What's in a name?

[Mr. Bloom]

Silver makes a habit of reading the "Birth Records" in the local newspaper each Sunday. She is often amazed by the unique originality of some of the names. AND, she often exclaims their uniqueness loudly on occasion:D :D

Now, in fairness, some of the uniqueness comes from cultural influences that we are not criticizing.

BUT, today, one takes the cake:

St.MXXX's Hospital for Women & Children
Kathryn ***** & Gregory ####### of
Oakland City, Indiana
Daughter: Hemi D, July 19

So, what's in a name???
Well, we'll just let you speculate on that one:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

[Brandi]

My name is brandi need I say more?

[Duck on Wheels]

Hemi D? Am I missing something? Closest I get to a meaning here is 250. Brandi, on the other hand, is a name I've come across before. Not often, but it's not strange to me either.
BTW, Brandi, our neighbours just got home from a vacation in Denmark. One thing they saw was the Sand Sculpture World Championships. They were very impressed!

[singletrackmind]

I once met a lovely woman with the unfortunate name of
Floey Ann Krampy. :eek:

What is in a name indeed?

[Zen]

Hemi D?
Is her daddy's name Fred Necker?

That is tragic.

[RolliePollie]

I used to be a welfare case manager and my co-workers and I kept a list of the more um, shall I say, unusual names. Off the top of my head, a few of my favorites...I swear, I am not making any of these up:

Shampayne & Shardonnay (sisters, of course)
Heav'n
Unique, and the alternate spelling, Uneek (I am dead serious here)
Precious
Speshell (pronounced Special, but I'm sure you all already got that one)
Alcapone
Cougar
Rocket
Monet Burns (get it? money burns...ugh)
Feather
Queen Victoria (they actually called her that)
King Michael (they actually called him that)
Lemonjello (no, not lemon jello...more like this: le-MAHN-zhellow)

I don't know what people are thinking. Can you imagine going through life with the name Lemonjello???

[Xrayted]

My nephew named his son Damian Blade. Ya can't pick your family...

[Velobambina]

Sign of the times. People started giving their kids surnames for first names (Tyler, Taylor, Madison, etc.). What started out as a possible quest to be original ended up becoming a bit passe. Now traditional names like Anne, Mary, etc. seem rarer. Each to his/her own, I suppose.

Do you think some of these kids take on the spirit of their name, like Feather? Is she lighthearted? Do you think Queen Victoria is a prude or Shardonnay a wine lover? Maybe Rocket will become an astronaut!

My middle name is Erin, which, in 1963, was not common. It apparently became an "it" name in the 1970s. As a second-generation Irish-American, I can't help but cringe when I hear someone named Erin Kwazaloski, Erin Schmidt, etc. Seems like sacrilege to a Mick like myself. LOL. We had to be named after Saints, so while there were plenty 'o pickings from which Mom and Dad could choose, there was no St. Britany or St. Paris. Thank goodness.

[Mr. Bloom]

Hemi D? Am I missing something?

Duck,

"Hemi" is a type of engine that Dodge uses, most heavily in pick-up trucks, like the Dodge "D"urango.

Maybe, just maybe, this is where little "Hemi D" actually started on this journey we call life:confused: ;) :rolleyes: :p

[kiwi girl]

actually this one does show a cultural angle

I know absolutely nothing about cars so my thought was

they called their daughter Hemi? - Hemi being a Maori boys name

[Cindyloo]

Duck,

"Hemi" is a type of engine that Dodge uses, most heavily in pick-up trucks, like the Dodge "D"urango.

Maybe, just maybe, this is where little "Hemi D" actually started on this journey we call life:confused: ;) :rolleyes: :p

Indeed, Mr. Silver!

I think one of the most unusual names I have come across was Mignon as in Filet Mignon! I don't really understand why parents name children the same first and last names like Richard (D*ck) Richards or Sam Samuels. I have known a couple of those.

[Eden]

hmmm - hard for me to say anything about others' names..... but
all real people
I also know a Unique - she's my neighbor's granddaughter
Brian Brian
Richard Head (yeah they thought it funny to call him by the nickname d*ck)
Tarp Head (no relation)
Candy Cane (not a stage name, but a real little girl my mom went to elementary school with)
Fuk Soon - talk something that is unfortunate cross culturally...

[Zen]

Richard Head That is just wrong.


Alcapone
My favorite


Lemonjello (no, not lemon jello...more like this: le-MAHN-zhellow)Perhaps a job at TarGet awaits Lemon


I don't know what people are thinking.

Me neither.I can only shake my head like a stunned monkey.

[Duck on Wheels]

Indeed, Mr. Silver!

I think one of the most unusual names I have come across was Mignon as in Filet Mignon! I don't really understand why parents name children the same first and last names like Richard (D*ck) Richards or Sam Samuels. I have known a couple of those.

I think Mignon is actually a fairly common girls' name in France. The cross-cultural problem again. I struggled with it when naming my own kids. Some names that I liked in Norwegian simply would not do for a kid who would also be crossing the Atlantic a lot -- like Roar (pronounced roo-ahr), or Just (pronounced yoost). My daughter wound up being named after my grandfather because his middle name is a girls' name in Norwegian. So we kinda held our breath when she signed up for a dorm in college in the States -- what gender roommate would they assign to her?

[Fredwina]

I work on welfare system, so i've the "status" names: Lexus, mercedes, Inifintitee, Porsche, Nissan, Tiffany, etc,
We were talking about this on the Train. One lady(who handles immigration cases) had a client whose son was named Uzmal. She asked her client how she came up with the name.
"I wanted him to be proud to be an American, and it's on all the goverenment trucks!" she repiled (U.S. Mail)
Now from my own Family history
I have an ancestor whose name was George Missouri Davidson. his sisters were : Virginia Carolina, Alabama Florida, and Mississippi Tennessee:eek: .
From the other side, my great-grandfather had the Handle of Andrew Jackson Jefferson Davis Burress. The story was that he was born after the US Civil War. my GGGrandfather had side with the union, but want to give the name of a Tennessean, and My GGGrandMother family were confederates. They could not agree, so the pastor combined the two. He always went by JD, and if pressed , would tell you they stood for Jackson Davis

[bmccasland]

Let's just say moving to New Orleans has been a cultural experience that I'm still grasping. There's a well know jeweler in town Mignon Faget (makes nice expensive stuff, owns several stores). Mignon is french for cute.

BUT names from the past...
Fluffy Montana S*****
and my favorite - Female (rhymes with tamale). The poor (literally) mother was so pleased with the name the hospital had given her baby girl. Female Garcia (not the true family name). Once the nurses caught on, they coaxed her to give the wee one a more proper name, like Maria.

[divingbiker]

I've got distant relatives named Harry Butt and D!ckie Butt. No joke.

[Zen]

Queen Victoria (they actually called her that)

We are not amused....

I've got distant relatives named Harry Butt and D!ckie Butt. No joke.
I give up.

[abvnx]

my husband wanted to name our first daughter Lily Elu Tao Jenga.(i have talked him out of this)

on my dads side, i have aunts Dode(rhymes with toad) and zelda. and a cousins nico(rhymes with rico) and dason and darcy.

[makbike]

I have had several brothers who were named for animals in a food chain - I kid you not. I've had Jack Rabbit and Tom Cat. Every kid in this family is a link in a food chain.

[Aggie_Ama]

My family has some that are just awful:

Pansy Jean (my mom)
Pansy Loreen (my grandma)
Pansy Ellen (my great grandma)

The doctor that delivered me delivered my mother and asked if I would be Pansy IV, thankfully my mom said no.

There is also Buella Faye (she goes by Aunt Sister) and Clora Tulifah Loranee (guessing on the spelling).

My dad went to high shcool with a girl named Tinker (first name) Bell (last name).

The other day I had to call a guy for work that is seriously named General. I felt weird saying it as his first name.

[NJBikeGal]

My colleague had a student a few semesters ago whose name was pronounced olive...unfortunately, it was spelled

ALIVE! :confused:

Maybe they were just happy she made it?

He had another one this past semester named Ikea...perhaps her parents like to shop at Scandanavian home goods stores?

[Zen]

My family has some that are just awful:

Pansy Jean (my mom)
Pansy Loreen (my grandma)
Pansy Ellen (my great grandma)

The doctor that delivered me delivered my mother and asked if I would be Pansy IV, thankfully my mom said no.

There is also Buella Faye (she goes by Aunt Sister) and Clora Tulifah Loranee (guessing on the spelling).

My dad went to high shcool with a girl named Tinker (first name) Bell (last name).

The other day I had to call a guy for work that is seriously named General. I felt weird saying it as his first name.

Awful they may be but that's old timey Texas (or the South)

Somebody has to have a kid and name him President.

[Brandi]

Hemi D? Am I missing something? Closest I get to a meaning here is 250. Brandi, on the other hand, is a name I've come across before. Not often, but it's not strange to me either.
BTW, Brandi, our neighbours just got home from a vacation in Denmark. One thing they saw was the Sand Sculpture World Championships. They were very impressed!
Very cool! But I don't think it was the world Championships. Those are held in Canada in a place called Harrison hot springs (neat place) I think what they saw was called Anoxy world champion sculptors sculpture. (what a mouth full). It was a demo but they look just like a contest. REALLY neat stuff!

[KnottedYet]

Chlamydia.

I kid you not.

[Eden]

Chlamydia.

I kid you not.

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
someone really must not have known what it meant and just though it sounded cool :eek:

[lph]

I think Mignon is actually a fairly common girls' name in France. The cross-cultural problem again. I struggled with it when naming my own kids. Some names that I liked in Norwegian simply would not do for a kid who would also be crossing the Atlantic a lot -- like Roar (pronounced roo-ahr), or Just (pronounced yoost). My daughter wound up being named after my grandfather because his middle name is a girls' name in Norwegian. So we kinda held our breath when she signed up for a dorm in college in the States -- what gender roommate would they assign to her?

Heh - there's a well-known Norwegian geography professor called Just Gjessing ("yoost yessing"). :)

Other unfortunate Norwegian names are Randi and Odd.

Funny though, our reactions to all names are based on habit. There are lots of names that sound fine to me in Norwegian, but very "creative" if translated - in Norway you can call your son Wolf, Bear or Hawk and nobody bats an eyelid.

