# A unique first name **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 23, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-unique-first-name/582902 "2011-05-23T14:58:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-unique-first-name/582902/21 "2011-05-23T19:12:14Z")
Moon Unit (Zappa), if you count it as one name. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-unique-first-name/582902/22 "2011-05-23T19:12:24Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > She killed the wrong people. 10-4 ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-unique-first-name/582902/23 "2011-05-23T19:42:51Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > Moon Unit (Zappa), if you count it as one name. Well, Dweezil is one name. Are there any other Dweezils? If multi-word first names _are_ allowed, how about [Hath Christ Not Died for Thee Thou Wouldst Be Damned Barebone](http://smuhlberger.blogspot.com/2006/01/praise-god-barebone-and-his-son.htm), son of the famous [Praise-God Barebone](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praise-God_Barebone) (whose name is weird, but, I suspect, not unique). “Hath …” does seem to be a single name. That is to say, I don’t think that _Hath_ is his first name, with the rest of the words being middle names. It is clearly meant to be a unitary sentence.) While I am on this topic, [Preserved Fish](http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9631) seems worth a mention, although I suspect the first name (as opposed to absurd combination of names) is not unique. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-unique-first-name/582902/24 "2011-05-23T19:52:42Z")
Alright, no Gilgameshes in the SSDI! That name’s reserved for my future offspring, boy or girl. Don’t any of you use it or else! ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-unique-first-name/582902/25 "2011-05-23T19:58:05Z")
Wavy Gravy named his son Howdy Dogood Tomahawk Truckstop Gravy. As you might imagine, the boy changed his name when he was older. Said he was too old to be a Howdy any more. Since the elder Mr. Gravy had not been named Wavy at birth, he felt it would be inappropriate for him to object. He cooperated fully with the name change. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-unique-first-name/582902/26 "2011-05-23T20:06:23Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > Well, Dweezil is one name. Are there any other Dweezils? > > If multi-word first names _are_ allowed, how about [Hath Christ Not Died for Thee Thou Wouldst Be Damned Barebone](http://smuhlberger.blogspot.com/2006/01/praise-god-barebone-and-his-son.htm), son of the famous [Praise-God Barebone](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praise-God_Barebone) (whose name is weird, but, I suspect, not unique). “Hath …” does seem to be a single name. That is to say, I don’t think that _Hath_ is his first name, with the rest of the words being middle names. It is clearly meant to be a unitary sentence.) > > While I am on this topic, [Preserved Fish](http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9631) seems worth a mention, although I suspect the first name (as opposed to absurd combination of names) is not unique. I managed to find another [Dweezil](http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/share/contactsandpeople/postgraduatestudents/vandekerckhove-dweezil-overview_new.html) by googling. As for Mr Barebone jnr, I prefer Terry Prattchett’s take on the name - [Corporal Visit The Infidel With Explanatory Pamphlets](http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Visit-the-Infidel-with-Explanatory-Pamphlets), named after his religion took a more pacifist turn. ---
**Author:** ![addamms3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@addamms3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/addamms3)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-unique-first-name/582902/27 "2011-05-23T20:15:27Z")
“While I am on this topic, Preserved Fish seems worth a mention, although I suspect the first name (as opposed to absurd combination of names) is not unique.” Regarding unfortunate names, brings to mind the unhappy choice made by Gov. Jim Hogg (of Texas, of course), who named his daughter Ima. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-unique-first-name/582902/28 "2011-05-23T22:05:01Z")
Link to the SSDI? Pretty please? ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-unique-first-name/582902/29 "2011-05-23T22:09:10Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > While I am on this topic, [Preserved Fish](http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9631) seems worth a mention, although I suspect the first name (as opposed to absurd combination of names) is not unique. [Pah, he was Preserved Fish III](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preserved_Fish). > [@](#): > > Preserved Fish was born in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, the son of a blacksmith who was also named Preserved Fish. The blacksmith’s father was Preserved Fish as well… ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-unique-first-name/582902/30 "2011-05-23T22:28:03Z")
[Zasu Pitts](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZaSu_Pitts). The SSDI lists her (under her married name of “Woodall”) and no one else. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-unique-first-name/582902/31 "2011-05-23T22:28:18Z")
> [@Cub\_Mistress](#): > > Link to the SSDI? Pretty please? This is the one (of quite a few) I used above: [http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/](http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/) ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-unique-first-name/582902/32 "2011-05-23T22:31:28Z")
> [@Gus\_Gusterson](#): > > What’s funniest to me is that his name looks and sounds completely normal. If I spoke the name you would be able to spell it correctly without having to guess. It didn’t even occur to me when I met him that I had never heard the name before. Oh, that’s too bad. It’s always so fun when we get calls from telemarketers or bill collectors, 'cause when they’re calling for her, they out themselves instantly. Telemarketer calling for me: “Hello–is Christian there?” Me: “Speaking.” Telemarketer: “Hello, Christian! I was calling to tell you about this exciting opportunity …” Telemarketer calling for the Mrs.: “Hello–is … um … Yes, I’m calling for … G … J …” Me: “Yeah, we’re not interested. \” ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-unique-first-name/582902/33 "2011-05-23T22:37:02Z")
Hmm, I just realized something. Since the SSDI lists only deaths, there may or may not be a Gilgamesh alive and walking about somewhere. Dopers, do me a favor, if you meet such a person, kill him/her kidding…maybe… ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-unique-first-name/582902/34 "2011-05-24T01:49:01Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Not a first name, but Penn Gilllete’s daughter’s middle names is Crimefighter. I know a child whose middle name is “Danger”. Yes, her father is a little odd, why do you ask? 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-unique-first-name/582902.md?page=1)