Does your child have an unusual name?

My eldest is called Tao (pronounced Tay-oh), does anyone else's child have an unusual name and do they like it or hate it?


Tao is 13 and at the moment he hates his name because it is different.....but I'm sure when he gets older he will love the fact that it is unusual.

Does your child have an unusual name?
my daughter has a unique name - her only complaint is that she can't buy those personalize items in the stores (keychains, pencils, magnets, etc).





I like your son's name. I think it's beautiful. Hopefully he'll change his mind. Perhaps it will help to remind him why you chose this name for him, and why it was important to you.
Reply:I have an unusual name ( my grandmothers name which is foreign) I hated it in school cause no one could pronounce it and now when calls come into me no one could say it right, so its a pain. But as i got older, I absolutely love it. No one has it but girls in my family!


- Xenia
Reply:hi I'm 13 and my real name is Jemal. my second name is peter so i said i wanted to be known as peter. But on registers at school they call out Jemal and i get really annoyed i would rather be called one or the other. But its just one big confusion. but you are right he will like the name when he is older.
Reply:My children's names are traditional Welsh names


My son is Hywel pronounced Haw-el


My daughter is Rhiannon pronounced Ri-an-on


They love their names as many of the other children in school have traditional names too


(We sometimes refer to Rhiannon as Rhiannon-and-on-and-on because she is never quiet. We love her though)
Reply:I called my daughter Charlotte Cassiopaia. Me and my husband like it but a lot of my friends started laughing. my husband wanted it as her first name, but then I put my foot down to put it in the middle instead. to make it even harder we spelled it a mix of how it is in German and English.


she's only 6 month old, so she can't tell me if she likes it or not.


I like your sons name. ;)
Reply:i kno a lot of people with sort of weird names like my friend Gyra Joyce, Fox, and much more
Reply:My middle son is called Stirling. It was my Hubby's idea but I am glad I went with it as having an unusual anme means that he made it his own and isn't so much judged by other people and their recollections of previous people with that name (something I think we all do).





My youngest has a name that is unusual in his generation- Harold, we call him Harry usually (Harold was a family name- my Father In Law and my Grandad). harold has speech delay and Austism, yet he can make it clear he prefers Harold to Harry, yet we thought he would hate it! Just goes to show- you can never tell!





My sister by the way was xcalled Sian when it was so rare she was usually called Stan, now everyone knows it. Todays unusual name is tomorrows common as muck.
Reply:my granddaughter has a unusual spelt name, it's niamh-sounds like neeve
Reply:if i had of had a girl i wanted to call her something really unusual





we were having a december baby so i thought about things like Noelle and things like that





but we had a boy and his name is Joshua lol :)
Reply:My children's name aren't unusual, but they aren't plain. My daughter begged me for a long time to change her name. I told her that I loved her name and would still call her that even if she changed it. She stopped asking. She now likes her name.
Reply:my daughter is called Latavia
Reply:no, but i have an aunt and a best friend, both of whom are named echo.





my friend's name is actually echo vaita.
Reply:My youngest daughter is named Artemis Phoenix.
Reply:I have a daughter called Angel, she isn't two yet, so she's too young to tell us if she likes it or not.





Future chilren? My fiance wants River for a boy, and we both want Amarynth for a girl :)
Reply:Our grandchildren are Tucker, Saige, Shaylah, Lashawn, Nissa. Tucker is a hard one for him to live with but let me tell you he is a big boy at 11 years old. He is a leader not a follower, has a friendly attitude and is cute blond with blue eyes. Into sports and very smart. His name is his own and he does not hate it. He is proud of it because the whole family helps him to see how special a boy he is. Words and names can hurt, but only if you let them. Maybe you could give him a nick name consisting of his 1st and middle name to make him more comfortable. My name is Theresa and I get called just plain "T"
Reply:Well i have a boys name and im a girl. My name is Alex, just plain Alex.





My brothers name is McKenzie.





And My others is Beau(Bo).
Reply:my daughter name is aya but she is only 3 and a half so to young to complain about it
Reply:My friend has a little girl called Rainbow, she is pregnant with another child and said she likes the name Chlamydia if it is a girl. Do I tell her or not????
Reply:My daughter is called Sorron pronounced as spelt and I have a son called Kynan pronounced Keenan both mine love their names
Reply:wow, well after reading some of the responses i dont think my daughters name is wierd anymore. My daughters name is Kyla, pronounced exactly as spelled (not Kayla). I like the name Tao, im sure your son will grow to love it eventually
Reply:My children have normal names. My daughter who will be 14 in march is named Savanna {it was an unusual name 14yrs ago common now}. And my son who is 9 months old is named Trey





My godchildren have unusual names:Corinthia {going on 14 in April}, Tyvernany {will be 3 in October}, LaMarion {born in september}, Diamond Maraquire {pronounced mare a quie}
Reply:yeahh hel love it when hes older.





my names katie (i like kate)... and im annoyed tht i dont have an imaginative name!





i wanna call my future kids tristian, christian, levi, reuben, joel or jon-pierre...





but the boyfriends not too keen lol





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Reply:my son is called bryce which is uncommon in the uk, he got that name as it is my madien name
Reply:I bet he hates it because nobody ever pronounces it right---which will always be the case.


I have a 23 year old son named Quinn, and he LOVES his name.....but it's not that strange.


In fact, like always happens, it's catching on %26amp; is no longer very unique---although there are very few Quinns his age.
Reply:my daughters name is Randilyn but it's not unusual just no one around has heard it before and when I say her name they always say "oh, that's different" so I don't know if that's a good thing or not but i like it and she likes it and she can always shorten it to just Randi or Lyn!
Reply:I don't have a child, but I do know that teens go through a phase where they don't like their name. I think Tao is a fine name, and I bet he will eventually grow to like it.
Reply:Angelina,Madonna,Beyonce,Britney.... Smith but luckily i woke up and it was all a dream and Little Sandra Smith was sleeping soundly in her cot.LOL!!!!!
Reply:No my son does not have an unusual name...I however do! I always hate that I cant find my name on cute magnets or anything and I always hated that people couldnt pronounce my name correctly. My son is lucky! lol His name is Brian
Reply:well my partner insisted on calling one of my daughters Paris-Chanel Lucy she hates us for it and says she gets called a chav i feel really bad also my cousin is called tayoaise (pronounced tay-oh-aise
Reply:My daughter's name is Dominique. She really loves it and so do all her friends. When kids reach a new maturity level, they seem to appreciate not being boring a plain like the rest of the crowd.
Reply:My son's name is Talis. I worry also that when he grows up he'll hate it. and he doesn't even have the option of using his middle name, b/c his middlename is my last name, and it doesn't make sense as a first name.