S/O Strangest Name You Ever Heard:

[MeaganS]

There was a girl who went to camp with me named Pepper Ann Solt. Weirdest name I've ever heard.

[sgilli3]

I met a Berserk Picnic once.:lol:

[Miss Marple]

Read in the past few days on FoxNews.com that a woman ran over a man whose name is: Lord Jesus Christ. I guess the powers that be checked on the name and it was his legal name. I think I'd be afraid of thunderbolts zapping me if that were my name (I couldn't live up to it :tongue_smilie:)

 

My OB has the last name of KnifeChief! Fitting?!?

[nukeswife]

Jadzia (named after Jadzia Dax from Star Trek: DS9) -- She was the newborn granddaughter of a lady at my church growing up. The Grandma was NOT thrilled with this name.

 

No kidding, we saw a commercial van around town about 5 months ago advertising, "Perfectly Planned by Candida" (it was a party planning company).

 

My neighbor growing up was a dentist. His name was Dr. Paine.

 

We actually had Jadzia in the mix when our dd was born. We ended up going with a name from ST Voyager instead. We named her Annika (pronounced ON ih kuh) after Jeri Ryan's borg character (Annika was her human name before being assimilated) Although Eisley as in "Mos Eisley" a city from Starwars was also in the mix. Our biggest problem is that people want to call her Anakin as in Skywalker or pronounce it uh KNEE ka which she hates, so most times she goes by her full first and middle names of Annika Clare.

 

I haven't heard of any others that aren't urban legends. My birthday is July 3rd and the OB was pushing my mom to name me Liberty. I'm glad she didn't I'm just not Libby.

[Impish]

Friend of mine heard a mom yelling for her dd in Walmart. "Chlamydia!" was screamed at top volume for several minutes.

 

When I first moved here, I saw an ad in the paper I thought was a prank. "The Harry Hole Award for Policing" Turns out that nope, it was real. Harry Hole had been a police commissioner or some such.

 

I knew a child named Brave Colt. Went to school with a Porche.

[OH_Homeschooler]

A few months ago I found out a former coworker of mine named her baby Maverick Tripp. I suppose she was moved by the political spirit of our times, but it just annoys me. It's a BABY, not a political statement.

[GWOB]

I had an English teacher named Dixie Winn (married name). Winn Dixie is a grocery-store chain in the south. When she filled out applications, people thought she was joking. I think she ended up hyphenating her last name.

 

I've personally known kids named Maverick and Towns.

[Meriwether]

Here in the South you occasionally hear a few odd ones like Tater, Duder and Uddry (pronounced like Audrey) and I have a great great grandmother whose name was Leafie.

 

 

 

Oh, that reminds me of the little boy at my parents' church named Mater - after the movie Cars.

[GWOB]

A few months ago I found out a former coworker of mine named her baby Maverick Tripp. I suppose she was moved by the political spirit of our times, but it just annoys me. It's a BABY, not a political statement.

 

Ha! We posted at the same time! I agree totally.

[BeckyFL]

Growing up, there were two brothers named Boris and Igor.

[OnTheBrink]

Oh, and you DID all hear that Lord Jesus Christ III was hit by a car recently in MA?

 

http://www.ktar.com/?nid=399&sid=1292060

 

Apparently the man legally changed his name a couple years ago. Imagine explaining to your insurance company that you hit Lord Jesus Christ? :lol:

 

OH, that reminds me! When I was a kid, we had a pastor whose last name was Lord! Pastor Lord! LOL

[bairnmama]

Growing up, I had a friend named Sunny Day. She also had a cousin named Rainee Day! Also, there was a man with the name Little Berry Phillips.

 

In my college town there was a plastic surgeon named Dr. Hooker. :001_smile:

[OnTheBrink]

Friend of mine heard a mom yelling for her dd in Walmart. "Chlamydia!" was screamed at top volume for several minutes.

 

When I first moved here, I saw an ad in the paper I thought was a prank. "The Harry Hole Award for Policing" Turns out that nope, it was real. Harry Hole had been a police commissioner or some such.

 

I knew a child named Brave Colt. Went to school with a Porche.

 

Was it spelled like the car, or was it Portia (sounds the same, spelled differently). I've known a Portia before. It's also the name of a Shakespearean character.

[MommyRyan]

A young boy named Tupolo. Like the tree.

