Strange names

allegram

My youngest son is Atticus - as in to kill a mocking bird - its the 50th anniversary.

Oh oh oh! Atticus I love that name. It sounds pretty and Atticus Finch was a man of real integrity. I just have to wait another decade til I have children....

ALW65

I worked in a newborn nursery for 10 years in the inner city, and the names some people gave kids made you want to cry! The one that still sticks in my mind is "Panther Cougar" for a baby girl born to a coke-addicted mom. To make matters worse, "Panther Cougar" was followed by four different last names!!! I'm thinking it was hers and the three possible babydaddies. As the nurses talked about that name, my only thought was with a name like that you're more likely to end up dancing in the wrong kind of place versus a lawyer or physician!

Yesterday on NPR there was a story about people who love the book "Gone with the Wind" ... a lady that called into the show had many brothers and sisters and they were all named after people in the novel.

Evjones28

Baby Girl Green is what Phoebe in friends thinks Rachel's baby is called (because of her ID tag).

I've met a Coral and Reef (sister and brother) which I thought was quite cute

Someone named their daughter Infant because of the ID tag :huh:

Ohh, and ABC -- pronounce (ah bee see), Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow ... somebody called these in on a radio station :laugh: Hilarious Poor kids ...

And let's not get started with any celebrity baby names ... OmG the list would go on for days

mommared53

My son is always joking about naming his future child a really weird name like Narcolepsy Insomnia. :laugh: I can't remember some of the other names he's come up with but he's just so onery. :laugh:

LuckyLeprechaun

Yesterday on NPR there was a story about people who love the book "Gone with the Wind" ... a lady that called into the show had many brothers and sisters and they were all named after people in the novel.

I'm sure it wasn't about my stepkids, but their names are Ashley ( a character from the book), Brittany Leigh (Margaret Leigh played Scarlett in the Movie) and MItchell (author of the book). It petered out there, and the 4th and 5th kids aren't GWTW-related.

charc16

My mom's name is Hope and my name is Faith (I go by Charlotte, thankfully). As soon as someone finds out my first name they always comment on the "Hope and Faith" aspect, followed 99% of the time by "Is your sister names Charity?" (it's Hannah). But my mom was named after her mom's twin sister, and then I was named after my grandmother. And I know what you are thinking...no, we are not religious at all.

sbwood888

My Granny's name was Ruby Melvina and I have an Aunt Bill. My mother's name is Hellen. It is pronounced Helen. Don't know why my Granny chose to make her Hell-en.

ALW65

My grandmother had an unusual old-fashioned first name: Lavina - her nickname was "Wine"

She married my grandfather who had an unusual German surname: Anger

My mom was harrassed as a kid...."Are you Angry Arlene?"

pyroxian

Went to high school w with a (seriously) "Harry Boner" spelled and pronounced just that way.

Dear friend and former co-worker whose last name is Nus, first name Paul... used to show up on caller-id as P. Nus
He got married a while back to Andrea... so now we have P. Nus and A. Nus. Needless to say they don't go by their first initial/last name combination much.

tristalin

I worked in a call center many years ago & got frequent calls from a lady named Tangerine Tingle. There was also a man named Michael Jackson who would call a lot.

california_peach

The Marine Corp recuiter that used to come to my college was named, **** Skinner. Not sure of his rank at the time, but I always prayed for him to get promoted to Major, so he would then be a Major **** Skinner.

Cindib13

There was a set of twins named Cain and Abel. Cain was the oldest. Did they not read the story? When twins are in the womb and in the hospital they are referred to by Twin A and Twin B. This mother got mad that the hospital named her twins. Long story short, they are now known as TwinAsha and TwinBsha. Some people shouldn't breed.

Cindib13

Oh and I forgot the name of the year Pandora. People really need to research names before they name their children.

aoifebr

I recently meet a guy called Peter - pretty average right & not very funny till you realise his surname is Pan yep he's Peter Pan!!!

heidiberr

I call professors all day and I had a Professor Fat Ho (seriously spelt that way) that I had to call--I would always laugh when his voicemail came up, had to hang up and call back....terrible.

CookieCatCatcher

My mom had 5 kids: Lindsy, Alex, Breeanne, Chelsea, Hayley.

