What's in a name?

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Okay, basically, what is the strangest name you have ever heard of? Also, how did you get your name?

I've heard Dartanian (which is strangely what I want to call my first boy XD), Candela, Violene, Addison, Peaches... I don't know, some names are just too cool to be common.

My name, Alana, was picked when my mother was looking through a list of common baby names, and apparently my name appealed to her. (Also, she saw it in a random baby book, and it meant 'little rock', so she decided to name me that? :S)

What are some strange names you've heard of? How was your name chosen?

[dusty_girl1144]

strange name : Beata (pronounced be-ah-ta)

looooool


anyways my name was chosen by a bishop as i was given my last rights as a baby scary huh....
and it means blessed

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Anyone read the book Freakanomics?
They mention a kid names Shithead (pronounced shu-TEED).

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  One of my sister's friends had a relative called Lucinda Head

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Hehe, and then there's this site: http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames... They tease baby names.

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http://cg.scs.carleton.ca/~luc/dreamteam.html
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/today/index.ssf/2008/12/holland_township_family_angry.html

Also, did anybody hear about that butler who abused children? Talk about apt.

I forget how my mum chose my first name (she said she didn't want it to be the same as my dad's, but it practically is), but I remember the reason for my second. She named me after her favourite ninja turtle. She didn't want to know the sex of her first baby, so there wasn't a lot of forethought.

[TrueLight]

mine was chosen the old fashioned way ... my dad's dad (grandpa) ... isn't that how all european names are picked? lol 

[Odette.]

I was named after my grandmother (mum's mother)
My young sister was named after a cat my parents saw on tv at the time I never let her forget that muhahahaha!
My other sister was named after my dad's sister (my aunt)

[midas_touch]

My name means 'prosperous guardian'.

LOL at me not noticing that i just wrote 'My name' up till now

strange name : Beata (pronounced be-ah-ta)

looooool


anyways my name was chosen by a bishop as i was given my last rights as a baby scary huh....
and it means blessed

Wow, thats scary indeed. What was wrong with you as a baby?

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   I like the name Elise

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   I like the name Elise

That's my sister's name! (and a friend on VN, too.

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 My 2nd cousins in Paris are called Mayanna-Rose and Maxemillien

[Matt The Rat]

 My 2nd cousins in Paris are... Maximilien

Robespierre as a surname?

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 My 2nd cousins in Paris are... Maximilien

Robespierre as a surname?

 heh, nice name, but no, not his

[Aurelie.]

 My 2nd cousins in Paris are... Maximilien

Robespierre as a surname?

Hahaha that's pretty funny

Well, my name's AURELIE. Anyone heard that one before? And my middle name is Maelys. Can anyone guess what nationality my background is? lol. Mum chose my name because of her French heritage, and she'd loved it for like ever, or something. My brother and sister are Isaac & Sophie, so I'm the only one with a freakshow name.. but I love it!

Weird names of people I know.. none really - I know a girl named Xanthe & a boy, Cosmo - but they're not really weird, just a little quirky!