People whose names you like

There was a basketball player named “God Shamgod.” I kid you not. Even better, he played college ball for the Providence Friars.

I also enjoy the name of former Steeler wide receiver Yancey Thigpen.

-P

A local insurance agent has the name Benote Wimp.

One of my friends has the coolest American/Russian name I have heard - Leah Goncharow, as in “gone-share-oh.” Her great grandpa came from Russia and had the name Goncharov, so they changed the pronounciation and the spelling to make it more American.

I love the name Jared Leto. I’m mad I didn’t think of it first. Jared Leto. It just sounds like someone I want to sleep with.

Baseball: Mookie Wilson

Basketball: God Shamgod. That’s right, “God. Sham. God.”

lieu, “Engelbert Humperdink” is actually not his real name; he got it from “the 1911, century Austrian composer who wrote ‘Hansel & Gretel.’” (I don’t know what a “1911, century composer” is.)

And finally:

Sounds like someone’s a Grizzlies fan! Bless you…

Darth Vader

When it comes to names, english speakers have nothing on the rest of the world -
Actor Obba Babatunde

People who worked at my company:

Prapun Upuriasikul
Awet M’Balia

Casius Clay. If that was my name I’d sure as hell keep it.

Anybody remember Carol Burnett’s fav names?

Theresa Renterrea

Lavicka Trickleson

Leigh Bogardus is another good one–my husband thought for years that her first name was “Leighbo”… :slight_smile:

A girl in college, about 3 dorm rooms down had the name: Abba Singh–which always made me smile.

Sports Players:

Dick Butkus
Hakan Yakin pronounced “Hock-in Ya-kin”
Chris Fuamatu-Ma’afala
Dick “Night Train” Lane

People I know:

Archiebong Yellow Duke
Krista Marie Coleman
people also tell me they like my name.

Lucy Lawless. It’s just perfect for her, and what’s even cooler is that it isn’t even a screen-name.

A close second has to be our own Zev Steinhardt: if I had his name, I would demand that people addressed me in full as Zev Steinhardt, Galactic Avenger.

Oh! I forgot! There used to be a racecar driver named Dick Trickle.

Personally, I’d have had folks call me “Richard.”

Whoa, that reminds me of another cool former NASCAR driver’s name:Lake Speed.

What an utterly perfect last name for a racing driver.

Hulk Hogan

I concur. Kickass sounding name, my friend.

A tribute to the Flying Frenchmen:

Maurice “Rocket” Richard (Rish-ard)

Guy Lafleur (Gee la-Flur)

Ron Tugnutt

Stu “Grim Reaper” Grimson

Bernie “Boom Boom” Geoffrion

Marcel Dionne

Bernie Federko

Rod Gilbert (zhil-Bear)

Michel Goulet (me-Shell goo-Lay)

Jacques Lemaire (Zhock le-Mare)

Gil Perreault (Gill per-Row)

Yvan Cournoyer (e-Von Corn-why-eh)

I like cultural fusion names. These are some are kids I know.

Raphael Chung
Dimitri Gamez
Theresa Nguyen
JoAnne Tran (who has two sisters, Diane and Mary Anne)
Shannon Kuvirat

W.C. Fields:

Otis Criblecoblis
Egbert Sousé
Cuthbert J. Twillie
Larson E. Whipsnade
T. Frothingill Bellows
Eustace P. McGargle
Augustus Q. Winterbottom
Rollo La Rue
J. Effingham Bellweather
Gabby Gilfoil
Elmer Prettywillie
Groucho Marx:

Lionel Q. Deveraux
Ronald Kornblow
Wolf J. Flywheel
J. Cheever Loophole
Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush
Rufus T. Firefly

I think his first name was pronounced more like “Zhill”.

You left out my personal favorite:

Mahatma Kain Jeeves