Baker’s Dozen III

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Unusual (but actual) first name of someone you know.

  1. Lucky
  2. Santa
  3. Pine

When I was a kid I thought it was the coolest name ever, and thought it was sad that she went by her very common middle name instead.

182

Unusual (but actual) first name of someone you know.

  1. Lucky
  2. Santa
  3. Pine
  4. Thmeter

Greek fellow with the middle name Peter.

183

Unusual (but actual) first name of someone you know.

  1. Lucky
  2. Santa
  3. Pine
  4. Thmeter
  5. Surender

Of Indian descent (I believe he was a Sikh), he was one of my Poli Sci instructors at U-Wisconsin.

-“BB”-

184

Unusual (but actual) first name of someone you know.

  1. Lucky
  2. Santa
  3. Pine
  4. Thmeter
  5. Surender
  6. Cosetta

I know one woman with this name.

185

Unusual (but actual) first name of someone you know.

  1. Lucky
  2. Santa
  3. Pine
  4. Thmeter
  5. Surender
  6. Cosetta
  7. Juniper

I knew a little girl with this name but have not seen her in years. She graduated from college 2 years ago.

186

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187

Unusual (but actual) first name of someone you know.

  1. Lucky
  2. Santa
  3. Pine
  4. Thmeter
  5. Surender
  6. Cosetta
  7. Juniper
  8. Stormy

Didn’t really know her, but she was stationed on the tender in Scotland when I was.

188

Unusual (but actual) first name of someone you know.

  1. Lucky
  2. Santa
  3. Pine
  4. Thmeter
  5. Surender
  6. Cosetta
  7. Juniper
  8. Stormy
  9. Lasetta

-“BB”-

189

Unusual (but actual) first name of someone you know.

  1. Lucky
  2. Santa
  3. Pine
  4. Thmeter
  5. Surender
  6. Cosetta
  7. Juniper
  8. Stormy
  9. Lasetta
  10. Fallopia

Her mother heard the term Fallopian tubes while pregnant and thought it sounded pretty.

190

Unusual (but actual) first name of someone you know.

  1. Lucky
  2. Santa
  3. Pine
  4. Thmeter
  5. Surender
  6. Cosetta
  7. Juniper
  8. Stormy
  9. Lasetta
  10. Fallopia
  11. Twyla
191

Unusual (but actual) first name of someone you know.

  1. Lucky
  2. Santa
  3. Pine
  4. Thmeter
  5. Surender
  6. Cosetta
  7. Juniper
  8. Stormy
  9. Lasetta
  10. Fallopia
  11. Twyla
  12. Nichelle

Ms. Nichols. I met her at a Star Trek Con.

192

Unusual (but actual) first name of someone you know.

  1. Lucky
  2. Santa
  3. Pine
  4. Thmeter
  5. Surender
  6. Cosetta
  7. Juniper
  8. Stormy
  9. Lasetta
  10. Fallopia
  11. Twyla
  12. Nichelle
  13. Silver

Her full name was “Silver Anne Gold,” I kid you not. My wife tutored her back in the day.

More unusual (but actual) first name of someone you know

  1. Jax

The first name of my niece’s fiancee.

193

More unusual (but actual) first name of someone you know

  1. Jax
  2. Journey

I know a boy named Jax. His sister’s name is Journey.

194

More unusual (but actual) first name of someone you know

  1. Jax
  2. Journey
  3. September
195

More unusual (but actual) first name of someone you know

  1. Jax
  2. Journey
  3. September
  4. Boomer
196

More unusual (but actual) first names of someone you know

  1. Jax
  2. Journey
  3. September
  4. Boomer
  5. Dike

A very macho guy, oddly enough.

197

More unusual (but actual) first names of someone you know

  1. Jax
  2. Journey
  3. September
  4. Boomer
  5. Dike
  6. Poloberg

LOL, with some of these names one has to wonder what the parents were thinking. I actually did ask Poloberg about his unique name, and he said “I don’t know, my mom must have been delirious from the anesthesia.”

198

More unusual (but actual) first name of someone you know

  1. Jax
  2. Journey
  3. September
  4. Boomer
  5. Dike
  6. Poloberg
  7. Alert

The name is of Scandinavian/Germanic origin; the guy was one of my sister’s early boyfriends.

-“BB”-

199

More unusual (but actual) first name of someone you know

  1. Jax
  2. Journey
  3. September
  4. Boomer
  5. Dike
  6. Poloberg
  7. Alert
  8. Copen and Hagen

Brothers not named after the city, but rather their father’s favorite brand of tobacco dip.

200

More unusual (but actual) first name of someone you know

  1. Jax
  2. Journey
  3. September
  4. Boomer
  5. Dike
  6. Poloberg
  7. Alert
  8. Copen and Hagen
  9. Ronny

It was not a shortening of “Ronald,” nor (as Ronny would tell you), was it ever spelled “Ronnie.” No, it was “Ronny,” given to him at birth, and appearing as such on his birth certificate. I remember the time that Ron (that was OK with him) got pulled over for speeding, and got a ticket. What pissed him off the most was that the police officer kept calling him “Ronald.” As he said to me at the time, “‘Ronald’ is not my name!” Thankfully, he had the presence of mind to be polite and just deal with the officer.