I worked with a guy named Palm Tropix
My sister named her son Seref, pronounced “Sheriff” (yawn)
Sorry, it’s just the unsubtle racism of “black people names are hilariously stupid” wears on me every time it comes up. I guess I should go back to lurking in the pit if I’m looking for a fight.
Eh, he’ll get by. Dean Dean Mills does OK for himself.
No, “black people names” are not hilariously stupid. “Stupid black people names,” however, are.
There was a TV reporter where I used to live named… (wait for it)… Wei Wong. Every time she’d say “For Channel (don’t remember) News, I’m Wei Wong” I’d just lose it.
What makes you assume that the hilarious names we’ve been mentioning are all “black people” names? I’m noticing that these moronic monikers have been more or less racially equal up to now. You may want to look into that sometime.
ETA: Sparrowfart. 
While we’re on hilarious names, it reminds me that I met a guy once whose name was just that: Hilarious (last name Soreng, or something like that).
He was the security guy at the small sawmill in Port Blair in the Andaman Islands. I politely restrained myself from pointing out the hilarious nature of his name to the poor guy who didn’t speak a word of English anyway.
If I can dig out the picture of his name sign I’ll scan it later as a cite.
Yeah, some of the names sounded black, but some sounded caucasian. All are stupid though.
“They call me Bond… James Dr No From Russia with Love Goldfinger Thunderball You Only Live Twice On Her Majesty’s Secret Service Diamonds Are Forever Live and Let Die The Man with the Golden Gun The Spy Who Loved Me Moonraker For Your Eyes Only Octopussy A View to a Kill The Living Daylights Licence to Kill Golden Eye Tomorrow Never Dies The World Is Not Enough Die Another Day Casino Royale … Bond”.
Hate to be the guy stuck behind him at the passport office.
Ooooh, you better watch out! You posted a list of 15 people with silly names, and one of them was black! :eek: Another may have been brown! :eek:
When a friend of mine had her son, they put his picture up on the hospital’s webpage. Also born that day were Vintage and Tuff. (Both were white, FWIW.) In the guestbook on Tuff’s page, someone had written:
“You’re lucky dude. I want to name my boy that, but my wife won’t let me.”
I guess it depends on your interpretation of “crazy”. I constantly have people saying, “Oh, that’s an interesting name…” with regards to my son, Dashiell. It’s one of those names that you always have to explain.
“We named him after Dashiell Hammett.”
puzzled stare, as if showing a card trick to a cat
“The writer?”
blank stare
“He wrote some really famous detective novels back in the 40s.”
blank stare
“Practically invented the ‘hard-boiled detective’ genre.”
blank stare
“The Maltese Falcon”? “The Thin Man”?
blank stare
“They made a few of his books into movies…”
blank stare
“It was a long time ago.”
uncomfortable smile
Of course, if we introduce him by his common diminutive ‘Dash’ we get, “Oh, like the kid in that movie ‘The Incredibles’?”
I was reading a Baby Name Blog where someone had written in begging for an alternative name that would satisfy her brother’s desire to name his unborn daughter “Felony Fever Vice.” Not sure about the race and if everyone who spoke up against the name was therefore a racist oppressor or just against naming a baby like it’s a character in Grand Theft Auto.
I believe people suggested other “weird” but accepted names like Clarity and Verity so the brother eventually agreed to Verity Clarity Vice.
There was a guy who worked at my local Blockbuster’s named, D’Shaun. He was a cool guy.
Right, because nothing smacks more of racism than a list of baby names from Alberta, the Whitest Spot On Earth.
My maiden name is Case. You hear that particular joke A LOT.
Thanks matt - I know now my girl is one of only 6 girls with her name born in 2006. That’s pretty cool.
“Alias” could be very useful, in adopting an alias of “Real Name”.
Perhaps Ashes was born to a mother named Angela?
As for Legacy, well I guess it’s better than “Inheritance”, “Progeny” or “Sprog”. Or perhaps the boy is named after the family Subaru, and has a sister named Impreza and the dog’s Outback.
McPears? Really?
You know, I wasn’t planning on having any more children but am now strangely inspired to try for one more.
I have oddly-named people appear in court before me with some regularity, and have kept a list for several years now. My family and friends know to send me funny names when they see them.
Some of my favorites:
Daphne Threat Medley (band name!)
Darmisha Alphabet
Imhotep Box
Sunbrelli Consulers
Sabin D. Puterbaugh
Uranniee Bates
Latrina Woods
Vonometrice Wright
Elven Finger
Wadney Gandy
Honey Gates Handyside (a man!)
Mahogany Luster (sounds like a furniture polish)
Upendo Sisson
…and about a thousand others.
Hmm … I wonder if there is some connection between odd names and the likelihood of ending up in court?
By the way, I think Felony could be a nice name if you pronounced it Fey-lone-ay.