retrod
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posted on July 16, 2001 04:20:07 PM
Used to live near a First Nations reserve - Last names - Shot Both Sides, Notuseful , BruisedHead, Whitemanleft, BigTobacco , YellowOldWoman, all last names of families I knew -- Really nice people - just that the names don't translate particularly well they would have been better left in their original language.
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petestreats
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posted on July 16, 2001 05:38:45 PM
I went to school with a Sandy Sheets. Also knew a family with three boys named Tom, Dick and Harry...
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Valleygirl
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posted on July 16, 2001 05:43:05 PM
My son went to school with Curtis Curtis.
Not my name on ebay.
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paislydaisy
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posted on July 16, 2001 08:33:36 PM
I knew a young couple who wanted to use both grandfathers names in their newborn sons name. They came up with, can you believe, Eaton Peter!
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sulyn1950
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posted on July 16, 2001 08:54:09 PM
One of my many jobs along lifes way was working for the Department of Public Safety. I ran across a very strange name and made a comment about it. Asked if it was for real. This was a loooong time before that guy "formerly known as Prince"! 
One of the ladies who had been working there for over 20 years broke out a notebook she kept for all the strange names she had come across.
There were little girls (actually adults at the time of DL issuance, but "babies" at one point in their life) named: John, Paul, Edward, or just about any other common "male" name you could think of.
There were little boys named: Mary, Jane, Dorothy, Shirly and just about any other common "female" name you could think of.
There were the usual Armen Hammer or Rusty Nail type names. Some that stick out in my memory were the Baby Face Nelsons (more than one had pulled this on their helpless infants) and other "famous" people names. There were the "fractions", a lot of fractions! 3/4, 1/2 and 7/8 were really almost common! One of the "cutesiest" I recall was Cup Anne Saucer! Hopefully she went by Anne???
Your right some people should NOT be allowed to name their children!
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avaloncourt
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posted on July 16, 2001 10:15:47 PM
I knew ...
Crystal Ball
April Showers
Autumn Showers (yes they are sisters)
Dusty Rhoades
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rrayburn
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posted on July 17, 2001 10:20:28 AM
I knew a girl named Chastity, and you guessed
it -- her surname was Belt.
What could her parents been drinking when they named her???
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bobbin
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posted on July 17, 2001 04:11:05 PM
In high school, Kelly Green, also Sandy Hill. When we graduated I found out that was his nickname and he was really San Juan Hill.
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bizzybee22
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posted on July 17, 2001 04:18:58 PM
I met a woman named Mary Christmas.
Rather sweet, I thought, but I can imagine the kidding she must have gone through growing up.
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tomwiii
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posted on July 17, 2001 05:47:48 PM
Then there was the boy named Sue
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katykatman
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posted on July 17, 2001 06:31:45 PM
Here in Katy, Texas there are two brothers named
Stormy and Dusty Weathers.
Took awhile to get used to.
Jim
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Valleygirl
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posted on July 17, 2001 06:32:15 PM
My husband had an exgirlfriend named Cindy. It wasn't until 20 years later I learned that was her nickname for Cinderella.
Not my name on ebay.
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texaseagle
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posted on July 17, 2001 07:00:58 PM
In South Texas, in the local phone book, years past; long since removed was listing for a gentleman who went by the name:
Weldon Rumproast III.
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sulyn1950
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posted on July 17, 2001 08:06:57 PM
When my son was in high school he attended UIL events and was always running into the same kids. One was named Robin Hood. He lived on Nottingham Road in a subdivision known as Sherwood Forest! Nobody would believe him until he got old enough to drive and was able to produce a driver's license to prove it! I often wondered if his parents chose that street and subdivision just to make it work or if it was just "fate"?
I saw someone mention Mary Christmas, my aunt is named Merry Christine (she was born 1 week before christmas and her "big sister", my mom, wanted it to be Christmas)! She was really upset she didn't get her way!!! My Aunt Merry is greatful!
We also had a young minister and his wife move to our area back in the late 70's. Very "proper" people, very active in the community. Their son was named Toke Rushing...they steadfastly maintained it was an old family name. Poor kid had to go to public school during the 80's! Can you imagine?
