Children's names

Hotgossip · 06/03/14 - 14:59

There was a thread on here about the weird or unusual names people call their children but I can't find it.

I heard today of a boy called Cobain after Kurt Cobain. I can't believe anybody would name their child after a drug addict popstar who committed suicide.

Uffa · 06/03/14 - 15:27

A friend of mine had a baby girl 2 weeks ago. She called her Millie. I knew a man called Cobbie.

[Deleted User] · 06/03/14 - 16:08

Hotgossip wrote: »

There was a thread on here about the weird or unusual names people call their children but I can't find it.

I heard today of a boy called Cobain after Kurt Cobain. I can't believe anybody would name their child after a drug addict popstar who committed suicide.

This one?

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1902926&highlight=names

Girth · 06/03/14 - 16:11

I saw a news story in the last day or two on the floods and there was a kid in it called Anakin.

[Deleted User] · 06/03/14 - 16:30

Girl at work has a daughter called Tarragon

Hotgossip · 06/03/14 - 22:51

woodbush wrote: »

This one?

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1902926&highlight=names

Thank you, yes.

AnnaliseZ · 06/03/14 - 22:57

Uffa wrote: »

A friend of mine had a baby girl 2 weeks ago. She called her Millie.

That's not a weird name!

anne_666 · 06/03/14 - 22:57

I'm just waiting for some earth mother to deviate from say Willow and name her child Privet or Nettle:)

AnnaliseZ · 06/03/14 - 23:00

Naming your baby Facebook's a bit of a stretch

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/21/baby-named-facebook-egypt_n_825934.html

Fibromite59 · 07/03/14 - 00:00

I once came across two brothers called Cobweb and Moth. They were apparently named after the fairies in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Good thing there weren't any more children in the family as they would have ended up being Peaseblossem and Mustardseed.

d0lphin · 07/03/14 - 00:09

AnnaliseZ wrote: »

Naming your baby Facebook's a bit of a stretch

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/21/baby-named-facebook-egypt_n_825934.html

If you read the article, it actually makes sense why he chose this name for her as it was a symbol of the revolution in Egypt. A better reason for choosing a name than some I can think of.

slappers r us · 07/03/14 - 00:16

I have a few relatives with odd names

Kurtain, Cornelius, Aloysius, Trevor

and Davine

Ohh I forgot Zachariah

RyJa · 07/03/14 - 19:15

Girth wrote: »

I saw a news story in the last day or two on the floods and there was a kid in it called Anakin.

I saw that - poor kid.

Girth · 07/03/14 - 19:17

RyJa wrote: »

I saw that - poor kid.

Thank god for that, I was beginning to think I had dreamed it.

Poor kid, though, agreed. They should have called him Palpatine.

wear thefoxhat · 07/03/14 - 20:21

I heard one parent in my local park call their child by the name Honda, an American lady with a particularly loud voice in the park had a boy called Tad, no not Tod, yes really Tad, as in 'it's a tad small'. Best wierd name I heard was Versace, as in the fashion designer, at a local indoor play centre.

EStaffs90 · 07/03/14 - 20:23

What's wrong with Millie? It's not as bad as the person I heard at lunchtime telling off their kid, who they called Kanye (presumably after Kanye West).

Elanor · 07/03/14 - 20:40

Girth wrote: »

I saw a news story in the last day or two on the floods and there was a kid in it called Anakin.

I encountered an Anakin in Sheffield last week. He was running round John Lewis and shrieking, and his parents stood at the other side of haberdashery and just shrieked ANAKIN! STOPPIT ANAKIN! at him repeatedly.

I met a teenage boy called Chevron the other day.

Elanor · 07/03/14 - 20:41

wear thefoxhat wrote: »

I heard one parent in my local park call their child by the name Honda, an American lady with a particularly loud voice in the park had a boy called Tad, no not Tod, yes really Tad, as in 'it's a tad small'. Best wierd name I heard was Versace, as in the fashion designer, at a local indoor play centre.

There used to be a Tad in Neighbours, it was a nickname, short for Tadpole.

wear thefoxhat · 07/03/14 - 20:51

Elanor wrote: »

There used to be a Tad in Neighbours, it was a nickname, short for Tadpole.

Bloody Neighbours has got a lot to answer for, responsible for an explosion of little Kylies in the late 80's, early 90's.

duckylucky · 07/03/14 - 22:59

Uffa wrote: »

A friend of mine had a baby girl 2 weeks ago. She called her Millie. I knew a man called Cobbie.

Millie is not odd at all ???

Ænima · 07/03/14 - 23:04

Hotgossip wrote: »

There was a thread on here about the weird or unusual names people call their children but I can't find it.

I heard today of a boy called Cobain after Kurt Cobain. I can't believe anybody would name their child after a drug addict popstar who committed suicide.

Kurt would have hated you for calling him that

Frank Zappa gave his kids some insane names

'Moon Unit', and 'Dweezil' for example

[Deleted User] · 07/03/14 - 23:08

I know a guy called Twinsen and apparently theres a lady at my Uni called Princess.

I love the name Iden for a man (pronounced eye-den).

epicurian · 07/03/14 - 23:19

wear thefoxhat wrote: »

I heard one parent in my local park call their child by the name Honda, an American lady with a particularly loud voice in the park had a boy called Tad, no not Tod, yes really Tad, as in 'it's a tad small'. Best wierd name I heard was Versace, as in the fashion designer, at a local indoor play centre.

Must be an American thing because I'm sure I've known more than one Tad in my time. It doesn't sound strange to me at all.

duckylucky · 07/03/14 - 23:30

wear thefoxhat wrote: »

I heard one parent in my local park call their child by the name Honda, an American lady with a particularly loud voice in the park had a boy called Tad, no not Tod, yes really Tad, as in 'it's a tad small'. Best wierd name I heard was Versace, as in the fashion designer, at a local indoor play centre.

Tad is short fot Thaddeus and not that unusual at all

Penny Crayon · 07/03/14 - 23:34

My sister has a middle name of Medrina.

My Dad worked in the market and saw the name on a box of tomatoes.

LaceyLouelle3 · 07/03/14 - 23:35

I know of a little girl called Cotton. Also a boy called Hendrix...but I quite like that.

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