How about a weird name thread

RevRico wrote: Isis, mariajose, Queen, princess, cattleya, gentry At least they could have put this stuff in alphabetical order.

There were no negative connotations to "Isis" until relatively recent times...

In reply to GameboyRMH:

April 2013 is what the US calls the time isis came to be.

Just saw a "forever" and a "name". I still haven't made it through the female names though, Holy crap. I forget how much data you can fit in a 200kb text file.

I've also been reading this wrong. The number next to the name is the number of occurrences of the name, not popularity rank.

Double edit: year 2015 Berkley,F,242 so 242 girls named Berkley in 2015.

Triple edit: Ciin,F,14

How? My family's last name in Italy was SIINO, they made us change it at Ellis Island because you can't have 2 I' s together. And there are less than 14 people in this country with my last name.

KyAllroad wrote: Later I worked with Sergent Blood...

Wonder if he ever made it to major and decided to work for the international terrorist organization known as Cobra?

psteav wrote: You know....I've hear about Le-a, E36 M3head, and Lemonjello and Orangejello about four hundred times. NEVER from anyone who can actually confirm that they've laid eyes on these mythical people. Here is a link to the name of every person who's applied for a social security card since the program's inception. If anyone finds me any of these names on that list, I'll eat my goddamned hat.

I've seen their medical records. Ill swear it on a stack of miata factory service manuals.

Also, got an application whilst I as a manager. Last name gates. First name hevan. Middle name Lee. I thought it was a gag until she came in for an interview. She was 16 with a kid with the movie theatre projection person from next door. I feel like she was doomed with that name.

In reply to RevRico:

Oh, I'll believe weird. I've met weirder than the lemonjello/etc/etc. But with those names specifically, it's often someone trying to make the point that "black people are so trashy/dumb/etc. to name their kids that". Sometimes that's not the intent, and I'm not imputing that intent to anyone I've seen make the point here. But I think perpetuating what's become a running racist joke is a bad thing.

mndsm, I'd have to see it before I'd believe it. I'll preheat my hat.

On to actual weird names...have a friend whose cousin is named Chevydale. One word, Chevy like the car, Dale as in Earnhardt Jr. Parents are big Nascar fans.

psteav wrote: You know....I've hear about Le-a, E36 M3head, and Lemonjello and Orangejello about four hundred times. NEVER from anyone who can actually confirm that they've laid eyes on these mythical people.

My story was told to me by a guy who was doing electrical work at a school in Florida and the story was that he claimed he overheard a teacher doing roll call on the first day of school. I was not there, he was probably full of E36 M3. All other parts of my post are true and seen first hand though.

psteav wrote: In reply to RevRico: Oh, I'll believe weird. I've met weirder than the lemonjello/etc/etc. But with those names specifically, it's often someone trying to make the point that "black people are so trashy/dumb/etc. to name their kids that". Sometimes that's not the intent, and I'm not imputing that intent to anyone I've seen make the point here. But I think perpetuating what's become a running racist joke is a bad thing. mndsm, I'd have to see it before I'd believe it. I'll preheat my hat. On to actual weird names...have a friend whose cousin is named Chevydale. One word, Chevy like the car, Dale as in Earnhardt Jr. Parents are big Nascar fans.

I get what you're saying, ans quote frankly I don't blame you. I've done plenty of hat eating in my time. Wool pairs well with a nice Bordeaux. I spent years working Minnesota Medicaid, and let me tell you, that ain't half of what I've seen. And trust me, white people are still worse.

RealMiniParker wrote: In reply to OHSCrifle: The other urban legend I heard was twin girls, Syphilis and Gonorrhea, pronounced si-FYE-luss and gone-OR-ee-ah.

Heard an urban legend of a girl name Chlamydia.

Screenshot from 1987, the year I was born. I'm kind of surprised by where my name, Enrico, falls. I thought there were less.

I did go to school with a kid named Santino. And a Keaton, with his younger brother Dalton. Haven't seen their names yet, but again, no search feature.

This database is fun. I need to load it into my laptop so I can search better.

I just remembered, a woman my wife worked with had a son named Moomean.

