S/O What is the most "out there" name you've heard on a child recently?

[Anonymous]

I know two women from Vietnam. One was named Ho and the other one Bich. They both ended up changing their names legally.

[Anonymous]

Yeah it's Delilah. I'm surprised that isn't more popular now because of that recent hit song...

I like Bibilical bad girl names. so Eve, Lillith, Bathsheba, Delilah, Jezebel. I didn't have the nerve to use them though.

I also always thought Noah was a pretty name for a girl.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
None of these names are strange. Ailish (correctly spelled as Ailis, prounounced Ailish) is gaelic for Alice and Maurice pronounced as Morris is the traditional Irish pronunciation.

Well Ecila and Sirrom are Alice and Morris backwards. That doesn't make them not strange.

And really, Athanasius? Nao? Teagan? You're seriously claiming those are common names?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah it's Delilah. I'm surprised that isn't more popular now because of that recent hit song...

I like Bibilical bad girl names. so Eve, Lillith, Bathsheba, Delilah, Jezebel. I didn't have the nerve to use them though.

I also always thought Noah was a pretty name for a girl.

Actually, Delilah has spiked like the global warming graph in the past few years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know two women from Vietnam. One was named Ho and the other one Bich. They both ended up changing their names legally.

Yes, Ho Tranh and Bich Dihn. Now known as Ho Jones and Bich Smith.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But doesn't Baby Name Voyager use SSA data? So a name that was very popular in Britain or Canada wouldn't be accounted for, and yet could be within a lot of people's cultural frame of reference.

Exactly. And anyone who is culturally literate has heard these names before.

What point are you trying to make? Can you give me the cultural references for Lachlan, Ivo, and Clover please? I'd hate to be ignorant.

Lachlan has been in the top 10 boy names in Australia for over a decade.

[Anonymous]

I like Ailis. I think I'll use it.

[Anonymous]

Twila and Starla.

[Anonymous]

I'll start - kids are all four and under.

Girl: Infinity, Hadassah, Seneca
Boy: Lucien, Birch, Winter

I'm surprised in this wonk town that no one has mentioned Birch Bayh, Jr. - former Democratic Senator from Indiana, son of Birch Bayh, Sr and father of former Senator Evan Bayh.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birch_Bayh

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah it's Delilah. I'm surprised that isn't more popular now because of that recent hit song...

I like Bibilical bad girl names. so Eve, Lillith, Bathsheba, Delilah, Jezebel. I didn't have the nerve to use them though.

I also always thought Noah was a pretty name for a girl.

The girl's name is Noa. It seems to be pretty popular right now, esp among my Jewish friends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I'll start - kids are all four and under.

Girl: Infinity, Hadassah, Seneca
Boy: Lucien, Birch, Winter

I'm surprised in this wonk town that no one has mentioned Birch Bayh, Jr. - former Democratic Senator from Indiana, son of Birch Bayh, Sr and father of former Senator Evan Bayh.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birch_Bayh

I was going to, but decided to let it go. Does it count that I did immediately think it when I saw the name?

[Anonymous]

Obed

[Anonymous]

Hercules

[Anonymous]

Margarita, which was really ironic since she was a bible thumper and would never drink!
And no she was not Latina

[Anonymous]

I wanted to name my daughter Birdie Lee after my great aunt but my husband absolutely refused