Draco, Apple, North West.... seriously?

[ponder]

I have a friend who keeps a list of the most unique names he has ever run across. I will never forget one family who named all of their kids after oceans.

Pacifica
Atlantica
Mediterraneia
Indiana
Carribeia

 

[Gypsy]

I was classmates with a girl named Jade, whose sister is Pearl.

I think that's very pretty.

I don't think that's weird at all.

I think Pearl, Ruby, Jade, Opal, ... all very lovely names.

One of my cousin's is named Ta*lah, which is Farsi for gold, and her brother is Forr*est (* added so no one can google-find this).

I like uncommon names with nice meanings. If I have a daughter I would name her Leora. Italian for Shining Star. And if there was ANY problem, I'd want someone to tell me.

 

[monarch64]

My mother named me "flower name," after her mother's favorite flower. My brother married a girl with that same name. When he and my sister in law got pregnant, I was asked to suggest names, and I said "why not name the baby "same name" as her mother and me. I was joking, but my brother and SIL loved the concept, so now we have 3 "same names" in our family. (It's a flower name, nothing super extraordinary.)

Name your kid whatever you want. Spell it however you want. It makes absolutely no difference to me because it has zero effect on my life.

 

[purplesparklies]

A labor and delivery nurse once told me her hospital had delivered a baby boy whose mother named him: Shit*head [sha-thay-ed]. (*mine)

 

[OreoRosies86]

There are a lot of urban legend names on this thread

 

[aviastar]

I love seeing all the names that come through my workplace. It seems that some of the Aboriginal tribes up north allow their children to name themselves when they get to a certain age AND they also, as a means of respect, do not recycle names of those who have died for a certain period of time (a long time - years). This is what I've been told leads to the very...unique names we get.

First: msop mentions it, but we've had a real 'Gonorrhoea,' not even misspelled.

Second: a few different Candidas. Yes, more than one set of parents thought this word sounded 'pretty.'

Third: First name Coca, surname Cola.

Fourth: Elvis Elvis. Why ruin perfection with a different last name?

Fifth: one of the doctors, I'm going to change this one the tiniest bit so there's no chance it shows up in a search but I promise I'm upholding the integrity of the name - a gynaecologist by the name of Pusha Handeep.

And my favorite, the one burned so deep in my brain that I actually have a hard time remembering any of the new zingers I come across because they all inevitably pale in comparison: Chicken Tango

HA! We have a ob/gyn in our area with a similar, uh...unique but strangely apropos name. I've met him, so definitely not an urban legend name...Dr. B*eaver. First Name and Middle Initial? Harry C. He ended up being a ME for the area and his cards say The Alpha and Omega Doctor. He has a great sense of humor about it.

 

[msop04]

A labor and delivery nurse once told me her hospital had delivered a baby boy whose mother named him: Shit*head [sha-thay-ed]. (*mine)

This one is for real! My dad is a retired HS teacher... he would give the ACT to the two schools in our county. About every 3 or 4 years, he'd have a Shithead (pronounced shih-THED). Who would do that to their child??!! LOL

 

[aviastar]

A labor and delivery nurse once told me her hospital had delivered a baby boy whose mother named him: Shit*head [sha-thay-ed]. (*mine)

This one is for real! My dad is a retired HS teacher... he would give the ACT to the two schools in our county. About every 3 or 4 years, he'd have a Shithead (pronounced shih-THED). Who would do that to their child??!! LOL

It's a legit name in another language and culture. Unfortunate in this country, but probably similar to Nori and Suri that were mentioned up-thread. Some brand new young military couple gets stationed in Japan and names their child Suri, or Pickpocket, by the locals' reckoning. Possibly you could argue cultural ignorance of the parents, but probably not active malicious intent, in either situation.

 

[Sparklelu]

No urban legend here!!!

 

[katharath]

"Airwrecka" = Erica, I assume?

OMG, that is awful. A perfect example of people taking an average name, giving it a bizarre spelling, and making it completely absurd.

This is definitely a pet peeve of mine. My parents spelled my name "Kathryn" and I've spent my entire life spelling it for people. And that's not even that bad - there are far worse names/spelling variations out there. My brother is named Shannon and he has spent his entire life telling people that he's not a girl.

My response was to go the opposite direction - I named my boys Jake and Charlie. I always knew that if/when I had kids, they would get the gift of not being saddled with a name that they would be annoyed to go through life with. I would rather my kids have a solid, well known name than be made fun of every day