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Hi Kylie, My father was named Ernest after his father. One of his aunts disliked the name and refused to call my father Ernest. She always referred to him as 'BOY'. So that is what he has been known as ever since. It comes as a surprise to most people to discover that his name is Ernest. Some people think his name is Boyd, or Roy. My mother in law is called Lily. When she married she became Lily White. Jenny

my friend had her baby and called him Zahn when she told me she liked that for a name i said is he going to come out with dredlocks and smoking a joint she laughed and still called him Zahn how stupid is that

Heard that before Davo - my son's name is Guy

My mother in law was an infant teacher, and a parent introduced her child as GOOEY. When asked to spell it she said 'G U Y' D

The weather lady on BBC SE is Kaddy. Sounds like a french supermarket trolley (Caddie) which is sometimes called a chariot, so perhaps we should call her that? D

Elizabeth - one of my relations is a GP She's kept her maiden name so she is Dr. BJ Batty!!!

Another funny combination of names was that of my GP - now retired. His name was MILES FERRARI - I used to wonder if his middle names were PER HOUR!

Just as odd as the names people choose are the combinations that make up the initials. Next week I am going to the christening of my stepniece's baby. When she was born last year they told me she would be called Jessica Ann - her surname begins with F. When I pointed out that her initials would be JAF they didn't seem to have realised but said oh that doesn't matter. Well it might not matter now but what about when the child comes home from school crying cos she's been called JAFFA CAKE OR JAFFA ORANGE? Doesn't take a lot of thought to add another name to change the word, ie using the mum's name or a grandparent's name after the Ann.

I knew a couple of kids when I did work experience at nursery, Gauge and Blue, and a friend from scholl called one of hers Jordanne, (not sure if spelt right)

That's true Nell! Like my G grandfather Charles Raffel TIVERS. My grandmother used to say they won him in a raffle! Still it makes him stand out from all the other Charles! Sue xx

The good thing about odd names is that they stand out in censuses! nell

One of my sisters has Silver May and Delta Storm. Another sister has Boen. A couple I knew from way back had Clara-Angelique. She would only answer to the whole thing.

my three are named Natalia,mason and Logan.... nat gets called brat by my two boys,mason has always been macey-moo and logan is logie-bear. nellie i wanted to call mason.. Keegan but hubby hated it and said he'd call him KEVIN...also wanted Ria for nat but hubby said she'd get rear end at school so that put me off!! I had a bladder problem so my mum mothered me loads and called me Tinkerbell so brother called me stinkersmell(so cruel)................xx

an asian guy at work called his son adam not unusual I hear you say till u put it with his surname ADAM HUSSAIN Paul

When my husband was made redundant, the lady who spoke to him in the job centre was called Miss D.I.G STONES!

A famous author called Zane was born a long time ago- 'Zane Grey, the greatest storyteller of the American West, was born in Zanesville, Ohio, on January 31, 1872.' I suspect that Zayne is spelt like it is through the similarity to Wayne.

My nephew is called Marcus... officially, Though he gets his name shorted..elongated..turned around.. and upside down. He gets called... Marne Marnie Marjory margarine.. to name just a few, and there all by his dad.. lol My eight week old son is called Rhys Andrew.. I wonder what some bright spark will create from Rhys in years to come. .. i wait with bated breath. :-) Andy BSc MEng BSDA

I looked up Paula yates kids on ancestry under Geldof with mothers name Yates. The 3rd one is actually registered at 'Little Pixie Geldof'

There are a lot of names I think are weird and wonderful but I'm loathe to put them on here in case they offend a parent who has called their pride and joy one of them!! A friend has called her boys Levi and Reo (they didn't realise the place was spelt Rio) and she thinks I'm weird for calling my bub George Henry. One person's idea of a lovely, tasteful name is often another's idea of child torture. xx

My husaband also works with a man named Jack Russel!!!