What's in a name?

[sgtiger]

Wow, the things people name their children! 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.

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.

[abvnx]

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