[BikeBookBread]

Was it spelled like the car, or was it Portia (sounds the same, spelled differently). I've known a Portia before. It's also the name of a Shakespearean character.

 

Come to think of it, I went to school with a Porsche (like the car), a Mercedes (although I think I read once that the automobile was originally named after the founder's daughter - don't know if this is true or not), and a January.

[pooh bear]

Some odd first names I have come across in dh family tree

 

Prosper

Van Rensseler

Squire

Kemper

Garland

Elexious

Monsieur

[Nakia]

I work on a mother-baby unit, and I have heard some doozies. A couple of weeks ago, we had a little named Spear. His older brother was Sledge.

 

Also took care of a little baby girl named Steel and one named Feather...

[elegantlion]

We actually had Jadzia in the mix when our dd was born. We ended up going with a name from ST Voyager instead. We named her Annika (pronounced ON ih kuh) after Jeri Ryan's borg character (Annika was her human name before being assimilated) Although Eisley as in "Mos Eisley" a city from Starwars was also in the mix. Our biggest problem is that people want to call her Anakin as in Skywalker or pronounce it uh KNEE ka which she hates, so most times she goes by her full first and middle names of Annika Clare.

 

I haven't heard of any others that aren't urban legends. My birthday is July 3rd and the OB was pushing my mom to name me Liberty. I'm glad she didn't I'm just not Libby.

 

We had Kira in the final list if ds had been a girl.

 

My great-grandfather's name was Lois, spelled and pronounced like the girls name.

[jujsky]

Growing up, there were two brothers named Boris and Igor.

 

If they had Russian parents, that's not unusual. Almost all of the Russian men I know are named Alexander (Sasha, for short), Boris, Igor, or Evgeny. Most of the women are either Elena, Irina, Olga, or Natasha.

[Julie in MO]

I heard a story that happened before I started working on this particular unit. A woman had not decided what to name her baby so she was leaving the hospital with an incomplete birth certificate. On the line for "name," the hospital staff wrote BG (which stood for baby girl). The woman thought the staff had named the baby for her and she kept it - BG. This was many years ago....I don't know if they even let you leave the hospital without a bona fide name on the birth certificate. I always wondered if they had it changed legally at some point.....:001_smile:

Blessings,

Julie

[akmommy]

a Mercedes (although I think I read once that the automobile was originally named after the founder's daughter - don't know if this is true or not)

 

Yes, the car was named after his daughter. I have a niece named Mercedes. My sil had a baby name book from the early 1900's and Mercedes was in there.

 

I went to school with a boy named Sunrise and a girl named America. My brother knew a Frisby Bisby. My aunt named her last baby Candace (Candy) Kane. Unfortunately she was born prematurely and only lived a few hours.

 

My G-grandfather had 21 children (2 died in infancy) and all of the boys were named after statesman and others men he admired. He immigrated from Ireland as a child with his parents and was very patriotic. There was Christopher Columbus, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and so on.

[Orthodox6]

The two that come to mind are:

* Angel - for a boy's name (poor boy)

* Critter - as a given first name (very poor boy)

 

I thought that "Angel" (pronounced, roughly, Ahn-hel' ) is a Spanish-language name for males. Hence not a strange name.

[Cricket]

I went to school with:

 

Richard "Dick" Head

Kristina "Kris" Cross

some one named Polyester

 

My aunt taught:

Orangejello (or RANJ el low) and Lemonjello (le MONJ el low)

 

and I have seen:

Tarantula

Female (prouncned Feh Mal LAY)

 

and several that I am pretty sure were contrived from whatever the mother was screaming during childbirth.

 

My aunt used to work at a bank and once helped a woman named Female. That is just so sad!

 

One of my great-aunts was named Fairy. She was the youngest of many children and apparently they never bothered to name her. They just called her Baby. She named herself when she was about 3.

[Orthodox6]

If they had Russian parents, that's not unusual. Almost all of the Russian men I know are named Alexander (Sasha, for short), Boris, Igor, or Evgeny. Most of the women are either Elena, Irina, Olga, or Natasha.

 

My children joke that, if during church service someone suddenly were to yell, " IRINA ! ! " , that at least half of the women would jerk around to see what was needed. (Competing vote with this joke is the name "Elena".)

 

I have met only one Boris, and only one Igor throughout the years, though.

[akmommy]

 

I don't know if they even let you leave the hospital without a bona fide name on the birth certificate.

