[QUOTE=C K Dexter Haven]
I once (many years back) met a retired lawyer named Donald E. Duck. He was a teenager when Walt Disney made his name into a laughingstock… can you imagine?
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In that case I think I’d use my middle name instead of my first name.
Unless it was Eider.
[QUOTE=John Mace]
*Raijin *or Raiden-sama is the God of Thunder.
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Sorry, just not understanding how that isn’t anything but cool. I consider it a failing of Japanese culture that “god of thunder” just isn’t cool.
[QUOTE=Snickers]
Wasn’t it T’Pau that made “Heart and Soul?”
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D’oh! :smack: Of course you’re right. I’ve gotta keep better track of those Vulcan wimmin.
About 10 years ago, I strolled into an auto parts store in Robbinsdale, MN. The guy working there could have passed for a Tolkein Dwarf, minus the beard. He was about 5’ tall, thick built (not fat), shaved head.
His name was Elvin.
Missed it by that much…
Which Tolkien book did Strom Thurmond get his name from?
[QUOTE=pravnik]
Which Tolkien book did Strom Thurmond get his name from?
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It’s derived from Thu the hunter, an early Sindarin name for Sauron.
[QUOTE=Snickers]
Wasn’t it T’Pau that made “Heart and Soul?”
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Huey Lewis and The News.
And wouldn’t that be a horrible thing to do to your kids - “Hi, meet my sons Huey, Lewis and The News. He prefers to be called Bob.”
I’ve been to a restaurant called the Shire, and two bars named for Middle Earth locales, and have known many friends’ pets named Frodo. But I’ve never met an Arwen or an Oakenshield, alas.
My ex wife’s brother is named Tarl Odin ______.
Good kid, and just about the only one from that family that still talks to me. Hehehe…
[QUOTE=zoid]
I knew a guy that named his kid Rayden after the Mortal Combat charachter. My (Japanese) wife was aghast and hopped the kid never had to go to Japan.
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Out of curiosity, what is your wife worried about? Rei den (“霊殿”) is “spirit lord” in Japanese, although it wouldn’t be a proper name.
[QUOTE=EJsGirl]
Hee hee hee…
I have friends who named two of their children Jean-Luc (boy, Star Trek) and Chani (girl, Dune).
Yeep.
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Chani is not that bad. It sounds like a name, it’s obscure enough that it probably doesn’t get recognized very often.
A close friend of mine is a “Kali”, from parents who knew it meant something close to “spirit” in Sanskrit, but did not know the Hindu meaning.
[QUOTE=GythaOgg]
It’s all the fault of the GEnie BBS Star Trek forums, which we were quite active on at the time. Heh.
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Another former GEnie ADdict. I occasionally hung out on the ST forum, but most of my time was at the SFRT and GAMES. I really liked that place. The SDMB is close, but not quite the same.
The closest I can come to the OP is a woman I met at a SF con that said her real name was Quasar. I don’t know if her parents were fans of astronomy or TV. 
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan]
No, Turgon.
Celebrex was the 2nd son of Isordil (by his wife Feldene). Mevacor was of that line too. But he fell into dispute with Indocin, and sailed off to the Islets of Langerhans.
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Surprisingly enough, the normally way-behind-the-curve Rocketeer seems to have been the only one who has recognized the * Bored of the Rings* reference so far.
[QUOTE=Rocketeer]
Surprisingly enough, the normally way-behind-the-curve Rocketeer seems to have been the only one who has recognized the * Bored of the Rings* reference so far.
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Bored of the Rings? Those are all names of medical drugs, referenced by Saltire on the first page.
[QUOTE=Typo Knig]
Continuing in the Trek universe, friends of our named their daughter Jadzia. It is a pretty name. They were considering Dax for a boy. “That’s a strong name,” said the dad.
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Actually, fwiw, Jadzia is a reasonably common Polish name, but pronounced “YAH-zhah” instead of “JAD-zee-ah”. I know a Jadzia of the “YAH-zhah” variety and when I asked her about it, she said she thought it was cool that the DS9 creators chose the name, but wished they pronounced it correctly!
I also know a former work colleague who’s son named his son - therefore her first grandson - Anakin. And since my colleague was not a particularly big Star Wars fan and was worried about teasing and such, she was a little frustrated but chose to get over it…
[QUOTE=Anglachel]
In the city I live in there is a housing addition called Rivendell. All of the streets, streams, etc are named after places in Lord of the Rings. I’d love to live there if it was located on my side of town.
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Here, yeah?
Donald Duck, best known as a member of the Blues Brothers band.
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan]
No, Turgon.
Celebrex was the 2nd son of Isordil (by his wife Feldene). Mevacor was of that line too. But he fell into dispute with Indocin, and sailed off to the Islets of Langerhans.
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Damn. Just, damn!
I am in awe.
Tris
[QUOTE=Triskadecamus]
Damn. Just, damn!
I am in awe.
Tris
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Wanna hear the tale of the twins Glyburide and Glipizide? They were sons of Feldene’s brother Mobic Oxicam.
An earlier thread on Tolkienesque street names, since some have been mentioned here:
Tolkien street names - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan]
Wanna hear the tale of the twins Glyburide and Glipizide? They were sons of Feldene’s brother Mobic Oxicam.
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Do you know the tale of Elavil? I have heard of his travels in far away Norpramin.
Tris
