|
Metal Loaf posted:You never meet many Mephibosheths. Only one in the Social Security death index, which is a gold min for verifying strange names and name combinations. Mephibosheth I. Boruchschomer d. 2009
|
#
?
Jan 8, 2013 08:17
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 21, 2024 14:16 |
|
|
I have two customers named Chipper and Sunshine that I help out at work every once in a while. Oddly enough their names reflect their personalities.
|
|
#
?
Jan 8, 2013 08:29
|
|
|
My friend just posted this on facebook: "Today, I taught a student named Mafia." Welp.
|
|
#
?
Jan 9, 2013 01:22
|
|
|
Today, I learned that there is a tech at my local pharmacy named Porsche.
|
|
#
?
Jan 9, 2013 03:33
|
|
|
I have a friend named Angel and while I think it's the tackiest fuckin name, tons of people swoon over it and how it's 'beautiful' My dad worked with a dude named Angel but he was Mexican so it really didn't seem all that weird. But my friend is as white and midwestern as you can get. And her family isn't all that religious
|
|
#
?
Jan 9, 2013 04:09
|
|
|
gamingCaffeinator posted:Today, I learned that there is a tech at my local pharmacy named Porsche. I'm an acquaintance with a Porshah.
|
|
#
?
Jan 9, 2013 04:44
|
|
|
Amor de Cosmos (born William Alexander Smith), second Premier of Wikipedia posted:Contemporaries paint a portrait of an isolated person (he never married and had few intimate friends) with grandiose manners, prone to public outbursts of tears, and a fierce temper that sometimes degenerated into fist-fights. Edit for  history.
ms_hyena has a new favorite as of 21:24 on Jan 10, 2013 |
|
#
?
Jan 9, 2013 05:12
|
|
|
jojoinnit posted:I'm an acquaintance with a Porshah. I had a college classmate whose parents named all their kids after Shakespeare characters, and her name was Portia. She actually had people tell her that her parents spelled her name wrong and it should be spelled Porsche 
|
|
#
?
Jan 9, 2013 05:57
|
|
|
My best friend got a (horrendously ugly) Christmas card from a Mormon branch of his family. Each kid in the family (5 in all) had a little poem written about them, really normal stuff about how the boys are doing karate and the girls are in dance and gymnastics... Until it gets to the last girl. Her name is "Jainii". The other kids are mostly normal, sort of -- Lexis, Landon, Jayden. Super trendy. But Jainii? That's not even a misspelled name! The closest thing is "Janie" which is sort of a pet name for "Jane". Also, her poem was about how much boys like her and how she loves makeup, and contained the line "she's daddy's favorite and everyone knows it  " winky face and all. Jainii is six. Also I sold a horse to a woman named Wyndi Mills (first name legally changed), and her daughter Tennessee Mills (born that way).
|
|
#
?
Jan 9, 2013 06:40
|
|
|
InEscape posted:My best friend got a (horrendously ugly) Christmas card from a Mormon branch of his family. Each kid in the family (5 in all) had a little poem written about them, really normal stuff about how the boys are doing karate and the girls are in dance and gymnastics... Until it gets to the last girl. Her name is "Jainii". The other kids are mostly normal, sort of -- Lexis, Landon, Jayden. Super trendy. But Jainii? That's not even a misspelled name! The closest thing is "Janie" which is sort of a pet name for "Jane". Also, her poem was about how much boys like her and how she loves makeup, and contained the line "she's daddy's favorite and everyone knows it The site Utah Baby Names explores the horrors of Mormon babynamery.
|
|
#
?
Jan 9, 2013 07:25
|
|
|
ms_hyena posted:Amor de Cosmos (born William Alexander Smith), second Premier of Canada from 1872-1874, twenty years after changing to his name to (incorrectly) mean "Lover of the Universe". Pssst...I think you mean Premier of British Columbia. Also, our pal Amor and I share an alma mater, which is pretty cool. While attending that university, I worked with a fella named Justis, and one the people in my first-year tutorial was a girl named Elizabeth, except she shortened it to Beckie.
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2013 00:34
|
|
|
bringmyfishback posted:The site Utah Baby Names explores the horrors of Mormon babynamery. I really wouldn't trust anything posted on Freep to have any accuracy at all ever.
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2013 00:57
|
|
|
Obviously I haven't encountered these firsthand, but the Puritans had some funny names. For a long time, my favourite was "Search-the-Scriptures", but now I think it's "If-Christ-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned".
