This reminds me of one I have told often. A young kid went by the initials O.Z. until his teacher asked what that stood for. He said, Onree Zavier.
(It tells better than it writes.)
My husband taught a merit badge course this weekend that included a kid named Senator. Possibly his parents were Lake Woebegon fans.
Gynaecologist?
I worked with a guy call Innocent. He was fired for fraud.
There was a young woman who worked at my local pub called Tuppence.
Was it an Italian restaurant? 'Cause that would be the best fake name for a nametag ever.
When I sold my Dad’s house, we came in one day to find the 20 or so business cards of the realtors who had been showing it – one of them, I shit you not, read “Rainey Tarpey”. What a perfect name for a realtor in Portland Oregon.
Fans have held up signs at Ducks games saying “LAMICHAEL IS SPANISH FOR ‘THE MICHAEL.’”
I know of an Esme May May, which was probably about a third less redundant at her birth, right up until she met Mr May.
I once went to school with a huge linebacker-type black guy named Baby Boy.
I know a woman who named her two sons (both around 12-15 years old now) Happii and Rakkii (Japanese transliterations of “Happy” and “Lucky”).
Back when I used to be a teacher, I taught a boy whose name is “Kamuy” which is the Ainu word for a deity or deity-like spirit. Talk about pressure!
Also, the kid has to forever explain to people that he is not even remotely Ainu. His parents are just weird is all.
I think I’ll politely disagree with the Dopers here, IMHO Nemesis is an excellent name, (especially if the surname was something simple/common like Smith or Jones). Nothing wrong with being named for a spirit of divine retribution for hubris.
“Nemesis Tisiphone Jones! Get over here right now young lady!!” 
I met a babe in arms a while back whose mother stated that his name was “Legion”. :eek: (and turned out his middle name is “Lestat”).
My aunt said she went to school (probably in the 40s or 50s) with someone named Opal Ballserini, which naturally got shortened to Opal Balls. Ballserini is apparently a real surname.
I have a cousin Melva. Her name always makes me laugh.
When I was in London, I met a woman whose last name was Mycock. Which is apparently pronounced Mee-coe. Go figure.
I see that one go by in the credits now and then and think “huh?”
My 6 year old niece is named “Alexia”, I’ve still never told my sister what the name means.
Luckily, she has overcome her name and gets straight As in school.
I once met a young woman whose first name was Female (pronounced Fem Ali). I asked her about it and she said that when she was born, her mom couldn’t decide on a name, so the nurse penciled in Female Jones (or whatever her last name was), it got entered into the official system, and her name was Female.
My father told me a similar story about a student named Female. She told him that the hospital had named the baby.
When I was a little girl I had a friend named Dawn Rose. She married a guy named Smith. I was kind of sad for her to lose such a pretty name for such an ordinary one.
I love these threads.
Malaise? I guess it could have been worse:
Best comment: “For a baby, no way. But for a babby, now that makes it a great name!”
Malice A. Forethought ?
*You *actually met and spoke to her, or you heard this from someone? :dubious: Because this is a known urban legend. (I can believe someone may be *named *Female, but not the story behind it.)
Someone explain why Justin Spector is funny? I get that said fast it sounds like Just Inspector, but why does that bring up images of a gynecologist?
May I just say in reference to that link: Goddamn! Aggressive ignorance!