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glenda
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posted on July 17, 2001 08:14:34 PM
I knew a gal by the name of Lee King. She was very glad to get married ... until she realized her name would be Lee King Moore.
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joyz412e
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posted on July 17, 2001 10:49:45 PM
I once knew a kid named Sonny Rainey, but never realized my own name was anything remarkable until someone pointed it out to me. My first name is Joy and I married into the Perks family (the first time around).
The lady who clued me in said it was such an uplifting name!
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yisgood
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posted on July 18, 2001 06:12:41 AM
How about a family with a son named Nick (short for Nicholas), a daughter named Penny (short for Penniless) and a daughter named Ruth (short for Ruthless).
http://www.ygoodman.com
[email protected]
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toyamy
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posted on July 18, 2001 01:59:01 PM
The Joy Perks reminds me of an article that appeared in our college newspaper once about the power of initials. Apparently there was some study about how people with good initials (i.e. WOW, GRT) were generally happier and nicer than those with bad ones (i.e. FAT, HAG). The reporter pointed out that seemed to work on our campus, where one of the better liked administrators had the initials ACE, and one of the hated ones: JRK.
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sjl1017
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posted on July 18, 2001 02:19:38 PM
Speaking of initials, I just found out the names of a friends soon to be born twin daughters. One of them is going to be Kennedy Kathleen and the last name begins with "K" also. Didn't even dawn on them until I pointed out that their little girls initials would be KKK. They are going to change the spelling of her middle name to Cathleen.
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luvmy2bears
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posted on July 18, 2001 02:47:44 PM
I have a few. I worded in a pediatric office for 6 years. I saw the most bizarre names! Here sre some that I can remember. And yes, these are all real names. These children are all alive and well in Gig Harbor, Wa. (Very wealthy community.)
River Rushforth
Coriander Pepper
Harley David
There was another and I remember us all laughing so hard when we first saw the chart, but I can't remember what it was. I'll stop back by if I remember it.
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retrod
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posted on July 18, 2001 03:04:20 PM
When my first daughter was born a couple in the birthing class actually called their child - Meadow Joy - apparently that's where she got her start!
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kengraham
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posted on July 18, 2001 05:12:43 PM
How about the Cianci family who named their daughter Nancy Ann?
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CAgrrl
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posted on July 18, 2001 08:49:50 PM
I knew a Harley David too. Poor kid.
A really good friend of mine has the last name "Code". He wants to name his kids Ariel, Morse, and Secret. My boyfriend and I are trying to talk him out of it. Luckily he doesn't have any kids yet, his wife divorced him.
About the initials thing- I am wondering, should I not marry my boyfriend after all? If I do my initials will be "ASS". LOL!
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janusaries
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posted on July 18, 2001 09:38:24 PM
I went to high school with Autumn Leaf.
I don't remember their names, but I think her siblings had names that went with "leaf," too, LOL!
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godzillatemple
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posted on July 19, 2001 12:09:08 PM
I went to law school with a Polynesian guy by the name of Sam Oramas. One day, I found out that Sam was short for "Samaro".
Samaro Oramas
Some parents ought to be shot....
I remember flipping though my college student directory once and finding some rather odd first names, including:
Harribeth [apparently the daughter of parents named Harry and Elizabeth]
Shazelma [Gomer Pyle's kid???]
Gotta love it.
sulyn1950: The pedant in me requires me to point out that Shirley actually started out as a boy's name. Shirley Temple was actually saddled with a masculine name, but her popularity soon made the name a popular girl's name.
Regards,
Barry
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The opinions expressed above are for comparison purposes only. Your mileage may vary....
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punkinhed
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posted on July 19, 2001 12:37:28 PM
My neighbors the Wooleys just brought home
their first born son and no lie named him Wilden.
Wilden Wooley, good lord.
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tjbrocean
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posted on July 19, 2001 12:50:12 PM
I hate to say I am guilty of the naming(not intentially)
I have boy/girl twins that I named Tim & Taylor...Everyone calls them the tooltime twins!!! What a dumbass I am.
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yogithree
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posted on July 19, 2001 01:22:07 PM
In high school we had:
Thomas Thomas
Jack Frost
Bunny Patch
My husband still thinks it's awful that our daughter named our granddaughter Hunter.
And her initials are HAG.
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