PYF Interesting, Cool, and Weird Names

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The Something Awful Forums > Main > Post Your Favorite: Carefully Curated > PYF Interesting, Cool, and Weird Names

sticklefifer: Nov 11, 2003; by VideoGames

My sister works in social services. A couple came in with three children: Odin, Loki, and...

Nope, not Thor. Carl. Carl! When you have two kids named after Norse gods, YOU NAME THE THIRD ONE AFTER A NORSE loving GOD, NOT CARL.

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sticklefifer: Nov 11, 2003; by VideoGames

NorskHotDog posted:

I don't know if it's some weird Norwegian thing to give your kid your last name as a first name, but I've met both a Henrik Henriksen and Kittel Kittelsen.

It is. Culturally, this is like naming your kid "Junior". Literally, "Henrik is Henrik's son", or "Henrik, son of Henrik".
It's the same for girls if the surname ends in -dottir instead of -sen.

# ¿ Sep 26, 2012 16:55

sticklefifer: Nov 11, 2003; by VideoGames

This isn't a bad name, but I stopped into a supermarket on a road trip several years ago and the cashier's name was Alpha Remington. That might be the most badass name I've ever heard. It sounds like an action hero.

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