Really. I would have called him Monty.
Better still, name all the children Monty, but number them.
Really. I would have called him Monty.
Better still, name all the children Monty, but number them.
From The Sunday Times 11 July 2010.
But Monte isn’t a common name in Spain; Jesús is.
I worked with six guys whose lastnames were Jiménez Jiménez: a father and his five sons. All the sons had double names, all with JJ initials. We called them “the J-fives” (the sons were all Jxxx Jxxxx Jiménez Jiménez Jiménez).
That’s pretty extreme. Although now that I think of it, I did go to school with a Martina Martinez…
My dad used to race with Stirling Moss,they were best friends, my older brother is named Stirling.
My older sister is named Mercedes.
A while back I got a text message from a good friend whilst he was at his sister’s college graduation that he’d just witnessed the graduation of someone called “Mercedes Benz Lastname”… He later went on to reveal that Mercedes Benz was actually a guy…
It’s not terribly overstated, but people who know me (and my interest in history) are amused to note that I have four children with the names of British monarchs.
George, James, Charles and Katherine.
The American equivalent of naming children after Presidents–with the president’s last name as the child’s middle name–has unfortunately fallen into disuse. In the past we’ve had:
George Washington Carver, agriculturalist
James Buchanan Duke, tobacco king and benefactor of the university
James Madison Wells, governor of Louisiana
Franklin Pierce Adams, writer and poet
Grover Cleveland Alexander, old-time baseball pitcher
Theodore Roosevelt Lilly, modern-day baseball pitcher
Abraham Lincoln Marovitz, judge
But not many people do this any more. I’ve never heard of a child named Ronald Reagan Lastname or Barack Obama Lastname.
At least his parents didn’t name him Jack.
I had an uncle named Marvin. His daughter is named Marvina (mar-VEE-nuh). You wouldn’t know from her name, but she was a pretty girl.
Better than Knob Creek.
“Why do you ask, Two Dogs Humping?”
Albert Brooks was the youngest of four sons. His parents decided they’d been tempted enough and apparently said to heck with it. His original name was Albert Einstein.