I know a fellow by the name of Clipper. Does that qualify?

This is third hand, but still funny.

A friend of my father joined the army. His name was WD Jones. The WD weren't initials, that was his name. The recruiter asked for a name for the paperwork, and WD told him WD Jones. W only, D only Jones. No other names. So that's how the recruiter filled out the paperwork.

For his 4 year hitch, he was known as Wonly Donly Jones.

Went to school with Richard Butts. He went by Dick. His dad was Harold. Went by Harry. They were big guys, and mean.

Worked with Dick Bender. He was old and wiry. Slowest worker I ever saw, but when the quitting time bell rang, the guy ran like Carl Lewis.

Wife went to school with Seth Pool. Like cesspool said with a lisp. She said he had a lisp too.

How about Dick Butkus? Surprised we've made it this far without his mention. Don't think I'd wanna make fun of him, though...

In reply to RevRico:

To put it in perspective, there are as many guys your age running around named Emily and Erica as there are with your name

My grandpa was named Jones Thomas. His daughter married Mr. Smith. They named their son Thomas Smith. He married Miss Jones. They named their firstborn Jones Thomas Smith.

My 1st father-in-law was named William Williams III. Named his son William Williams IV.

I had a great uncle named and a 3rd cousin named Puesy. Have no idea where that name came from.

Until recently, I've been a retail pharmacist. I can assure you that if you hear of a weird ghetto name or a stupid WASP name (example-Maddisyn) it's probably true. One of my favorites, I actually sorta like it, is Chukerambla. I had a co-worker who named her daughter Zymiracle.

wlkelley3 wrote:

RealMiniParker wrote: In reply to OHSCrifle: The other urban legend I heard was twin girls, Syphilis and Gonorrhea, pronounced si-FYE-luss and gone-OR-ee-ah.

Heard an urban legend of a girl name Chlamydia.

Whenever I hear that name I think of Groucho Marx singing "Chlamydia the Tatooed Lady."

My grandfather's funeral director was named Toomes. No lie.

My father's first name was Rupes, though he went by his middle name Leon. My maternal grandmother's name was Nella, which was her father's name backwards.

An acquaintance of mine named his daughter Isabella Minchella. She races in the kids division at Monadnock Speedway.

Then there's this guy whose daughter is named Carolyn, but it sure isn't spelled like that. It's something like Keirylyn. Took me weeks to figure it out.

This site will break your brain: http://www.bestlittlebaby.com/alternate-name-speller.aspx

"Use our Alternate Name Speller to find different ways to spell common baby names. Do you love this name, but want a different spelling?... Or maybe you just want to put a unique spin on a common name? You can use the Alternate name speller to get unique spellings for common names."

Though it doesn't get too creative for my name

"Here are some possible spelling variations...

Allan

Alann

Allann"

Names

In pre-school I remember a boy named "Rachel". He moved to Washington D.C. half way through my stint at that pre-school.

I can remember this, but not what I ate for dinner the day before last...

Furious_E wrote: How about Dick Butkus? Surprised we've made it this far without his mention. Don't think I'd wanna make fun of him, though...

I've always wondered if the reason he was such a terror on the football field was making up for how that name went over in 5th grade.

We had a realtor named Latrina list our house for sale once. Yes, she put her full name on the sign.

The explanation I've usually heard for "It's pronounced She-THEE-ad" is that this was a case of "foreign name with unfortunate meaning in English" rather than illiterate parents. I haven't actually seen that name in real life.

I knew we were taking something of a risk when my wife and I decided to name our daughter Clarice, but we figured that movie came out long enough ago that her classmates are more likely to run into The Silence of the Lambs as required reading in their English class than see the movie.

Vancouver B.C. had a police officer named Sara Swallows.

Bet middle school was hell for her.

I grew up in a hippie town. In the early 80's I went to school with Lyric, Harmony, Reignbough, Arrow and lots of Jerrys. Alternative spellings of more common names was pretty much the norm as well.

I tried to get my wife to allow me to use some English weirdness for the kids but it was a no-go. There was a band in the 90's called Ghoti Hook and I clearly remember the day I figured out it was pronounced "fish".