what's the most outrageous kid's name you've ever heard

[PeckhamRose]

I've heard the name Bree several times in America and my cousin's husband is indeed Randy.... short for Randall.

My dentist's receptionist is called Patience, honest. And she has it in spades.

[Loz]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> Oh, that's reminded me of someone I used to know

> named her daughter Brie. Yes, that's right, after

> the cheese.

If you were out and picked up ladies called Brie and Chardonnay you could have the best wine and cheese night ever.

[uncleglen]

There is a Randolf Churchill- was he Randy?

[uncleglen]

Bree is an Irish name- maybe people hear these names and like them and call their children them without checking the correct spellings.

[cazfay]

I have a friend who sublet a room off a couple with a daughter. They introduced their daughter to her 'and this is Chanel. Well, we spell it with two n's though so it's a bit different, you know' My friend politely asked 'what you mean channel?!!!' Nope they corrected her with a strange look. Chanel. Two n's

She didn't end up living there long..

[ontheedge]

uncleglen Wrote:

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> Bree is an Irish name- maybe people hear these

> names and like them and call their children them

> without checking the correct spellings.

Is it really! Never heard it myself

[Atticus]

Arsenal

[Jah Lush]

Arsene Wenger.

[ratty]

Back in Portsmouth I knew a couple called John and Dawn Cockhead! Now, presuming they weren't brother and sister, this means that she voluntarily took this name!

Oh, and I am currently working with a client called Bollocko!

A friend of mine once had a customer called Victoria Kunto!

Have to say though, so e people on this thread come across a bit snobby!

[holloway]

heard a mother calling after her son in Camberwell... 'Keanu, KEANU!!'

[LadyDeliah]

There was a woman who used to come to my fitness classes years ago named Happy Pratt.

[Inkmaiden]

Bree is not an unusual name in Australia (or the bit I come from anyway) - shortened from Gabrielle. I know three Brees.

I knew an Ix once, pronounced "Ish". I suspect he may have made it up himself though.

Animal names seem popular at the moment- I've encountered a Tiger, a Bear and a Fox recently.

[sophiesofa]

A girl called Lanesra. Spell it backwards...

[Dopamine1979]

steveo Wrote:

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> True story

>

> A friend of a friend's mother was Terry (Monty

> Python) Jones's cleaner. She had two boys called

> Genghis and Adolf.

>

> I kid you not.

>

> Terry had the family round one afternoon and made

> the boys some food. My pal says his abiding memory

> is of Terry standing on the back door step

> shouting "Genghis! Adolf! Pizza."

>

> I can't tell you their surname because I think

> they still live around here but that was daft as

> well

You win this thread.

[LadyNorwood]

Heard on the radio some years ago, a nurse married a bloke whose surname was Nurse, they had twin boys, Andrew and Peter - cruel....

[Seabag]

Strange hormones and chemicals must fly around when you're a couple expecting a new baby

I was very much in favour (for a mental but short time) of naming my yougest son "Ike" . I know, what a thing to do to the poor boy. My wife thankfully put her foot down and traded me her name for a girl, which I wasn't in favour of to say the least "Nubie"

[Jeremy]

A useful tip for parents arguing over baby names... start with the most awful names you can imagine, and when you finally suggest something vaguely sensible/normal, your partner will gladly agree.

[Ladygooner]

sophiesofa Wrote:

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> A girl called Lanesra. Spell it backwards...

Genius!

[bob]

The Barstard family had a boy they called Robin he turned out to be an second hand car dealer his name was right across the front of the shop

Bob S

[El Pibe]

i wonder if they came from here bob, not too far from me.

[MrBen]

charlesfare Wrote:

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> Seabag Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > I was in crystal Palace park, there were two

> > ladies together, the tattooed Fred Perry

> wearing

> > skin headed one of the pair bellowed (in the

> very

> > finest sarf london tambre) toward a golden

> haired

> > angel of a child

> >

> > "CHARDONNAAAAAAAAY WE'RE GOIN' NAW"

> >

> > It was exquisite

>

> Is this a joke or are you Katie Hopkins or

> something?

It's pretty clear from above that silly names aren't just confined to one social class (whatever that means nowadays)...they can be found anywhere. Surely the challenge for parents must be to strike that delicate balance between tacky and boring, reference any significant relatives and be "cool" at the same time. Not easy.

There's been a spate of Dylans recently but if I ever drop a boy I shall be calling him "Hendrix II". Is that acceptable?

[cordsm]

Toto (guy from an ad agency I worked with once)...& Aloha (at a S.London school where I did some work experience.

[ultraburner]

My first (proper) girlfriend was called Jenny Taylor.

[siousxiesue]

Man in Horniman gardens running after his toddler calling 'Plato, Plato'

[ultraburner]

Bloke I was working for today has a 3 yr old son called Balthazar.