Most unusual name of a child you know personally

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Zane
Dane
Quest

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Anonymous wrote:I really dislike the Greek and Roman mythology names. I’ve met two kids named Apollo and one named Atlas.

The oddest name I’ve personally encountered is Fenix.

There is a Greek community in my area; I know elementary school kids named Artemis and Electra (different families) and my son went to school with a Demosthenes. I guess those names don’t sound unusual to native Greek speakers.

If they’re native Greek speakers or have significant heritage, then it would make sense to me. I knew an Athena growing up, and it wasn’t odd to me because her parents were born in Greece. The kids I know now with these names are 0% Greek.

I love the Greek female names. I just posted that I know an Iphigenia and Andromeda. Two different families, but I don't know if they're Greek. Greek mythology is so pervasive across the world in naming conventions that I think it's acceptable for Americans without Greek heritage it to use them.

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Anonymous wrote:Saturn
Soleil

Soleil doesn’t seem that odd to me? Saturn is unexpected but then I remember my dad telling me that when he was teaching at a school with a population of Norwegian immigrants he usually has three Thors in his class.

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When I gave birth a year ago the baby in the room next to mine was named Soundwave. One word. A girl I think?

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Anonymous wrote:I really dislike the Greek and Roman mythology names. I’ve met two kids named Apollo and one named Atlas.

The oddest name I’ve personally encountered is Fenix.

There is a Greek community in my area; I know elementary school kids named Artemis and Electra (different families) and my son went to school with a Demosthenes. I guess those names don’t sound unusual to native Greek speakers.

If they’re native Greek speakers or have significant heritage, then it would make sense to me. I knew an Athena growing up, and it wasn’t odd to me because her parents were born in Greece. The kids I know now with these names are 0% Greek.

I love the Greek female names. I just posted that I know an Iphigenia and Andromeda. Two different families, but I don't know if they're Greek. Greek mythology is so pervasive across the world in naming conventions that I think it's acceptable for Americans without Greek heritage it to use them.

Yeah, there's a difference between a name from Greek or Roman mythology, which is considered classical literature and part of the cultural inheritance of the entire Western world, and popular contemporary Greek name like Konstantin or Nikolaos. I view pretty much any name from Greek or Roman mythology to be fair game for pretty much anyone. I personally would be cautious about using many of the female Greek names because some of those myths are absolutely brutal for women, but the idea that they are off limits unless you are literally Greek is weird. I mean, Sophia, Theodore, and Olivia are all from the Greek.

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Anonymous wrote:Saturn
Soleil

Soleil doesn’t seem that odd to me? Saturn is unexpected but then I remember my dad telling me that when he was teaching at a school with a population of Norwegian immigrants he usually has three Thors in his class.

I love Saturn as a name. It's actually kind of genius because you have the mythological reference (Saturn was the god of abundance, among other things), the space reference (it would be fun for a kid to discover they were named after a planet and might spur an interest in science or space), but it's also an uncommon name that everyone knows how to spell. Sort of perfect.

I'd love to meet some Jupiters and Neptunes, as well. Jupiter also has some great moon names.

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Anonymous wrote:I really dislike the Greek and Roman mythology names. I’ve met two kids named Apollo and one named Atlas.

The oddest name I’ve personally encountered is Fenix.

There is a Greek community in my area; I know elementary school kids named Artemis and Electra (different families) and my son went to school with a Demosthenes. I guess those names don’t sound unusual to native Greek speakers.

If they’re native Greek speakers or have significant heritage, then it would make sense to me. I knew an Athena growing up, and it wasn’t odd to me because her parents were born in Greece. The kids I know now with these names are 0% Greek.

I love the Greek female names. I just posted that I know an Iphigenia and Andromeda. Two different families, but I don't know if they're Greek. Greek mythology is so pervasive across the world in naming conventions that I think it's acceptable for Americans without Greek heritage it to use them.

Yeah, there's a difference between a name from Greek or Roman mythology, which is considered classical literature and part of the cultural inheritance of the entire Western world, and popular contemporary Greek name like Konstantin or Nikolaos. I view pretty much any name from Greek or Roman mythology to be fair game for pretty much anyone. I personally would be cautious about using many of the female Greek names because some of those myths are absolutely brutal for women, but the idea that they are off limits unless you are literally Greek is weird. I mean, Sophia, Theodore, and Olivia are all from the Greek.

NP. To your bolded point, both Iphigenia and Andromeda's parents try to sacrifice them.

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A kid in my kid's yearbook, Godking.

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Anonymous wrote:Wolf and Talon (brothers)
Axel
McKinsey McGovern (baby or law firm?)
ScarlettRainn

Nothing wrong with Axel

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Anonymous wrote:I taught twins named Terry and Terrance

How is that strange?
Genuinely confused.

Because they're very similar and Terry can be a nickname for Terrance. Like having a set of twins named Jimmy and James. Or Anthony and Tony.

I understand, but still do not think it is strange.

So you would name you kids John and jack?

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Anonymous wrote:I really dislike the Greek and Roman mythology names. I’ve met two kids named Apollo and one named Atlas.

The oddest name I’ve personally encountered is Fenix.

There is a Greek community in my area; I know elementary school kids named Artemis and Electra (different families) and my son went to school with a Demosthenes. I guess those names don’t sound unusual to native Greek speakers.

If they’re native Greek speakers or have significant heritage, then it would make sense to me. I knew an Athena growing up, and it wasn’t odd to me because her parents were born in Greece. The kids I know now with these names are 0% Greek.

I love the Greek female names. I just posted that I know an Iphigenia and Andromeda. Two different families, but I don't know if they're Greek. Greek mythology is so pervasive across the world in naming conventions that I think it's acceptable for Americans without Greek heritage it to use them.

Yeah, there's a difference between a name from Greek or Roman mythology, which is considered classical literature and part of the cultural inheritance of the entire Western world, and popular contemporary Greek name like Konstantin or Nikolaos. I view pretty much any name from Greek or Roman mythology to be fair game for pretty much anyone. I personally would be cautious about using many of the female Greek names because some of those myths are absolutely brutal for women, but the idea that they are off limits unless you are literally Greek is weird. I mean, Sophia, Theodore, and Olivia are all from the Greek.

NP. To your bolded point, both Iphigenia and Andromeda's parents try to sacrifice them.

PP here. As Greek myths go, that's pretty tame though. I would personally stay faaaaaar away from any name (of any gender) associated with rape. There are a lot. I've seen people on these boards float Leda, Hera, and Cassandra as possible names and I personally couldn't do it because of the tragedy of their stories. I actually like the one Daphne a lot, but I think many people simply look up the meaning (laurel tree) and don't dig in to discover that Daphne turned herself into a laurel tree in order to avoid being raped. It's pretty messed up!

Whereas simply being sacrificed, lied to, or fed to some kind of mythological beast doesn't seem as bad to me [shrug].

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Eulalia (white kid, not Latina)

Eliora (another white kid, not Latina; my preschooler swore the girl’s name was pronounced Areola)

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Royal

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Beautiful

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Aloysius - aloe ish us