Old joke from Readers Digest: a small boy turned up for his first day of school with his name printed on a card around his neck - Fruit Stand. A little unusual, but this was back in the 70s when every other hippy child was called Moonbeam or Sunflower or Raindance. He was a bit shy, and didn't react much when talked to, but lots of kids are shy in the beginning.

Ready to take the school bus home the driver asked where he was going. Little Fruit Stand just looked at him and pointed at the card round his neck. The driver turned it over, and there on the other side, printed in neat letters, was the name "Anthony".

(Chlamydia - is just mean. Well, no, but an example of how a little ignorance is a terrible thing...)

[crazycanuck]

I had no clue what hemi was either...:confused:

I can't believe some parents want to call thier kids Devil...:confused:

Some people's parents :rolleyes:

C

[margo49]

Heh - .

- in Norway you can call your son Wolf, Bear or Hawk and nobody bats an eyelid.



In (modern) Hebrew it is the same; my 3 are "little valley", "sapling" and "brook". You can call a boy "dawn" too.

[DirtDiva]

Haha! The kids I've taught (and this is merely most memorable the tip of the iceberg)...

Princess and Empress (sisters)
Peace (noisiest kid in the class, of course)
Talon
McChesney
Angel (the opposite, of course)
Bienvenue (I thought that one was kinda neat though - definitely a neat kid when he had his act together - guess it just suited him somehow)

I've taught a few Hemis, but always Maori/part-Maori boys - it's the short form of Hemiora. Aroha is a maori girls' name, but I hope you wouldn't go calling a kid "Love" in English. Actually, there are a lot really pretty names that only sound odd because they are arabic/asian/whatever and we're not used to hearing them - Amira, Anisa, Priya, Sadia, Zaynah...

[TexanCzexican]

My dad seriously wanted to name me Pumpkin. Seriously.:eek:

My mom wanted to name me Peggy Jr. and call me Junior.

THANK GOD they settled on Paige, and my middle name came from a Kathleen Woodwiss romance novel.

A friend of mine named her child: Abcde prounounced Absidy.

[Duck on Wheels]

Heh - there's a well-known Norwegian geography professor called Just Gjessing ("yoost yessing"). :)

Other unfortunate Norwegian names are Randi and Odd.

Funny though, our reactions to all names are based on habit. There are lots of names that sound fine to me in Norwegian, but very "creative" if translated - in Norway you can call your son Wolf, Bear or Hawk and nobody bats an eyelid.

Old joke from Readers Digest: a small boy turned up for his first day of school with his name printed on a card around his neck - Fruit Stand. A little unusual, but this was back in the 70s when every other hippy child was called Moonbeam or Sunflower or Raindance. He was a bit shy, and didn't react much when talked to, but lots of kids are shy in the beginning.

Ready to take the school bus home the driver asked where he was going. Little Fruit Stand just looked at him and pointed at the card round his neck. The driver turned it over, and there on the other side, printed in neat letters, was the name "Anthony".

(Chlamydia - is just mean. Well, no, but an example of how a little ignorance is a terrible thing...)

Oh my! Poor little fruit stand. :o And I wonder how many of that professor's foreign students pronounce his name "just guessing". We also have some job titles at the uni that don't travel well, such as what we call our TA's: student assistant, stud. ***. for short. I wonder if that title's gonna make it through the autocensor :p [ha ha! nope, it didn't. quod erat demonstrandum]. And as for literal names -- yep. There's Odd (means spearpoint); there's Kjetil (means helmet); there're all the powerful animal names for boys like Ulv (wolf) Rein (reindeer) Elg (moose) Bjørn (bear -- my son's name) Hauk (hawk) Are (eagle) Jo (horse) Orm (snake) and other nature names for girls like Dagny (dawn) Silje (willow) Siv (rushes) Liv (life) Binna (she-bear). Not to mention nicknames. If you go back to the sagas, all the main figures had nicknames to differentiate one Ulv or Bjørn from another. Erling Lopsided (he'd survived having one side of his neck slashed with a sword), Magnus Barefoot (a child king), Olav Fat (later known as Olav the Holy, but before being sainted he was just a fat brute). Still, I can't understand people intentionally doing that sort of thing to an innocent child. Is it just an urban myth, or was there really a senator from Texas named Hogg who named his two daughters Ima and Ura?

[missymaya]

Interesting thread so here's what I've heard and seen:
I worked with a woman who called herself Sissy but her real name was Clifford (apparently it was a family name and her father was gonna name the kid Clifford, no matter if it was a boy or a girl).
Another woman I work with named her little boy Draven Lennon (the first name I don't where they got it but the middle name is after John Lennon). I like it but it took a little to grow on me.
I grew up with a girl named Meadow Flower (first and middle). Wonder what her parents where all about?:rolleyes:
I had a great uncle Gold and a great aunt Silver and there younger brother, my other great uncle, was named, wait for it....Thomas. My Grandfather's first and middle name is as follows: J B. That's it, they aren't initials, that's just his name and how you spell it. Weird.

[KnottedYet]

A friend of mine named her child: Abcde prounounced Absidy.

I know of an Abcde, too!

And a friend of mine in school, last name Storms, had uncles "Western" and "Northern."

[TexanCzexican]

Is it just an urban myth, or was there really a senator from Texas named Hogg who named his two daughters Ima and Ura?

Growing up, the neighboring town was West Columbia, which has the Varner Hogg plantation house and he only had IMA, Ura is made up. :)

Ima was actually really pretty, which makes the name all the more unfortunate.

[Geonz]

When I taught school, one of the kiddos was named Elton John. The parents had told their daughter she could pick the new baby's name, and she called their bluff. He went by John.
"Misty Dawn Day" I thought was neat... "Rusty Leake" had to get tired of that!

[Eden]

I certainly hope they are kidding, but my husband's parents have said if they had a son before they had a dog the kid would have been named Rufus.... but fortunately the dog got that name.

I used to work with a woman named Karna - yeah she got called Karma a lot.

[IFjane]

Some names from this year's enrollment:

Carma
Gage
Kazire
Akyia
Cedasia
Jakeia
D'Myija
Keyonia
NeVaeh (heaven spelled backward) - we had two of these last year!

And a couple years ago we had:

Turnipseed (really!)

[Trekhawk]

LOL - I thought my kids had unusual names but after seeing these I'm thinking maybe not.:)

[mimitabby]

wow, what great names (awful, I mean)

here at work we have a Wong and Wright. :cool:

I went to school with Fern Speer, Holly Green and Olympia Spinuzza.

(sounds like a restaurant menu )

My eyes cross with the most recent crop of kids names where people come up
with a couple (or just one) letters different for a name. So that guarantees
that NO ONE can spell it... and sometimes even pronounce it.

[Bad JuJu]

Regarding the first names that sound like last names, that comes from a long-standing southern tradition, which held that the first child should have the mother's maiden name as a middle name and the next child should have the mother's maiden name as FIRST name, all this regardless of whether the child was a girl or boy.

I don't think the newer crop of Taylors and Carvers and Madisons, etc. are based on any kind of tradition, but that may be where people got the idea.

I've got sort of a personal approach/avoidance complex about kids being named according to tradition or not. My twin brother was named after our two grandfathers--which made him a nice, respectable "James Lee"--while my name was more like an afterthought: "Oh yeah, we've got this girl to name, too!" So I got "Judy" after..........Judy Garland. What were you thinking, mom?

[Wahine]

These are the names of the 5 children of one of my best school friends: River, Rain, Lake, Sunny and Eddy. A little odd but not bad.

My surname is pronounced "knobs" and I come froma family of military men. My father was Major "Knobs" and my brother was "Private Knobs". My uncle was not military but was named Richard and went by D!ck...

One of my good friends nearly named his son Noah DeNault. He didn't realize how it sounded if you say it fast - "no I don' know". Fortunately we helped him out with that.

Finally, I went to school with a native girl named Anita Drinkwater.

Spanish speaking friends don't like to call me by my proper first name because it's pronounced the same way as the word "almost" in spanish....Cassie. So they say Casi-eh instead.

[Haudlady]

I used to know a kid named

Mark Ingpen

[Zen]

I find these names so unfortunate.
My first and last birth name rhymes, which is why I kept my married name.
My first name is a lovely name and I like it but always felt so self concious about the rhyming aspect.

These poor kids. Their parents should be ashamed.

[SouthernBelle]

"Wendy Summer Knight"

[Aggie_Ama]

Awful they may be but that's old timey Texas (or the South)

Somebody has to have a kid and name him President.

Yes I have run into other Pansies when I worked in Bryan (lots of rural customers). I think the worst parts are 1. my mom was born in the mid-50's and it already had a negative connotation. 2. My great-grandma hate the name and went by Ellen but passed it on!

Of course when anyone calls me wimpy I just reply "Sorry, I come from a long line of pansies; I just can't help it!" :) All of the women named Pansy though are (were) incredibly strong so it is ironic.

[sgtiger]

Wow, the things people name their children!:eek: :o :rolleyes: It's all too funny.

I went to school with a Forest Green and a Dill Pickles. Though Dill went by another name when I met him. I didn't find out his given name until he was going through the process of legally changing his name when he turned 18. Also I had a friend whose last name was Tope. Her parents were going to name her Isa, but thankfully didn't go though with it.

My ex-neighbor's daughter is named Treasure (Tessa for short). The mother had wanted to name her Precious, but her husband was having none of it. So they compromised on Treasure. :rolleyes:

And how about Rosemary for a guy. Their family tradition was to name someone that each generation after a many times great grandmother. When it became apparent that there wasn't to be any girls born to them, he got stuck with it. I always wondered why he didn't change it because he seemed to be very embarrassed about his name.:confused:

[GLC1968]

I went to high school with a 'Candi Lamb'. Poor girl.

I also knew a family with the last name of Wohl. They named their first son Steel.

And I heard a rumor of a girl in the next town when I was growing up whose name was Crystal Leer....her middle name was Chandal. I still doubt that one is for real though...

Oh, and my mom wanted to name me whatever the Sanskrit term for 'moon beam' is (yes, I'm a child of the 60's). Luckily my fathers foriegn sounding last name stopped her, so I was blessed with a beautiful (and traditional) first name instead. Phew!

