I met a person today whose first name is Virus.

[Shakester]

Originally Posted by Zabali_Clawbane

If parents can name their kids Paris, or Sydney after towns, I don't see such a big leap to Paisley... (The fabric pattern is named after the Scottish town where it originated.)

Paris was a name long before it was a town.

The town of Sydney was named after a person, and the original form of the name, spelled with an I, is a very old name, too.

So, there's a long history of both of those names as personal names before either was a place-name.

[eclectic wench]

Originally Posted by Toucanna

At an upscale department store, I overheard a woman telling her daughter to knock off throwing a tantrum. Girl's name? "Melodrama."

Yeah, like Rachellelogram said, this was probably commentary on the kid's behaviour rather than an actual name. I've been known to say 'Hey, Melodrama/High Drama/Greek Tragedy, knock it off,' when my daughter starts heading for opera territory, and her name's nothing at all like any of those. Now I'm wondering if there's someone out there thinking 'Who the hell names her kid Greektragedy?!'

[Qadgop the Mercotan]

2 patients today, with less common first names.

Bicannon

Quantae

[Grestarian]

A couple years ago, my coworker was relating to me a conversation about his daughter's name:
Someone had heard it and said, "Yeah, great motorcycle, man."
"No, idiot." My coworker remarked to me and revealed, "The name comes from the sword."
The daughter's name: Kitana

She's turning 15 soon. It was already too late to tell him the vowels are all A's and, for that matter, the Suzuki motorcycle is in fact named after the sword: Katana

---G!?

You know, you know, you know my name...
. --Lennon and McCartney
. You know my name (Look up the number)
. B-side to Let It Be (single)

[Irishman]

Originally Posted by Nava

Once the kid found out what did that really long thing his father would call him mean, he though it was The Coolest - "like a cartoon character! Like, like, like the OLDEST cartoon character!"

I don't get it.

Originally Posted by Bam Boo Gut

I just received a booking from someone with the first name Viral.

I know a Viral at work. It's pronounced Vih Rahl, not Vie Ruhl. He's Indian.

Originally Posted by Eve

as he thinks he hears people calling to him on the street all the time? Trying to meet girls in bars? "Hi, there, what's your name?" "Fuk Yu, Miss!" [slap]

I think it's probably pronounced "Fook Yu".

[Eve]

Originally Posted by Irishman

I think it's probably pronounced "Fook Yu".

That's OK, he's probably moved to Ireland by now.

[Acsenray]

Originally Posted by Ferret Herder

IIRC, that's a pretty common name in... India, I think? Pronounced something like "Shi-theed."

Originally Posted by Justin_Bailey

You are correct sir! The patron was Indian he did say it was pronounced "Shi-theed."

Still funny from an American context though.

I have never met nor heard of an Indian person with this name. I've heard this claim so many times. I'm simply not going to believe it in the absence of documented proof.

[Skammer]

I deal with a lot of names at work; my favorite so far was the woman whose first name was Latrina.

[Zabali_Clawbane]

Originally Posted by Shakester

Paris was a name long before it was a town.

The town of Sydney was named after a person, and the original form of the name, spelled with an I, is a very old name, too.

So, there's a long history of both of those names as personal names before either was a place-name.

Be that as it may, people still name their children after the cities, not realizing the name belonged to a person first. So, my point is still somewhat valid.

[Justin_Bailey]

Originally Posted by Acsenray

I have never met nor heard of an Indian person with this name. I've heard this claim so many times. I'm simply not going to believe it in the absence of documented proof.

You're right, I should have copied his driver's license.

[GuanoLad]

I once knew a guy named Bob. You know like what corks do in water! Craaaaazy!

[Earl Snake-Hips Tucker]

Originally Posted by Acsenray

I have never met nor heard of an Indian person with this name. I've heard this claim so many times. I'm simply not going to believe it in the absence of documented proof.

Well, Here's an Africo-American chap with this name (although I presume the pic is when he was somewhat younger).

[Nzinga, Seated]

Originally Posted by Justin_Bailey

You're right, I should have copied his driver's license.

