Whoa....

Have I really been doing this for four years? Holy crap. Time to be a little self-indulgent for a bit, then? ;)
I'm a big fan of "weird" & "clunky" names. Of course, I do try to slip them in whenever they may fit a particular post, but gosh darn it, it's not enough!
So here we go: a few of the weird fun names I've not been able to sneak into posts before now.

Boys:

• Aatos (AH-tohs, Finnish)--"thought"
• Aristarkh (ah-ris-TARKH, Russian)
• Ciriaco (see-ree-AH-koh, Spanish; chee-ree-AH-koh, Italian)--from Greek "of the Lord"
• Dieter (DEE-ter, German)
• Ennius (EN-nee-us, Latin)
• Erwan (EHR-wahn, Breton)--form of Yves/Yvon
• Hadrian (HAY-dree-an, [anglicized] Latin)--original form of Adrian
• Horatio (hoh-RAY-shee-oh, English)
• Japheth (JAY-feth, [Biblical] Hebrew)
• Serik (SEHR-ik, Kazakh)
• Tybalt (TIB-alt, English)--form of Theobald

Girls:

• Alenka (ah-LEN-kah, Slovene)--short form of -lena names
• Athénaïs (ah-tay-nah-EES, French)
• Berengaria (behr-en-GAR-ee-ah, Germanic)--another form is Bérengère (bay-rahn-ZHEHR, French)
• Berezi (beh-reh-see, Basque)--"special"
• Cyra (SYE-rah, SEER-ah, English)
• Ercilia (ehr-SEE-lee-ah, Spanish)--another form is Ersilia (ehr-ZEE-lee-ah, Italian)
• Friederike (free-deh-REE-keh, German)--feminine of Frederick
• Gaëtane (gah-eh-TAHN, French)
• Ilithyia (il-ITH-ee-yah, [ancient] Greek)
• Kinga (KEEN-gah, Polish, Hungarian)
• Mneme (NEE-mee, NAY-mee, [ancient] Greek)--the muse of memory
• Ruslana (roos-LAH-nah, Russian, Ukrainian)
• Salvatrice (sahl-vah-TREE-cheh, Italian)--feminine of Salvador
• Severina (seh-veh-REE-nah, Croatian, German, Italian)
• Sieglinde (zeeg-LIN-deh, German)
• Síomha (SHEE-uh-vah, Irish)--"good peace"
• Terpsichore (terp-SIK-oh-ree, [ancient] Greek)--the muse of dance
• Veslemøy (VES-leh-mooy, Norwegian)--"little girl"