[TexanCzexican]

Some names from this year's enrollment:

Carma
Gage
Kazire
Akyia
Cedasia
Jakeia
D'Myija
Keyonia
NeVaeh (heaven spelled backward) - we had two of these last year!

And a couple years ago we had:

Turnipseed (really!)


I won't even lie, I LOVE the name Gage.

My family is all P's so my kids will more than likely end up with different names.

I LOVE Paxton, Peyton, Perdita, and Patience.....I also loved Porter so much that I named one of my pups that :)

[abvnx]

my husband works with a guy named Thomas Sawyer. he makes sure people call him Thomas, instead of Tom.

[mimitabby]

I won't even lie, I LOVE the name Gage.

My family is all P's so my kids will more than likely end up with different names.

I LOVE Paxton, Peyton, Perdita, and Patience.....I also loved Porter so much that I named one of my pups that :)

There is a big part of me that is a literalist; therefore; I always want to know why a person would name a kid Porter? it means someone who carries stuff for a living. Or Perdita; which means lost. Or Colin; semi colon? colon that comes after large intestine?

now Patience, I have always been fascinated with the (old) trend of giving children names like Patience, Charity, Hope, etc. Does it make them more of whatever that virtue is? or less?

[Eden]

When I was a kid I knew a family that all had the same initials LAA
Lawrence, Lance, Leah, Lee, etc....... I suppose it saves on the monogramed sweaters, luggage and hankies?

[TexanCzexican]

There is a big part of me that is a literalist; therefore; I always want to know why a person would name a kid Porter? it means someone who carries stuff for a living. Or Perdita; which means lost. Or Colin; semi colon? colon that comes after large intestine?

now Patience, I have always been fascinated with the (old) trend of giving children names like Patience, Charity, Hope, etc. Does it make them more of whatever that virtue is? or less?

Actually, Porter means 'gatekeeper' and I liked the protective spirit of the name.

My brother's name is Pierce and people always teased him about piercing things; yet in translation it means "Rock" even though my parents chose it because it's another form of Peter (my mom HATES Peter, thought people would call him Petey ie the dog from Little Rascals:)

EDEN--we are all PAT's which is ironic since my dad's name is Pat

[missymaya]

When I was in middle school I swam with a brother and sister, ping and pong and when I was in college I rowed with two sisters, one was summer and the other was spring. I thought that was pretty cool.
I know that if my twin and I came out boys, my mother would've named us Bert and Ernie (blah!!! I'm soooo Glad I'm a Girl!!)

[chickwhorips]

Ironically as I was reading this thread a co-worker came up and said "check out this name: Charles Prince aka Prince, Charles"
I have a friend named Quinnie.
At the wedding I was just at I was introduced, and everyone remembered my name because one of the people introduced me like this: "This is Amber, with the amber colored hair". At least I wasn't called something bad. :eek:

[eclectic]

I love this thread about names :)

a young (very young) couple here just named their baby Heaven Leigh
Neaveah is very popular here also.

Re ethnic names. I live in a predominatly Scandinavian settled community so names like Dagny, Berit, Hanne, Thor, Lars, Kristine, Kirsten, Bjorn, Marit are pretty common for all generations and they seem normal here. Last names are Knudson, Tjelveit, Thingstad, Larson etc, etc, etc

My niece is a Hanne (pronounced Hawnna - sort of - just more nasal -not Haaanah) - she will correct you if you say it wrong.

I went to school w/ Beppie (Dutch)
Zillah (biblical)

My best friend from high school named her daughter Ceildgh (sp) pronounced Kaylee. Her son was Aran

I had a female student named Aaron

and who ever referred to Erin Schmidt - I taught her too - a cute little American/Norwegian/German blondie.

I taught a WhiteCloud. We have a strong Native population in the vicinity so this would seem natural but nope she is caucasian.

The one that always throws me is Andrea. I have had 3 or 4 Andreas in one term and they all spelled it the same but pronounced it differently and they would let you know if you said it incorrectly.

Oh well at least they are interesting - a friend's DIL made the comment to her
" all the guys you know have 3 letter names, Pat, Ron, Don, Bob, Cal, Jim, Jon"
That's the 40's and 50's for you!

And to top it off I work w/ a gentleman in his late fifties and yes his name is
D*ck Butts AND he works in a grade 11 and 12 high school. His name is Richard so why oh why didn't his parents shorten it to Rick or Rich ? ? ? Or why didn't he reinvent himself when he left home? ? ?

[Zen]

I taught a WhiteCloud. We have a strong Native population in the vicinity so this would seem natural but nope she is caucasian.


Named after toilet paper?

[Mr. Bloom]

My surname is pronounced "knobs" and I come froma family of military men. My father was Major "Knobs" and my brother was "Private Knobs". My uncle was not military but was named Richard and went by D!ck...


:D :D :D :D Wahine! You absolutely made my night:D :D :D :D :D

I am rolling on the floor right now!:D :D :D :D

My last name has a "plural" sound to it (with body part overtones). Silver's maiden name is the same word (spelled differently) but in "singular".

To protect our identity, I will not put the actual name...but Silver's name would be akin to Jone-Jones (if she hadn't dropped the maiden - fearing that it would sound like she was stuttering!).

[Zen]

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To protect our identity, I will not put the actual name...but Silver's name would be akin to Jone-Jones (if she hadn't dropped the maiden - fearing that it would sound like she was stuttering!).

Or incestuous:eek:

[Starfish]

Where have I been? This thread is hilarious!

I had a girl in a class this year named Chardonnay.

I knew an Evan Evans.

I went to school with Shady Lane, and knew a Misty Dawn.

I met a man named Mr. Sansregret (I loved that one!).

One branch of my family was descended from William of Orange, and one matriarch gave each of her many children the middle name of "Orange."

I knew a guy named Falcon. I kind of like some of those names.

I like the names I can actually spell and pronounce, at least for the most part, at first glance.

I CANNOT believe the Abcde's. I mean?????

[LBTC]

I once knew a Dancing Water.

I insured a car for a Mercedes. She was driving something considerably less prestigious.

I had a teacher whose maiden name was Sandy Beach.

In my father's catholic family, all of the boys had the middle name Joseph and all of the girls had the middle name Mary.

I had an Aunty Bunny. I did not know her name was Agnes until she passed away.

My own name is actually misspelled. My parents meant to name me after the beautiful, young, flower loving Saint Therese of Liseux; but instead I am named after the staunch german nun St. Teresa. Darn.

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[Starfish]

My own name is actually misspelled. My parents meant to name me after the beautiful, young, flower loving Saint Therese of Liseux; but instead I am named after the staunch german nun St. Teresa. Darn.

Hey, as Gump would say, "Namesake is as namesake does!" If you are more beautiful, young and flower-loving than staunch, claim Therese!

[KnottedYet]

My brother had a friend in elementary school named "George George George."

For a long time one of the popular trivia bits here at the University of Washington was the Forestry professor named "Anne Forrest Burns." (her picture is still on the wall in the Forestry department.)

[Zen]

My brother had a friend in elementary school named "George George George."


Which bring us to the offspring of George Foreman. How many sons does he have named George?

[KnottedYet]

Daughters named George, too, I believe... or is that another of those urban myths?

[crazycanuck]

Why oh why do i have such a boring name???

Urgh..at least my parents didn't call me Sale or Half...those of you who know my last name will understand...

I get stuck with plain boring..Cheryl..

I almost feel like ann of green gables when i see the last line i just wrote..:o

C

[Duck on Wheels]

Daughters named George, too, I believe... or is that another of those urban myths?
I do know a woman named George, but she's not related to Foreman. She's a Political Science professor in North Carolina.

[missymaya]

I went to school with a girl named Kennie. She had electric blond cork-screw curled hair and was completely insane and tons of fun. She was definately a kennie.
The one name that doesn't get me is Trudie, my mother's and great aunt's name. I can see a woman named Trudie, but I couldn't imagine a little girl named Trudie, just seems too grown up.

[IFjane]

Just got back from a trip into town to forage for food. The local florist has a message board out front and a birth announcement is displayed - the new baby's first name is Camry. Thankfully her last name is NOT Toyota! :eek:

[mimitabby]

I went to school with a girl named Kennie. She had electric blond cork-screw curled hair and was completely insane and tons of fun. She was definately a kennie.
The one name that doesn't get me is Trudie, my mother's and great aunt's name. I can see a woman named Trudie, but I couldn't imagine a little girl named Trudie, just seems too grown up.

Yeah, but Trudie comes from Gertrude, which is HORRIBLE..

[mimitabby]

Just got back from a trip into town to forage for food. The local florist has a message board out front and a birth announcement is displayed - the new baby's first name is Camry. Thankfully her last name is NOT Toyota! :eek:

I wonder what Camry will name HER daughter. Pepsi?

[Aggie_Ama]

I thought of a couple more:

A girl a grade above me in middle school was Stormi Seay
A girl in middle school's mother did not have to change her name when she married! Her maiden name was Hall and they could find no common relatives.

[Starfish]

I wonder what Camry will name HER daughter. Pepsi?

Yes, but spelled pe'Pcee :p

[IFjane]

Yes, but spelled pe'Pcee :p

:D :D :D ROTFL:D :D :D

[Hub]

No one mentioned lemonjello's twin - orangejello.

I've seen Notorious, Wonderful, Seagram and Trainnieyana Kenosha Mercedes.
Also Queen, Queen Mary, LaVern, Seagram, Lavoris and Dentyne- the last 4 are men
This is the south and we have a lot of last names for girl's first names- Taylor, Stider and Dabney (corrupted from D'Abinee)

I work with a woman whose middle name is Elmer and my Dad's name is
Thoy Lee.

[Aggie_Ama]

My university has a football player named Javorsky (first name).

[chickwhorips]

I once knew a Raffi Kevorkian

[Zen]

I've seen Notorious, Wonderful, Seagram and Trainnieyana Kenosha Mercedes.
Also Queen, Queen Mary, LaVern, Seagram, Lavoris and Dentyne- the last 4 are men


Just when you think it can't get any better along come Lavoris and Dentyne.

[TexanCzexican]

My university has a football player named Javorsky (first name).