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2013 01:04
|
|
|
Metal Loaf posted:Obviously I haven't encountered these firsthand, but the Puritans had some funny names. For a long time, my favourite was "Search-the-Scriptures", but now I think it's "If-Christ-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned". "Fly-Fornication".
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2013 01:12
|
|
|
InEscape posted:Also I sold a horse to a woman named Wyndi Mills (first name legally changed), and her daughter Tennessee Mills (born that way).
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2013 02:19
|
|
|
Leah D. Rimmer.
|
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2013 02:57
|
|
|
I found this. No wonder the Puritans were such dicks: Abstinence Handmaid Lamentation Wrestling Job-raked-out-of-the-ashes Sorry-for-sin That "If-Christ-had- not-died-for- thee-thou-hadst- been-damned" guy was also known as "Damned" Barebone, according to the site.
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2013 03:03
|
|
|
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2013 09:31
|
|
|
My friend is getting induced this weekend, and I have tried for months to talk her out of naming her new boy Raelin. I think that's how its spelled, its from some chick fantasy/softcore novel I guess. Not that a fantasy name is inherently bad, but specifically because "you know his friends are just gonna end up calling him Ray, right?" "WHAT? I hate the name Ray, I will make sure no one calls him that, its terrible." Why would you name him something where the first syllable is Ray, then? Ugh.
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2013 10:50
|
|
|
Quad posted:My friend is getting induced this weekend, and I have tried for months to talk her out of naming her new boy Raelin. I think that's how its spelled, its from some chick fantasy/softcore novel I guess. Not that a fantasy name is inherently bad, but specifically because "you know his friends are just gonna end up calling him Ray, right?" "WHAT? I hate the name Ray, I will make sure no one calls him that, its terrible." Sure it's not Raistlin?
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2013 11:26
|
|
|
Runcible Cat posted:Everyone who hasn't read whatever it is is going to assume he's a girl as well. If that would bother her. Absolutely, she hates Dragonlance. I also have brought up that it sounds short for Rachel Lynn, but "well obviously no one will mistake him for a girl!" No, but they'll sure make fun of him for it. 
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2013 11:56
|
|
|
I find it hilarious that any parent thinks they have any influence on what their child's friends will call him or what he'll want to be called. Plus the fact that if she insists he not be called Ray, when he hits his first rebellious phase that's what he'll insist on. Hopefully she'll learn to pick her battles as he gets older, or else both she and her son are going to be absolutely miserable his whole life. Oh, who am I kidding, she sounds insufferable.
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2013 13:00
|
|
|
There's a guy who currently lives in my city whose legal name is David Supernigger. He's white as the driven snow and I'm not sure how it's legal to have a racial slur in your name, but welp. He has some kind of political philosophy that "friend of the family means human" and shouldn't be considered offensive or racially charged. He's apparently lived all over the U.S. and frequently changes his name. See this court notice from New Mexico: http://alibi.com/index.php?scn=classy&ad=222595&category=1000quote:Second Judicial District Court County of Bernalillo State of New Mexico Case No. CV 201105486 in the matter a petition for change of name in accordance with provision of NMSA 1978 Sec. 40-8-1 thrugh 40-8-3, Mister(I) Radical gently caress Censorship Supernigger friend of the family will apply to Honorable Judge Nash, District Judge of the Second Judicial District, Bernalillo County, New Mexico at 10:15 am on the 7th day of July, 2011 for an ORDER FOR CHANGE OF NAME from Mister(I) Radical gently caress Censorship Supernigger friend of the family to David friend of the family means human Supernigger. Juanita Duran, Clerk District Court. He has a youtube channel full of insane stuff and he also has several facial tattoos. I saw him working behind the counter at a Goodwill a few months ago and he had on a handwritten nametag with his full legal name on it. Not sure how he wasn't fired for that. As far as people's birth names, I also know of a family whose children are named Heaven Earth (first and last name) and Seven. I guess I can understand Heaven Earth in a stupid cutesy way, but Seven? Who names their child after a number? He's not old enough to go to school yet, but I wonder what his teachers and classmates are doing to think about that.
