Unusual baby names

Toke? Oh that made me giggle. I knew a girl named Fauna, she swears her parents were smoking pot when they named her.

Pilot Inspektor was the name I was going to use as an example of just too out there too! Bod Geldof's daughters names are also pretty out there; Fifi Trixibelle sounds like a poodle or a cabaret dancer's name. Michael Hutchence's daughter's name is Heavenly something or other. I really like traditional names. I like names that are passed down within families. In my family only my daughter, Amber, has an "original" name but she carries my grandmother's middle name as her middle name. Unique names that sound like names are cool too; Willow, Hunter, River I think are all cool. But names that sound more like job descriptions are just not cool.

I like your name, it has a nice sound.

I had a similar issue with my name. As a child I knew no one with my name, but now as an adult I know many people with my name.

Do you think children with odd names are teased more? What about children with common names who are teased for other things?

That's true, but what if the child WANTED to be a business major, wouldn't their parents be limiting their chances for success in a way?

That's true. Giving a child an odd name can set them up for life as a musician, painter, or some other artistic career. I don't think parents who choose unusual names, however, expect their children to be business majors. LOL

I guess then give the child a safe middle name they can choose to go by instead. My youngest has an odd name, but it can be shortened into a more common name, and his middle name is very proper.

True, kids are teased about anything.

I really don't like the changing spelling to make a name unique either. It doesn't make sense to twist a common name. The poor child trying to learn to spell his or her name.

You have a very beautiful name. Some odd names are very poetic sounding, like yours.

I agree. I wanted a common name when I was younger, but now I like my odd name. My poor husband, there are 4 other men in this tiny town with his name because it is so common, first and last.

Wow, those are odd names. But I agree, when you hear the same names over and over an unusual one can be fun.

I love when people use ethnic names with the true spelling. My oldest son's name is Welsh, but the spelling is Americanized. There are some cute boy names that sound really good as girl names, but I have noticed some parents using very boy-ish names.

I really like unique names, especially if they have a meaning behind them. But I have seen some that almost no one can pronounce or spell, including the child that has the name. Sometimes people go overboard with 'uniqueness'.

I went to school with a boy name Richard Hore. He lived with his grandmother. One day his grandmother came to school to meet with our history teacher. The principal came in and said "Mr. Hamleton Ima Hore is here to see you." Come on now we were in 8th grade we couldn't help it the whole class, except Richard broke out in laughter. We all had detention for laughing at her name, but it was the Principals fault he couldn't come in and Say Richard's grandmother is here to see you. I got to say I decided right then and there I would never name my child Ima, what if she married a hore. Or Sharron what if she married a Peters, or D*cks. I started think about those types of things. BTW if my name was Ima I would not marry anyone with the last names of Hore, D*cks for sure and I am sure if I think I could come up with other last names that would be embarassing if called out in a crowded room.