Cool names for average folks.

There was a girl that I went to elementary school with who was named Royale George. If I remember correctly, she was good friends with the siblings Jack, Queen, and King (I forget their last name).

However, the best was my old boss Dick Powers. Now that is a name that commands respect. :smiley:

I had a buddy in high school named Guadalupe Wong. She was (and probably still is) drop-dead gorgeous.

At one of my previous jobs, I encountered a girl whose given name – and I was in a position to see documentation of this – was Examine Annabelle Johnson.

Yes, this poor girl’s parents actually saw fit to adorn her with the label “Examine A. Johnson”.

The scenario only worsened when, after hiding my initial reaction (quite admirably given the circumstances, if I do say so myself), I attempted to give Mr. and Mrs. Johnson the benefit of the doubt by pronoucing the young lady’s first name as “EX-uh-MEEN”…at which point she corrected me, uttering what was the most definitive sigh of despair I have yet to encounter, followed by, "no, it really is ‘ex-AM-inn’ ".

It was all I could do not to offer my sincerest sympathies.

I used to chat regularly with a guy named Jack Storm. I still can’t decide if that name evokes more porn star or secret agent, but I like it all the same.

There were once two sisters attending my university. I don’t remember their last name, but their first names were Precious and Treasure.

Nature related surnames are quite common in Sweden. If translated they might sound exotic/cool/cute/hobbitsy to an English speaker I suppose.

For example:
Skog - Forest
Engstrom - Field Stream
Lund - Grove
Kvist - Twig
Gren - Branch
Fors - Rapids
Strand - Beach
Berg - Mountain
Lundkvist - Grove Twig
Berggren, Strandberg, Lundberg etc etc (there are a lot of combinations like this)

On the opposite side of cool - my last name means “A lump of fat or an oafish man”.

Seriously. :frowning:

my mom went to school with Ming Toi Levy

I have a few unusual names in my collection too. My stepfather’s grandmother’s name was Callie Coe! (Say it out loud) A lady in my home town was born on October 31st., and she was named Halloween.
My mother’s uncle was named Cortinas, which is spanish for curtains.

Various customer names heard or seen at work: Flash Gordon, Santa Claus, Michael Jackson, Tina Turner, John Hancock, and many others, whose names I can’t recall at the moment.

Oh, yeah, let’s not forget Mrs. Massengill!

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I went to college with two guys named T.J. Peacock and Christian Buddhist Sphere. We called the latter “Chris.”

I once worked with a lovely young woman named Apple Ives.

My wife’s last name is Zion; her dad’s Hebrew given name is Israel Zion, although he’s a secular Jew and goes by “Bill.”

My frat brother in Atlanta introduced me to a travelling rep for the Bunn company named Charlie Daniels. He told us of a time when he checked into a hotel with his crates of coffeemakers with his name on them. He turned around from the front desk to find a group of teenagers gazing at his luggage. It turned out he hit town the same day as The Charlie Daniels Band.

I asked him, “What did you do?” He said, “What else, I sold 'em a coffeemaker!”

The most famous Major from around here was Major Taylor, a black bicycle racer from a long time ago. There’s a velodrome named for him in Indianapolis. The Major we know, though, is a woman. She’s a pillar of the local domestic violence shelter.

I’ve known two men named King. One is a great guy, the other is a four-star jerk.

I dated some girls in high school who seemed to be named Dwanna.

I used to work with Dick Waddington

A couple I’ve encountered:

Da spouse used to work with an Indian guy named Hari Haran Dahandapani. Which is about the most fun name to say ever! He hasn’t worked with the guy for like 10 years, but I still remember it because it’s so much fun to say. :slight_smile:

Fifteen years or so ago I used to work with a woman named Lynette Coldiron. Always liked her name. (Pronounced “Cold - Iron,” not like “Calderon.”)

I used to work with a woman called Dusty Rhodes. My best friends cousin is named Israel but he had the given nickname of Coony.

Actually, the former Dean of Students at my university did have Dean as his last name. Probably just as well that he was fired.

There is a philosopher named Lucius Outlaw. I always liked that name–seemed like he should be a professional wrestler instead of an academic.

I did not know that. I guess it’s just because it’s not very common.

I met a Charles Hollywood, used to work with a guy called Paul Slaughter, and I used to know someone called Dave Snowball.

I know a lady named Mai Ta. Of course, everyone pronounces it Mai Tai. She usually doesn’t bother to correct them anymore.

influenza, I also knew a girl named Athena. She said her mom chose the name after watching Clash of the Titans.

my friend used to work with Kendell Beck (think Teri Garr and the bookcase in Young Frankenstein)

I used to know a book publicist named Pat Cool.