The Coolest/Best Name You've Ever Heard
Out of curiosity... what would you say is the best, or more interesting, name you've ever heard on a real life person? Has to be someone you've heard of or met; can't be a celebrity or book character. First and middle name if you can!
Personally I'm gonna go with Piper Nyx, a high school classmate. I'm not crazy about it nor would I use it, but it's definitely not the kind of thing you hear every day. There was also a boy named Bram in the same class, which I really like and had never heard before.
Personally I'm gonna go with Piper Nyx, a high school classmate. I'm not crazy about it nor would I use it, but it's definitely not the kind of thing you hear every day. There was also a boy named Bram in the same class, which I really like and had never heard before.
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I saw a baby where I used to work and her name was Liliana. To me, that's pretty cool. I don't know her middle name.
Some interesting/ uncommon names of people I know:
Steelie Rae
Athena Marielle
Atoosa
Winston Emil
Phoenix Machai (prn. muh-KY, rhymes with sky)
Ezra- I know it's more popular than the others, but I still think it's such a cool name!
Steelie Rae
Athena Marielle
Atoosa
Winston Emil
Phoenix Machai (prn. muh-KY, rhymes with sky)
Ezra- I know it's more popular than the others, but I still think it's such a cool name!
I know a girl with a name which I love because it is so unusual: Mystika. I also know a boy named Maverick ( he is a maverick!), and a girl named Lelah (Croatian version of Leila), as well as Aretha (a Greek spin-off). My sister is named Dabney, which I love.
I have noticed people come up with more unusual names for girls than for boys. Take Blue Ivy, for instance. Poor guys! But then, I think girls prefer more imaginative names.
I have noticed people come up with more unusual names for girls than for boys. Take Blue Ivy, for instance. Poor guys! But then, I think girls prefer more imaginative names.
Šeherezada - a lady at work, about 40 (I've also met at least one more)
Teofil - a little boy of about 4
Bonaventura - a baby of a girl that went to my high school
Bono -he's about 3, named after the saint, not the singer
Grga - my 2-year-old neighbour
Adalbert - a teacher at Uni
Thanos - a Greek guy, 25
We don't use middle names. I'm sure there have been others (and many ordinary names, sound unusual to foreigners), I just can't think of any now, I'll add later if I remember.
Teofil - a little boy of about 4
Bonaventura - a baby of a girl that went to my high school
Bono -he's about 3, named after the saint, not the singer
Grga - my 2-year-old neighbour
Adalbert - a teacher at Uni
Thanos - a Greek guy, 25
We don't use middle names. I'm sure there have been others (and many ordinary names, sound unusual to foreigners), I just can't think of any now, I'll add later if I remember.
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My first babysitter was named Cressida, and her older brother was named Orpheus. That's hardcore.
There was also a Zelda Lillie, which I think is flapperific, born to a couple at my church a few years ago.
There was also a Zelda Lillie, which I think is flapperific, born to a couple at my church a few years ago.
I remember being really excited by these real-life meetings (sadly I only know one middle name, I'm really shy when it comes to asking people their middle names):
Odessa
Kyzyl (b)
Jzero and his sister Vienna Xanadu
Odessa
Kyzyl (b)
Jzero and his sister Vienna Xanadu
HTF do you pronounce Jzero? Or kyzyl?
Vienna Xanadu is super shiny. Also now I have Olivia Newton-John stuck in my head.:)
Vienna Xanadu is super shiny. Also now I have Olivia Newton-John stuck in my head.:)
Jzero was pronounced "juh-ZAIR-oh" and Kyzyl was basically "Kizzle", rhyming with "sizzle". And they were both white middle class guys with no obvious ethnic associations. I think their parents were just really alternative or something.
Whoa, a real Athelstan! Awesome. I love Demelza, too.
Radigan sounds like a really special cardigan.:)
Radigan sounds like a really special cardigan.:)
Zinnia Clea Andrea - It would be a lot better if it was just Zinnia Clea. At least it would have been cooler.
Llyn - this is a friend of mine. It's pronounced like Lynn, and I don't like the Lynn spelling. And according to her, Llyn isn't a made up spelling or something, but a name (or a part of a name?) for something in welsh (might have been a railway or something? I'd have to ask her!)
James Henricus Gilbert - he and I was in the same class in school. Until he moved :P James Henricus might be the coolest thing I've heard. I don't mind Gilbert, but the combo would have been SO much better without it.
