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...
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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...
Oh dear oh my..:eek: RM..Oh to be one of those kids now..
It was "Seen" and "Deen"Quote:
Originally Posted by oxysback
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"
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!!!
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!Quote:
Originally Posted by iowagrad
In Memphis, there is a major road called Getwell. The Veteran's hospital is located on Getwell.Quote:
Originally Posted by Starfish
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.;)
in that light... many of the locals find it slightly amusing that my office, Corps of Engineers, is on Leake Avenue.
The address of a PBS station in Richmond, VA is 123 Sesame St.
Apple's address used to be 1 Infinite Loop.:p
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)
Kayla Kay Summers and Koy Klay Summers.
oKAY!
K.
We have neighbors with girls named Maaya (like Maya) and Mia (Mee-yah). Their poor dad has a hard time keeping their names straight. Then again, Dh has the same problem sometimes with our children's names even though their names are quite different. :rolleyes:
LOL...I am the youngest, and the only girl. But, I got called John, Dan, and Mike many, many times in my poor parents' attempts to call me by my name!Quote:
Originally Posted by sgtiger
Later in his life, my Dad took to calling me the name of his own sister, despite zero dementia on his part.
Now, my oldest brother constantly calls me the names of his two girls!
Boy I thought I was going out on a limb when I named our daughter Elisabeth Kathryn. We thought she'd have Beth as nick name but it is "bug".
My first Girl choice was a Dutch name of Krina (kreena) but if misprounced she could be called Krina Vagina.....
My uncles are twins and my grand mother was on something. She rhymed both first and middle names Merrill Glenn and Carroll Lynn.
Merrill had 2 sons 11 months apart and named them Kendall and Randall.
Carroll had a daughter and named her Carol Lynn. She goes by Lynn.
Here are some more family names I have neices named Raylene and Shalene (not sisters). A neice named Jamie (after Jamie Lee Curtis) and my son is James (named for my dad). A sister named Barbara Ann (like the beach boys song).
A neice named Jessica and a nephew named JESY (James Edward Shane with a y).
Kim
Huh.Quote:
Originally Posted by cyclechick2008
Try the name "Regina".
Pronounced "Ra-geena" - very unlike "vagina" and very unlike the pronunciation of the capital city of the Canadian province Saskatchewan (which does rhyme with vagina)! :mad:
My dad's name is Winston....and yes, he's smoked all his life. Winston brand, of course. ;)
-BikeMomma
This seemed like a good thread to add this to.
I was in southwest missouri today, visiting my niece who was in a terrible car accident last Sunday--she is able to walk today, thank God--and we passed gas station after gas station called "Kum and Go". I am not kidding.
Some questions we decided we don't want to know the answer to--where was a marketing consultant? What names did they REJECT??
:D:D:eek:
My dad used to talk about a man he grew up with who was named U.R. Stuck. Nobody would accept his checks.:(
My mom knew someone who had a OBGYN with the name...wait for it...wait for it...Dr. Beavers. Wow.
I've seen first names like Princess and Sparkle before. Can you imagine going to school with the name Sparkle??
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Originally Posted by shootingstar
and the next sister after myself, her lst Chinese name translates as Twilight or Dusk. so with her middle name translation is Twilight Orchid.
Another sister gave birth to her lst child, a daughter 2 months ago. My sister dithered over whether or not she wanted to give the child (that is half-Chinese) a Chinese middle name.
She consulted my father..who does have a more poetic soul than my mother..
So the girl is Ella, middle name is Mei (as pronounced "May). "Mei" means beautiful in Chinese.
By the way, the colloquial name for the U.S. by the older generation of Chinese immigrants is Mei Gok..or beautiful country. It must have the Gold Rush dreams...or something.
We knew a family where the parents named their daughters Mona and Lisa.
OK, after intentionally not looking in the paper for months...I looked today.
Born in Evansville this week:
Azaria Jornye LaCara Finn
Scout Hardin Levi Howard
I used to work for an OB/GYN. The most memorable name I can remember is......................Placenta. Yup. The mother was an immigrant from Mexico...spoke very broken English. When the doc was trying to explain a placental abruption, she missed the part about possibly hemorrhaging, and locked onto the beautiful name Placenta. We tried very very hard over the next couple of months, to discourage her from naming the baby Placenta, to no avail. Poor kid...She was an absolutely gorgeous baby with an absolutely hideous name.
Yep, that's ours.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Silver
Scout - my wife liked the name from To Kill a Mockingbird
Hardin - my grandfathers name
Levi - her grandfathers name
Howard - self explanatory
I was googling for his birth announcement and this site came up, so I registered to reply. If you don't like it, well thats just tough and I'll gladly PM you about it.
(Of course his brother's names are Slade Jaxen and Zane Michael)
Don't be offended. It's an unusual name. (Well, Scout is now almost cliche', it's so common, but all the ones I know are girls, like in To Kill A Mockingbird). Might as well get used to total strangers raising an eyebrow.
Karen
That's really cool to get the explanation! The title of the thread is "what's in a name" and now we know. Surely you knew that the names of your kids were not mainstream and would get a little attention. And don't know if you read the entire thread, but your names are downright boring compared to some. Personally I like the names that you have chosen, although I'll agree with T'ville that Scout (as well as Zane) i would think of as girl's names.Quote:
Originally Posted by mickey223
Are you offended by our thread? We had wondered what type of reaction a parent would have earlier in the thread. Surely the parents with some of the most unusual names expect some comment?
Congrats on the birth:)Quote:
Originally Posted by mickey223
I hope he has a long and fruitful life.
There is a women here named BigBeaver. That had to have been hard through High School!
No, Not offended by the thread. As an ER physician I see some interesting and unusual names as well. I sometimes wonder what parents were thinking when they name their children.Quote:
Originally Posted by silver
My wife and I realize that our children's names our unusual, but they are for the most part family names (Zane is my father's and Jaxen is her fathers middle name, Michael Is mine and only Scout and Slade are unique, but literary references were given for those). I may have worded it wrong, but my attempt was to prevent people from jumping in on my post and starting a flame war. As a member of other forums for several years, I try to keep additional comments to PM's versus tying up the boards with useless back and forth attacks.
Interesting that Zane and Scout would be considered names for girls, as Scout is english derived and neutral whereas Zane is a derivative of John and is considered masculine. However, I have also seen several girls named Michael.
We had thought about throwing in a few odd spellings and a few hyphens and apostrophes here and there in there names, but my wife thought that would be too much. :)
Mickey, understood that your intentions were sincere and not inflammatory.Quote:
Originally Posted by mickey223
But, you've confirmed a fear that many of us had...our enjoyment at the risk of offending someone - even if we didn't intend to. I think that it underscores an important principle that this group stands for...and violates by perpetuating this thread.
Even if you aren't offended, others may have been. You are clearly articulate, educated, and know what you think. Others may not be so understanding and would easily take offense.
So, please accept my apology for even running the risk of being offensive. I disengaged from this thread some time ago...and I should have stayed disengaged. I enjoy hearing that young "Scout" is associated with a literary character that stands against injustice.
Here's an irony, if you practice at the hospital in Madisonville, I guarantee you that we know people in common...even though we're nearly an hour away.
Best wishes and congratulations on the new addition to the family.