Heehee, for some reason his whole name Javorsky Lane is what cracks me up. With Javorsky, he could just be foreign, but you add in his last name, and you realize he's not:D

[Aggie_Ama]

Heehee, for some reason his whole name Javorsky Lane is what cracks me up. With Javorsky, he could just be foreign, but you add in his last name, and you realize he's not:D

Yes, we have debated where they got the name over many game watching parties. And I am sorry it is Javorskie!

There is also L'Tiddrick. If Tiddrick wasn't bad enough let's add to it.

[teigyr]

At work there's an Anita Leigh that is pronounced "lay".

It's her married name. Her maiden name was Cox :eek:

[Mr. Bloom]

OK, copied from yellowbook.com:

Anita Mann
100 Dorset C
Boca Raton, FL 33434-3008

I'm not making this up...I met her in college...and this is a name you don't forget.


I wonder what Camry will name HER daughter. Pepsi?
Years ago, just before vacation, Silverdaughter (at about age 7) decided we should have vacation names.

We would be the Cola family.

Silverdaugher would be "Have'a Pepsi"...cola
Silver would be "Coca"...cola
I'd be "R C"...cola, and
SilverSon would be "Un"...cola...but we'd call him "Sprite" as a nickname.

The problem: FOR TWO YEARS, she introduced herself to people as "Have'a" and for a while, I was truly convinced she would successfully change her name as an adult ;-) that's my girl!

[Livin the Dream]

I once worked with a guy named Jack Goff (say it fast). What were his parents thinking? My dad was a junior high teacher and had him as a student. He said the poor guy was teased constantly.

[Tuckervill]

The counselor at the middle school nearby is named Mrs. Hollopeter. Her husband, Mr. Hollopeter, runs the soccer league. Don't you wonder what they joke about in bed?

Karen

[Starfish]

At work there's an Anita Leigh that is pronounced "lay". It's her married name. Her maiden name was Cox :eek:

At least she didn't hyphenate when she got married! :p


The problem: FOR TWO YEARS, she introduced herself to people as "Have'a" and for a while, I was truly convinced she would successfully change her name as an adult ;-) that's my girl!

Hey, just wait. She's not yet married and having kids of her own! ;)

[RolliePollie]

Certainly there must be plenty of cyclists out there with daughters named Cadence?

My friend's husband wanted to have a bunch of boys so he could name them:

Hunter
Fisher
Trapper
Skinner
Gunnar
and there was one more but I can't remember it

But instead, they had a girl and named her Katie.

[Mr. Bloom]

My first college roommate (for one week) was named El Gardo

El Gardo had three brothers:

El Gringo
El Julio AND
Joe Junior


There were from Opelika, Alabama

[silver]

Certainly there must be plenty of cyclists out there with daughters named Cadence?



Oh, I actually like that!

My cousin is married to a Storm. He's actually a very laid back guy.

My sister's mother-in-law is named Sky. ( I actually like it)

My dad's middle name is Carroll. I don't know what the origins of that was.

My mother's stepmother's was Eula Mae (deep South)

yeah, my maiden last name/married last name is quite unfortunate. All my life I dreamed that I'd marry someone with a normal last name like Smith or Jones or Adams. But no! Love triumphs! I married someone with a worse last name than my own.

[mimitabby]

Silver, you're killing us. How can we find out what your name/s is/are

Silver Pepperbottle Pepperbottles?

Silver Fostlegrabber Fostergrabbles?

I mean the suspense is killing me.

Silver Woodcock Cox?

(a coworker of mine has hyphenated her last name which is : Wolff-Howell. )
after being just Howell for years, she had to improve it!! :eek:

[IFjane]

Silver, you're killing us. How can we find out what your name/s is/are

Silver Pepperbottle Pepperbottles?

Silver Fostlegrabber Fostergrabbles?

I mean the suspense is killing me.

Silver Woodcock Cox?



Silver Butt Butz?

[TexanCzexican]

My first college roommate (for one week) was named El Gardo

El Gardo had three brothers:

El Gringo
El Julio AND
Joe Junior


There were from Opelika, Alabama

This made me think of my SO's college friend. Her name is Salvation (odd but still manageable) but her brother's name is....wait for it....

PraiseGod

Now, I understand being religious and all....but really...why his parents named him this I will never know. And yes, he still goes by it (he's in his 20's)

[silver]

Silver Butt Butz?

LOL!!!!! Wrong body part!!

But the real thing will never be as good as what you all have invented!!!!!! I'll PM y'all.

Actually, I'd really like the first name Silver.

Oh, also, I should mention that my initials are E.T. like the movie.

PraiseGod..........Oh my!

[IFjane]

Oh, also, I should mention that my initials are E.T. like the movie.



so.....does Mr. Silver ever text you when you are on a bike ride, "E.T. phone home" ?? :D

[silver]

so.....does Mr. Silver ever text you when you are on a bike ride, "E.T. phone home" ?? :D

Oh no! don't give him ideas. Actually he's never done that. The phone home thing has worn off a bit, but was really big when the movie was first out. And the movie predates cell phones. Jeez, I'm old.

He does often refer to me as E.T.

[LBTC]

LOL!!!!! Wrong body part!!

Oh, also, I should mention that my initials are E.T. like the movie.


Silver Toe-Toes? :rolleyes:

Cool!
~T~

[SouthernBelle]

Oh no! don't give him ideas. Actually he's never done that. The phone home thing has worn off a bit, but was really big when the movie was first out. And the movie predates cell phones. Jeez, I'm old.

He does often refer to me as E.T.

Do you remember the Glen Campbell song, "Where's the Playground, Susan?"

I had to live through that!

[Tuckervill]

My mother-in-law's name is Donnie Lula Mae. I never thought of Florida as "South", but apparently she was raised Deep South.

The other day we saw a brag sticker on the back of someone's giant SUV. You know the kind...The name of the kid and the chosen sport that they excel (or suck) at.

The kids name, I kid you not, was Godly. (I think they don't know how sacrilegious it could be considered by some.)

But can you imagine having a big brother named Godly?

"My brother thinks he's God!"

"Well, as a matter of fact, I AM!"

Karen
p.s. (My son has never had the "honor" of a brag sticker on my car, because I don't want any average stranger knowing all the names of my kids and where they can find them on any given Saturday--at the ballpark. :eek: And then with a kid named God?? please.)

[Duck on Wheels]

My mother-in-law's name is Donnie Lula Mae. I never thought of Florida as "South", but apparently she was raised Deep South.

The other day we saw a brag sticker on the back of someone's giant SUV. You know the kind...The name of the kid and the chosen sport that they excel (or suck) at.

The kids name, I kid you not, was Godly. (I think they don't know how sacrilegious it could be considered by some.)

But can you imagine having a big brother named Godly?

"My brother thinks he's God!"

"Well, as a matter of fact, I AM!"

Karen
p.s. (My son has never had the "honor" of a brag sticker on my car, because I don't want any average stranger knowing all the names of my kids and where they can find them on any given Saturday--at the ballpark. :eek: And then with a kid named God?? please.)

Well at least anybody standing next to him is clean. 'Specially if his last name is Ness.

[lph]

Well at least anybody standing next to him is clean. 'Specially if his last name is Ness.

Heh-heh-heh. Shouldn't be too hard to find in these parts.

[PscyclePath]

Down in the Pine Bluff school system there's a young lady named "Sh'iThead", pronounced "sha-THEED..."

My friend the history teacher down there was calling roll the first day of class when he came to that one, and stopped to ask, "Miss Smith, just how do you pronounce your name?"

Tom

[Tuckervill]

Well at least anybody standing next to him is clean. 'Specially if his last name is Ness.


Excellent!

K.

[Mr. Bloom]

Down in the Pine Bluff school system there's a young lady named "Sh'iThead", pronounced "sha-THEED..."


OMG! I just figured this one out:eek: :eek:

That's absolutely unforgivable for the parents to have done that:(

[Zen]

Is her sister's name La Trina?

[eclectic]

Is her sister's name La Trina?

Too clever :D

[KnottedYet]

Met a "Unique" today running the cash register at the drug store. Had to restrain myself from shouting, "Hey, I heard about your name on my bike club forum!!!"

Uh, yeah....

[crazycanuck]

Ummm..Remind me not to read this thread while eating lunch..:o

C

[mimitabby]

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A New Zealand couple is looking to call their newborn son Superman -- but only because their chosen name of 4Real has been rejected by the government registry.

[silver]

You have to get permission to use a name? I didn't know that. Hope some NZer's can explain.

[mimitabby]

it probably explained in the article. There IS a number in the rejected name.

[Trekhawk]

You have to get permission to use a name? I didn't know that. Hope some NZer's can explain.

In Australia the registrar can reject names for certain reasons. Have a look at the link below:

http://www.abc.net.au/canberra/stories/s1987769.htm

[HappyAnika]

There's a book called Freakonomics (http://www.amazon.com/Freakonomics-Revised-Expanded-Economist-Everything/dp/0061234001/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-7175863-9107120?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1186696188&sr=8-1), which I highly recommend, that has a whole section on names (and naming data). A couple of highlights:

A woman named her daughter Temptress, didn't know what the word meant. This came up at the daughter's hearing on prostitution charges.

A man named his son Winner, thinking this was a sure way to guarantee success for the child. Later, he named a subsequent son Loser. The book says something along the lines that Winner's most impressive acheivement was the length of the list of crimes he'd been charged with . . . Meanwhile Loser went on to become a well respected sergeant (or detective) with an overall contented life. His friends and coworkers had a hard time calling him Loser, I think it said he went by Lou or some such thing.

There is also a nice list of unbelievable names taken from public records, including things like Doctor, Lawyer, etc.

[margo49]

There is a tv reporter here whose name is "my miracle" and my son had a classmate called "miracle". A friend of mine called her (6th and last) Malachi ("my angel").

[mimitabby]

My neighbors are 3 generations living together. Grandma, my age: Josephine.
Daughter; my son's age; Cassandra. Baby son; Ananais. And I hear them calling him and talking to him, carefully pronouncing all the syllables.. and I wonder; what are they going to call him in the school yard??
Anna? Annie? Nias?

ps, didn't mean to imply there were no men in the house, there are but they have boring names!

[margo49]

Robbie (Predictor-Lotto) McEwen's son is called Ewen!

