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Pneub posted:That person was a 50+ y.o. uncle, wasn't he? Probably, it was some guy he met through work, so yes, another middle-aged engineer.
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Collection of customers I've had over the years (first and last names) : Gay Horney Weiner Crumbly Baby Beauty Rainbow Sunshine Critter Stott
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My neighbor is the pastiest white guy you've ever seen and I found out yesterday that his name is Francois. Now, Francois on its own is not that weird a name even in America but his parents must have been in a very odd mindset when they decided Francois was a good name for their child. He doesn't even go by Frank or anything.
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I currently work at a university library and found a thesis by a guy whose name translates to something like V-M. Watertroll.
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CJacobs posted:My neighbor is the pastiest white guy you've ever seen and I found out yesterday that his name is Francois. Now, Francois on its own is not that weird a name even in America but his parents must have been in a very odd mindset when they decided Francois was a good name for their child. He doesn't even go by Frank or anything. Is his surname at least a little French?
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I've served a Miss "Dong-Dong Wang" several times over the past year. It's impossible not to giggle when her name comes up. I'm sorry Ms. Wang
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Was at a local petting zoo on Sunday and a family came in and their daughter was named Acacia.
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I have a friend whose forty-something year old sister is named Emelye (pronounced the same way as Emily). Their mom did it to piss off her mom.
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Elohssa Gib posted:Was at a local petting zoo on Sunday and a family came in and their daughter was named Acacia. I have met three separate Acacias in the last year.
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Amelia Song posted:I have a friend whose forty-something year old sister is named Emelye (pronounced the same way as Emily). Their mom did it to piss off her mom. This is the spelling from The Canterbury Tales so you might disagree with the choice but it's a very longstanding spelling. I was at the zoo a few weekends ago and I heard a mother calling for Rylan, as in some sort of hybrid of Ryan and Riley.
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Goosed it. posted:This is the spelling from The Canterbury Tales so you might disagree with the choice but it's a very longstanding spelling. Yeah, maybe grandma just really hates Chaucer. I once met a nurse named Happy, and I had a teacher years ago named Gay.
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Had a nightmare last night my boyfriend's sister named her kid Kimber. Then I woke up and realized she already has a child named Kelynn so honestly it's not that far off. She's also one of those people who's giving all her kids names that start with the first letter so hey who knows maybe she'll run out eventually. If her next kid is a boy his name will be Keannon.
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When I was in high school, there was some or other student named Blaize Pink. I don't even know what that's a spelling corruption of. I could never not raise an eyebrow when I heard it, as it sounded so porn-starry. A guy named Sterling Zipper graduated from the same school. I can't tell if it's the best or most terrible name.
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I have friends who named their son Ty and it's not short for anything, just Ty Cole. At an office I used to clean someone's first name was Gaylord but their cubicle tag had them as just Gay for short. What made it even more strange is that it was a woman.
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One of my mom's cousins named her three daughters Ainsleigh, Emersyn, and Maecy.
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joshsboringlife posted:At an office I used to clean someone's first name was Gaylord but their cubicle tag had them as just Gay for short. What made it even more strange is that it was a woman. I deal with a bunch of orders from Gaylord, the company, and still snicker every time. GAYLORD.
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I just got a call from a recruiter whose first name was Kaki. I guess it's not a super uncommon name, but until I saw the spelling I was convinced someone had named their kid after the color of a pair of Dockers.
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There's always the cases of people whose name seemed okay when they got it too, but pop culture ruins it. I went to high school in the 90's with a girl named Alison Chains, for instance.
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I'm watching Supernanny/Jo Frost on TV occassionally, and it seems that any kids named Brayden, Jayden, Kayden and similar sounding names are highly likely to be in the target demographic to participate on the show. If their names sound like that, but are written ending in -don such as Braydon, Jaydon and especially Jordon, they are basically little shits.
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Goosed it. posted:This is the spelling from The Canterbury Tales so you might disagree with the choice but it's a very longstanding spelling. Rylan you say? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOqz_nQaqRY A guy called Rylan...singing. Kind of.
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I just found out my friends boyfriend Riley has a brother named Austin. I guess I should be grateful they stopped before they got to Hillman, Humber or Morris Minor.
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My sister babysat a little girl named Estrellita. That literally means "little star" in Spanish.
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My son's friend's name is Ryan, he has an older brother named Nolan. To my knowledge, neither the mom nor dad is a Texas Rangers fan.
