Coal From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 1628 posts, RR: 6 Posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 1838 times:
I could not believe my eyes when I heard this. I was recently in Hongkong and I ventured out for a drink one evening. Ended up meeting a girl named... Seven. Just Seven. Not six, not eight. Seven. The only thing I could think of was George Costanza trying to convince his fiancee's cousin to pick Soda over Seven for their kid's name.
I also remembered that a few weeks before I was in Shanghai and I met this guy named Lemon.
So, what are some of the more unusual names you have encountered?
Cheers, Coal
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Aloges From Germany, joined Jan 2006, 8391 posts, RR: 47 Reply 2, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 1835 times:
Fyn-Kevin, Ronny, Mirko, Raiko, Maik (pronounced rather like "Mike"), Bonke, Tomke, Gertje in Germany, as well as "Ida Briana Marlin", "Tiziana Minerva Gwendolin" and "Thaddäus Magnus Kasimir" for children born in this millennium
Wagner (like the surname), Reno (like the river Rhine in Portuguese), Ruslandia (reminds you of the German word for "Russia"), Zulailde, Wilker in Brazil
If I had a better memory for odd names, the Brazilian list would probably be two pages long.
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Fumanchewd From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 3, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 1816 times:
When I was living in Oakland I went out with a sister named Chavette. I wanted to ask her where she was conceived but I think she could have taken me down.
T773ER From United States of America, joined Dec 2006, 276 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 1816 times:
Too bad she didn't have a sister named soda!
"Fixed fortifications are monuments to the stupidity of man."
Sabena332 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 5, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 1812 times:
Once I saw in a TV report about Russia that people in some village named their kids "Electricity" when some nuclear power plant was built next to them in the 70's.
Briana is actually a nice name if it is the only first name, some years ago I fucked a girl with that name in Las Vegas.
Quoting Aloges (Reply 2): "Tiziana Minerva Gwendolin" and "Thaddäus Magnus Kasimir"
These names are just beyond believe, seriously, how can someone give a kid such a ridiculous name? I think that my middle name is already ridiculous and needless, actually I am a bit angry that my parents decided for it. I never use my second name, even not when I have to sign important things at my employer, my bank, etc.
TZ757300 From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 2839 posts, RR: 7 Reply 7, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 1784 times:
YOWza From Canada, joined Jul 2005, 4788 posts, RR: 17 Reply 8, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 1760 times:
When my Dad was doing his PhD he was collecting field data from primary school children in Malawi. I helped him a little bit here and there and there were no end of ridiculous names. "Postoffice Jackson" "Superior Kennedy" and other hilarious names. Keep in mind this was in rural Malawi almost ten years ago!
If you want stupid names watch the NFL; "Jeremetrius Coles" and "Plaxico Burres" spring to mind.
Mrniji From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 9, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 1756 times:
Quoting YOWza (Reply 8): When my Dad was doing his PhD he was collecting field data from primary school children in Malawi. I helped him a little bit here and there and there were no end of ridiculous names. "Postoffice Jackson" "Superior Kennedy" and other hilarious names. Keep in mind this was in rural Malawi almost ten years ago!
That's hilarious. When I was working in Cameroun, I realized that the people do their best to prevent the forgetting of ancient and medivial English and French names!
AAce24 From United States of America, joined Feb 2007, 849 posts, RR: 13 Reply 10, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 1749 times:
Halcyon From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 11, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 1734 times:
Stormy Night, which is very...interesting.
Some people say that my name (either just the last or the full name) is very odd. I get comments and retarded jokes from everyone, including life-long friends to TSA agents and professors.
Everyone remembers it though.
EDIT: Also, in MT I knew a guy named Jack Ass (He changed it to that legally, though.) and another man who's name was "Harry Legg." Harry did not change his name, however. Seems his parents had a sense of humor.
Duff44 From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 1723 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 1717 times:
There's someone working at my company with the last name "Fuksman"... it's Russian, I think.
Quoting YOWza (Reply 8): If you want stupid names watch the NFL
How about WR's Taco Wallace (last played for SEA in 2005) and Yo Murphy (currently playing in Canada)?
TZ757300 From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 2839 posts, RR: 7 Reply 13, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 1711 times:
Quoting Halcyon (Reply 11): that my name (either just the last or the full name) is very odd
You know, I've always wondered about your last name, its just so out of normality. lol. It's alright though, I think its cool
LTU932 From Germany, joined Jan 2006, 13864 posts, RR: 51 Reply 14, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 1711 times:
Quoting Piercey (Reply 1): There was also a kid I knew that was named Jesus with his middle name Christ.
While someone with the first and middle name Jesus Christ would have a very odd name, here in Latin America, Jesus (or rather Jesús) is a very common name.
Quoting Aloges (Reply 2): If I had a better memory for odd names, the Brazilian list would probably be two pages long.
Indeed. I have a co-worker who does support in Portuguese, and she is constantly amazed by the odd names many Brazilians have.
That being said, what the hell is wrong with parents in these last decades? What's with the obsession for such "unique" names? As I've said many times over, if I have kids, I'll be very conservative and choose with my girlfriend/wife a name for the kid that is not only as common as possible, but also a name that would not make the kid subject to mockery. There are enough good names around, so I don't get why people get exited with those odd names that may seem like names used to punish the kid for just being conceived.
