# "Ike" = Dwight D?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ike-dwight-d/463380>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 13, 2008, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ike-dwight-d/463380 "2008-09-13T01:55:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 3

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ike-dwight-d/463380/41 "2008-09-15T17:04:10Z")

</div>

I find it so ironic that anyone (and it may just be that lone nut congresswoman from Houston) should be so upset that hurricanes are mostly given “Anglo” names. My daughter’s actual name is Katrina. She was six years old when _that_ hurricane hit. To this day hearing the phrase “Katrina victims” upsets her greatly, and she takes it quite personally that her name should be associated in so many peoples’ minds with a national catastrophe.

Ironically, “Ike” was my grandfather’s nickname – his birth name was Isaac, BTW.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ike-dwight-d/463380/42 "2008-09-15T17:54:34Z")

</div>

> [@Kizarvexius](#):
>
> I find it so ironic that anyone (and it may just be that lone nut congresswoman from Houston) should be so upset that hurricanes are mostly given “Anglo” names. My daughter’s actual name is Katrina. She was six years old when _that_ hurricane hit. To this day hearing the phrase “Katrina victims” upsets her greatly, and she takes it quite personally that her name should be associated in so many peoples’ minds with a national catastrophe.
> 
> Ironically, “Ike” was my grandfather’s nickname – his birth name was Isaac, BTW.

I feel for your daughter. I’ve wondered if being namesakes of hurricanes would bother people, especially kids. My adult daughter’s married name is Susan Smith. Remember her?  
Nice place Austin, by the way. Only place in Texas I could live. Too hot, though. 🙂  
Peace,  
mangeorge

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ike-dwight-d/463380/43 "2008-09-15T18:09:49Z")

</div>

> [@Kizarvexius](#):
>
> I find it so ironic that anyone should be so upset that hurricanes are mostly given “Anglo” names.

Yeah, too bad that “Keyshawn” wasn’t in the name list in 2005.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ike-dwight-d/463380/44 "2008-09-15T18:42:21Z")

</div>

> [@Raguleader](#):
>
> He probably means English names like John, Margarette, and Peter, as opposed to names from other languages such as Juan, Margarita, and Petras. Or even Akira, Wang, or Mohammed.

Oooh, I can’t wait for a Hurricane Mohammed. _That’ll_ whip up a storm.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ike-dwight-d/463380/45 "2008-09-15T20:08:06Z")

</div>

> [@sqweels](#):
>
> Oooh, I can’t wait for a Hurricane Mohammed. _That’ll_ whip up a storm.

Yeah, I can hear the Muslim woman (half of the owners) at Fred’s Market now;  
“Oh those Christians, trying to whip up a storm”.  
😛

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ike-dwight-d/463380.md?page=2)