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AFewBricksShy posted:My son's friend's name is Ryan, he has an older brother named Nolan. Why the hell are you posting "Ryan" and "Nolan" in the terrible names thread? What on earth is terrible about them? They're regular, common names.
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GIANT OUIJA BOARD posted:Why the hell are you posting "Ryan" and "Nolan" in the terrible names thread? What on earth is terrible about them? They're regular, common names. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolan_Ryan He's pointing out that naming one son Nolan and another Ryan seems like something a Rangers fan would do deliberately.
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Blast Fantasto posted:http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolan_Ryan But he also admits that neither is a fan, so it's just giving the kids ordinary names.
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Transcendent Man posted:My sister babysat a little girl named Estrellita. That literally means "little star" in Spanish. Estrella is a pretty normal Spanish name and it's common to call children by the -ita suffix. I guess if they aren't Spanish speakers or don't have any Spanish ancestry it's a little bit weird, but otherwise 
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squeegee posted:Estrella is a pretty normal Spanish name and it's common to call children by the -ita suffix. I guess if they aren't Spanish speakers or don't have any Spanish ancestry it's a little bit weird, but otherwise I was about to express confusion over this as well. Estrella's perfectly fine and as for the diminutive, hell, I'm in my late 30s and I still get an -ito added to my name when I'm from my mom, uncles, aunts, and older cousins.
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One of my GF's good friends has the last name Martin. They named their now 3 year old Rowan, with complete innocence. You can tell how old someone is based on whether or not they find this funny, or at least if they got Nick at Night in the 80s.
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GIANT OUIJA BOARD posted:But he also admits that neither is a fan, so it's just giving the kids ordinary names. I was expressing surprise that they weren't fans of Nolan Ryan, who is arguably one of the best known pitchers during the time we were growing up. They are both normal names but combined they make the name of a famous person. My neighbor named their son Jackson. If they named their other kid Michael, I would also be posting that here.
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I was in the drunk tank with a guy named Dick Hunter. He went by Rick. But really, Dick Hunter.
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My mom teaches kindergarten, and has come across a number of weird ones in her day. Including a brother/sister duo named Padme and Anakin. I knew a guy who named his son Thorin. As in, the dwarf from The Hobbit. It's bonus nerd points because he did that like 8 years ago, thus before the films. I just had a baby, and in the hospital I've surprisingly not encountered any real screwball names of babies. I was hoping to make fun of some of them while I went to visit my little baby Frankzappa Azeroth in the nursery.
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RazorBunny posted:I just got a call from a recruiter whose first name was Kaki. I guess it's not a super uncommon name, but until I saw the spelling I was convinced someone had named their kid after the color of a pair of Dockers. I've seen Kaki as a nickname for Katherine on more than one occasion. I don't know where it comes from, though.
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:I've seen Kaki as a nickname for Katherine on more than one occasion. I don't know where it comes from, though. Pronounced "khaki" or "kaykee"? AFewBricksShy posted:I was expressing surprise that they weren't fans of Nolan Ryan, who is arguably one of the best known pitchers during the time we were growing up. They are both normal names but combined they make the name of a famous person. I just realized that I know twins names Samuel and Jackson. Their dad is producer/director. Before they knew they were having twins they'd decided that their two favourite boys' names were Sam and Jack and it wasn't until later that they realized what they'd done.
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Goosed it. posted:Pronounced "khaki" or "kaykee"? I can't remember whether I've posted this before, but my second cousin Philippa Kettle was two before one of her mums friends had a couple of Chardonnays and pointed it out. Other great names in my family include Aberdeen, Ayston and Nixon. Nixon was born in the late 90s so there is no excuse.
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Goosed it. posted:
Convince them to have a daughter and name it Elle.
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There was a cop in my hometown called Wayne King. When I was a kid, I knew a girl called Rainbow Starfire, (this actually wasn't a particularly unusual name in my hometown). Family friends named their twin daughters Stomoxys and Glossina after the twins in Barbarella, not realising that the characters were named after genera of blood-sucking fly (Glossina is the tsetse fly). My 12-year-old cousin now goes by her middle name, because when she started preschool 8 years ago, there was already another girl there (in their class of around 15 kids) called Tigerlily. Lady Disdain has a new favorite as of 14:57 on Sep 7, 2013 |
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One of the people credited in Escape From New York is called Dick Warlock. I think they do stunts.
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Goosed it. posted:Pronounced "khaki" or "kaykee"? ...I don't know. I've only ever seen it written.
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