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Olaf The Stout posted:I have a nephew named Tank. You meant to post this in "Awesome names", right?
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Olaf The Stout posted:I have a nephew named Tank. A girl at my high school was called Miina Kenttδ which translates to Mine Fields.
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Sep 15, 2012 23:51
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I've known a few stormys, summers and autumns. I'm not a big fan of Naeveh either. The worst had to be a tiny white girl named Chevrolet. She went by Chevy. Also, don't be that parent that names kids after states. Some, I know, are actual names that just got stuck as state names, but for heavens sake, Montana literately is Spanish for mountains people.  (Sidenote: my name is Montanna, I've met a handful of others named this in my life. My siblings are named after states as well. Yeah my parents were those types.)
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Wizzle-Wazzle posted:I can't remember if this exact spelling is correct but I used to have a female coworker named Chimera, pronounced shi-MEER-uh. Her parents did not research that name very well. I work with a girl named Chimera. My ex's name is Betty. Not short for Elizabeth, her legal first name is Betty. My name is pretty drat weird itself, but I'm not going to post it because according to the internet I'm the only one with this name.
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Deific Presence posted:I work with a girl named Chimera. Is it Tank?
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Deific Presence posted:My name is pretty drat weird itself, but I'm not going to post it because according to the internet I'm the only one with this name. That's what the net says about my name, which is Nimue, but I use my middle name now.
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Sep 16, 2012 00:16
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redmercer posted:The best last names for Basic Training are Gay, High, and anything so long they have to switch to a smaller font to make your name tapes (Chryssanthokopolous) I remember reading a Reader's Digest Humor in Uniform story about a guy named Nightingale who had the bad luck of coming after a Florence during roll call.
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Sep 16, 2012 00:23
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Deific Presence posted:My ex's name is Betty. Not short for Elizabeth, her legal first name is Betty. What's so terrible about Betty? It's just because she's your ex, right?
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Deific Presence posted:I work with a girl named Chimera.  What's wrong with Betty?
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Cpt. Spring Types posted:What's so terrible about Betty? It's just because she's your ex, right? It's not that terrible. Mostly just odd. And people made fun of her a lot when we were younger.
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Sep 16, 2012 00:39
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Cymbal Monkey posted:I got this year's list of amazing names from a local preschool teacher! They are as follows: Theron is my cousin's name. He was named after a great uncle, so it's a very old name. On the other hand, my brother's best friend in grade school was Sir Dorian.
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I went to school with a kid named Theron. We called him "The Ron." Also, I have an aunt named Gay, and her brother, my uncle, is "Dickie." Not Richard, his given name is Dickey. Oh, and another sibling named Buck. I have an Uncle Buck. Glad my old man got let off with "Donald."
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Sep 16, 2012 01:08
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At work I've processed orders for both Aaron Assman and Mamoth Panda.
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Sep 16, 2012 01:19
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A coworker of my GF when I lived in Florida exemplified "Yes, THAT is what True Love looks like!" She married a Dutchman who's last name was Byck. She married him despite her first name being "Rhoda". In the graduating class ahead of me was Fabumi Kabumi Atafumi - IIRC they were from Ghana, originally. The best friend of my HS GF was Chevy. His daughters were Chevelle and Chevette. They were awesome.
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Eat This Glob posted:I have an aunt named Gay Me too. My mum's name is Joy and her sister is Gay. I always said their other sister should be called Happy, but she's not. Broxgar posted:My wife and I named 3 of our 4 kids after Babylon 5 characters. Most people think they are terrible. Twin boys, Londo and Lennier. Little girl named Delenn. My ex's cats were called Delenn and G'Kar. Awful names for cats, worse names for human beings. I knew of a kid at school with the surname Gaylord. His first name was something innocuous like Tom, but he ended up dating a girl called Regina Shufflebottom. Now there's a worse name. When I worked at a hospital I came across the name Nana Law, which I've liked ever since. It sounds like a more hardcore version of Murder She Wrote, or a Boney M song. Also got confused by a patient who hadn't had her records updated and was still listed with the first name "baby". Turned out her parents had actually named her Baby.
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madlilnerd posted:I knew of a kid at school with the surname Gaylord. His first name was something innocuous like Tom, but he ended up dating a girl called Regina Shufflebottom. Now there's a worse name. 
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Sep 16, 2012 02:03
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This is my favorite one so far, hope its real. My family is pretty good at choosing weird names. I have a cousin named Finn Nicholas Lynch, his twin sisters are Maeve and Naeve. (Were American, mostly German and and a mix of other European ancestry, but hey! Lets give our kids Irish names, cuz there is a little bit there in us apparently?) Another cousin named Guyle. One of my twin niece's is named Kindle. Pretty sure they thought of that before the Ebook came out. I actually like the name Finn,(partly because of Adventure Time) and I hope he can rock it for the rest of his life. I kind of resent my parents for giving me two middle names, and one of the most common first names for a guy. Writing out my full name is a pain, especially in cursive. My last name starts with Mc, and my second middle name is Patrick.. So people always try and ask about my family tree and how Irish/Scottish I am, and how Irish/Scottish they are. Reminds me of a goon quote about Americans saying they're whatever nationality, but they're really as American as a bald eagle making GBS threads apple pies on a freshly waxed SUV.