Well you had a choice. You could have copied his driver's license, I guess. But I think I would have just taken the easier choice to stop spreading silly urban legends.

[Baker]

My drill sergeant, back in 1974 at Ft. Jackson, SC, was named Ogg.

Sgt. Carol S. Ogg. I wish I knew where she was, I'd like to say hi.

[Earl Snake-Hips Tucker]

Originally Posted by Baker

My drill sergeant, back in 1974 at Ft. Jackson, SC, was named Ogg.

Sgt. Carol S. Ogg. I wish I knew where she was, I'd like to say hi.

????

[bump]

Originally Posted by Skald the Rhymer

Braxton doesn't strike me as a terribly odd name. The medical term is named after the physician who first described them, and using surnames as first names is a time-honored practice.

It's unusual, but not without precedent.

Ft. Bragg in North Carolina is named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg, and there are plenty of people before and after him named that.

The Ohio State quarterback this year is named Braxton Miller also.

[crazydoglady]

I am VERY curious to hear anyone's thoughts on 2 girls (sisters) I attended middle school with in the 80's. They were a white family, but I have somehow got it into my head that they were immigrants, possibly from eastern Europe. I could be misremebering that, tho.

So, their names were: Dewygoo and Deedum - pronounced as they are written. These were their real first names, they are in the yearbook and the teachers all called them these names, too.

Were the parents just weirdos or is there some culture these names could legit be from? I have never heard similiar names since knowing these 2 girls in school...not even close.

[Nava]

Originally Posted by Irishman

I don't get it.

When The Proud Daddy gets real irritated at my nephew, he calls the kid "the fifth horseman of the Apocalypsis". I happen to be one of the kid's Grown Ups Who Answer Difficult Questions, so he asked me what does that mean. I explained, and he thought that the Four Horsemen were "the COOLEST" and sound like something out of his beloved action cartoons (I know it's not Gormiti any more, those were last year, but that same style).

Not the first person to think so (cf. tons of X-Men comics, half of Pterry's books), but you should'a seen him bouncing up and down exclaiming "that's SO cool!" Appetite for destruction indeed.

And it would be the oldest cartoon character because the Kid knows that St John was writing before there were TVs, that's why we don't have live footage of Jesus entering Jerusalem and so forth (he did ask "why are there all these different movies with actors playing Jesus and Mary and so forth? Don't they have the old telediarios?")

Telediario: the evening news.

[Justin_Bailey]

Originally Posted by Nzinga, Seated

Well you had a choice. You could have copied his driver's license, I guess. But I think I would have just taken the easier choice to stop spreading silly urban legends.

So you're saying that I didn't see a driver's license that I say I personally witnessed?

Are you honestly calling me a liar in a silly thread about silly names?

[Nzinga, Seated]

Originally Posted by Justin_Bailey

So you're saying that I didn't see a driver's license that I say I personally witnessed?

Are you honestly calling me a liar in a silly thread about silly names?

Yes. Was gonna try to hedge it to avoid a warning from the mods, but fuck it. I'll take the hit.

[Tristan]

*pulls up chair, popcorn, and mod repellent spray*

[Evil Economist]

Originally Posted by Nzinga, Seated

Yes. Was gonna try to hedge it to avoid a warning from the mods, but fuck it. I'll take the hit.

My company has a very large India division. Searching the global database I see an Indian with the last name Shit, but no one with the name Shithead. I do see a couple with the first name Shital and a Shitta.

[Acsenray]

Sheetal is a given name I'm familiar with. I can see it being spelled as "Shital."

The family name "Dikshit" (also spelled "Dixit" or "Dikkhit") is also one I'm familiar with.

[Nzinga, Seated]

Originally Posted by Evil Economist

My company has a very large India division. Searching the global database I see an Indian with the last name Shit, but no one with the name Shithead. I do see a couple with the first name Shital and a Shitta.

I don't doubt that. The reason I doubt the 'shithead' one is because, like la-sha, it is a known urban legend.

