These were names which made me think “Wow!”, and “Hmmm …”, and “Really?” I can’t guarantee that all of them are real, but they are all interesting in their own way.
Aaron Teixeira
Akil Malinga
Alex Egidio
Antonio Hone Rewiri Hona
Arakai Jeremiah
Banks Hartley
Branden Ah-Young
Bryne William
Cash Rio
Coda Jesse
Cyrus Tapaitu
Declyn Lyndon-John
Diondre Kush Neilson
Djaali Bruce Tijarn
Eli Honza
Eugene Ebenezer
Eziah Leroy Gavin
Filip Danail
George Lucas
Happy Baby (I feel sure that this name at least is a pseudonym)
Jack Bruce
Jayden Arinze
Jemel Francis
Jesse James
Jethro-Shekel Enoka.T
Jonathan Hayter
Jusef Putra “JP”
Jylen Zeppelin-James
Kahali Asha Cuba
Kaivin Ryot Wayne
Keandre Luigi
Keanu Kawariki
Kelepi Deejay
Kobi Bex
Kynan Duke
Levi Zed
Madden Kingston
Magnus Xavier Babo
Mirza Zahfran Beg
Muhammad Ali
Neo Marsh
Ollie Sebastian
Phoenix Ieremia
Rastin Kyle
Tahi Muriwi
Tane Evil Eyes! (seemingly a joke name)
Thomas Te Maupkanga Shane
Toretto Truamayne
Tyrone J-Dee
Winton Teariki
Zeus Alexander Thor
Zion Mikaere
Waltzing More Than Matilda 
HI there I was just wondering which of “wow” ,”hmm” & “really” did Arakai Jeremiah and Diondre Kush Neilson come under and why? 🙂
I think many of the names were a combination of all three! 😉 Seriously, they aren’t sorted into categories; just any name that I thought, “Oh that’s a bit different”, especially if it was a name I didn’t recognise or had to look up.
I do like Arakai Jeremiah, it’s got a real ring to it, but with Diondre Kush Neilson, I think I’d have to know the whole name story before I could even make up my mind.
Jethro-Shekel Enoka T – I like it, though it does sound like quite a biblical name. I know Jethro is from the bible & Enoka is the Samoan translation of Enoch ( another name from the bible). I like it.
It’s definitely one super-cool baby name. 🙂 First time I have ever seen Shekel as part of someone’s name!
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Hmm. I missed Happy Baby.
And Evil? That’s just wrong or should I say evil?
I just looked up Tane Evil Eyesi and it’s actually Tane Evil Eyes! I think mom must have put that because of the evil glare he was giving her. That makes me feel better. 🙂
Ha, you’re right! I read the ! as an I.
Yes, it’s just a joke name. I will go back and edit.
I really hope, for the sake of some of these children, that a lot of these names are made up. Evil? Who would do that to their child?
I like!
Aaron, Jesse, Bruce, Magnus Xavier, Sebastian and Thor.
Well I found it a very intriguing middle name, to say the least!
I know somebody whose last name is Teixeira, so maybe that’s the case here as well? I’m wondering why Jack Bruce stood out to you? It seems to be a pretty regular name
Yes, Texeira is a Hispanic surname, which is exotic enough here to rate as intriguing.
Jack Bruce is the (full) name of a famous musician. Like George Lucas, enough to make me pause! 🙂