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Processed bank details for Arman Mustafa Kunt once. Must be fairly common because a while later I came across this on the internet: 
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Sep 16, 2012 02:25
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My brother went to primary school with a set of twins called Race and Blade. And I remember a guy at my high school called Richard Korn. Also a guy called Ben De Angel, but I was apparently the only one who thought that was funny.
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Sep 16, 2012 02:31
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Some real people from my hometown: Herschel Frankenberry Hannahlore Mahoney (best name ever, she's a little old lady that goes to my parent's church) Rusty Flack Lilly Dilly Bryant Bryant Rocky Sunny Shore (saw him in the police blotter last summer!) razz has a new favorite as of 02:39 on Sep 16, 2012 |
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http://www.vitals.com/doctors/Dr_Peter_File.html At least he isn't a pediatrician
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My wife's cousin decided to name her baby girl Brooke Spring. I wish I were joking. Whenever she comes up in conversation I refer to her as River Brooke Spring Creek. Not so much a bad name, but certainly pretty odd: in my tiny high school of something like 400 students from grades 8-12, we had two Goldwyn MacLeods. One of them was 6'2" I believe, over 300 lbs (a good portion of which was muscle), and very soft-spoken. The other was 5-foot-nothin' and was the mouthiest little bastard I've ever met. Tinestram has a new favorite as of 03:35 on Sep 16, 2012 |
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Deific Presence posted:My ex's name is Betty. Not short for Elizabeth, her legal first name is Betty. If your name is Al, you missed a perfect opportunity. vv Reminds me -- in middle school I had a camp counselor named September. All of her siblings were named after the months in which they were born. Makes sense if you come out between April and August, but any other time of the year it's just cruel. hyperhazard has a new favorite as of 04:32 on Sep 16, 2012 |
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There was some mean guy who worked at DZ back when I was at a birthday party in 4th grade. His name was January. Perfect name for a turd out to ruin elementary school hijinks. edit: Also I encountered a lad named Tommy Toy one Christmas. He obviously wasn't a fan of his name though, and introduced himself as Tom Header. ServoMST3K has a new favorite as of 04:17 on Sep 16, 2012 |
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I came across an order form once for a "Lil Hardlicka" and was sure that it was a joke name but when I called to tell her her order was in her voicemail identified her as such. Also I love that Matt Braunger standup bit about "Eggly Bagelface". Poor guy, I bet he gets round-the-clock prank calls now.
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It seems like more people are giving their kids last names instead of first names. It's really getting to be a pet peeve of mine. Stop naming your kids "Jackson" and "Davis" and "Carter." Stop it.
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Eggbeater Jesus posted:It seems like more people are giving their kids last names instead of first names. It's really getting to be a pet peeve of mine. Stop naming your kids "Jackson" and "Davis" and "Carter." Stop it.
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My parents almost named me Myfanwy, which is a very traditional, ordinary, common name... in Wales. Not so much in southern California, and I'm glad they came to their senses. (For the non-Welsh, it's pronounced "muh-VON-way". Roughly.)
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jojoinnit posted:I feel exactly the same way. For a long time now. I knew a guy whose first name was Reynolds a couple years back.
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I fished with a guy named Bartholomew Noel Hemlet. That was actually a pretty rad name, and he just went by Hemlet. Also worked construction with a guy named Erutan, which of course is nature spelled backwards. His parents were super hippies I guess.
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spite house posted:My parents almost named me Myfanwy, which is a very traditional, ordinary, common name... in Wales. Not so much in southern California, and I'm glad they came to their senses. I love that name, and my dad is Welsh, so it wouldn't be too terrible if I named my kid that, but I cannot imagine a child named Mfanwy running around rural Montana, fighting bears and poo poo or whatever it is people do here.
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My next door neighbor is an old black grandmother named Lovely Diamond. She has her name tattooed on her bicep, too. She also has attack parakeets. Awesome old lady.
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Zeus Monopoly. Honestly. He's about eight now, and he goes to the school down the road. Surely there are other traditional Greek names that work better in rural New Zealand.
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My father went to school for about ten years with a guy named Dick Finger. I ran in a track meet against a girl named Taylor Bumpass and another named Stash Grab. Also my sister while student teaching had a child named Seven. Pronounce seh-VAN.
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When I was a kid I had a major crush on a girl called Skye Powers which even then struck me as being a bit strange. There was also a Chris Hunt in the year below me at school, and the bloody-minded mother of a girl in my year revelled in the name Gaynor Gaynor following a remarriage. Also, as a Welshman, Myfanwy is an excellent name, and you should be proud to have been considered for that lofty title.
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In the 1800s and early 1900s there seemed to be an epidemic of children named Lemon and Orange. Maybe it's the origin of that Orangejello-Lemonjello bullshit? Here's a few I found in Canadian records (thumbnailed): The Lemons you can argue are poorly written Simons or Lennons, but the Oranges are definitely Oranges.
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fallingdownjoe posted:Also, as a Welshman, Myfanwy is an excellent name, and you should be proud to have been considered for that lofty title.
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I went to elementary school with a Cinnamon Coffey. I went to high school with three sisters named Autumn, Summer, and Winter. I guess their parents never got around to Spring. There was also a guy with the last name Butt. I need to start writing down the bizarre names I run across at work. I look at insurance policies all day, and off the top of my head the one I remember is Marijuana Miles, but there have been many others.
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