For the record, I believe the poster who said they know a "Latrina". I dont know one, but I totally buy that. Rings true and fits the criteria of a lot of ghetto names I know.

[Earl Snake-Hips Tucker]

Originally Posted by Nzinga, Seated

. . .La-sha, it is a known urban legend.

Nuh-uhYeah, I know it's a fake.

[Nzinga, Seated]

Originally Posted by Earl Snake-Hips Tucker

Nuh-uhYeah, I know it's a fake.

I'm cracking up. I can't believe people take the time to do that.

[Skald the Rhymer]

Originally Posted by crazydoglady

I am VERY curious to hear anyone's thoughts on 2 girls (sisters) I attended middle school with in the 80's. They were a white family, but I have somehow got it into my head that they were immigrants, possibly from eastern Europe. I could be misremebering that, tho.

(bolding mine)



Are not persons from Eastern Europe white? Russians, Poles, Czechs -- they're not white?

I'm not being flippant. I'm black, and frankly the distinctions white folks make among themselves sometimes puzzle me.

[Filbert]

The Snopes article that several people have said to check on a few of these names lists it as 'Undetermined', not 'False'.

Just pointing that out.

I actually have a friend who has legally changed his name to a 'l33t' version of his nickname- there are definitely bizzare names out there.

He's actually a really nice guy, just has a truly weird sense of humour.

[Nzinga, Seated]

Originally Posted by Filbert

The Snopes article that several people have said to check on a few of these names lists it as 'Undetermined', not 'False'.

Because you can never put 'false' for a topic like this. Someone can literally name their kid La-sha today. There is no such thing as being 100 percent certain that no human will ever name their kid La-sha ever.

The fact that the La-sha has obviously made the rounds as an obvious urban legend is enough evidence for me to dismiss it.

[Qadgop the Mercotan]

I just wish to go on record that I can officially verify via court records any name I put forth here (except for Eunuch. I had him as a patient myself, but can no longer access official records on him. I can verify his mom Philistine, but not him.)

I won't link to them here, but if anyone just must see official verification, they can PM me.

That includes Bakari and Shontrevious, two of my latest.

[purplehorseshoe]

Originally Posted by Skald the Rhymer

(bolding mine)



Are not persons from Eastern Europe white? Russians, Poles, Czechs -- they're not white?

I'm not being flippant. I'm black, and frankly the distinctions white folks make among themselves sometimes puzzle me.

Near as I can tell, that poster was basically saying, "They weren't from 'round here."

[TruCelt]

OK, so to try and head off any fireworks, I looked this up. I didn't find any L-a, but I did find La-a listed int he baby name rankings for 2010 and 2009.

Scroll down to see:

http://www.babycenter.com/baby-names-laa-1061225.htm

[Nzinga, Seated]

Originally Posted by TruCelt

OK, so to try and head off any fireworks, I looked this up. I didn't find any L-a, but I did find La-a listed int he baby name rankings for 2010 and 2009.

Scroll down to see:

http://www.babycenter.com/baby-names-laa-1061225.htm

Don't be heading off fireworks. I like fireworks.

[Irishman]

Originally Posted by Skald the Rhymer

Are not persons from Eastern Europe white? Russians, Poles, Czechs -- they're not white?

[rewriting]"They didn't look like foreigners, but I have somehow got it into my head that they were immigrants, possibly from eastern Europe." [/rewriting]

[StusBlues]

I spoke with a woman once named Tijuana Hooker.

I did not discern her occupation.

[Cub Mistress]

If it makes any of y'all feel better, I have changed my ex's name to Shithead. Pronounced "Shit-Head."

[JKellyMap]

Originally Posted by Cub Mistress

If it makes any of y'all feel better, I have changed my ex's name to Shithead. Pronounced "Shit-Head."

[CC]

I just want to say that many years ago, I went to school with a guy named Flavio LaMorticella. It was a melifluous and beautiful and weird name, and if he's on this board (highly unlikely) he can verify it.

And the tuba player in our band was named Peter Harder.

