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Re: Do you know anyone with a VERY unique name?
Posted by Kara
I wasn't sure how many people would get that reference.
Awesome (the kid) will be legend...
(wait for it)
dary! 
LOVE that show!
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diva7531
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Re: Do you know anyone with a VERY unique name?
ME! my name is Ryan, getting more common these days, but 20 years ago when Imoved to LI, Ryan was only a boys name. To this day I have to repeat myself more than once. My CC is nevermine, it's my husbands!
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| Posted 12/18/07 3:06 PM |
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Re: Do you know anyone with a VERY unique name?
My dad is Seamus (pronounced Sha-mus) and my cousin is Sinead (pronounced Shin-aid). My bro is Sean and I know a Siobhan too.
Lots of -sh- sounding Gaelic names. 
Oh, I had a friend in HS named Nargis-only one I've met.
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| Posted 12/18/07 3:15 PM |
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Lisa
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Re: Do you know anyone with a VERY unique name?
my cousin wife's name is Summer
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| Posted 12/18/07 3:18 PM |
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Re: Do you know anyone with a VERY unique name?
Thought of another: I knew a Tagor. She was Haitian, I think, so I don't know if that's common for Haitians or not.
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| Posted 12/18/07 3:20 PM |
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Re: Do you know anyone with a VERY unique name?
Posted by nrthshgrl
Tania (prounounced Ta-nee-uh) and Tiana (Ty-ah-na) - mom just mixed up their names.
I went to school with an Arioch (pronounced Air-E-ock). Arioch, alhtough not common, is a biblical name.
that's my name and it's russian, it comes from tatiana
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| Posted 12/18/07 3:22 PM |
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Re: Do you know anyone with a VERY unique name?
My dad worked with a guy named Radomir but I assume its not unique where he was from and another guy name Doric.
Which just reminded me - I went to HS with named Zorikh.
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| Posted 12/18/07 3:23 PM |
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Re: Do you know anyone with a VERY unique name?
Posted by BabyAvocado
Thought of another: I knew a Tagor. She was Haitian, I think, so I don't know if that's common for Haitians or not.
That reminds me of another one! I met a girl in college named Tabor.
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| Posted 12/18/07 3:33 PM |
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Re: Do you know anyone with a VERY unique name?
Posted by Lisa
my cousin wife's name is Summer
A kid in my friend's class one year was named Summer House.
Message edited 12/18/2007 3:34:53 PM.
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| Posted 12/18/07 3:34 PM |
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Re: Do you know anyone with a VERY unique name?
Posted by racheeeee
OMG I used to know a guy from Eastern Europe and his name was Balki. He lived with his cousin Larry. He was such a nice buy, Larry had a bit of a pole up his arse, but OMG did we have some fun times. Appleton. That was his name. Larry Appleton. Yes, and he had a stuffed sheep named Demitri. I loved those guys, I used to see them all the time, and then one day...POOF they just disasppeared. I wonder what happened to them.
This made me laugh so hard........
good thing I am alone in the office
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Re: Do you know anyone with a VERY unique name?
Posted by JessInCA
Posted by Lisa
my cousin wife's name is Summer
A kid in my friend's class one year was named Summer House.
NOOOOOOOOO???????? That is Awesome!! 
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| Posted 12/18/07 3:37 PM |
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Re: Do you know anyone with a VERY unique name?
Posted by melijane
Posted by BabyAvocado
Posted by racheeeee
Rhiannon is a really common Welsh name.
I knew a Rhiannon. But she went by Barbie instead. I always thought Rhiannon was a much prettier name.
Hmm thats strange. My Grandmother's birth name was Rachel but she changed it to Phyllis
My grandmothers birth name was Carmella and she changed it to Mae!
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| Posted 12/18/07 3:38 PM |
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Re: Do you know anyone with a VERY unique name?
I forgot to mention my friend, her name is UNIQUA
Message edited 12/18/2007 3:55:22 PM.
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| Posted 12/18/07 3:52 PM |
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Re: Do you know anyone with a VERY unique name?
Posted by Ali1
I went to grammer school with a girl named Star.
I went to summer camp with a girl name Sunshine.
I met a girl years ago with the name September. And she was not born in that month.
I had a friend named September but she WAS born then. Her sister...April! I loved that she had a different name like me!
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| Posted 12/18/07 4:04 PM |
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Re: Do you know anyone with a VERY unique name?
I forgot to add DH's cousins!!
Nicholas (born on Christmas)
Holly Dae ("holiday" born right before Christmas"
and
Summer Thyme (born in the summer of course!)
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| Posted 12/18/07 4:08 PM |
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Re: Do you know anyone with a VERY unique name?
I used to joke that one day, I would name a daughter Polly Esther!
