# People you've known whose names are oddly apt **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 2, 2015, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434 "2015-06-02T12:33:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/61 "2015-07-01T21:28:05Z")
I recently had a kayaking instructor named Mike Pond. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/62 "2015-07-01T21:41:45Z")
A liver transplant surgeon named Dr. Payne. I temped for him many years ago. Will Power, IndyCar racer. Lake Speed, NASCAR racer Dick Painter, a handyman and friend of my parents Rich Mann, but he wasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/63 "2015-07-01T21:50:24Z")
There was a baseball pitcher [Rollie Fingers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollie_Fingers). ---
**Author:** ![MmeRose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@MmeRose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MmeRose)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/64 "2015-07-15T00:27:36Z")
I heard NPR interview someone called Professor Nicholas Economides about the debt crisis in Greece. I kept wondering if I’d dreamed it, but I just looked him up and he is real. There was a local Ear Nose and Throat doctor called Dr Nosall. He retired before I moved to this area but I always wondered if he was an arrogant type, too. I had a job once that involved reading surgery patients’ charts. Several were released from hospital to the care of Dr De’Ath and some to Dr Coffin (their primary care physicians). ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/65 "2015-07-15T01:26:07Z")
I don’t know him of course, but blindingly fast Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt has an awesome name. I feel like it should always be written in italics. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/66 "2015-07-15T01:36:49Z")
I knew about [Dr. (John) Bush, OB/GYN](http://www.healthgrades.com/physician/dr-john-bush-34v8b) because I used to see him back in the day. But when I was looking up the obligatory link of proof, I noticed he has another doctor in his practice now, about 30 years younger than he is. I suspect she may be his daughter. May I present… [Dr. C. Bush, OB/GYN](http://www.healthgrades.com/physician/dr-cerise-bush-x6f7k#tab=background-check&scrollTo=BackgroundEducationAndTraining_anchor). Priceless. ---
**Author:** ![MmeRose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@MmeRose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MmeRose)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/67 "2015-07-15T02:42:31Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > I knew about [Dr. (John) Bush, OB/GYN](http://www.healthgrades.com/physician/dr-john-bush-34v8b) because I used to see him back in the day. But when I was looking up the obligatory link of proof, I noticed he has another doctor in his practice now, about 30 years younger than he is. I suspect she may be his daughter. May I present… > > [Dr. C. Bush, OB/GYN](http://www.healthgrades.com/physician/dr-cerise-bush-x6f7k#tab=background-check&scrollTo=BackgroundEducationAndTraining_anchor). Priceless. WhyNot, that has to be the best one of all! I just laughed out loud, really more of a guffaw. I don’t think I have ever made that sound before. ---
**Author:** ![MmeRose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@MmeRose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MmeRose)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/68 "2015-07-15T02:51:09Z")
I just saw what her first name is and thought I’d heard the word before. Thinking I must be mistaken, I looked up the meaning and here it is, courtesy of the Free Dictionary: _cerise - a red the color of ripe cherries . cherry red, cherry. red, redness - red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood. Adj. 1._ ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/69 "2015-07-15T02:53:33Z")
> [@MmeRose](#): > > I just saw what her first name is and thought I’d heard the word before. > > Thinking I must be mistaken, I looked up the meaning and here it is, courtesy of the Free Dictionary: > > _cerise - a red the color of ripe cherries . cherry red, cherry. red, redness - red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood. Adj. 1._ No. Way. :eek: 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434.md?page=3)