There is a former Houston city councilman and general politician who goes by the name of Jew Don Boney. While I understand it can be good for a politician to have a memorable name, this one causes me amusement and confusion.
“Don” is a normal enough name, and “Boney,” while unusual, is not unusual enough to fall under the category of “weird.” However, I have never heard of someone using “Jew” as a name, and am intensely curious as to what the etymology / history of this name is (if indeed it differs from the common meaning of “Jew”), and more importantly, why someone (who, moreover, is not Jewish) would use it as a name.
While I’ve been well aware of Houston’s incarnation of Al Sharpton (no, he’s not really quite as bad as Al, but similar) forever, I don’t know the origin of Jew Don Boney’s first name. The only seemingly potentially fruitful google hit, a website entitled black jew, crashes my browsers when I try to access it. Perhaps you’ll have better luck.