What's in a name?

[Mr. Bloom]

Silver makes a habit of reading the "Birth Records" in the local newspaper each Sunday. She is often amazed by the unique originality of some of the names. AND, she often exclaims their uniqueness loudly on occasion

Now, in fairness, some of the uniqueness comes from cultural influences that we are not criticizing.

BUT, today, one takes the cake:

St.MXXX's Hospital for Women & Children
Kathryn ***** & Gregory ####### of
Oakland City, Indiana
Daughter: Hemi D, July 19

So, what's in a name???
Well, we'll just let you speculate on that one

[Brandi]

My name is brandi need I say more?

[Duck on Wheels]

Hemi D? Am I missing something? Closest I get to a meaning here is 250. Brandi, on the other hand, is a name I've come across before. Not often, but it's not strange to me either.
BTW, Brandi, our neighbours just got home from a vacation in Denmark. One thing they saw was the Sand Sculpture World Championships. They were very impressed!

[singletrackmind]

I once met a lovely woman with the unfortunate name of
Floey Ann Krampy.

What is in a name indeed?

[Zen]

Hemi D?
Is her daddy's name Fred Necker?

That is tragic.

[RolliePollie]

I used to be a welfare case manager and my co-workers and I kept a list of the more um, shall I say, unusual names. Off the top of my head, a few of my favorites...I swear, I am not making any of these up:

Shampayne & Shardonnay (sisters, of course)
Heav'n
Unique, and the alternate spelling, Uneek (I am dead serious here)
Precious
Speshell (pronounced Special, but I'm sure you all already got that one)
Alcapone
Cougar
Rocket
Monet Burns (get it? money burns...ugh)
Feather
Queen Victoria (they actually called her that)
King Michael (they actually called him that)
Lemonjello (no, not lemon jello...more like this: le-MAHN-zhellow)

I don't know what people are thinking. Can you imagine going through life with the name Lemonjello???

[Xrayted]

My nephew named his son Damian Blade. Ya can't pick your family...

[Zen]

Richard Head

That is just wrong.

Alcapone

My favorite

Lemonjello (no, not lemon jello...more like this: le-MAHN-zhellow)

Perhaps a job at TarGet awaits Lemon

I don't know what people are thinking.

Me neither.I can only shake my head like a stunned monkey.

[Zen]

Queen Victoria (they actually called her that)

We are not amused....

I've got distant relatives named Harry Butt and D!ckie Butt. No joke.

I give up.

[Mr. Bloom]

Hemi D? Am I missing something?

Duck,

"Hemi" is a type of engine that Dodge uses, most heavily in pick-up trucks, like the Dodge "D"urango.

Maybe, just maybe, this is where little "Hemi D" actually started on this journey we call life

[kiwi girl]

actually this one does show a cultural angle

I know absolutely nothing about cars so my thought was

they called their daughter Hemi? - Hemi being a Maori boys name

[Eden]

hmmm - hard for me to say anything about others' names..... but
all real people
I also know a Unique - she's my neighbor's granddaughter
Brian Brian
Richard Head (yeah they thought it funny to call him by the nickname d*ck)
Tarp Head (no relation)
Candy Cane (not a stage name, but a real little girl my mom went to elementary school with)
Fuk Soon - talk something that is unfortunate cross culturally...

[Cindyloo]

Duck,

"Hemi" is a type of engine that Dodge uses, most heavily in pick-up trucks, like the Dodge "D"urango.

Maybe, just maybe, this is where little "Hemi D" actually started on this journey we call life

Indeed, Mr. Silver!

I think one of the most unusual names I have come across was Mignon as in Filet Mignon! I don't really understand why parents name children the same first and last names like Richard (D*ck) Richards or Sam Samuels. I have known a couple of those.

[Duck on Wheels]

Indeed, Mr. Silver!

I think one of the most unusual names I have come across was Mignon as in Filet Mignon! I don't really understand why parents name children the same first and last names like Richard (D*ck) Richards or Sam Samuels. I have known a couple of those.

I think Mignon is actually a fairly common girls' name in France. The cross-cultural problem again. I struggled with it when naming my own kids. Some names that I liked in Norwegian simply would not do for a kid who would also be crossing the Atlantic a lot -- like Roar (pronounced roo-ahr), or Just (pronounced yoost). My daughter wound up being named after my grandfather because his middle name is a girls' name in Norwegian. So we kinda held our breath when she signed up for a dorm in college in the States -- what gender roommate would they assign to her?

[Brandi]

Hemi D? Am I missing something? Closest I get to a meaning here is 250. Brandi, on the other hand, is a name I've come across before. Not often, but it's not strange to me either.
BTW, Brandi, our neighbours just got home from a vacation in Denmark. One thing they saw was the Sand Sculpture World Championships. They were very impressed!

Very cool! But I don't think it was the world Championships. Those are held in Canada in a place called Harrison hot springs (neat place) I think what they saw was called Anoxy world champion sculptors sculpture. (what a mouth full). It was a demo but they look just like a contest. REALLY neat stuff!