“We called the DOG Indiana!”
But it WOULD be better than “Henry.”
My aunt married a guy named Matherson.
I kept pressuring them to name their firstborn “Bat.”
They didn’t listen…
Other names I have seen:
Asthma (a nice refugee from Algeria)Asshole (a longtime personal friend of Wynona Ryder)
and anyone remember the skier Pikaboo Street?
On the way up to Ithaca, NY, there’s a sign showing the exit toward the towns of “Dunmoore” and “Throop” and ever since seeing that sign, I’ve decided I must name something or someone Dunmoore Throop.
Minor nitpick: it’s Picabo Street, although I think it is pronounced Peekaboo.
Okay, where were all of you during The Silly Name Game?
Yeah, I mispelled-thanx for the catch- and yes, that is the correct pronunciation.
One I found in a work of fiction was Hiro Protagonist. He was the main character in Neal Stephenson’s “Snow Crash.”
Ulysses. I guess the reason I would not name a boy that is because 1) I already named my cat that and 2) I doubt I will ever find a husband that would agree to that name…
Raven is a pretty girl’s name, I think.
Another one to file under the unusual Asian guys name: I went to school with a guy named Allistair Ono. He was half Asian/half Caucasian.
María and Carlos are good names, I just won’t name my kids that. Same with Roberto, José, Guillermo, Manuel, Jorge, Luis, and Ramón. Well, maybe Ramón can escape that.
Arrabella Daggers
Catwarp Friday.
Jack of Hearts.
Ambrose, Basil, Cassandra, Daphne.
The only problem with this is that children with virtue names tend not to display them. Hope will be moody, Charity will be stingy, and we won’t even talk about Chastity 
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Learn this and other gems at The Institute for Naming Children Humanely
“Schembechler”-- in honor of Bo.
“Hollywood”-- what a great place to visit
“Biscuit”
“Flop”-- nothing like preparing a kid up for the regular kick-in-the-nuts life ultimately hands out. Maybe this could be Crap’s little brother.
“Shwarma”-- mmm…shwarma
“Continuum”-- Connie for short
Happy
I wanna name my futire kid Cougar Excalibur. That’s one kid that will never get beat up at the playground!
I went to grade school with a girl named Andrea Anna Jones. Guess who her parents were fans of.
Although Harrison would be a good name. I am slowly coming to the realization that In probably won’t be able to name any kids I ever have “Dolph” or “Tycho,” which I suppose is just as well since that’s what I name all my game characters.
When I was pregnant I told everyone that if my baby was a girl I would name her Medea. It’s a very pretty-sounding name, if you can ignore the reminder of child homicide .
For all of those who liked the name “Mayor”: I know several guys named Mayer/Meyer/Meir (all pronounced the same as ‘Mayor’). It’s a pretty common Hebrew name. Since it’s all transliterated anyway, go with the spelling of your choice, then tell people you’re getting in touch with your Jewish roots ;j
In The Great Gilly Hopkins , which I read in sixth grade and so don’t quite recall the author, the main character’s real name was Galadriel, and I always thought that was cool.
I always liked the sound of Arion, which is the Russo-Finnish version of Orion, the great Greek hunter of legend.
I also wouldn’t mind naming a kid after Jaco Pastorius-either name really, but Jaco would be preferred.
It will never be finished…That sounds like the names most of my students have–including the unforgettable Lik Wang. 
Names…let’s see now…
For boys:
Sterling.
Sheridan.
For girls:
Althea.
Jacaranda.
I always thought Amethyst would be pretty for a girl. And we could call her Amy for short. But now I have a little cousin named Amy, so that probably wouldn’t be a good idea.