What's in a name?

[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! )

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...