First names you find weird, strange 😉

[Jules]

I remember that I went to high school with a girl that had the first name Dale. I think that is an unusual name for a girl.

Dale Evans, wife of Roy Rogers

I have heard of August as a name although never come across any in person

I know one. It’s becoming more common.

I also know a lady whose name is Michael.

 

[Rossana]

Mainly celebrities or their children names:
Rumer, Tallulah, London, Apple, Blue Ivy, North, Isla, Borat, Elula, Cosmo.

 

[January]

In the UK, Leslie is a man's name and Lesley is a woman's name. Similarly Vivian is a man's name and Vivienne is a woman's name. There are others as well, that have both a masculine and feminine version, but I can't think of them at the moment.

Frances/Francis
Robin/Robyn
Kim/Kym
Tayla/Taylor

 

[January]

Mainly celebrities or their children names:
Rumer, Tallulah, London, Apple, Blue Ivy, North, Isla, Borat, Elula, Cosmo.

I have met somebody called London

Isla is quite popular in Australia, in last 10 years or so, not at all unusual

 

[willnbugs]

There was a child in school whose first name was-Trablue

 

[Sunkist]

A few years ago, it was in the news that some guy changed his name to Dot Com.

 

[Marv Malone]

Dale Evans, wife of Roy Rogers


I know one. It’s becoming more common.

I also know a lady whose name is Michael.

There was a long time columnist in Chicago paper named Michael Sneed, a female,

 

[RadishRose]

Chauncy

 

[OneEyedDiva]

Fairybelle

 

[George1959]

I've always liked Aloyisus.

But only if the person has a lisp.

Aloysius is the name of Sebastian Flyte's teddy bear in the novel "Brideshead Revisited" by Evelyn Waugh.

 

[George1959]

Once I read of a grave digger named Filmore Graves .

 

[Furryanimal]

Dweezil as in Dweezil Zappa.
Not forgetting his sister- Moon Unit

 

[IrishEyes]

One of my Grand Daughter's middle name "Ivol"
No idea where that came from.

 

[jujube]

There was a long time columnist in Chicago paper named Michael Sneed, a female,

Michael Learned, the actress who played the mother in The Waltons.

 

[TeePee]

My moms first name was Matah. I really liked that name because it was unique to me. She hated it and always went by her middle name.

 

[HoneyNut]

One of my Grand Daughter's middle name "Ivol"
No idea where that came from.

That is interesting, I never heard that name. Per Google it is from Old Norse and there were 6 babies with that name registered in 1927. Normally used as a boys name.

 

[IrishEyes]

That is interesting, I never heard that name. Per Google it is from Old Norse and there were 6 babies with that name registered in 1927. Normally used as a boys name.

I stepped off track on it being 1st name it is her middle name and she is 26 years old, found out the name is from her Aunt. So no clue
myself.

 

[HoneyNut]

When I was in my 20s I knew a guy named Elitsur (sounded like Elite Sewer).

 

[Sunkist]

This one just came up in delivery tracking- driver is on the way- JEIMY.

Male or female?
How is the name pronounced?

 

[nyctrasit5950]

www.wikihow.com/Weirdest-Names

 

[Flarbalard]

I've only heard the name in British dramas, but found the woman's name Morag unusual.

 

[George1959]

I know a strange German last name: Fettköter. Literally it could be translated "fat cur"

 

[George1959]

The Austrian poet Rilke had the first names Rainer Maria. And the Austrian actor Brandauer has Klaus Maria as first names, but Maria and Brandauer (last name) are pseudonyms.

 

[Myquest55]

I've only heard the name in British dramas, but found the woman's name Morag unusual.

When we lived in Scotland, Morag was a popular name. I always thought that there were much prettier names for a girl.