People say: ‘this is the strangest name of someone I have actually met’

The most popular names have been announced again and this time Julia and Noah are the winners. Not very surprising, right? I am also a bit surrounded by Julias and Noahs by now, so it's not really innovative to name your child that anymore. No, you might as well go for something more original. I can really enjoy the strange names you sometimes hear. But like everything, everything is bigger and better in America, and so are the strange names. Reddit is also full of them. See below for a selection of the most unusual names that Redditors have actually met the corresponding people. These people exist, so I can no longer complain about my own name.

1. ‘I used to work with a girl named Sherring. That might not be very strange until you find out that her twin sister is named Carring. Sherring and Carring. Sherring and fucking Cerring.’

2. ‘I met a boy at summer camp named Bearcat. He wasn't Native American or anything, just a white kid named Bearcat.’

3. ‘Twesdae, pronounced as ‘Tuesday’. In second place: Bam-Bam. Both were their real names on their driver's licenses.’

4. ‘Caviiilin, pronounced as ‘Caitlin’. So the letters C and A and then the Roman numerals for the number eight, or ‘eight’. That poor girl.’

5. ‘Joshawa. He came from Oshawa.’

6. ‘I once met a boy named Precious and in our conversation he told me he had a brother named Genius.’

7. ‘I worked with a man from Singapore named Kiddiporn.’

8. ‘A boy named King, a girl named Velociraptor, a girl named Purple Rose, and a boy named Dark. These are people I know who have named their children that. I must say I still think Velociraptor is pretty cool, but they always just call her V.’

9. ‘My grandpa's first name is H.K., which stands for nothing else. He calls himself Bill. I have no idea why his name is H.K. and why he calls himself Bill.’

10. ‘A young black boy named Hitler.’

11. ‘My aunt is pregnant. She doesn't know what it will be yet, but she already knows she is going to name the baby Dagenhazard. That poor child.’

12. ‘I once met a guy named Google. It took him three days to convince me that he really is named that.’

13. ‘My name is Christmas-Snow (first name). Does that count too?’

14. ‘Ya-Highness. I'm not joking.’