[Malleus, Incus, Stapes!]

Originally Posted by Baker

My drill sergeant, back in 1974 at Ft. Jackson, SC, was named Ogg.

Sgt. Carol S. Ogg. I wish I knew where she was, I'd like to say hi.

So she'd probably be a grandmother by now, right?

[Baker]

Originally Posted by Malleus, Incus, Stapes!

So she'd probably be a grandmother by now, right?

Old enough for it, she wasn't married when she was our sergeant.

[Malleus, Incus, Stapes!]

So what's her opinion on hedgehogs?

[BigNik]

My meagre contribution is that in about 2000 I bought a fridge from a guy whose business card proclaimed him to be Ben Wa.

90% of my co-workers didn't understand what was so funny about the name.

[Earl Snake-Hips Tucker]

Originally Posted by Baker

Old enough for it, she wasn't married when she was our sergeant.

Oh, well, I tried. . . again.

[InternetLegend]

Originally Posted by Nzinga, Seated

Because you can never put 'false' for a topic like this. Someone can literally name their kid La-sha today. There is no such thing as being 100 percent certain that no human will ever name their kid La-sha ever.

The fact that the La-sha has obviously made the rounds as an obvious urban legend is enough evidence for me to dismiss it.

I personally know a 12-year-old named "Lasha" (pronounced "La-shay", and God help you if you mispronounce it to her mother even once, because you should totally be able to correctly pronounce the names of every single one of the over 600 kids who attend your school, no matter how they're spelled, the first time you try). And she and her family are far from "ghetto", in case anyone was wondering.

[Blackberry]

I believe a very large number of the bad name stories aren't true (especially the stories that always pop up by people who apparently missed the 5 billion times it's been mentioned in the past, about the brothers Orangelo and Lemongelo and that kind of thing), but this one is easily verifiable. It's the name of the kid in the recent Supreme Court case about mandatory life sentences for juveniles. His name is Kuntrell Jackson. That could have so easily been avoided with any other vowel instead of the 'u'

[Battle Pope]

We very nearly named our son Owen James. Fine, right?

Until my mother helpfully pointed out that would make him O.J. Simpson

[crazydoglady]

Are not persons from Eastern Europe white? Russians, Poles, Czechs -- they're not white?

Yep, that was REALLY badly worded, sorry. You see, I *think* I remember this family had foreign accents, but it was so long ago I can't be sure. Something about them made me think "not from here" and it was, maybe, the accent. An accent-less white family would not have stuck out to me as 'not from around ehre', I don't think. As a white child in a mostly white city in Canada, non-white skin was something that would have made me think "foreign" - perhaps I was a small racist, but it really did seem to be more a childish 'this person is different because of X' sort of thing.

I KNEW no one would have any info on this, damnit, this is honestly still frustrating me after all this time. Dewygoo and Deedum?! C'MON! I *must* have an explanation!

[TruCelt]

Ok, so curiousity got the best of me again - turns out there are several "Deedum"s on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002362349098

http://www.facebook.com/#!/deedum.mullin

I didn't find any dewygoo, but there are quite a few with the last name Deygoo.

[Bam Boo Gut]

Originally Posted by Irishman

I don't get it.

I know a Viral at work. It's pronounced Vih Rahl, not Vie Ruhl. He's Indian.

The second pronunciation didn't occur to me. I'm English.

[crazydoglady]

Originally Posted by TruCelt

Ok, so curiousity got the best of me again - turns out there are several "Deedum"s on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002362349098

http://www.facebook.com/#!/deedum.mullin

I didn't find any dewygoo, but there are quite a few with the last name Deygoo.

Ha, TruCelt, thank you! Although neither appears to be the one I knew (although the first one is in the right age range, I think) this at least confirms I am not insane. The second one also seem to be an older woman so that makes me think this may be a legit first name and not some weird 80's made up name bullcrap.

Also, I am unsure of spelling of both names. All I know is they were pronounced Deedum and Dewygoo.

Seriously, thanks for the links, I am even more curious now. Off to do some Google fu.