BraheSilver, forgive me, but I don’t recognize the Andrea Anna Jones ref.
If we wanted to go classical, I also always liked Xerxes. Especially since everyone would see the X. and think Xavier, and the kid could go “Nope, not even close.” and then conquer the known world until he meets some kid named Alexander.
Tycho.
Oh, that reminds me: Anthea or Anthe. Both Greek for flower, plus I had a teacher a long time ago called Anthea.
Or Ajax. It’d be cool, but everyone would think of bathroom cleaner.
avabeth and Happy Lendervedder I LOVE the name Cordelia, Delia for short. I told my mom that, and she was very unimpressed.
I still love Claire, both of my grandmother’s middle names.
My nickname in college was “Mick”. Same as my grandfather, which was sort of cool, even though I’m a girl.
I knew a Bill Dollar in high school, as well as a Ka Pang. Seriously.
For a boy, I like Ananda - I knew one in high school (should I say lusted after in high school) - I think it’s Sanskrit fo “happy”. The playground would I think still be merciless.
How about Nails for a boy, as in “Tough As”?
Either that or Gussie Finknottle.
I’m very partial to the name Rockmetteller Todd.
Most of these are because they don’t fit my married surname: Boys: Keaton (I’m a BIG Buster Keaton fan), Broughton, Aristotle, Bodge, Ramseur, Talmadge, Brockton
Girls: Raven, Bronwyn (the daughter of actress Maureen O’Hara), Hannalore, Hollis, Maria, Hodges, Natalie
Which somehow got me thinking about Marilyn Quayle. I seem to remember that her mother didn’t give her daughters middle names so they wouldn’t lose them when they took their husband’s name (hence she is Marilyn Tucker Quayle). I believe their son is Tucker Quayle. But I digress…
I think THOR would be a super name for a boy but I am afraid he would end up on American Gladiators.
I love the names Lestat and Tarquin but I don’t think Patrick would ever agree to naming our kids after Anne Rice characters. I am also so fond of Everclear I would love to name a son Alexakis or at least just Art. I think Art Alexakis has the coolest name ever. I also though Caden/Cadence would be a good name combo for twins (boy/girl).
I’m also fond of Ophelia, Arwen (before I even saw/read LOTR) and Blythe for girls.
I’ve gone through phases where I collect unusual names for babies, none of which I’d ever actually give to a kid. I think I have around 30 some odd pages on my computer full of names. Name are just fun.
You know, the weird thing about the internet is that every time you think there’s something about you that’s completely unique, it turns out you can find someone else on the internet with the same fixation. I’m completely obsessed by that sign (it’s in Scranton, btw) and every time I pass it I think it would be a great name for something.
Mr. Del and I always liked the name “Cowboy” for a boy (obviously, it would be silly for a girl). I’m also partial to the name “King,” as in King Vidor. The obvious conclusion is that we should skip the kids entirely and get a pair of German Shepherds.
Three pages and nobody’s mentioned naming their boy Sue?
I like Ashoka for a boy. Historic pacifist/Buddhist references, and he’d get the nickname Ash. How freakin’ cool is that? A bit too hippie-ish for me though, since I so can’t pass for Buddhist or Indian.
For girls I really like old-fashioned names. Fran is my personal favorite, although I like Nora a lot as well (bonus points for A Doll’s House). Nora is doable, but Fran? I just don’t know.
A friend of mine has a great story about how his Dad responded to the umpteenth “What are you gonna name it?” question before he was born. His father, a rather imposing man btw, decreed his son’s name would be Zoot Ngorski. I think that shut people up.
I know another guy who named his kid Comso. His middle name wasn’t any better, either.
I know a guy named Thor. He’s an average Joe, too-no gladiator or anything like that.
Actually, I wish my buddy was on this string. He knows guys named Homey and Lurko. And I know for a fact that Lurko is the man’s given name, not a nickname.
Cthulhu.
it means
You have a natural interest in the welfare of your fellow man, and a desire to help and serve others in a humanitarian way. You are responsible and generous, although somewhat scattering and disorganized at times. Any jobs requiring systematic and conscientious effort, or involving any form of drudgery, dismay you. In your work, you would seek a position offering self-expression through contact with people, such as sales or teaching, or a position giving scope to your creative, artistic talents. You are good-natured and likeable, and people tend to confide in you and seek your advice in personal problems. Others sense your sincere interest and desire to help, and you can always be counted on to see the bright side of any problem. You enjoy making others happy and you never let your own problems “get you down” for any length of time, even though you do tend to worry too much at times. Your optimism can be a source of inspiration to others as well as yourself. In close personal relationships you are usually thoughtful and considerate. However, your natural interest in others, coupled with your sympathetic reaction to problems, could draw you into emotional situations which may be difficult to get out of. Health weakness would appear as skin conditions or ailments relative to the liver. A tendency to overeat quick-energy foods aggravates any health problems.
But who’s ggoing to name their kid after a giant squidman of death?
Where’d you find THAT definition of Cthulhu?
As a related aside, there IS an American Senator, Dennis Hasturt… I think he just added the “t”. He may be, in fact, unspeakable.
I have a friend who named his first son Richard Edward. It was not until years later that the horror of the name was truely realized. Dick is a common nick name for Richard and Ed for Edward. Thus the childs nick name at school was Dick Ed. Poor child I figure he will pratice patracide for that later in life.
This is simply hysterical.
[queuing the 45] They don’t make nun names,
like that no more.
No more cool nun names…
like Sister Bob and Sister Ray…
Sister Mary Herman Goehring
They don’t make nun names
Yeah, I remember my shop teacher, Sister Mary Black and Decker
Like that no more
And our principal, Sister Mary Attila.
no more cool nun names
Ooooh ohhhh OHhhhhhhh
I have, at times, wanted to name a son Beowulf. He’d go by Bay most of the time, I’m sure.
Wanted to name a son George Lucifer, but my wife wouldn’t let me. She also vetoed ‘Superfly’, which I thought would have sounded KICK-ASS with my last name. (Un)Luckily enough, she got tired of me before I knocked her up, so marrying a Christian was only a temporary setback for that plan.
Badtz, I becha a kid named Beowulf would go by Wulf as a nickname.
At least that’s a classic heroic name that is still usable. Imagine what would happen to Charlemagne (Charlie), Samson (Sam), Agammemnon (Aggie), Achilles (Gimp?), Paris (Wimp?) in an American grade school.
After all, look at David.
My wife knew an Asian guy named Strong Wong.
There is a video store in Irving, Tx, at the intersection of Beltline and Pioneer called Dong Wang video.
Colombo 
- for a boy
I also like Theodore (but I hate Ted) and Amadé (French form of Amadeus) would be nice too for a boy but everyone laughs at me when I say it.
I kind of think Peggy would be cute for a little girl but it’s too associated with old women now.