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| Posted 12/18/07 4:13 PM |
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Re: Do you know anyone with a VERY unique name?
Posted by diva7531
ME! my name is Ryan, getting more common these days, but 20 years ago when Imoved to LI, Ryan was only a boys name.
I knew a little girl named Ryan when I was a kid. My mom said her om was a big fan of the soap opera Ryan's Hope.
My DH works with a Prince & used to work with an Orpheus.
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Re: Do you know anyone with a VERY unique name?
Posted by BabyAvocado
Thought of another: I knew a Tagor. She was Haitian, I think, so I don't know if that's common for Haitians or not.
I'm Haitian and I've never heard of that name.
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| Posted 12/18/07 5:22 PM |
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Re: Do you know anyone with a VERY unique name?
I also met some one once who went by Kitty Meow, but that was a choice. SHe legally changed her name as an adult
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| Posted 12/18/07 5:26 PM |
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Re: Do you know anyone with a VERY unique name?
Posted by jax1023
MY Aunt once had a student named Babyposh Gilgamosh. Seriously.
 
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Re: Do you know anyone with a VERY unique name?
I have a cousin named Baker.
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Re: Do you know anyone with a VERY unique name?
Posted by MissJones
I used to joke that one day, I would name a daughter Polly Esther!
Polly Esther's was the name of a retro-dance club in manhattan  I used to go there about 12 years ago
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| Posted 12/18/07 5:40 PM |
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Re: Do you know anyone with a VERY unique name?
Posted by racheeeee
I forgot to mention my friend, her name is UNIQUA
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| Posted 12/18/07 5:43 PM |
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Re: Do you know anyone with a VERY unique name?
Posted by Kara
Posted by donegal419
There was a girl at a school I used to teach at named Raspberry.
my cousin in Ireland named her daughter Daisy and she got a lot of flack for that....
The weirdest ones I've had in my class have been an Archellus and a Deja (as in Deja vu)
Ethnic names are bgreat because I think they really connect kids with their culture. I teach in a school with a lot of Asian (mainly Indian) children and some of those names are just beautiful and very unique in the United States.
But these people who name their kids Nemo and Raspberry and spelling things backwards and making crap up should be shot... those kids are going to be teased all their lives just because their parents are idiots or ignorant or both! This one girl i know named her child Cavan because she told me it was an Irish name. To myself I was like, it's a PLACE in Ireland... that's like naming your kid Arkansas...
Nemo is a real name and has been around far longer than the movie in many Italian families. It may not be that common, but it's not entirely uncommon either.
In addition to be a county in Ireland, Cavan is an Irish name. It's not as common as some first names, but it IS an Irish name, mainly used for boys. It's more common as a surname, but many first names are also common surnames (Connor, Ryan, etc.) It's not at all like naming your child Arkansas... unless you consider naming your child Kerry like naming your child Arkansas, too.
I hardly think a child is destined to a life of teasing based solely on their name. There are plenty of more common names that are just as easy to tease... Naming a child something unique doesn't make parents stupid or ignorant either.
As for interesting names I've encountered, I worked at a law firm where the secretary's name was Lady.
My family is from Cavan and although I understand that it is a name, it is very uncommon over there. You'd be laughed out of the place for naming your son or daughter "Cavan". Naming your child "Kerry" and naming your child "Cavan" have totally different implications, which I won't get into here.
As a matter of fact, my name, Colleen, is very uncommon there as well. It is a very common Irish-American name. It is actually an Irish word. In Irish it means "little girl". Many times when I've been in Ireland and I've told people my name, they have thought I was kidding them.
I also think the OP was saying that Daisy was considered an uncommon name in Ireland, which it is....
Message edited 12/18/2007 5:59:33 PM.
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Re: Do you know anyone with a VERY unique name?
Posted by donegal419
But these people who name their kids Nemo and Raspberry and spelling things backwards and making crap up should be shot... those kids are going to be teased all their lives just because their parents are idiots or ignorant or both! This one girl i know named her child Cavan because she told me it was an Irish name. To myself I was like, it's a PLACE in Ireland... that's like naming your kid Arkansas...
Wow, that's really harsh. My first born son will be named Cavan after my beloved Grandmother who came from Cavan and came to the US by herself at 19 in the the 1920s. That PLACE in Ireland made her the strong-willed woman she was and that is something that I personally treasure. It will be a tribute to her. It's Gavan with a C, sweetheart, far from 'Arkansas.' And having lived in Ireland, read Irish literature (including name books), there are quite a few Cavans running around.
My sister is named Kerry, as in County Kerry in Ireland, in honor of my grandfather.
To each there own opinion, but to say I should be shot, and that I'm an idiot and ignorant is totally out of line.
While "unique" names can be challenging for some, they can create and build individualism and character in others.
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