Yes, they do or at least used to. We knew a native Alaskan family that waited 6 months to name their children. Apparently this is (or was) custom among a few Native Alaskan tribes.

[Jenny in GA]

I don't have time to read this whole thread, but I've got to share this one. I laughed so hard I was practically choking.

 

I read somewhere that a delivery nurse had a family name their baby girl "Shay- THEAD." That was how they pronounced it.

 

How was it spelled? I am NOT making this up --

 

SHI - THEAD.

[Scuff]

My grandma's name was Rosy (short for Roseanna, but she went by Rosy) Cheek. We always joked it could be her porn name. I've also known a few people with double names. (robert Roberts, Patrick Fitzpatrick, ect) Seems to me that if you have a first name for/in your last name, that you should pick something else for the poor cbild's first name.

Edited May 12, 2010 by Scuff

[DawnM]

We had a Norwegian student come to our American school. Her name was Yoren, but it was pronounced like "Urine" We had to tell her that perhaps she would want to re-pronounce that.

 

I had a student named Ariola. I couldn't even bring myself to call her name for roll call. I don't think any of the students knew what it meant in English though. I was the only one bothered by it.

 

Dawn

[ciyates]

My Great Grandmother named 3 of her kids Jessie James, Bonnie and Clyde.

My Uncle Clyde named his sons John Wayne and Rocky.

 

I went to school with sisters named Precious, Princess and Heaven Leigh.

 

My friend Tara named her daughter Lexus Mercedes Bentley but we all call her Lexie.

[Mrs Mungo]

This isn't a weird name, but it's unusual and cool - Sophronia Adeline Roseberry. One of my dh's relatives ( my dd is doing some geneology).

 

A friend of mine has nephews named Captain and Concord.

 

My dh sat next to a woman on his flight home from Paris last year, and her sons were named Pirate and Zeppelin. Turned out her dh was the lead singer of the band Korn.

 

I think it's funny that Pirate and Zeppelin actually have an older brother named Nathan.

 

The two that come to mind are:

* Angel - for a boy's name (poor boy)

* Critter - as a given first name (very poor boy)

 

I thought that "Angel" (pronounced, roughly, Ahn-hel' ) is a Spanish-language name for males. Hence not a strange name.

 

I agree. This is a really common name for a boy in some parts of the world.

 

Come to think of it, I went to school with a Porsche (like the car), a Mercedes (although I think I read once that the automobile was originally named after the founder's daughter - don't know if this is true or not), and a January.

 

Mercedes is also a really common Spanish/Latino name and has nothing to do with the car. It's a religious name.

 

Spanish name associated with the cult of the Virgin Mary, from the liturgical title "Maria de las Mercedes" (Mary of the Mercies; 'Our Lady of Ransom').

Latin 'mercedes' originally meant 'wages' or 'ransom'.

In Christian theology, Christ's sacrifice is regarded as a 'ransom for the sins of mankind', hence an 'act of ransom' was seen as identical with an 'act of mercy'.

 

My parents went to school with a Robin Hood, a Jack Frost and a Donald Duck.

[Ohdanigirl]

When I was in high school, I met a girl named Nyquila Her sister was Dayquila. I almost laughed because I thought she was pulling my leg. Thank God I controlled myself.

 

Danielle

[Ohdanigirl]

Oh yeah, my male cousin is named Hunter of the Valley. One of my sons is named Ollin (Oleen) which means movement, and the youngest is Ikal, which means spirit.

 

For those of you doing ancients this year you should google these names. :)

 

Danielle

[ktog29]

Tazu Marshall. His sister was named Sinata. I also knew the Dee Family...

Delia Dee

Eddie Dee

Landy Dee

 

All nice kids tho...

[OhM]

My friend's niece is named "Ororo" (which doesn't thrill me) - they call her Rory (which I do like!)

[OnTheBrink]

OH, I forgot one. I used to know a girl named Tequila. Her mother (who didn't have custody of her) named her after her favorite booze. Sad, huh?

[Caitilin]

I was at college with a girl whose name was Ave Maria. (It was a Catholic college.)

[angela in ohio]

Nowledge

 

I did a tax return for parents with a child names Nowledge. Being the dunce I am, I spelled it Knowledge. When it was kicked back, I had them bring in the SS cards to check all the names and numbers. Thats when I found out about the 'other way' to spell it. :D

 

Oh, and I've posted here before about the urologist in dh's doctor's group: Dr. Dick Tapper.