Llyn - this is a friend of mine. It's pronounced like Lynn, and I don't like the Lynn spelling. And according to her, Llyn isn't a made up spelling or something, but a name (or a part of a name?) for something in welsh (might have been a railway or something? I'd have to ask her!)
James Henricus Gilbert - he and I was in the same class in school. Until he moved :P James Henricus might be the coolest thing I've heard. I don't mind Gilbert, but the combo would have been SO much better without it.
This message was edited 4/11/2012, 2:38 AM
llyn = Welsh word for lake. It isn't pronounced like lynn though.:)
I wonder if she meant Tal-y-llyn railway?
I wonder if she meant Tal-y-llyn railway?
I think it was the railway. I think she saw it was a part of a railway name, so Tal-y-llyn makes sense
And I like the name even more now, since it means lake!
And I like the name even more now, since it means lake!
Nachshon. It was the name of a young Dutch man that I used to know, who came from a Jewish family.
I swear I heard a mom call her young (toddler) son, "Rutherford" recently. My mother once had a student named Shoshana and I met my first real life Allegra this year.
Some "one-time-occurrence" classmates/students I've met (all in their mid-20s) = Kingsley, Lalana, Blossom, Domini (female, like "Dominique" without the 'k' sound at the end), Midori, Koral (m), Jericka, Jerusha, Tiger (f), Demetria, Renata, Octavia, Florence, Taber (m)...
And I have legitimately met a La'Sparkle - not at all the best but interesting nonetheless.
Some "one-time-occurrence" classmates/students I've met (all in their mid-20s) = Kingsley, Lalana, Blossom, Domini (female, like "Dominique" without the 'k' sound at the end), Midori, Koral (m), Jericka, Jerusha, Tiger (f), Demetria, Renata, Octavia, Florence, Taber (m)...
And I have legitimately met a La'Sparkle - not at all the best but interesting nonetheless.
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Oops, posted in wrong place. :3
Oops, posted in wrong place. :3
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I went to school with a girl named Alaetra Lorisa. I always thought her name was awesome.
I know a girl named Cambrie which I always really liked. I have a friend named Zoe Adeline and always thought that was a really pretty combo. My friend has a daughter named Zoe Ananda, I really love that. I also met an Agatha and a Drusilla and even though I wouldn't use their names I though they were pretty cool.
I know a guy named Aristoteles. I also like the name of my friend Holden a lot.
I know a guy named Aristoteles. I also like the name of my friend Holden a lot.
I know two sisters called Darcy Nissa and Niamh Polly and I think those are some of the best names ever. I also know a girl called Alexia. I think that's a really pretty name and it suits her really well. I'd never heard of it before knowing her.
For some 'interesting' names, I've heard of two boys called Holden and Parker Carr. Oh yeah, and I know a girl called Raine who has an older sister called Storme.
For some 'interesting' names, I've heard of two boys called Holden and Parker Carr. Oh yeah, and I know a girl called Raine who has an older sister called Storme.
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I know a girl named Cambrie which I always really liked. I have a friend named Zoe Adeline and always thought that was a really pretty combo. My friend has a daughter named Zoe Ananda, I really love that. I also met an Agatha and a Drusilla and even though I wouldn't use their names I though they were pretty cool.
I know a guy named Aristoteles. I also like the name of my friend Holden a lot.
I know a girl named Cambrie which I always really liked. I have a friend named Zoe Adeline and always thought that was a really pretty combo. My friend has a daughter named Zoe Ananda, I really love that. I also met an Agatha and a Drusilla and even though I wouldn't use their names I though they were pretty cool.
I know a guy named Aristoteles. I also like the name of my friend Holden a lot.
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Quinton Steele is pretty badass.
Apolonio nn Polo. I am biased as it's my brother's name, but I just think it's so. cool.
Hm. Nikaia and Kalista are sisters I know.
Apolonio nn Polo. I am biased as it's my brother's name, but I just think it's so. cool.
Hm. Nikaia and Kalista are sisters I know.
My two friends went to school with a Meshach.
Nikita "Nikki" (girl). I've also met a woman named Yulandis (yoo-land-dis) which was definitely interesting. I recently met a little Freya. I didn't really like the name before but it's starting to grow on me now. I also know a girl who pronounces her name Kay-bree-ah-na I think it is spelled Kaybrianna but it could be Kabrianna or Kabryanna. Her parents call her Kabry (kay-bree). Again not sure on the spelling. It could be Kaybrie/Kaybry/Kabrie. Anyway I really like how it sounds which is wierd because I don't particularly care for Brianna.
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It just has to be... Yuniesky. Attending a Tigers-Royals MLB game will do this you see.