Weird names - Page 2

monster · 06-05-2010, 06:38 PM

I like interesting and unusual names. I think people need to be more creative. At camp this week, there were 5 boys named Alex and one girl -out of 100 kids. So when someone says something about "Alex", instead of immediately being able to picture the person and process the information, you had to ask which one. Two even had the same last name so we had to distinguish by grade.

If you create a new name, I think it's helpful if it's either already a word, or is something that's intuitive to spell, and something that isn't inapproriate like Vagina or Toiletbrush but beyond that, have fun! And maybe kid the kid a more normal middle name they can use if they treally don't like being unique.

Undertoad · 06-05-2010, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by spudcon

Washeteria?

(fake)

Rhianne · 06-05-2010, 07:26 PM

I suspect you already know that isn't the real names of these folk!

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/familyphoto.asp

Rhianne · 06-05-2010, 07:30 PM

My name isn't all that unusual but my mother has hated it since I was little and refused to write it, even on school forms - especially with the 'h', she calls me "Ree". Most of my friends call me Annie.

monster · 06-05-2010, 07:44 PM

I like Rhianne. Why were you named that if your mother hated it?

Rhianne · 06-05-2010, 08:00 PM

It was a Grandmother's name, my Dad liked it.

monster · 06-05-2010, 08:25 PM

poor naming protocol there, sorry. But i still like the name.

Both parents should totally love the name, imo ...and don't name a kid after a relative -let them be their own person!

spudcon · 06-06-2010, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Rhianne

I suspect you already know that isn't the real names of these folk!

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/familyphoto.asp

That's why the wink emoticon.

Clodfobble · 06-06-2010, 02:46 PM

Riiiiiiight.

See, I don't believe you. That's why the eye-rolling emoticon.

And then spudcon fainted.

TheDaVinciChode · 06-06-2010, 08:12 PM

Maybe not weird, but...

Am I the only one who finds it annoying when somebody has two first names?

(John Johnson, Ron Paul, William Williamson, etc.)

Shawnee123 · 06-06-2010, 08:25 PM

My name is Yon Yonson
I live in Wisconsin
I work in a lumberyard there

monster · 06-06-2010, 08:26 PM

Hey Chode, is your first name Dave?

TheDaVinciChode · 06-06-2010, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

Hey Chode, is your first name Dave?

No... that's an odd question.

My father's name, however, is "David." Does that help?

monster · 06-06-2010, 08:34 PM

oh yes, it helps a lot. So was mine. does that scare you?

Shawnee123 · 06-06-2010, 08:39 PM

My dad was cursed with a terrible first name. So, his whole life even his parents called him by his nickname. That is what everyone who knows anything about him calls him.

Can you guess the nickname?

06-05-2010, 06:38 PM	#16
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I like interesting and unusual names. I think people need to be more creative. At camp this week, there were 5 boys named Alex and one girl -out of 100 kids. So when someone says something about "Alex", instead of immediately being able to picture the person and process the information, you had to ask which one. Two even had the same last name so we had to distinguish by grade. If you create a new name, I think it's helpful if it's either already a word, or is something that's intuitive to spell, and something that isn't inapproriate like Vagina or Toiletbrush but beyond that, have fun! And maybe kid the kid a more normal middle name they can use if they treally don't like being unique. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-05-2010, 07:44 PM	#20
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I like Rhianne. Why were you named that if your mother hated it? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-05-2010, 08:25 PM	#22
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	poor naming protocol there, sorry. But i still like the name. Both parents should totally love the name, imo ...and don't name a kid after a relative -let them be their own person! __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-06-2010, 02:46 PM	#24
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Riiiiiiight. See, I don't believe you. That's why the eye-rolling emoticon. And then spudcon fainted. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

06-06-2010, 08:12 PM	#25
TheDaVinciChode Chews Food Coming In, And Going Out Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 339	Maybe not weird, but... Am I the only one who finds it annoying when somebody has two first names? (John Johnson, Ron Paul, William Williamson, etc.) __________________ "O' Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done;" "The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won;" - Walt Whitman / Leaves Of Grass.

06-05-2010, 07:26 PM	#18
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	I suspect you already know that isn't the real names of these folk! http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/familyphoto.asp

06-05-2010, 07:30 PM	#19
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	My name isn't all that unusual but my mother has hated it since I was little and refused to write it, even on school forms - especially with the 'h', she calls me "Ree". Most of my friends call me Annie.

06-05-2010, 08:00 PM	#21
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	It was a Grandmother's name, my Dad liked it.

06-06-2010, 08:25 PM	#26
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	My name is Yon Yonson I live in Wisconsin I work in a lumberyard there __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

06-06-2010, 08:26 PM	#27
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Hey Chode, is your first name Dave? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-06-2010, 08:34 PM	#29
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	oh yes, it helps a lot. So was mine. does that scare you? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-06-2010, 08:39 PM	#30
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	My dad was cursed with a terrible first name. So, his whole life even his parents called him by his nickname. That is what everyone who knows anything about him calls him. Can you guess the nickname? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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