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People with Unusual Names
Earlier this week, there were a bunch of ESPN news stories on an Alabama defensive back named Ha Ha Clinton-Dix. Ignoring the stories, I got a question: what's with naming your kid "Ha Ha"? I guess his parents had a sense of humor. So -- know anyone with an unusual name (first, last, both)? Know the story behind it? Share. Oct 05 13 03:53 pm Link I knew a woman. When she was born, her parents wanted to name her after both her grandmothers, but the grandmothers had different names, and they couldn't decide whose name would go first. Fortunately, both grandmothers were born in the same month. They named the girl October. That's her real name. Oct 05 13 03:55 pm Link Looknsee Photography wrote: Might have been due to a sense of humor. It could have been the "Boy Named Sue" situation. After all, Ha Ha did grow up to be a defensive back for Alabama. Oct 05 13 03:57 pm Link I met a girl on a bus once. She was sixteen, and on her way to Denver where her older boyfriend was going to tie her to a bed for an entire weekend. She had twelve names. Her first name was Zeus, and I think her second name was Aphrodite. After that, came ten more Greek gods. Oct 05 13 03:59 pm Link Oh, and Daniel! His mom was one of two unmarried sisters back at the turn of the century. They made a bet that the first one who had a son and wasn't married would have to name the boy Daniel. Daniel Boone. Oct 05 13 04:00 pm Link I knew a girl in college who was a math major. Her name was Theta Alpha. Seriously. First name Theta. Last name Alpha. Her parents were both mathematicians. I'm not sure if Alpha was the natural last name of the dad or if he legally changed it to that because he was a math geek, but mom and pop did name the daughter in a fit of geekdom overload. Theta liked her name and she enjoyed the double-takes people did during introductions. Oct 05 13 04:05 pm Link A girl on facebook posted her bill from some restaurant today saying that this happens to her EVERY time. Her name is Croix. But the bill says Kroy. Well.... really. What is your expectation when your name is so odd? My name is Greg. I get to be a little annoyed when people hear it as Craig or even Brad. (Brad??!) I don't have a speech impediment. When you say Croix, it sounds exactly like Kroy or Croy. Because that's what it sounds like. Maybe if you're in the deep Louisiana south or Quebec, you'll get Croix written on your ticket. But not in Orlando. Oct 05 13 05:07 pm Link I went to school with a girl named Rose Bush and a guy named Forrest Flowers. By far the worst name I've come across was a little girl named Mia Hooker. Oct 05 13 05:13 pm Link OK for real, at work this week, I had a meeting with a real estate agent named Justin Butts for real, on my daughters life. i would be happy to upload a copy of his business card one more time..... Justin Butts Oct 05 13 05:20 pm Link Went to school with a, Candy Barr, Sandy Beach, Polly Ester Sheets, and Jennet Dick, who upon graduation we learned her real name was (can't spell it but they announced it as:) I'llfeela Dick. Don't know if it was supposed to be Ophelia, but that is not what they said. Sandy Beach had an perfect grade point average and never missed a day at school in her life, OSU supposedly tossed her application because they thought it was a joke in 1979 Oct 05 13 05:37 pm Link My West Virginia roommate has uncles named Lemon and Lime. Old style "Boy named Sue" mentality. In Japan there was a "Hino Maru", which is sort of like naming your kid "Stars and Stripes." One year my college housing department assigned incoming freshmen roommates: Mathew, Mark, Luke and John. Another room contained Forrest, Birch and Tre. Oct 05 13 07:31 pm Link Oct 05 13 07:35 pm Link Maybe not deliberately named by the parents... but I know one of my fathers friends goes by the name Craig Enis. My dad his whole life thought his name was Craig, until they called out his name at his graduation ceremony, saying his name was Peter. My dad never picked up why he had the name change until he decided he saw how letters were being sent to him... P. Enis. I can only really see that as the parents being stupid and making a mistake. Oct 05 13 07:38 pm Link My boyfriend knows a girl named Spice. Ugh. Oct 05 13 07:53 pm Link My son went to Kindergarten with a boy named Dragon. He is Chinese. I asked him when I saw him in soccer a year later if he was born in the Year of the Dragon. He was amazed I knew that. Being a "dragon" is supposed to be the luckiest and it is the aim of the Chinese to have their child born in those years. My ex-husband is a dragon also. He was one lucky SOB;) Oct 05 13 07:58 pm Link My wife use to work for an insurance company. Her job was to verify the info on the newly insured. She found a girl named Aquanetta and a girl named Chlamydia. There were other names almost as funny so I may list those later. Oct 05 13 08:23 pm Link I went to elementary school with a Cougar and a Granite. For real. Both boys. Oct 05 13 08:27 pm Link Schlake wrote: Nevermind her name, did you try and convince her you could do better and invite her back to your place assuming this was when you were still back in high school so the age difference wouldn't have been creepy or anything... Oct 05 13 09:55 pm Link de BUEN PHOTOGRAPHY wrote: I was in my twenties. I thought she was creepy. Oct 05 13 10:45 pm Link Hello, Frank Zappa named his first