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Unusual names
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Heard a woman call her sprog Jasper today and it got me thinking about names that you don't hear very often.
Only one I could think of was Jasper Conran. Another one is Lester Piggott - I know one other Lester, but you don't hear it very often. I went to school (occasionally!) with a boy called Eldred. Recently heard another mum call her little girl Andy - when she wouldn't do as she was told it became Andromeda! There were also twins at my school called Romulus and Remus.
Of course there was Elvis Costello - the only other time I've heard the name Elvis apart from the obvious and I presume that Elvis Costello took the name as some form of tribute?
Harrison Ford
Keanu Reeves
Dustin Hoffman
I'm sure you clever lot will be able to think of others?
Only one I could think of was Jasper Conran. Another one is Lester Piggott - I know one other Lester, but you don't hear it very often. I went to school (occasionally!) with a boy called Eldred. Recently heard another mum call her little girl Andy - when she wouldn't do as she was told it became Andromeda! There were also twins at my school called Romulus and Remus.
Of course there was Elvis Costello - the only other time I've heard the name Elvis apart from the obvious and I presume that Elvis Costello took the name as some form of tribute?
Harrison Ford
Keanu Reeves
Dustin Hoffman
I'm sure you clever lot will be able to think of others?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.So the only other Jasper you can think of is Mr Conran. What about a certain Brummy stand-up comedian?
Elvis Costello was originally Declan Patrick McManus. He probably chose 'Elvis' simply as a way of getting noticed, rather than as any form of tribute. (I've no idea why someone with such a wonderful Irish name should choose 'Costello', which is a Yorkshire nobility name).
Elvis is a Scandinavian name, meaning 'all-wise'.
Keanu is Hawaiian for 'the breeze'. I don't know whether it's common in Hawaii or simply adopted by families on the US mainland.
Harrison simply seems to be using a surname as a forename. In some parts of the UK it's quite common for children to be given their mother's surname as a middle name. While it's less common for a surname to become a first name, it's certainly not unknown.
Dustin comes from the Old German for 'brave warrior'.
Some names which are completely original can, over a period of time, become quite commonplace. 'Wendy', for example, did not exist prior to J M Barrie inventing it for use in 'Peter Pan'. Nobody was called 'Chelsea' until the Clintons decided to give their daughter this name. I also wonder how many children have been named 'Oprah' which, apparently, only came into existence when the registrar mis-heard Ms Winfrey's parents.
I've yet to hear of anyone naming their son after the British actor, Finetime Fontayne!
Chris
Elvis Costello was originally Declan Patrick McManus. He probably chose 'Elvis' simply as a way of getting noticed, rather than as any form of tribute. (I've no idea why someone with such a wonderful Irish name should choose 'Costello', which is a Yorkshire nobility name).
Elvis is a Scandinavian name, meaning 'all-wise'.
Keanu is Hawaiian for 'the breeze'. I don't know whether it's common in Hawaii or simply adopted by families on the US mainland.
Harrison simply seems to be using a surname as a forename. In some parts of the UK it's quite common for children to be given their mother's surname as a middle name. While it's less common for a surname to become a first name, it's certainly not unknown.
Dustin comes from the Old German for 'brave warrior'.
Some names which are completely original can, over a period of time, become quite commonplace. 'Wendy', for example, did not exist prior to J M Barrie inventing it for use in 'Peter Pan'. Nobody was called 'Chelsea' until the Clintons decided to give their daughter this name. I also wonder how many children have been named 'Oprah' which, apparently, only came into existence when the registrar mis-heard Ms Winfrey's parents.
I've yet to hear of anyone naming their son after the British actor, Finetime Fontayne!
Chris
don't believe everything you hear about Barrie 'inventing' Wendy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Pan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Pan
My son is Maximilian, his middle name is Bradley which is my maiden name - my fathers middle name was his mother's maiden name - Kirkham.
other possible names on the list for him were Orlando (before Orlando Bloom!) Gabriel, Rufus
His school friend is Archibald - whose sister is Verona.
Also at school are; Saffron, Sorrell and one poor scrap called Channel pronounced like Chanel - the parents couldn't spell I fear!
I've also met Esmarelda, Maybury, Montgomery, Xanthe, Vanda, Strang.
And I heard a mother yelling 'Zero' at her child in a supermarket
other possible names on the list for him were Orlando (before Orlando Bloom!) Gabriel, Rufus
His school friend is Archibald - whose sister is Verona.
Also at school are; Saffron, Sorrell and one poor scrap called Channel pronounced like Chanel - the parents couldn't spell I fear!
I've also met Esmarelda, Maybury, Montgomery, Xanthe, Vanda, Strang.
And I heard a mother yelling 'Zero' at her child in a supermarket