# Cool names for average folks. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 28, 2005, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-names-for-average-folks/333003 "2005-11-28T03:35:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-names-for-average-folks/333003/21 "2005-11-28T23:07:27Z")
Years ago, I met a guy named Jack Flynn while travelling in Greece. I thought (and still do) that it was a great superhero alter ego name. Of course, he was a stockbroker from New York who couldn’t even fly. Loser. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-names-for-average-folks/333003/22 "2005-11-28T23:38:25Z")
> [@Ol'Gaffer](#): > > Of course, he was a stockbroker from New York who couldn’t even fly. Well of course that’s what he told _you_ :dubious: . ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-names-for-average-folks/333003/23 "2005-11-28T23:50:09Z")
Johnny Thraser. How freaking cool is that? ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-names-for-average-folks/333003/24 "2005-11-28T23:52:36Z")
I think Smiley is the greatest last name ever. Sherwood is a pretty kickass first name for a man. ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-names-for-average-folks/333003/25 "2005-11-28T23:58:23Z")
I know a guy whose last name is Fierce. I think that is the coolest last name ever. I had a student once whose last name was Smart[sup]\*[/sup]. And he lived up to it Got 100% on two of the three exams. It’d really suck, though, if your last name was Smart and your were actually a little dim. Much sniggering behind your back, I would think. [sup]\*[/sup]First name not Maxwell, sadly. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-names-for-average-folks/333003/26 "2005-11-29T00:00:42Z")
> [@betenoir](#): > > Well of course that’s what he told _you_ :dubious: . True. He may not have been a stockbroker. However, I did throw him off of the balcony of my secret hideout and he made a Pollock-like landing on the rocks below. Definitely couldn’t fly. ---
**Author:** ![Hokkaido\_Brit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d26b3c/32.png) [@Hokkaido\_Brit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hokkaido_Brit)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-names-for-average-folks/333003/27 "2005-11-29T00:12:48Z")
I knew a person at college called Bloodax - he was very mild mannered. But a cool name, no? ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-names-for-average-folks/333003/28 "2005-11-29T01:02:27Z")
I have a few friends with cool names: Damien Moyal (pronounced like “royale”) and Kobi Finley (they’re a couple) Stephanie Chase (should be a dashing female archaeologist, like a hot Indiana Jones type) Sharon Hammer (should be a femme fatale) Mike and Nathan Quinn (they’re brothers, and should be soldiers of fortune – he actually was in the National Guard) ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-names-for-average-folks/333003/29 "2005-11-29T01:32:54Z")
I know a girl with the wonderful name of Jessica Starling. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-names-for-average-folks/333003/30 "2005-11-29T01:58:00Z")
I know a lesbian couple that legally changed their names to Alien Nation and Mother Earth. It’s true. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-names-for-average-folks/333003/31 "2005-11-29T03:13:35Z")
> [@WVmom](#): > > The name I came across that I thought was interesting was General Proudfoot. Yeah, his first name was General. I always wondered if he had brothers named Major and Colonel. I knew a fellow whose first name was Major. Kinda surprised me, I was nearly 50 and had never heard of that as a given name before (and haven’t since). Now I’m past 50, and this is the first time I’ve heard of General used that way. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-names-for-average-folks/333003/32 "2005-11-29T03:19:25Z")
Years ago I saw a TV show (the Tonight Show, I believe) where two people had been given a week to find folks with unusual and interesting names, with some prize going to the one who came up with the best selection. At least some of the “names” appeared on the show with them. The only two I remember are Rusty Pipes and Lovey Nights (sp?). ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-names-for-average-folks/333003/33 "2005-11-29T03:23:40Z")
I gotta say that **Betty Birdsong** is really catchy. One of my all time favorite screennames is from The Music Man: **Eulalie McKecknee Sheehan**. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-names-for-average-folks/333003/34 "2005-11-29T03:38:44Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > Damien Moyal (pronounced like “royale”) Good choice on the pronunciation. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-names-for-average-folks/333003/35 "2005-11-29T03:41:37Z")
Some years ago there was a discussion on a talk show , Phil Donahue , I think , about different or embarassing names. A woman called in and said her real , actual name was… Vagina. She said her mother was heavily sedated after her birth , and one of the nurses had said something about her vagina , and her mom thought it was just the prettiest word she had ever heard , so wanted to use it for her daughter’s name. :eek: I woulda had it legally changes as soon as I could have. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-names-for-average-folks/333003/36 "2005-11-29T04:14:26Z")
There were a lot of Jewish kids in my high school, and there were three girls named Angela Fine, Sara Finer, and Beth Superfine. I kid you not – and they were all friends, too! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-names-for-average-folks/333003/37 "2005-11-29T04:15:53Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > Beth Superfine Was she? ---
**Author:** ![Alma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alma)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-names-for-average-folks/333003/38 "2005-11-29T04:16:02Z")
My dad has a friend named Marshall Trucks. Way cool. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-names-for-average-folks/333003/39 "2005-11-29T04:26:55Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Was she? She was cute. ---
**Author:** ![Hokkaido\_Brit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d26b3c/32.png) [@Hokkaido\_Brit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hokkaido_Brit)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-names-for-average-folks/333003/40 "2005-11-29T04:34:00Z")
When I worked in a city office in Japan a number of years ago, in our department there was a Tachiki (standing tree), a Kobayashi (small wood), Hayashi (a wood) and a Mori (a forest). We stood them up in order and took a photo for posterity! The best bit of this was the section they worked in was the Enviromental Agency! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-names-for-average-folks/333003.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-names-for-average-folks/333003.md?page=3)