[ereks mom]

This is the cake topper for me... Sh*thead. Pronounced Sha-heed. Why anyone would spell their child's name that way I just can't fathom.

 

They pronounced it "Sha-theed" though.

[lionfamily1999]

Tupanga

 

My cousin's wife is Angel Harmony.

 

Strange names are fun, I'm not big on product placements in names though... Chanel for instance. Or kids that are named after things. I knew two girls named after cars because their parents, "knew they couldn't afford the cars after the girl came along."

[ereks mom]

And another was Kytherania (pronounced Katrina), and yet another was Ojetta.

 

I taught in a public school for several years too, so I saw a LOT of strange ones there. A few of the oddest names were boys named Jerlioundous (jer-lun-dus), Monki (mahn-kee'), and Alpericio (al-pur-ee-see-oh), and Mandjuan (mand-wan). My former principal told me that a couple of years before I started teaching, there were twins named Orangello and Lemonjello who attended our school.

[bairnmama]

I thought that "Angel" (pronounced, roughly, Ahn-hel' ) is a Spanish-language name for males. Hence not a strange name.

 

 

Growing up in south-central TX, I knew plenty of grown men named Angel. They, however, pronounced it just like we normally read it.

[tonya in sc]

who worked in the Vital Stats. dept. of our state:

Formica Dinette.

No lie.

 

Another favorite: Leukemia. I swear.

[lionfamily1999]

Richard Hogg... He went by Dick.

 

Jostleing, pronounced Jocelyn.

[mrscopterdoc]

I went to high school with a girl named Peaches.

[Kathleen in VA]

I had a friend named Soapy which was actually short for Soupac (her father was working in the South Pacific at the time she was born and SOUPAC was the military acronym for his duty station.)

 

There is a young lady named Krystal Ball in southeast Virginia running for a congressional seat this year.

[Dobela]

I taught a boy named Handsome Mann. Yep, it was on the birth certificate. I also taught Pennie Lane. The principal claimed to have taught Pajama (pronounced Paj uh-may).

 

Then there was the family that loved weather - the girls are Sunny, Windy, and Stormy, the son is Thunder.

 

I rode the bus with Ophelia Butts. Another girl I went to school with ws named Pepper. All of her siblings were named for spices as well: Cinnamon, Sage, Thyme, and Cayenne.

 

A lady we did business with had a husband who was a huge University of Arkansas fan. Their first son was named Ray Zorback.

 

A secretary at our school named her first born Glacier Stone.

 

Then there is the family that named all their children (only boys) after favorite birds: Wren, Robin, and Oriole.

 

A girl in my son's gym class was named Rainey. Her mom was Sunshine.

[Mrs Mungo]

I taught a boy named Handsome Mann. Yep, it was on the birth certificate. I also taught Pennie Lane. The principal claimed to have taught Pajama (pronounced Paj uh-may).

 

Then there was the family that loved weather - the girls are Sunny, Windy, and Stormy, the son is Thunder.

 

I rode the bus with Ophelia Butts. Another girl I went to school with ws named Pepper. All of her siblings were named for spices as well: Cinnamon, Sage, Thyme, and Cayenne.

 

A lady we did business with had a husband who was a huge University of Arkansas fan. Their first son was named Ray Zorback.

 

A secretary at our school named her first born Glacier Stone.

 

Then there is the family that named all their children (only boys) after favorite birds: Wren, Robin, and Oriole.

 

A girl in my son's gym class was named Rainey. Her mom was Sunshine.

 

A lot of these names are not that strange to me. Maybe it's my age/my parents' age (they came of age and I was born in the hippie era).

[Natalieclare]

A lot of these names are not that strange to me. Maybe it's my age/my parents' age (they came of age and I was born in the hippie era).

 

I agree. One of my dear friends is named Golden Rae _____. It doesn't seem weird to me at all.

[MaMa2005]

I went to high school with a girl named Crystal Ball. Why oh why name a child that?

[dirty ethel rackham]

I taught a Doctor _______. Doctor was his first name.

 

 

 

Sounds like Major Major from Catch-22:).

 

I was helping out with baptisms at church and one family with the last name "Virtue" named their daughter 'Patience Iza". That one elicited major groans. I knew an OB named Dr. Bush. My mom's friend was named Mr. Hair ... and he was cue-ball bald.