# Getcha Pilgrim Name Right Here

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getcha-pilgrim-name-right-here/77375>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 21, 2001, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getcha-pilgrim-name-right-here/77375 "2001-08-21T17:31:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getcha-pilgrim-name-right-here/77375/1 "2001-08-21T17:31:24Z")

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[sub]Sorry if this has been done before, but a quick search didn’t turn up anything)[/sub]

Come one, come all to the [Pilgrim Name Generator](http://www.applewoodbooks.com/name.html)

Get your own Pilgrim name now and beat the Thanksgiving rush.

yours truly,

**Charles Dix**

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**Author:** ![finnofranco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@finnofranco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/finnofranco)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getcha-pilgrim-name-right-here/77375/2 "2001-08-21T17:37:17Z")

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Alice Snow…not that I’m concerned, but does that mean that I would have come over on the Mayflower in a dress?

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**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getcha-pilgrim-name-right-here/77375/3 "2001-08-21T17:39:52Z")

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Ezekiel Wildes… Okay.

I don’t think I look like a Zeke. 🙂

I always have to put Jessica’s name in any of these, just because she has one of the most interesting last names I’ve ever heard.

Her pilgrim name:

Ezekiel Wildes

\<cue Twilight Zone music\> 😉

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**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getcha-pilgrim-name-right-here/77375/4 "2001-08-21T17:40:42Z")

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screech-owl = Barbara Rand  
First & Last Name = Daniel Bucket (wtf?)

Apparently it changes your sex as well as your name.

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**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getcha-pilgrim-name-right-here/77375/5 "2001-08-21T17:42:00Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Simetra \*  
> \*\*Ezekiel Wildes… Okay.
> 
> I don’t think I look like a Zeke. 🙂
> 
> I always have to put Jessica’s name in any of these, just because she has one of the most interesting last names I’ve ever heard.
> 
> Her pilgrim name:
> 
> Ezekiel Wildes
> 
> \<cue Twilight Zone music\> 😉 \*\*

I smell a pilgrim rat. When I put in my name as Pete, I got Ezekiel Wildes, Peter gave me Charles Dix, infinitely funnier, so that’s what I went with.

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**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getcha-pilgrim-name-right-here/77375/6 "2001-08-21T17:43:47Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by screech-owl \*  
> \*\*screech-owl = Barbara Rand  
> First & Last Name = Daniel Bucket (wtf?)
> 
> Apparently it changes your sex as well as your name. \*\*

And, oddly enough, **pcubed** gave me Barbara Rand. Stupid limited name generator piece of pilgrim crap.

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**Author:** ![Sophie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@Sophie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophie)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getcha-pilgrim-name-right-here/77375/7 "2001-08-21T17:44:08Z")

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Sophie = Kimberly Caldwell  
Kimberly Caldwell = Hannah Proctor

Huh?

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**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getcha-pilgrim-name-right-here/77375/8 "2001-08-21T17:48:35Z")

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real name - **Nicholas Baker**  
Ginger of the North - **Prudence Osgoode**

Before I even went to it, I figured that Prudence would be a fitting name for me. Although Nicholas has a certain ring to it, I’m lacking some of the parts necessary.

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**Author:** ![Zappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getcha-pilgrim-name-right-here/77375/9 "2001-08-21T17:51:31Z")

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Zappo= Oswald Proctor

Salvatore Darigo, Jr.= Issac Pratt  
Personally, I’d go with Oswald. Many more comedic possibilities there, dontcha think?

Ye olde fryende,

Zappo

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getcha-pilgrim-name-right-here/77375/10 "2001-08-21T17:57:00Z")

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Mary Willard? Definitely puts me in touch with my feminine side. I am feeling so liberated. Can’t wait to get into my dressing gown after a warm bath this evening.

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**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getcha-pilgrim-name-right-here/77375/11 "2001-08-21T17:59:12Z")

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Real name = Isaac Pratt and, no, my real name isn’t “Salvatore Darigo, Jr.”

Spritle turns me into a “Sarah”. How cute.

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getcha-pilgrim-name-right-here/77375/12 "2001-08-21T18:01:55Z")

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“Dress me up in women’s clothes  
Messed around with gender roles”

Yet another case of gender confusion here.

real name: Prudence Osgood  
Jonathan Chance: Robert Brewster

I find myself spectacularly unimpressed.

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**Author:** ![23skidoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f04885/32.png) [@23skidoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/23skidoo)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getcha-pilgrim-name-right-here/77375/13 "2001-08-21T18:13:21Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Sophie \*  
> \*\*Sophie = Kimberly Caldwell  
> Kimberly Caldwell = Hannah Proctor
> 
> Huh? \*\*

My real name yields “Barbara Rand” yields “Alice Snow” yields “Patience Jameson” yields “Bridget Flood” yields “Robert Brewster” yields “Isacc Pratt” yields “Giles Nurse” yields “Cuthbert Cuthbertson” yields “Charles Dix” yields “Daniel Bucket” yields “Hannah Proctor” yields “Barbara Rand”, which is where I came in.

For a moment, I thought to myself: “I’ll just have to keep doing this until my real name comes back up.” 🙂

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**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getcha-pilgrim-name-right-here/77375/14 "2001-08-21T18:18:12Z")

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Results:  
Board Name - John Goode  
Real Name - MC Hammer

Looks like I need to go back and brush up on my history of key figures from that time.

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getcha-pilgrim-name-right-here/77375/15 "2001-08-21T18:21:23Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \*  
> \*\*“Dress me up in women’s clothes  
> Messed around with gender roles”  
> \*\*

Oh, thanks, **Johnny** now you’ve put that song into my head, but I can’t get the tune quite right!

[sub]_how you do I  
see you’ve met my  
faithful handyman…_[/sub]

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**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getcha-pilgrim-name-right-here/77375/16 "2001-08-21T18:23:43Z")

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Patience Jameson. Humpf.

Pucette gives me Bridget Flood. I like that better.

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**Author:** ![missdavis102](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7feea3/32.png) [@missdavis102](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missdavis102)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getcha-pilgrim-name-right-here/77375/17 "2001-08-21T18:26:13Z")

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Mary Willard.

That was hardly worth it.

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**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getcha-pilgrim-name-right-here/77375/18 "2001-08-21T18:28:28Z")

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Yet another “Prudence Osgood” checking in. Hmmmmm…

Tamex=“Daniel Bucket”. No, no, no, that’s “Boo-KAY”! I’ll forgive the gender confusion in this case–“Tamex” could be anybody, right? 🙂

If you leave both fields blank, you get “Alice Snow”.

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**Author:** ![caircair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@caircair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caircair)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getcha-pilgrim-name-right-here/77375/19 "2001-08-21T18:37:08Z")

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Hmmmm…I don’t know if I like this or not. My maiden name yields Cuthbert Cuthbertson, my married name is Thomas Goode.

Spouse’s name is either Mary Willard, or (going by his real first name) another Prudence Osgoode.

Maybe we can switch identities?

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**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getcha-pilgrim-name-right-here/77375/20 "2001-08-21T18:38:54Z")

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Real Name: Oswald Proctor  
Board Name: Giles Nurse

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