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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a strange name" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing a name that is unusual or not commonly encountered.
Example: "When I first heard her name, I thought it was a strange name that I had never come across before."
Alternatives: "an unusual name" or "a peculiar name".
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The term means literally "making flowers live"—a strange name, on first impression at least, for an art that begins by initiating their death.
He even had a strange name: Elvis.
But Cole probably seemed like a strange name to Dick's parents.
You might think it's a strange name…" Wang began, still standing beside the coffee machines.
Come up with a strange name, register the domain, and you're equal, in at least one way, to everyone else.
Banksy has constructed this larger-than-life persona by going by a strange name and remaining anonymous.
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He was corresponding prolifically with a strange figure named Ronald Lane Latimer, the editor and sole proprietor of a small leftist publishing house called Alcestis Press.
It was called The Chalet, which was a very strange name for a little house in Belfast – there wasn't that much snow.
We may be the only ones who sniggered but Short and Curly did seem a rather strange name to give to a podcast for children about ethics.
The absence of placenames in the stories is a good indication of what I was avoiding, a sign that I was still too young (and damaged) to see that Myrniong was a beautiful strange name and that Wonthaggi was a poem unto itself.
"Jebediah is a very strange name".
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com