Interesting Names

He is actually an ornithologist and is (or was) on the McGill faculty.

We had a student named Hu. Who? Right. Name? He’s on second.

I have Bob Dillon on speed dial.

I work with John Hancock.

Way back when I worked in customer service I got a call from Harold Bush… first words from him were “call me Harry.”

My mom’s hairdresser was Dick Nice.

My kids’ pediatrician is Dr. Harms.

I knew a girl back in college named Joni Mitchell. I taught a pair of (female) twins named Lovey and Dovey. There was a girl named Chimera (she pronounced it shuh mare uh, but still, sometimes people need to check a dictionary before they give a kid a name they made up).

I worked in management consulting with a guy who focused on the Aerospace industry named NEIL Armstrong - it’s different, man! :wink:

There was a Lyrna Moy at a place I used to work.

I went to school with Marilyn Munroe. And Deborah Carr. (I know -“Monroe” and “Kerr” - but still, close enough.)

In Moscow, I used to have a British supervisor named Harry Bone (and yes, it took an enormous effort not to laugh when he introduced himself).

In one of my English classes, I had a female student named Olessiya Vagina.* When she handed me her registration slip, the only thing I could think of to say was “Are you sure your name is spelled right…?”

*Pronounced “VA-geen-a” in Russian. It’s Ukrainian for “scales”; cf. German “Waage.”

Has anyone actually encountered twins named Lemonjello and Orangejello? Srsly, if that urban legend was as common as everyone says it is, there’d be a set in every American classroom, and there aren’t that many twins to begin with.

No Jellos, but I did meet Travoris and his brother, Lavoris. Just checked- yes, Lavoris mouthwash is still on the market.

Went to Middle School and CCD with Michael Hunt.

There used to be an important guy at my university. I forget his actual job title. His name was Dick Pound. He was also in charge of a sports anti-doping agency. He actually made it into a Cracked article because of his name.

I also used to work with a guy named, no kidding, Dick Orifice.

And there’s the late Dick Trickle.

I attended high school with Michael Jackson
I attended college with Robert Kennedy
Now I work with Barbara Walters.

The Kennedy was no relation to the famous ones, but had been named for the real Robert Kennedy. The other two were coincidental.

I just found out there’s an auto racer named Will Power (and it’s his real name).

Always felt bad for one kid in my elementary school. The lone black kid in K-6, there from 1980 to 1985 or so… named Michael Jackson. You can imagine the hell he went through.

Had a class in university, a big intro course held in a large auditorium, where the professor insisted on doing roll call every session. What made sitting through that tedious reading-off of names worth it were two brothers, Centurion and Gladiator. Such cool names! “Becky? Ah, Becky. Sarah? Sarah’s not here, okay. Centurion? Oh, there you are Centurion. And there’s Gladiator.”

My elementary school (well, one of them) had triplet sisters named Nina, Pinta, and Maria.

I had a cataract replaced by him! When I went back for the checkups he was never around. I had to restrain myself from asking which century he was in today.