I was at a playground with my kids and I heard a woman call "Cinnamon" I thought ooh, I can't wait to see what this puppy dog looks like - then a little girl ran up! What's the most unusual kids name you've ever heard?

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LostAndAlone Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 1,733	i always seem to see a lot of "unusual" names when i watch the maury show lol, like sunshine or christmas lol i remember once when i worked in a shop i would hear all the celeb names for kids lol, shania (twain) Britney, Whitney, Brooklyn, some of them are bad enough for celebs kids but for "normal" kids, come on lol !!!

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mandwrx Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Australia Posts: 651	I once looked after a baby called 'Cruise' the parents said with a name like that they hoped he would cruise through life!

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claireybell Trying to conceive (TTC) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 1,020	i heard a lady at my sisters school calling her child 'Beyonce' .. i had to laugh.. ive seen some real odd names in my baby-names book that i purchased, can u believe they actually have boys names called 'Job and Forward'.. WTF??!!!

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Apr 5th, 2012, 07:29 AM	#5
septemberbaby Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 912	La-a, pronounced La-dash-a. must be the most unusual name I've ever seen. I don't know what it's like in other countries, but in Germany you can't call your kids anything that will obviously get them bullied...like Rapunzel, Satan, Grammophon, Tom Tom...there's an actual list of forbidden names and the registry office can veto a name choice...not sure what the actual process is if they don't like the name you've picked but I imagine some kind of jury would decide...it seems a bit silly, but then again we don't have any apples and cinnamons running around I think some parents just don't think or care how a name will influence their kids later on and I think it's good there's some way to stop them

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Apr 5th, 2012, 07:42 AM	#6
mandwrx Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Australia Posts: 651	Yeah same in Australia, there is a no-go list and the right to veto silly choices. We can't have 'junior' here either.

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septemberbaby Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 912	I just realized I'm making it sound like all unusual names are horrible...that's not true of course, even though we are going for more traditional names for our kids. We have the added difficulty that we want names to be pronounceable in English and German...so most really unusual names are out by default I guess it always depends on where you are whether or not your name will be considered unusual...I mean, I'm sure my name would be unusual in China or India, you know?

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Apr 5th, 2012, 07:50 AM	#8
jd83 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,362	Yep, seen some pretty weird ones. ABCDEF, pronounced "ab-sid-euf". That ones pretty out there. Or Obgyn. Because the sign that said OB/GYN was the last thing she saw before going into labor and delivery, so she picked it. lol!

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April92 Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Scotland Posts: 398	Before i was pregnant and just fooling about with names,i liked very unusual names-Guppy or barron for a boy and for a girl Kasiva (kaseeva) and im ashamed to say i liked the name strawberry lol, once i got pregnant my OH put his foot down lol x

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Apr 5th, 2012, 07:54 AM	#10
Starstryder Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: South Africa Posts: 610	Scout's honour on this.... Neo and Trinity for twin babies.

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