[Zen]

I like the name Anais for a woman(and i like Anais Nin) Hopefully he'll go by Nais (like in mayonnaise)
Ewen McEwan. It makes me dizzy to see it written. Michael? Mick?

[margo49]

At least it's not Euan McEuan!

[RoadRaven]

I once worked with a guy named Jack Goff (say it fast). What were his parents thinking? My dad was a junior high teacher and had him as a student. He said the poor guy was teased constantly.

I have just read the whole of this thread for the first time, and two pages later I am still smirking about this one, Dream!


WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A New Zealand couple is looking to call their newborn son Superman -- but only because their chosen name of 4Real has been rejected by the government registry.
Seriously? I missed this... just goes to show that Kiwis can be dorks too! (I can say this cause I am one - a Kiwi that is - hope i'm not a dork! :p )

Great thread!
I'll have to collect some of the ones from the Bay and post them here.
We would have liked to name our children in Scots Gaelic (their blood lines are about 3/4 Highlander), but settled for English equivilents...

Seoniach, Ruaridh, Donachidh for example - they would have been sentenced their whole lives to saying... its said like this... its spelt like that...

[rachelroo]

I've only gotten to page three of this thread but I had to post. Three of the children I taught Sunday school to Were named priest, priestess, and Furious. They also had a brother named... Edward.

This may be tmi but we have a running joke that if I'm pregnant (and I want to be) we'll call our child Parker because of how it was concieved.

[Mr. Bloom]

Yep! "Hemi D":D :D :D :D

We'll be posting more from the Sunday Paper in about 12 hours!:eek:

[Mr. Bloom]

I just found this on the 'net at babyfit.com. A forum discussing unusual baby names...someone posted:


Female (pronounced fuh-malley). Her mom thought the hospital had named the baby for her when she was born.

[bmccasland]

I just found this on the 'net at babyfit.com. A forum discussing unusual baby names...someone posted:


Female (pronounced fuh-malley). Her mom thought the hospital had named the baby for her when she was born.


That's what I tried to say on page 2 of this thread. Maybe it's happened more than once. oh my.

[margo49]

This may be tmi but we have a running joke that if I'm pregnant (and I want to be) we'll call our child Parker because of how it was concieved.

On that basis ds#1 would be called "Waterfall Full Moon"!!

[Mr. Bloom]

...but nothing to compete with "Hemi D":(

[DDH]

My neighbors girls names are Sky and Blaze which, when I met them found their names to be the only people I had ever met with those names, and still the only ones I know. Their pit bull dog is named Blaze too, not sure what the story is there and have never asked. I think it was just a coincedence when they got the dog from the previous owners though.

[Flybye]

Okay - here goes the weird names of people that I have met:

Childhood family, brother and sisters, Rock, Brick, and Feather.

Girl - Snow White - White was her maiden name, so it was intentional.

There are also many people running around this neck of the woods with the last name of "Butt" Haven't met Ima Butt or Ura Butt, but my father swears they are living in a city about 30 miles away. I tend not to believe him on this one :rolleyes:

[kiwi girl]

Robbie (Predictor-Lotto) McEwen's son is called Ewen!

A good friend of mine has a flatmate who is called Brian O'Brian (for any rugby fans among you he is a cousin of the referee Paddy O'Brian)

[kfergos]

My mother knew a guy in college named Harry Wang.

I also knew a fellow named Joseph (Joe) King. Probably unintentional...

[quint41]

Lemonjello (no, not lemon jello...more like this: le-MAHN-zhellow)

There was a story many years ago (a dozen?) in our local paper -- names that local maternity nurses had come across during their careers. There was reportedly a woman who had twins and named them Lemonjello and Orangejello (le-MAHN-zhellow and ah-RAHN-zhellow). Now that I read your list, I wonder how true either story is .... there couldn't POSSIBLY be more than one, could there??

A nurse also told the story of a spanish-speaking woman who delivered a baby girl, and when filling out her paperwork wanted to know the spelling of a beautiful word that she had heard while in the hospital ... it sounded so beautiful that she wanted to name her daughter .... Placenta. I guess the nurse managed to talk her out of it.

My daughters went to school with Princess, Charmer, and Majesty.

The authors of Freakonomics have a chapter about the influence of "different" names -- "Would a Roshanda by Any Other Name Smell as Sweet?" -- if an employer received resumes from three people, Justin, Lydia, and Lemonjello, who would be least likely to get the interview?

[mimitabby]

The authors of Freakonomics have a chapter about the influence of "different" names -- "Would a Roshanda by Any Other Name Smell as Sweet?" -- if an employer received resumes from three people, Justin, Lydia, and Lemonjello, who would be least likely to get the interview?


There was a study done on names. they took people with comparable resumes, all of them were black. the people with names like Michael and John consistently got called for interviews and then hired before Jamal and L'altwan did.

With this coming up generation, this is going to be interesting because it's clear to me that not just black people are naming their children creatively.

just like the tattoo thing. tattoes will definitely affect your ability to get jobs. But once the tattoo wearers are the hirers, this too will change.

[Dianyla]

How did this thread get to 9 pages already without someone mentioning the Utah Baby Namer (http://wesclark.com/ubn/top.html)? :D

[Zen]

Zestpoole Hallah Lujah !

[Starfish]

On that basis ds#1 would be called "Waterfall Full Moon"!!

Unfortunately, my name would have been: "Blond wig did the trick!"

[HappyAnika]

Is her sister's name La Trina?


Latrina is on the Utah list (undere the "Plumbers" heading). :)

Oy, that list makes my head spin.

[Zen]

Unfortunately, my name would have been: "Blond wig did the trick!"

Woo Hoo!
I'd like to see that;)

If I had a kid I suppose he'd be Jack Daniels or for a girl, sensimillia

[IFjane]

Names inspired by the family car: Audi, Fairlene, Celecta, Pontiac, Vonda, Vonza, Auto, Cherokee, Lexus, Porsche, Skylark, Truckston, Avis, Chevrollette, Chevonne, Caprice, Dodge

What??? No Element??? Oh wait, is there a category of science names? :eek:

[ATL Laura]

A friend of mine has twins in her 3rd grade class this year…Reese and Mo’Reese

[Fredwina]

Greetings, Mr@
http://technewsworld.com/story/NLZ7YiFNEWxFmJ/Parents-Flout-Chinese-Tradition-by-Naming-Baby-.xhtml

[Velobambina]

I forgot to mention that there was a Tin Kan Hung in the neighborhood where I grew up. I never met him or his kids, though. If he had a son, they should have called him Will. LOL.

There's a young woman at work named Serenity. Her parents could not have anticipated that advent of adult diapers bearing the same name! :eek: We had a Miracle at work, as well -- a surprise menopause child. Another lady at work's middle name is Akita (she's in her 40s, interestingly enough).

[indigoiis]

There's a philanthropist by the name of C. Matthews ****.

He called his son C. Matthews **** Jr.

[mimitabby]

There's a philanthropist by the name of C. Matthews ****.

He called his son C. Matthews **** Jr.

so what do the asterisks stand for? you can spell it like t h i s .

[RoadRaven]

yeah...

What are the **** for please??? Even just a couple of letters to clue us if you can't type all the letters with spaces...


My partner thought it would be a good idea (tongue in cheek) to call a boy Mister or Sir...

then he would always be (if his surname was, say, McKenna)

Mr. McKenna, or Sir McKenna ;)

[teigyr]

Ok...I just spoke to one of our agents named Shauna. Spelled Shauna. Pronounced "Shaw-Una" (the Una part sounds like Uno but with an A).

I don't get it. Why??

[indigoiis]

Wow, I didn't realize the mods would asterisk over a man's name! LOL.

It's the short for Richard.

C. Matthews D i c k and son C. Matthews D i c k Jr.

[mimitabby]

you can't even write the name Emily D i c k inson with out getting the asterisks. That's a silly part of this forum.

D I C K is just a name! I work with one. Come to think of it i work with several :D :D :D :D :D
aw, okay.

Sometimes funny names are an asset. We met a man recently and he said "My name is Ray Day. It's easy to remember!" Certainly was. I never forgot it; and it usually takes a lot of effort for me to remember a new name.

[RoadRaven]

LOL... too funny

I don't need to see Matthew's, thanks - I have seen plenty!
:D

ROTFLMAO!!!

[Thorn]

My partner thought it would be a good idea (tongue in cheek) to call a boy Mister or Sir...


Eons ago when I was an x-ray tech in training, I had to rotate through the local children's hospital. The office staff there kept a list of "famous people" that came through. Mister and Sir were on the list.

I can't remember them anymore...just remember one of those pee-in-the-pants giggle fests amongst us while reading. Carrie Cash and Peter Pecker are two that stick out as did Mister and Sir.

We actually had a Dr. Love at the hospital, but my favorite was the orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Propsom (actually pronounced as in he props 'em up).

[IFjane]

I remember there once was a dentist in LaPlata, MD named Dr. Pain....

[mimitabby]

I remember there once was a dentist in LaPlata, MD named Dr. Pain....

and I went to a dr once called Dr Slaughter!!!

[teigyr]

There's a Dr. Toothacher (dentist) in California.

I also knew a D i c k Works and had the occasion to speak to a (and he was ever-so-pompous so it made me happy to make him repeat his name)
D i c k Rider. I was a receptionist at the time and this guy was not polite.

The worst one? I was having surgery and was nervous. The nurse that came to start giving me pre-op drugs had the last name of Stiff :eek:

[Tuckervill]

When I was in the army we had a commander named Major Minor.

Karen

[indigoiis]

There is a gynecologist at our health services center and her name is Dr. Manlove.

[Crankin]

When I lived in Tempe, there was an ob/gyn named Dr. Seimen...

[teawoman]

Here is a funny site on names called "Baby's Named a Bad, Bad Thing". :D

http://notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/

[Dianyla]

I remember there once was a dentist in LaPlata, MD named Dr. Pain....and I went to a dr once called Dr Slaughter!!!
If I manage to get in (and through) med school someday, I'll be a Dr. Graves. Perhaps I should be a coroner? :p

[Mr. Bloom]

OK, I've held out on this one, but ya'll have made it easier for me to go ahead...

