Unique names..

I was thinking, after reading Val's thread, do you know anyone or do you yourself have a different name? Or, maybe you have a normal name, spelled in a unique way..?

If so, share with us! I know a lot of people who have unique names, and I was interested in hearing ( reading ) some more...

Family

1. Barrett - brother
2. Dallas - brother
3. Nevada - cousin
4. Aubre *pronounced Awb-re* - cousin
5. Julia - cousin
6. Harrison - cousin
7. Corbin - cousin

Friends

1. Allaura
2. Kylie
3. Briar (as in like, a briar bush)
4. Thorn
5. Sabina *pronounce Saw-bee-naw*
6. Ridge
7. Stone
8. Steele
9. Benji
10. Hunsa *sp?* *pronounced Hun-saw*
11. Sira *sp?*

and many, many more... :p

lol... there's a kid in my science class named 'Rock'

Everyone says my cousins have weird names. I guess the most unique of my cousins' names would be Dax, Shelsea, Tye, D'nae (Dih-nay), Carson, and Cailin. My name is Jordan -- you don't find too many girls my age named Jordan. Most of them are quite young as it's only recently become popular. My brother's name is Dawson. Jynnelle's name is spelled quite different. Whenever I see someone with the same name, it's always Janelle or Jynelle.

That's about it...

I don't think my name is unique (Audrey) but you don't see it a lot. It's a lot more popular now it seems though.

My family's names are all Latvian..
My name, Diana, is pronounced Dee-aw-na, NOT like die-anna...
My sister's name is Lilija (pronounced like Lilia).
My mom's name is Dace (dats-eh.)
My dad's name is Guntis (goont-ees).
My brother's name is Rolands.

My cousin and grandmother have the same name: Skaidrite (sky- dree-teh).
Everyone just calls my cousin Skai though... (sky)

I could keep going with Latvian names but I think I'll stop there... :p

Edit:
I'll just list some of my other cousins and relatives:
Ivars (ee-vars)
Aldis
Andris
Arnis
Liana (lee-aw-na)
Vilis
Gio
Vigeo
Marite (maw-ree-teh)
Aija (eye-ya)
Inese (ee-neh-seh)

I know I'm forgetting a few... :X

Shaness. said Sha- ness. lol
yes i know, like the shampoo finesse. I always hear that. Anyways I thought it was unusual, my mother made it up at the hospital the day I was born.
Another funny name is my brother in law, his middle name is Houit.
My brothers name is Miller Hales. :rolleyes: go figure:D

Unusual names in my family:

Males:
Axel (my grandfather, now my baby nephew!)
Grandfather's brothers:
Otto
Emil
Gustav
Iver (my brother)
Channing (my other grandfather, uncle, cousin, etc.)
Other great uncles from both sides:
Ovide
Leodore
Tyge - whose given name was Ellery
Great-grandfather's name:
Prosper


Women:
Aldea (my grandmother, and it's my middle name)
Floride
Flora
Great-grandmother's names:
Delima (2 of them)
Ulla

Hubby's grandfather was Hazen.

My name (Tonya) isn't unusual, but I've only met a couple in my life.

My old boss was named Rowdy.

A friend named her daughter Lyric Maizey.

UMMM...

Xavier
Quinten
Redmond
Tag


And that's all I can think of for now :p

My nephew has a very strange name:

Zander d'Anconia ??????

Zander from the character in "Buffy the vampire slayer" and d'Anconia from a character in the "Three Musketeers"

His sister's is Brynn Lasair (La Sar--almost Sarah minus the ah)

My name is Liberty.......I feel its unique.

I think I told this story once, but I use to work for social services and a woman came in that spoke very little english. When we asked her, her childs name she looked around and found a sign on the wall. She turned to me and said "my child, Gonorrhea" (hope thats spelled right)

Thats her name on record now.....Gonorrhea!!!

Goodness... my family has normal names, but some of the ones hubby's students?
Lehomey (La home-ie)
Dalimarus (dolly mare iss)
Iessa
Chevy ('chewey' like gum)
dijon (dee john)
Jarrin
Storey
Ciera (see err a)
Zahira (Za hear a)
Cesar
Yazmin
Adella

I oculd go on and on!

My name is Kari, and although the name isn't unique the spelling isn't as common as Carrie or Kerry. (except around here I am one of 3 (I think) people and 1 rabbit named Kari with that spelling.) Outside of PT I can only think of 1 person I've met who spells it that way.


Mirra (Mirr-a)- my cousins baby girl
Hawley- a girl I met through work
Shrade- my vets grandson
Alika- (al-ick-a)- my vets daughter
Cade- my friends son ( love that name)
Tiara- (Tea-rr-a) a girl I went to school with

I know there are more, but I can't think of any right now.

My great-grandmother's name was Zelsie (probably not spelled right)

One of my good friend's name is Astrid.

I have a great Aunt Medrith (not Meredith)

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?