Unique names..

my name is Shayna(pronounced shay-nuh) its more commen now but when I was younger I swear NOBODY could pronounce it and it drove me crazy I was called the weirdest names by teachers trying to pronounce it lol

my brothers name is Daly pronounced Daily everyone who does not know him see's it and says "dally" :rolleyes: and when he was little a teacher got mad at him saying "you are not a little kid anymore, your name is DALE" lol

my friends moms name is Jlijjian pronounced Lillian.

and I cant think of anyone else with a weird name..

wow! those are some really unique names!! I can only pronounce about 10% of them! :p

I thought of some more of my friends with unique names

Adelle *pronounced A-dell*

Otto

Kiefer *pronounced key-fur*

I just remembered some more lol

2 of my friends at dance class is Risa(Reesuh) and Faith

a girl in my class in grade 7 and 8 was Melody, her sister was Harmony, and her brother was Charity.

I have a freind with the middle name Iona "Pronounced I- own -a"
Another friend is named Mary Agnes, and her sister's name is Lucia, And their other Sister is named Philomena:rolleyes:

I know they are not really unique but I don't know anyone else with those names.:rolleyes:

Sarah or Sara is sooooo popular:p

I recently found out that my Aunt Pauline's real name is Appolonia, and my aunt Emily is really Josephinia. The other Polish names i can't even spell but they were all Americanized when the kids started school.
My dad's name was Jack. But when he applied for a passport, he also got a copy of his birth certificate and it said "Jake". His Russian father had a thick accent so when the census bureau asked for dad's name, he said "Jeck" or something similar, so it was put down as Jake. He was our Jumpin Jack Flash, regardless!!! Rock On Dad!

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Originally posted by cali
my name is Shayna(pronounced shay-nuh) its more commen now but when I was younger I swear NOBODY could pronounce it and it drove me crazy I was called the weirdest names by teachers trying to pronounce it lol

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I can certainly sympathise with you. My name is Shanna, and I get the same thing. The thing that always drove me crazy about it ... and I'm sure you feel the same way ... is that our names are not spelled in a strange way, the are spelled phoenetically exactly as they are pronounced. And people stillllll can't manage it. I am regularly called Shawna, Sheena, Shayna, Shannon, Shawnnon, etc. :rolleyes:

I had a great aunt named Cherokee, and a great-great aunt named Experience. (That begs some questions, eh? ;) ) My great-grandfather's name was Green Washington Newton. I have NO clue why. My aunt's names are Lenabelle and Dixie. :confused:

I worked in a daycare for a few years and I came across a bunch of different names.

1. Ahmoni
2. India
3. Indiana
4. Asia
5. Jacen (Jason)
6. Cooper
7. Camdyn
6. Cayden
7. Caston

Dolly-my great grandmother
Imagene-Other great grandmother

Shawnae-My cousin


I have a cousin named Amelia.

Annie

I 'm afraid that ALL our names here sound "unfamiliar" to you all.
My first name in full is "Lutgarde", my sis is "Lieve", my brother's "Hendrik".
Few other different names:

Indra (my daughter), Els, Joran, Sari, Robbe, Wannes, Mattis, Lander, Emile, Camille, etc..... !

I thought of some more :p

My mom was going to name me and my sister Sari *pronounced Sar-ee, -Sar- as in Sara without the -a- at the end
And me Saari *pronounced -sorry- :rolleyes:

My great aunts name is Constance aka. Connie

My cousins friends names were:

Asia
Japan
China
India
(they were all sisters and cousins of eachother:eek: ) :p

There are some really interesting / different names out there, I think most of them are cool, not wierd, ;):)

some of these reminded me of more lol in my school a while ago there were 2 girls one named Dallas, and the other named Cherry. :D and my moms name is Sari but its pronounced suh-dree(the d comes from rolling the your tounge for the R) but nobody could pronounce it so she switched her middle and first names so instead of Sari Johanna Kuul..(I cant spell her maiden name lol too long and weird) its now Johanne Sari and the Johanne is pronounce Joe-ann NOT yohanne like people seem to think lol

ellsworth-gradfather
preston-grandfather
pebbles-friend
gertrude-grandmother
alstin
malan-friend
sharese-friend
jaqueena
danisha
max-friend
.....i think thats all:D

i just remembered some more, india, isiah, bartholomew, and i know someone whos middle name is star...i'll try to think of more:D

My mom's first name is Dorcas! Needless to say, she goes by June. And she said she was going to name me Dorcas July. Can you imagine the crap I'd had to have taken growing up?