Cut from Yahoo People Search:

Kellar D i c k
3704 Wimbleton Ln
Mountain Brook, AL 35223-2732

I happen to know that his first name is Orville... I'll let you play with the initials on that one.:D

[Starfish]

When I lived in Tempe, there was an ob/gyn named Dr. Seimen...

Hey, there is one of those up here, too! Same specialty! Retired, now.

[withm]

I went to a podiatrist in Gaithsrsburg named.... Dr. Footer. He was great!

[kiwi girl]

My favourite of all of these sort of ones though was the Filipino priest, Cardinal Sin

[Mr. Bloom]

My favourite of all of these sort of ones though was the Filipino priest, Cardinal Sin

That's great...:D

[Bad JuJu]

My dermatologist's name is Dr. Skinner! :eek:

[Fredwina]

I used to have a PCP called Dr Wait

[csr1210]

We have a Major whose last name is Pigg!!

When I worked in HR, we inprocessed an officer named (I kid you not!) James T Kirk. I thought he should be promoted to Captain based on his name alone:D

[five one]

I work for a SF Bay Area community college district. There are a lot of unusual names in the student database due to the diversity of the area. Several come to mind - Tim Tam, Ha Ha, and Heidi Ho.

[chickwhorips]

When I lived in Tempe, there was an ob/gyn named Dr. Seimen...

You know now that I think about it I had a boss with the last name Seimen. Doubt if he changed jobs since then, but you never know. Maybe it was his dad. He lived down in Gilbert.

[Aggie_Ama]

When I was kid my Pediatrician was Dr. Kool. Such a great name for the kiddos!

[Aint Doody]

I taught children in the South named:

Rotunda--she was indeed rotund
Charlesia Chateaubriand Killingsworth
Juldine--more commonly called Geraldine but pronounced Juhldeen
Poor fellow who was named Fitzgerald but pronounced Fish-gel
Twins girls--La Tanya & La Sanya

[Dianyla]

There are a lot of unusual names in the student database due to the diversity of the area. Several come to mind - Tim Tam, Ha Ha, and Heidi Ho.
A former coworker of mine picked an interesting Anglicized name to go with his traditional Vietnamese name.

Vincent Van Vo. :rolleyes:

[LBTC]

Vincent Van Vo. :rolleyes:

Now *that* is GOOD! :D

~T~

[Dianyla]

Now *that* is GOOD! :D

I always wondered if:

a) He picked it out himself intentionally
b) He picked it out himself accidentally
c) Some weirdo INS guy said "Hey, I have an idea..." :rolleyes:

[Christopher]

I work for a big office. We have a Ms Twelvetrees and a Ms Fullalove.

Then there was the Royal Navy admiral, Sir Cloudesly Shovell

then the Mather brothers: Cotton and Temperance! Subtle, eh?

then in the Horrible Histories book 'Vile Victorians' there is a long list of terrible names, all of which were given to real people.

[Aint Doody]

A friend of mine who is big into geneology has an ancestor whose name was Experience Clapp!

[teigyr]

Yesterday I met a Les Johnson. I didn't really think about it until later....

For those Monty Python fans, we have a John Thomas at work. I can't hear that name over the paging system without snickering :D

[IFjane]

Yesterday I met a Les Johnson. I didn't really think about it until later....

For those Monty Python fans, we have a John Thomas at work. I can't hear that name over the paging system without snickering :D

A one and a two....

So three cheers for your Willy or John Thomas,
Hooray for your one-eyed....:eek: :eek: :eek:

[Mr. Bloom]

From this morning's Evansville newspaper:

a baby girl born 9/11: "Aroma Cleopatra" The father's name is "Alternate Tarzan", so I guess she'll be "Aroma Cleopatra Tarzan"

[Aggie_Ama]

Mr- Hopefully it is a pleasant Aroma? What is her dad the alternate to?

I was at my college roommate's baby shower yesterday and forgot she also had a great-grandma Pansy.

[IFjane]

A child in one of our classrooms:

Davonna Ford (begs the question: If not a Ford, davonna Chevrolet? a Honda?) Oh yeah - davonna Honda - I like the way that rolls off the tongue. :rolleyes:

[bicyclulz]

my fave name combo is a woman I know named:

Anita Blowe

no joke. nice lady....interesting name...?

[7rider]

my fave name combo is a woman I know named:

Anita Blowe

no joke. nice lady....interesting name...?

I have a friend who's (married) name is: Mary Grim

Mary (Merry: :D )
Grim (:( )
Very confused, the poor dear.

[GeoCam]

I just read through this whole thing for the first time - FUNNY!

I went to school with Stan Stanhope.

A doctor in my town that I detest is Dr. Bonebrake!!

My daughter just brought home the new elementary school directory and here are some gems (these are all first names):

Siblings Niajiah and Noqui
Twins Arieus and Arlieus
Shamon
Sisters Samena and Samira
Terrinae
Evalt
Challim
Trazunia
Twins Khadijah and Khalilah
Zykias
C'Teeva
Zowie
Za'Vell
Siblings D'Ante and Ty'a
Fherrin
Aushaneah
Aireyona
Sway
Tajion
Aberesa
Japheth
Amilleon
Da'Quan
Marquise (mar-KWEZ)
Carribean
Ja'Vonte
Twins Javiona and Javiney (jay-vee-AW-na and JEV-in-ee)
Nadje (naw-ZHAY)

Wow, that is a lot of strange names for a school of about 300 kids in the middle of the heartland!! All except the last 6 or 7 are in this year's book. It's also amazing to me how many of the parents have names like "Jeremy Watkins" and "Stacey Baker." Where do they come up with these names??? I feel sorry for teachers - I wouldn't even know how to begin to pronouce some of these.

[mimitabby]

GeoCam, where do you live? General Geographic Area is sufficient if you're afraid to say!

[GeoCam]

I live in Kansas.

[IFjane]

I live in Kansas.

Geo - I live in VA & we have names like those here as well. I briefly considered doing the same with our list of kids this year. Amazing what the parents cook up for names.

[Ashgarth]

I love this thread about names :)



Re ethnic names. I live in a predominatly Scandinavian settled community so names like Dagny, Berit, Hanne, Thor, Lars, Kristine, Kirsten, Bjorn, Marit are pretty common for all generations and they seem normal here. Last names are Knudson, Tjelveit, Thingstad, Larson etc, etc, etc

?

where do you live? my moms name is Kirsten and she HATES it Kirsten Signe Ingrid...no on ehere can pronounce it and sh eis constantly getting Kristin, Kristine, Kerstin...it drives her insane.

[Ashgarth]

I should mention too...
my last name is Husband.....trust me...I have heard EVERY joke.....:rolleyes:

[Mr. Bloom]

I should mention too...
my last name is Husband.....trust me...I have heard EVERY joke.....:rolleyes:

At least it's not "Anita Alternative Tarzan Husband":D

Trust me, as someone with an unusual last name, I feel your pain. But trust me, pronounced like a body part, OUR last name is worse

[lph]

where do you live? my moms name is Kirsten and she HATES it Kirsten Signe Ingrid...no on ehere can pronounce it and sh eis constantly getting Kristin, Kristine, Kerstin...it drives her insane.

How does she pronounce it? Keer-sten or Shirh-sten? (That last one isn't quite right but it's the closest approximation I could get to NOrwegian pronounciation.) I'm guessing Keer-sten is the anglified form, but it's also the common Danish pronounciation.

I think she has a LOVELY name :) Very classic.

[Mr. Bloom]

lph: Are you an American in Norway or are you Norwegian? If the latter, your english is perfect!

[lph]

Thanks :) My mother is American and I was raised bilingual. I hardly ever speak English any more, though, so it'll take me a day or two to feel comfortable speaking it, but I read and enjoy writing in English.

[Ashgarth]

How does she pronounce it? Keer-sten or Shirh-sten?.

keer-sten--if she pronounced it the correct way she would hate it even more!!! :)

[silver]

I remembered a couple more unusual names. We know of some sisters with the names, India and Ivory.

[Mr. Bloom]

New Children Born this week in Evansville include:


Rocco Diesel Strahl
Kloe Alys Hill
Joy Myel Lewis
Conyaeh JaLee Lowry
LaKayza Alisa Denton
Da'lon Zakee Johnson
Shya Ella Dolores Williams
Tru Faith Johnson
Rylyn Gentry Aubrey
Elle Makenzi Stoelb
Jada Ryann Ailstonck
Julius Tivaughn Vincent


Wow! Some of these are interesting! All in one week!

[Ashgarth]

New Children Born this week in Evansville include:


Rocco Diesel Strahl
Kloe Alys Hill
Joy Myel Lewis
Conyaeh JaLee Lowry
LaKayza Alisa Denton
Da'lon Zakee Johnson
Shya Ella Dolores Williams
Tru Faith Johnson
Rylyn Gentry Aubrey
Elle Makenzi Stoelb
Jada Ryann Ailstonck
Julius Tivaughn Vincent


Wow! Some of these are interesting! All in one week!



wow---the letter "Y" is so overused now days :rolleyes:

[Velobambina]

Is Kloe pronounced like Chloe, I wonder? Or does it rhyme with Joe?

I'm glad that I'm an old gal now, although I think my generation was the one who decided Madison & Tyler were good names for kids. Hmmm. On the topic of Presidential last names, I wonder if in several years people will use our current pres' surname for a first name? LOL.

What about foreign leaders? Gorby Chov Smith? Noriega Shirock Jones? Putin Karsai Johnson?

[sgtiger]

Velobambina, your post reminded me of some couples I know who have named their girls Kennedy and Reagan. I feel very, very sorry for the first girl named Bush! :eek: So wrong in soooooo many ways. [shakes head]

[silver]

mr. forgot to include my favorites for the week:

Promise Joy E***
Briana Blaze B*** and
Cadence Marie S*******....+1 for cycling terminology

[silver]

Is Kloe pronounced like Chloe, I wonder? Or does it rhyme with Joe?


Interesting question. There's another one this week who seems to answer the pronunciation question ahead of time:

Chloey Audrina Gr** (Must be a viewer of the TV show The Hills)

[chickwhorips]

Chloey Audrina Gray (Must be a viewer of the TV show The Hills)

Audrina's first name is Chloey.... didn't know that.