Foppishbum From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 746 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 1686 times:
Quoting Coal (Thread starter): I could not believe my eyes when I heard this. I was recently in Hongkong and I ventured out for a drink one evening. Ended up meeting a girl named... Seven. Just Seven. Not six, not eight. Seven.
Asian girl probably got the name from Star Trek Voyager. . .The Borg who was taken by Captain Janeway is named Seven of Nine but all the crew members call her Seven. She's preeeetty
Foppishbum From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 746 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 1684 times:
Here she is! Lt. Tom Paris and Borg drone Seven of Nine. . .
Well, that's just her short Borg name (her shortest name being just Seven). Her full name is: Seven of Nine, Terciary Adjunct of Unimatrix 01, aka Annika Hansen.
DeltaGator From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 6341 posts, RR: 16 Reply 20, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 1665 times:
Quoting Coal (Thread starter): So, what are some of the more unusual names you have encountered?
I knew a girl many years ago that was named Chiquita like the banana company.
Quoting YOWza (Reply 8): If you want stupid names watch the NFL; "Jeremetrius Coles" and "Plaxico Burres" spring to mind.
Or JaMarcus Russell, Marshawn Lynch, Le'Ron McClain, Syndric Steptoe (WTF?!), Montavis Pitts, Deshawn Wynn, and Martrez Milner...and those were all from this year's NFL draft. Plus, let's not forget D'Brickashaw Ferguson from last year.
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Foppishbum From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 746 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 1646 times:
Quoting LTU932 (Reply 19): Well, that's just her short Borg name (her shortest name being just Seven). Her full name is: Seven of Nine, Terciary Adjunct of Unimatrix 01, aka Annika Hansen.
My mistake My partner is a Trekkie so I've only seen a couple of episodes. . .Heh.
AeroWesty From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 19236 posts, RR: 63 Reply 22, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 1636 times:
In high school, the sister of a friend of mine was named Patty. A guy in her class with the last name of Pigg was fond of her. She wouldn't even go out with him in case something more serious came of it.
Actually the registrars in Germany have a list of officially accepted names (even if some of them sound quite old fashioned). If you want to give your child an unusual name, you'll have to prove that it is a real name, e.g. back in secondary school I had a classmate name Sabeth. The parents (who were Germans, but worked for almost a decade in Turkey) had to prove that Sabeth was a real Turkish name and not just an abreviation for Elisabeth.
Another thing is that many people here name their children with their second name e.g. after some ancestor, e.g. my sister's (first name: Eva) second name is Luise, a name which many today would fiend quite oldfashioned, but it is the name of our greatgrandmother, who passed away just before she was born. Also, my daughter's second name is Else, also quite oldfashioned, but it's the name of my maternal grandmother, who also died just a few months before she was born.
My brother's second name is Bertold, after the famous German poet Bertold Brecht.
HAWK21M From India, joined Jan 2001, 31228 posts, RR: 58 Reply 24, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 1602 times:
There was a Kid at school called "SevenFleet" Banarasi.
regds
MEL
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25 Bongo: Well...here in Latin America strange and ugly names are common, specially in people with less money. A recent reseach made by an important University
26 TSS: The Hendricks sisters from my high school days: Tonjaleria Estralida Malaria (yes, that's spelled correctly) Toy
27 Sabena332: Not all but the most. I'll tell you the name when Eintracht Frankfurt becomes Deutscher Meister. Patrick
28 AA61Hvy: Well he does have to ask who to make the check out to..
29 EasternSon: A woman who works for my mother: Eunice Jadlocki An indonesian Engineer my father worked with: Datsen Datsun Datsan My friend's mother: Candy Moose An
30 DeltaGator: That's all well and good but she was a black girl from a family who didnt know Spanish or have any links to hispanic culture. She was most definitely
31 TSS: I'm not going to answer that except to say that I attended high school in the western section of Birmingham, Alabama.
32 STLGph: there are tons of people ive interviewed with great names. some of which -should- be urban legends. BUT the best one ... is some guy legally changed h
33 ZakHH: So that means you forgot the other one? Now THAT is a decent name for a girl... Kind of shows you where your place in life is... I remember a case wh
34 DeltaGator: Your non-answer gave me my answer. Thanks. BTW...Jess Lanier HS? or a different one? I graduated from Grissom up in Huntsville.
35 ShyFlyer: I've seen the name Justin Tyme a few times.
36 AndesSMF: Humph! Amateurs! Parts of my family come from the province of Manabi in Ecuador, where the local sport is to give your children weird names. Have a g
37 DeltaGator: I particularly liked the one named Debraska. Modify that a little bit to D'Braska and you'll have a guaranteed middle linebacker for your football te
38 LTU932: And that ain't gonna happen for at least another 20 years.
39 VC10BOAC: If you want to hear odd sounding names (by western standards) go to Indonesia. I think their president has the coolest name for a world leader, Susilo
40 2H4: I can't believe nobody's mentioned the NASCAR driver, Dick Trickle. I was about to google his name for a pic, but I'm not sure I want the search resu
41 TSS: You're most welcome, Sir. Ensley High School, actually.
42 EWRCabincrew: I know a Misty Rainbow Forest and a Vanilla Blue. Seriously.
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You remember the names of all girls you fucked? 
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