I named my son: Auston.

None of these are strange names - but we were the only ones in school and college with them. And, I've never met anyone else who spelled Lindsy like I do.

My husbands favorite car is the Aston Martin, so he wanted to name our son Aston. I slipped a "u" in there on the birth certificate so he wouldn't get called "a**". LOL

UsedToBeHusky

I know Autumn Day and Summer Snow.

Qarol

The most unfortunate name I've ever known someone personally having is Dagmar Hagbloom. I kid you not. My friend's maiden name was Hagbloom, and her aunt was named Dagmar.

stephbraden74

My husband is a police officer and has a frequent offender by the name of La-dia...not to wierd until you realize that she seriously prounounces it "La dashdia" LOL I dont know why but that just cracks me up!!! some people!!

Kolohe71

I was in the Army with a Brian B Butler. Very common until you realize that B was not an intial, it was his full middle name.

Every time he had to fill out some kind of paper work, the conversation would always go something like this:

"Sir, I need your full middle name on this form"
"That is my full middle name"
"No Sir, this is just your initial"
"B is my middle name"
"OK, but what does B stand for?"
"My middle name is the letter B!"

RubyLarkspur77

My neighbor has 3 sons and they all have practically the same name. The father's name is Wayne. They named their first son Jason DeWayne. The second son is Daniel Wayne. And their third child is Wayne Jr. They just call him J. R. I think it's sad that they couldn't come up with different names for their children.

LdyGeko

I used to type medical reports for a living - and the doctor pronounced this guy's first name as "shy-theed" - guess how it was spelled? Sh!thead. Yes, seriously. He was from another country, so at least it wasn't deliberate, that's just how it was written in English. <shakes head> If I moved here and found out my name was like that, I'd have to legally change it....

binary_jester

I knew a Ben Dover...he went by Benji

My favorite is this girl who went to the courts to get her name changed. They allowed it because "Talula does the hula from Hawaii" was just too cruel.

Or the daughter of a Texas govenor...Ima Hogg

MistyMtnMan

When I worked at Starbucks I met tons of people and the one that stuck out the most was a woman named Kandi Barr!! NO LIE I saw it on her credit card! I also have a friend who went to school with a Cinnamon Jenkins and a Bootsie Dynamite Williams haha! I wish I was making this up but I swear on my mothers eyes I'm not.

Oh I remembered one more. One of my dads good friends that he hung out with when I was young was named Bernie Blaze Luis. Yep Blaze was his middle name. Pretty sweet actually.

kristiek7

Friend in highschool - January. She worked in a coffee shop and wore the nametag 'martha' because so many people gave her a hard time about her real name.

My grade 3 teacher was Mrs. Flood. Her son was Flash (Gordon) Flood. Her daughter was Spring Flood.

InstantSunshine

Mine are both Seans. Once I found the name Sean Close on a database somewhere and thought it highly amusing, until I met, in the flesh, had several pints with and can genuinely verify the existence of.....: Sean Beavor!

TheNewStacie

Or the daughter of a Texas govenor...Ima Hogg

I live near the Varner-Hogg Plantation, remember this was years ago, but yes the daughter was Ima and the other was Ura

Sweetcheeks278

I use to work with a woman that named her first born Bart. Which I can't get past thinking Bart Simpson. When she had her second son I thought it can't be worse, but she named him Wood. Poor kid. Esp. being a boy, who he doomed to be made fun of. and my hubby grew up with a George George ????

XFitMojoMom

Worked in Biotech as Sales & Marketing - met lots of folks. Names I'll never forget: Mary Pat Beavers; D!ck Wife; Bum Bum Yum. Try calling for and asking to speak to the latter with a straight face. D!ck Wife was a fairly senior scientist... The first time I was introduced to him, I asked if he was kidding!

Edited to edit D!ck

chocolateandvodka

my actual name is Leora. which is Hebrew/Egyptian.

I am Mexican. Do not ask me how i wound up with this name, no one in my family is even sure... and i hate it. i get called Leroy almost every day. do i look like a Leroy? um no...

p.s. i work in healthcare and once met a lady with the name Bich Nguyen. I can only imagine how badly she wanted to change her name...