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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Amandine is french for almond. Not that I'd name my kid that, but it isn't too bad to my ears.

Actually it's not. Amande is the French word for almond. Amandine is the adjectival form and also a very common first name as another poster noted. Seneca is a name from classical antiquity, although usually male. Get some education before you start judging.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Amandine is french for almond. Not that I'd name my kid that, but it isn't too bad to my ears.

Actually it's not. Amande is the French word for almond. Amandine is the adjectival form and also a very common first name as another poster noted. Seneca is a name from classical antiquity, although usually male. Get some education before you start judging.

Holy cr@p. I'm glad I'm not you.

I am, however, both posters you refer to. I said Amandine meant almond (so it's an adjective -- I stopped myself from going into that detail because I didn't want to turn into a lecturing shrew like you, but whatever). I am ALSO the PP you refer to who said it's a common french name. And still you tell me to get an education. FWIW, I also pointed out that Octavio/Octavian was a name given to the 8th child, so I'm not impressed by your Seneca point which I already knew.

You need to get a life.

[Anonymous]

Yikes. 12:36 sounds like she'd be a lot of fun at parties.

Another name: St. John... but it's pronounced Sinjin

And yes, 12:36, I know they probably got the name from Jane Eyre.

[Anonymous]

I am not making this up....

Godswill for a boy (i.e. God's Will)
King-David for a boy
Trygod for a girl (i.e. Try God)

I feel sorry for all of these kids.

[Anonymous]

On the topic of Sinjin....

My DH actually suggested this for our first child and I thought he was insane. Apparently it's the name of a well known volleyball player????

We did not go with Sinjin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Mercy

Patience

I like these names. We joked we should name our kid Patience, hoping that she'd actually have some. We are lacking in that department.

I'm the PP...I love these names. My little 4 year old cousin is Mercy, and my best friend in college was Patience. If the baby inside me right now is a girl, I will be considering those names.

Hopefully, the children "blessed" with these names will be born tolerant and forgiving, as they'll most likely endure pain and suffering from others!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Amandine is french for almond. Not that I'd name my kid that, but it isn't too bad to my ears.

Actually it's not. Amande is the French word for almond. Amandine is the adjectival form and also a very common first name as another poster noted. Seneca is a name from classical antiquity, although usually male. Get some education before you start judging.

New poster here (and French!). I would translate amandine as "almond" because in English the noun and adjective in this case are the same. Get off your high horse. And if you disagree, just how would you translate it since you did not give an alternative? I agree it's a common name.

[Anonymous]

Boy - Bossman

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bishop

There were two of these in my DDs high school class. Both girls and both from the south. Didn't seem too unusual.

[Anonymous]

We have the word almondine in English, right??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teagan

Ailish

Nao

Athanasius

Maurice (pronounced mar-iss)

Lachlan

Freya



I knew a Freya in high school. It's a nice name. Maurice is my dad's name (but pronounced in the traditional way).
Octavio (8th child of the family)

Mercy

Patience

India

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had kid named Forrest in one of my classes-the other kids were always telling him to run.

Is his best friend named Jenny?

Seriously though, I don't see what's wrong with most of the names that 8.37 posted. U-Vox is self evident, but the rest of the list is either popular foreign names, old fashioned names, or I'm-a-bit-of-a-dirty-hippie-so-I'll-call-my-kid-after-some-odd-natural-phenomenon. I almost named my son Rocco, but it didn't sound right with our last name. Mercy's a lovely name and I wish I had a daughter to give it too.

Yes, Zelda is an old-fashioned, not uncommon name. Think Zelda Fitzgerald.

[Anonymous]

In my culture, Patience, Joy, Blessing, Grace, are all very common names.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In my culture, Patience, Joy, Blessing, Grace, are all very common names.

African country?

I have a few African students with some of the names above.

[Anonymous]

My coworker's two kids are Junebug and Sergeant Fury. I still can't believe she named her kids those names.