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2013 16:17
|
|
|
squeegee posted:As far as people's birth names, I also know of a family whose children are named Heaven Earth (first and last name) and Seven. I guess I can understand Heaven Earth in a stupid cutesy way, but Seven? Who names their child after a number? He's not old enough to go to school yet, but I wonder what his teachers and classmates are doing to think about that.  They're either Seinfeld fans or just dumb. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2013 16:22
|
|
|
Quad posted:My friend is getting induced this weekend, and I have tried for months to talk her out of naming her new boy Raelin. I think that's how its spelled, its from some chick fantasy/softcore novel I guess. Not that a fantasy name is inherently bad, but specifically because "you know his friends are just gonna end up calling him Ray, right?" "WHAT? I hate the name Ray, I will make sure no one calls him that, its terrible." They could always call him by that equally masculine other shortening of his name, Lin! The man is due for a life full of double takes during roll call.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2013 01:35
|
|
|
squeegee posted:As far as people's birth names, I also know of a family whose children are named Heaven Earth (first and last name) and Seven. I guess I can understand Heaven Earth in a stupid cutesy way, but Seven? Who names their child after a number? He's not old enough to go to school yet, but I wonder what his teachers and classmates are doing to think about that. Seven makes sense, I guess. Seven periods of school, seven beatings a day, roughly seven stitches a beating, and eventually seven years to life.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2013 01:41
|
|
|
NewtGoongrich posted:Leah D. Rimmer. No relation to Arnold.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2013 02:13
|
|
|
RazorBunny posted:I find it hilarious that any parent thinks they have any influence on what their child's friends will call him or what he'll want to be called. Plus the fact that if she insists he not be called Ray, when he hits his first rebellious phase that's what he'll insist on. Yeah, parents get absolutely zero say. My mom was super excited that she'd picked a name for me that would be hard to make terrible nicknames out of - Audrey. The very first day my parents brought me to church, the youth minister came up and immediately waggled his fingers and said "How's the little Aud-bod?" My mom was horrified. Thankfully, no one else has ever attempted to call me this in any seriousness. Please tell your friend this story, Quad.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2013 02:27
|
|
|
That poor kid is gonna legally change his name to Ray the instant he's old enough.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2013 02:28
|
|
|
Just saw the name for a client today...Raelynn. It was really hard not to laugh a little.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2013 03:04
|
|
|
ButWhatIf posted:Yeah, parents get absolutely zero say. My mom was super excited that she'd picked a name for me that would be hard to make terrible nicknames out of - Audrey. The very first day my parents brought me to church, the youth minister came up and immediately waggled his fingers and said "How's the little Aud-bod?" My mom was horrified. Thankfully, no one else has ever attempted to call me this in any seriousness. And how many times did the youth minister touch you? What a weird and creepy nickname. At least he didn't think you were a carnivorous space plant, I guess.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2013 03:50
|
|
|
I guess it's Raylan, actually, from some cowboy TV show. Makes it slightly better, but still, gently caress. Least its not my kid.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2013 05:20
|
|
|
I heard about a couple who named their son 'Phury'--pronounced 'Fury', of course. Apparently that poor boy is named for paranormal-romance character.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2013 06:21
|
|
|
Some idiot parents named their unfortunate child Dovahkiin to win a free copy of Skyrim last year. You can't even make a good nickname out of that. Poor kid.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2013 06:39
|
|
|
Bertrand Hustle posted:You can't even make a good nickname out of that. Poor kid.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2013 07:21
|
|
|
bringmyfishback posted:The site Utah Baby Names explores the horrors of Mormon babynamery. The names and article are great but holy crap stay outta the comments. They start out great, with more names and the like, but there's a huge derail between a few members and it's a trainwreck.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2013 10:15
|
|
|
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2013 10:32
|
|
|
Seth
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2013 12:23
|
|
|
Once had a job doing some boring data entry/filing type work, where the only entertainment was gawking at people's weird names and info. The highlight was a guy named Lancelot Payne, which sounds like a knockoff JRPG character, and looked like the kind of moustached pony-tail-wearer that probably really enjoys his video game name. Weirdly, when I told someone about it years later, I found out that a bunch of old friends actually know the guy and we've just never met...
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2013 12:29
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 21, 2024 14:16 |
|
|
AFewBricksShy posted:I knew a Melody and her sister Harmony growing up. They were nice names (and nice people) but someone was certainly a music lover. This is way late, but I once worked for a woman named Melody who named her daughter Harmony. It's a little daft as a sibling-name thing, but as a generational thing, it verges on the cruel. On the subject of dubious generational name choices, a kid I knew in elementary school was named Johnny Johnson Jr. It's not as bad as some names people pass on, but... seriously, Johnny Johnson? You had to keep this going?
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2013 12:45
|
|