[Mr. Bloom]

y's:rolleyes:
Gorby Chov:)
Girls named Bush (as opposed to boys named Sue):eek:

I'm just a laughin', laughin', laughin':D :D :D :D

The sad thing is that between Silver and me, we've listed a full 1/3 of this week's births in a area of 300,000 people!

I wonder if Aroma Cleopatra Tarzan will ever go out with Rocco Diesel Strahl????

Or, if Hemi D will go out with Rocco Diesel????

[Tuckervill]

It just occurred to me what's interesting about this thread.

If the parents of these children google their children's names, they'll find this thread. It would be fun to know if anyone did.

Karen

[silver]

Audrina's first name is Chloey.... didn't know that.


Whoops! no I didn't mean that Audrina from the show had the first name Chloey. I was just including a name from the paper which happened to have the middle name Audrina and figured that the parents might have heard the name from the show.

[silver]

It just occurred to me what's interesting about this thread.

If the parents of these children google their children's names, they'll find this thread. It would be fun to know if anyone did.

Karen

Yes, I thought of that too. And I hope we don't seem too terribly insensitive. Surely the parents know that the names are unusual and will draw attention. Honestly some of them are really very nice....and some of them are just very unusual.

[Mr. Bloom]

While I am sensitive to names with clear ethnic attachment, the names I post do not tend to have those characteristics...particularly in comparison to the parents' names.

But, I am not understanding of parents deliberately making a decision to take their kids out of society's mainstream at birth. I believe a parent's role is to give their kids the best opportunities available...

If the kid wants to adopt an unusual nickname later in life, that's fine - their choice...but the parents making that decision, with the inevitable effect of stigmatizing the kid for life in a large portion of society, I personally am saddened.

- Hemi D?
- Aroma Cleopatra?
- Rocco Diesel?
- Kloe spelled so someone needs to ask if it's pronouned like "Joe" -

I hope these parents do google the name and figure out what they've done!

Self esteem is hard enough to maintain...harder when you start with a deficit! I really do hope these parents raise resilent, self-respecting, well adjusted kids.

[Mr. Bloom]

Born this week in Evansville Indiana:


Ka'Chyia Fern born to Holly and Leonard Moore...make it a "Cha" rather than a "Ka" and you have a TV jingle...cha cha cha chia
Jenesys Jo born to Ashley Rogers and Jared Jackson...Jenesys...must be a FIRST child
Malaysia Antanae born to Larhonda and Anthony Stinson...a potential career in asian broadcasting??


I'm getting cynical...I'm going to have to stop doing this:eek:

[silver]

Ok, so I keep saying that I'll quit looking but I can't :o

This week's additions are just interesting:

Cody C - middle name is just the letter "C" anyone else see much of that?

Remington Guage (first and middle names) - do you think the newspaper made a typo?

[Zen]

Remington Guage (first and middle names) - do you think the newspaper made a typo?

Regrettably, no

[OakLeaf]

Remington Guage (first and middle names) - do you think the newspaper made a typo?

Only by leaving out the first middle name, "Twelve." :rolleyes:

[maryellen]

The circumstances were tragic (a young man shot) . . . but check out the name:

“A similar description of the shooting was given by Precious Blood, 16, who said she heard about 10 shots fired.”

[nomummytummy]

OK so I heard an interview on the radio about choosing names. Basically the most popular 5 (i think that's right) names in the 60s & 70s were given to about 60% of kids. Now the most popular names are given to less than 10% each year.

So these guys researched how kids with unusual names turned out as adults. The found a correlation between unusual - hard to pronounce, spell or just unusual - names and depression as adults and suicide. They also found that people with the most common (boring!) names typically earnt more than those with unusual names.

So two good reasons to choose more mainstream names in my book.

[Mr. Bloom]

So two good reasons to choose more mainstream names in my book.


THERE! I'm vindicated in my cynicism!;)

[Aggie_Ama]

I read this thread and constantly wonder what people would say about what DH and I want to name a boy. We love the name Axel. Not from Guns N Roses, try the Tour de France!! Of course I told a co-worker and she immediately told me how horrible the name was. :( We still have it as our number one name when we have a kiddo.

[Trekhawk]

I read this thread and constantly wonder what people would say about what DH and I want to name a boy. We love the name Axel. Not from Guns N Roses, try the Tour de France!! Of course I told a co-worker and she immediately told me how horrible the name was. :( We still have it as our number one name when we have a kiddo.

I think that is a great name - Eddy obviously thought so too.

I actually like unusual names but not ones that are so unusual that they are weird. Precious Blood:eek: :eek: WTF!!!

My three boys all have unusual names by Australian standards but they are definitely not weird.

[kelownagirl]

Axel can be a cute name... ;)

http://inlinethumb12.webshots.com/30027/2156428370101521797S425x425Q85.jpg

[Aggie_Ama]

Ahhh...KG that is where it came from! Back in 2004 I watched the Tour the first time with DH. I have always had a fascination with names, so you can imagine how intrigued I was at the riders names. Those Basque riders really amuse me with the names because they are so uncommon! Anyway, I saw/heard of Axel for the first time and decided it is a cool name despite people my age wanting to insinuate I must have been a big GNR fan. I always clarify that is actually Axl.

Now back to the weird names- Precious Blood?!?!

[silver]

Aggie Ama, I like Axel. I also like Cadence. Heck, I even like Madone.

I wanted to name our girl, Karlynn. But people said that it would be associated with the rude comic George Carlen, who (or is it whom) I'd never heard of previously. Then I wanted to name her Anna Lise. Not so common back in '90 when she was born but pretty common now. We named her the traditional Allison and I can't imagine any other name.

Our son is named first name after his grandfather and middle name after his father. Mr. had suggested his middle name after my father but I think that's a really old fashioned name. I wasn't happy with the choice, so I was going to try to come up with something new about 3 weeks before he was due. Mr. was out of town and I went and bought a baby book, thinking that I'd have several choices to present when he got back. Well, I ended up going into labor that night, calling Mr. home and having William the next day. His grandfather is called Bill and we always thought that William would be Will, but it never stuck, and he's still William and it's a perfect fit.

Turns out William ended up being really popular, think it was Lady Diana naming her son that? When he was in 2 year old church preschool in a class for 12 kids, there were 3 Williams. They had to call them each by full first and last names.

Oh, made me think of something that happened in DD's preschool one year. There were two Taylors. One boy , one girl. the kids ended up calling them "Taylor the girl" and "Taylor the boy"

So somehow we ended up with some pretty traditional names.

[BikeMomma]

My last name is Nutt. Oh man, it was hard naming our kids. We liked the name Jordan...but Jordan Nutt was too much like jordan almonds. I also like the name Tanner....but Tanner Nutt??? lol

I thought I did well with my first son when I signed the birth certificate. We named him Juwan (pronounced with a long u sound). Got the name from Juwan Howard, the pro basketball player that's been in the NBA for many years now. Great name, right? We were SO proud of ourselves for successfully giving our firstborn a carefully-chosen name, so that no kids would make fun, etc.

Until my best friend pointed out that, combined with his middle name initial, it was doom in waiting: Juwan A. Nutt. She was quick to notice and joke that it sounds like you're asking the question "You wanna nut?" in a slightly Hispanic-sounding accent. Good thing we're raising him with a great sense of humor (he's ten now). :D

We did much better with our other two -- Kaleb Avery and Gillienne Stefanee....a bit original, but not outlandish (or er..pardon me....nutt-y!). :p

~BikeMomma

[kelownagirl]

Ahhh...KG that is where it came from! Back in 2004 I watched the Tour the first time with DH. I have always had a fascination with names, so you can imagine how intrigued I was at the riders names. Those Basque riders really amuse me with the names because they are so uncommon! Anyway, I saw/heard of Axel for the first time and decided it is a cool name despite people my age wanting to insinuate I must have been a big GNR fan. I always clarify that is actually Axl.

Now back to the weird names- Precious Blood?!?!

I didn't know is was Axl. It's always written as Axel here (and on his facebook page. :) His wife is from Kelowna and he has a house here. I saw in in the LBS last week in fact! Too bad I'm not strong enough to do the Sunday ride because he sometimes joins them...

[Tuckervill]

William is an eternally popular name, I've found. Same thing happened with Jacob (my first born). Had 3 Jacobs on one baseball team one year.

Our youngest son is Will, short for William, which is a nod to my dad, Bill, whose name is really Billie, and who has 2 GIRLS named for him.

Karen




Turns out William ended up being really popular, think it was Lady Diana naming her son that? When he was in 2 year old church preschool in a class for 12 kids, there were 3 Williams. They had to call them each by full first and last names.

[Aggie_Ama]

Aggie Ama, I like Axel. I also like Cadence. Heck, I even like Madone.



My husband and I like Cadence as well. It is actually a very pretty name.


I didn't know is was Axl.

No, the cyclist is Axel. The former singer from Guns n Roses is Axl. ;)

[kelownagirl]

My husband and I like Cadence as well. It is actually a very pretty name.



No, the cyclist is Axel. The former singer from Guns n Roses is Axl. ;)

Ahh, I is confused. :rolleyes: :D

[kelownagirl]

OK, GNR = Guns and Rose. Got it. I'm slow.

[FlyingScot]

Urethra Champayne- tried to convince the mom that she had the spelling wrong but she insisted that was how you spell Aretha (as in Aretha Franklin). Ugh!
Ta-Rod and Ta-Ron-twin boys
Kilo-yeah his dad was a dealer. Kid's original name was Kevin but when he finally weighed a kilo they changed it. Poor little guy probably has no future that doesn't involve prison.
And my favorite...K'Ah'Janae A'journae (kay ah zhanay ah zhournay) is the unfortunate moniker a young friend of mine unleashed on her poor innocent babe. I called her "Kelly" instead.
As far as previous posts "Ceilidgh" is Scottish Gaelic for "party" so kind of cool just impossible to spell. "Aran" is the name of a Scottish island.
And finally "Female" "Lemonjello" "Orangello" "Clamydia" and "Placenta" are urban myths frequently passed along by nurses who work in OB and Peds. I can't say for certain that they have NEVER been used but the frequency that they come up in odd name lists is not reflective of how often they are actuallly used. It does make a good story though!

[shootingstar]

I have a boring 1 syllable name from the 1950's when the name was more popular. I was born in 1959.

