What's in a name?

[SouthernBelle]

"Wendy Summer Knight"

[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!

[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?

[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

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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.....

[Mr. Bloom]

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

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

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.