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I used to have a PCP called Dr Wait
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
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robyn Maislin
When I was kid my Pediatrician was Dr. Kool. Such a great name for the kiddos!
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
A former coworker of mine picked an interesting Anglicized name to go with his traditional Vietnamese name.Quote:
Originally Posted by five one
Vincent Van Vo. :rolleyes:
Now *that* is GOOD! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Dianyla
~T~
I always wondered if:Quote:
Originally Posted by LBTC
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:
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.
A friend of mine who is big into geneology has an ancestor whose name was Experience Clapp!
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....Quote:
Originally Posted by teigyr
So three cheers for your Willy or John Thomas,
Hooray for your one-eyed....:eek: :eek: :eek:
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"
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.
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:
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 GrimQuote:
Originally Posted by bicyclulz
Mary (Merry: :D )
Grim (:( )
Very confused, the poor dear.
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.
GeoCam, where do you live? General Geographic Area is sufficient if you're afraid to say!
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by GeoCam
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by eclectic
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":DQuote:
Originally Posted by Ashgarth
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
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashgarth
I think she has a LOVELY name :) Very classic.
lph: Are you an American in Norway or are you Norwegian? If the latter, your english is perfect!
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.
keer-sten--if she pronounced it the correct way she would hate it even more!!! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by lph
I remembered a couple more unusual names. We know of some sisters with the names, India and Ivory.
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!
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Originally Posted by Mr. Silver
wow---the letter "Y" is so overused now days :rolleyes:
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?
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]
mr. forgot to include my favorites for the week:
Promise Joy E***
Briana Blaze B*** and
Cadence Marie S*******....+1 for cycling terminology
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Originally Posted by Velobambina
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)
Audrina's first name is Chloey.... didn't know that.Quote:
Originally Posted by silver
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????
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
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Originally Posted by chickwhorips
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.