When you say hi to me, it sounds like hygiene. When you say hi to my partner, it sounds like hijack.

No kiddin'. :rolleyes:

I do have a lovely middle name...in Chinese...which embarrassed me as a kid. It was so ethnic-sounding to me. Until I learned of its the English translation: "orchid". My first name in Chinese means, "precious" or "highly treasured". I am the eldest in my family so not surprising I was given this name. It bears no relationship to my English first name.

Orchid is a common flower traditional Chinese name for girls. Like rose or lily is for English/UK cultures.

I most strongly advise parents explain to their child about the meaning of their name, particularily if it is non-English language based. A child needs to be proud of their name.

[Aggie_Ama]

I am fond of having a name with meaning. Mine does not, it was popular at the time and my mom found it beautiful. My middle name is her middle name (or was now it is my maiden name) but she just used it because it went with Amanda. My brother was named after two boys in her pre-school she was teaching. Not that they were her favorites, she just liked their names. :) Oddly his middle name is my father's but that is not why my parents picked it initially!

My niece is named after my husband, I think it is such a sweet tribute. He and his brother are extremely close and if we are to have a boy his middle name will be after my brother in law.

[Tuckervill]

From today's paper, a new twist on Chloe.

Khloee

No kiddin'.

The rest of her name was, apparently, unremarkable.

Karen

[IFjane]

I learned this last week - one of the parents in our program has a child - her firstborn - named Genesis. I like it! Of course, my first thought was of the progressive rock group and not the biblical connotation...:eek:

[oxysback]

I've had a good laugh reading this thread!

Now, for the downside of growing up with an unusual name...

I have an aquaintance named Mireille. I, personally, love how the name sounds, but she has an equally unusual last name. She's now old enough to get her first job, but she's finding that potential employers don't want to call her back because not only are they unsure of how to pronounce her first name, but her last name is difficult, as well.

She's taken to spelling her name phonetically (she puts 'Maray') on her job applications, but then they call back asking for 'Murray'. The poor girl can't win!

[margo49]

It's a lovely name.
The woman who wrote French Women Don't Get Fat is Mireille.

[uk elephant]

I didn't think I grew up with an unusual name until I went away to college. In Norway my name, Eli, is a fairly common girls name. The same name in the US where I went to college is a fairly common jewish boys name. And I have had many surprised professors who expected me to be a boy when I showed up in class. But I like my name, and where it came from. It's my great-grandfather's middle name.

[silver]

Back in my previous life as a CPA, I had a client who had the pronunciation on his name on his business card. Looks like this could be a good idea.

Our last name is German. In German when there is a two vowel combination, the second vowel is pronounced. Our community has a strong German heritage and they say that years ago that German was as likely to be spoken on the streets as English. Many streets and companies have German names and people pronounce them correctly.

An example would be Weinbach would be pronounced like winebok, not weenbok

Sooo.......why can't they pronounce our last name correctly???

My first name is Elaine (not a German name, so pronounced E-lane, not E-line). Not extremely common, but somewhat. It's more common here in the Midwest than it was in in the South. There was the character on Seinfeld (german name pronounced signfeld, not seenfeld). But just recently, I realized that an acquaintance here, that I've known for 6 or 7 years was calling me, El-a-nay. What to do?

[Tuckervill]

Okay, another extremely unusual name....why all the double letters and FIVE names, I dunno.

Alleeasaya Saphoria Rose Michelle Girard.

The last name of the mother is Otteringer, different from the dad. I don't get why they couldn't fit Otteringer in there somewhere too. I mean, come on!
:P
Karen

[Mr. Bloom]

Okay, another extremely unusual name....why all the double letters and FIVE names, I dunno.

Alleeasaya Saphoria Rose Michelle Girard.

The last name of the mother is Otteringer, different from the dad. I don't get why they couldn't fit Otteringer in there somewhere too. I mean, come on!
:P
Karen

Could she be NW Arkansas royalty???;)

She's almost the same as the heir to the throne:

His Royal Highness The Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, Prince and Great Steward of Scotland, Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Great Master and First and Principal Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Member of the Order of Merit, Knight of the Order of Australia, Companion of the Queen's Service Order, Honorary Member of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, Chief Grand Commander of the Order of Logohu, Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty

Last I recalled, his daddy's last name is Mountbatten and his mommy's last name is Windsor. Hmmm...didn't see those names in there...

To me, he's simply Chuck...

I can see where the royals are starting to take a more populist bias in their lives...:rolleyes:

[bmccasland]

Umm Mr. Silver...
HRH Chuck's name is the Prince Charles Philip Athur George, the rest are titles and honors. Makes me wonder what Queen Mum called him when she was mad at him?

The Brit royal names harken back to when people didn't have *last* names or family names. Ever looked into the names in Iceland or Greenland? Leif Erikson's child Sven would be Sven Leifson. At least you'd know who the kid's father was. And girls were *dottir*, so Leif's girl-child would be Helga Leifsdottir. I'm not sure what happens to names when a child matures and marries. Doe she take her husband's name?

[lph]

The Brit royal names harken back to when people didn't have *last* names or family names. Ever looked into the names in Iceland or Greenland? Leif Erikson's child Sven would be Sven Leifson. At least you'd know who the kid's father was. And girls were *dottir*, so Leif's girl-child would be Helga Leifsdottir. I'm not sure what happens to names when a child matures and marries. Doe she take her husband's name?

Nope. They stay "-dottir" and "-sson", so married couples do not share names. At least not according to the traditional way of naming, they might have started doing so now.

"-dottir" and "-sson" are allowed as alternative last names in Norway too, but not very common. I like them :)

Last names used to be much more flexible. My grandmother's father (I think) changed his last name when he moved to a new town and opened a store, from a very common last name to the name of the property he bought. That was quite usual at the time. My grandfather's fathers name was from the place he grew up. Only a few generations back place names, "son of"-names and artisan names were pretty much all you had of last names, and they weren't necessarily inherited.

Which does put a new perspective on the whole "keeping your name" debate about women (or men) changing their names at marriage, and family members having the same last name or not. :)

[Zen]

I have a new found appreciation for Smith and Jones.

[Mr. Bloom]

I have a new found appreciation for Smith and Jones.

Trust me, Silver wishes she had found a Smith or Jones..:rolleyes:

But, I am very glad to know Norse Naming Protocol:D

[tulip]

My mother tells me of a long-gone relative named (first-middle) Minnesota Iowa, and her sister named Georgia Virginia.

My dad had an aunt named Olive Iola.

I have a name that always gets comments. It's a double name (I'm happy to be from the south and I love double names), but it's still unusual. It's Juliellen. Like Maryellen, but with a Julie. It always makes people stumble at first.

[Bad JuJu]

In my years as a teacher, I've learned that when it comes to names, all the rules of pronunciation go right out the window and you sometimes just have to rely on the person to tell you how his or her name is pronounced. In this country (and probably in others) we're dealing with names from languages all over the world, so no one set of pronunciation rules is going to apply. And even when you think it might, well, people have their own ideas of how to spell and pronounce their own names.

Example: "Megan"--pretty common name, right? But some pronounce it "May-gan" while others (such as a friend of mine) pronounce it "Mee-gan." There's no way of knowing that until you ask or are told.

The problem occurs, to my mind, when people refuse to pronounce your name as you've asked them to. That's just ignorant or rude.

[Aggie_Ama]

JuJu- My niece is Adrianna. But it is pronounced Adri-ah-na. If I just looked it I would call her Adri-Anna. I knew what they were naming her and thought it would be Adriana. I never know how anyone is going spell anything. I know three people who named their boys Aiden. One is Aiden, one is Aidan (pronounced Aid-in) and one is Ayden.

[bmccasland]

While l lived in Phoenix there were twin brothers that worked for the same TV station, Sean and Dean, with a another brother named Shawn. Sean and Dean rhymed. What were their parents thinking?

[oxysback]

While l lived in Phoenix there were twin brothers that worked for the same TV station, Sean and Dean, with a another brother named Shawn. Sean and Dean rhymed. What were their parents thinking?

So did the twin's names sound like Shaun and Don, or Sheen and Deen?

I'm guessing the latter because of the other brother named Shawn. How confusing!

I went to elementary school with a girl named Sion...pronounced Shawn.

[Running Mommy]

Coming in Waayyyy late here. But growing up in earthy crunchy Sebastopol CA we had the nipple family. I don't remember all of the kids names, but one of them was Groovy. Oy...

[crazycanuck]

Oh dear oh my..:eek: RM..Oh to be one of those kids now..

[bmccasland]

So did the twin's names sound like Shaun and Don, or Sheen and Deen?

I'm guessing the latter because of the other brother named Shawn. How confusing!

I went to elementary school with a girl named Sion...pronounced Shawn.

It was "Seen" and "Deen"

Oh, and another one I've run into.... Marcia. I know it as "Marsha" but I've run into gals that pronounce it "Mar-CEE-a"

[iowagrad]

Maximus Loveless...the poor kid is only a year old, but it certainly doesn't look like his future romantic ventures are going to pan out. His parents are completely run of the mill, and I don't have the heart to ask them what they were thinking!!!

[Starfish]

Maximus Loveless...the poor kid is only a year old, but it certainly doesn't look like his future romantic ventures are going to pan out.

Years ago I had a friend who legally changed her last name from Loveless to Love. She just hated constantly having to declare or affirm herself as Loveless every time she said or heard her name. I applauded her decision!

[Mr. Bloom]

Years ago I had a friend who legally changed her last name from Loveless to Love. She just hated constantly having to declare or affirm herself as Loveless every time she said or heard her name. I applauded her decision!

In Memphis, there is a major road called Getwell. The Veteran's hospital is located on Getwell.

The name of the street was changed in WWII...the prior name of the road was Shotwell.

The city wisely didn't think that the VA hospital shouldn't be located on Shotwell.;)

[bmccasland]

in that light... many of the locals find it slightly amusing that my office, Corps of Engineers, is on Leake Avenue.

[IFjane]

The address of a PBS station in Richmond, VA is 123 Sesame St.

[Fredwina]

Apple's address used to be 1 Infinite Loop.:p

[Starfish]

I just had to UPS a boat part off to a manufacturing place at:

7799 Municipal Court

(Just a regular road...not a court-affiliated thing)