born, a boy Dwezel, and his second born was a girl, she was Moon Unit Two. She has changed her name but he is now a musican like Daddy. Oct 05 13 11:11 pm Link Schlake wrote: Fair enough... Oct 05 13 11:15 pm Link My sister's first husband (last name "Alexander") wanted to name their daughter "Brandy". My sister wouldn't go for it. My first name is Guy. Not terribly unusual, but somewhat uncommon. When I introduce myself to wedding parties that I'm shooting, "I'm Guy, the picture guy. Easy to remember." Oct 06 13 02:51 am Link I rather enjoy coming across people whose names seem to perfectly match their jobs: [some REAL people I actually know or knew in the past] * A fire chief named "Ash" * Another fire chief named "Stokes" * Two US wildlife agents working in the same office named "Byrd" and "Trapp" * A judge named "Judge" and so is addressed as "Judge Judge" has just retired [30 Sept] from the position of Lord Chief Justice and President of the Courts of England and Wales Studio36 Oct 06 13 06:09 am Link studio36uk wrote: I had a boyfriend who was a private detective. His name was Richard, AKA Dick. Oct 06 13 07:13 am Link All Yours Photography wrote: I know a guy named Guy too! Oct 06 13 07:13 am Link I went to school with a Korean boy named "No", and I once knew a little girl named "Kamisha-bye". I love unusual names. Oct 06 13 07:24 am Link I live in a small town. There are only a half dozen MDs in town. A few years ago, we had Dr. Payne and Dr. Needles in the same office. Oct 06 13 07:25 am Link Good Egg Productions wrote: Really?? Is it St Kroy? Or St Croy?? No, it's St Croix... Croix is fairly common and I doubt there are too many people that haven't heard of St Croix.. If you don't know how to spell something, you do the polite thing and ask.. When someone tells me their last name is Brown(e), I always ask if it's with an e.. I don't assume.. Oct 06 13 08:24 am Link Tropical Photography wrote: chuckles Oct 06 13 08:59 am Link I used to work with a guy that named his daughter "Tomorrow". He used to be a professional football player and was traveling a lot when his wife was pregnant. She was past due when he was on the road and he would call home and ask "is the baby here yet?" and his wife would say "no...possibly tomorrow". This went on a for a while so he started asking "is tomorrow here yet?". So when his daughter was finally born they called her Tomorrow. My hubby used to work with a guy named Richard Doctor. Well Richard was also a Doctor, so he was Dr. Doctor. He would go by "Dick". So he ended up being Dr. Dick Doctor. My real name is Misty. It isn't that unusual or complicated but it is constantly mispronounced. I am frequently called Mitzi. Or people ask is that "Miss P". I am surprised by how often this happens. Oct 06 13 09:44 am Link I went to middle school with a girl named Nraca. It's pronounced like En rah suh. Oct 06 13 09:52 am Link Eastern Euro names are always fun. My brother's name is Stjepan (pronounced like "styay-pahn"). No one in the US can ever say it. A lot of people will just call him "Steven" which he HATES. I also knew a guy named Richard Cox in high school. Poor kid. Oct 06 13 09:59 am Link A friend of mine used to work in a call center and would always tell me about the weird names she'd come across. A few that stuck were Herr Fleischfresser (Mr. Meat-Eater), Dennis Pfannkuchen (Dennis Pancake) and Rainer Knoblauch (sounds exactly like Pure Garlic). Oct 06 13 10:13 am Link When I was an Army brat in Frankfurt, Germany, we had a cat and its veterinarian was partnered with another vet, Dr. Maus. In German, mouse. Dr. Maus refused to work with cats. Oct 06 13 11:22 am Link my friends brother is named Forest. that an odd one. Oct 06 13 02:22 pm Link I know a guy named Woodrow William Johnson. Seems okay until you break it down. Woody Willy Johnson. Oct 06 13 02:29 pm Link Looknsee Photography wrote: Just looking at it (having no idea who this person is), I assumed it was a nickname or maybe it was a foreign name. I know a Yaya. Oct 06 13 02:40 pm Link Mine. My parents like The Omen, they were 19 and stoners, and I turned out to be a girl so they just rolled with it. Oct 06 13 03:17 pm Link There was this 1-1/2 ton truck that was always parked on Terminal Ave back in the day in Vancouver and I always got a chuckle because the Chinese owners I'm sure were not aware of the problem. Their truck was plastered with their company name in big black letters, "Hung Gai Meats & Poultry". Quite unfortunate. Then there was the time (not at band camp) when I was lining up to pay for my University courses and they were calling out peoples' names but no one was going up to the counter. The Chinese guy in front of me was busy yakking away to someone on his cell and the person at the counter meanwhile was calling out for 'Hung'. Finally the guy gets off the phone and looks up at the counter. The old lady at the counter makes eye contact with the Chinese guy asking him "are you Hung"? There was not a single dry eye in the room after 5 seconds as EVERYONE was rolling around laughing so hard while the poor old lady had no idea what had happened. One of her younger colleagues must have explained it to her because she had turned beet red and looked horrified. Poor old lady. Oct 06 13 03:59 pm Link When we lived in Seattle, my wife's BFF briefly dated a guy named Winter Spring Summers. He had a sister named ---wait for it--- Autumn. For reals. Oct 06 13 03:59 pm Link |
