# Silly Names: Nursing Holmes **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 17, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903 "2015-10-17T14:50:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/21 "2015-10-19T13:16:17Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > There used to be (may still be but I haven’t found it yet) a list of writers and staff for _A Prairie Home Companion_ that had at least 30 of these sorts of names. > > A few I remember: > > Rex Karz > Amanda B Reconwith > Sarah Bellum > Erasmus B. Dragon > > Anybody have that full list somewhere? _Car Talk_, not _APHC_. [The list](http://www.cartalk.com/content/staff-credits) is not short. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/22 "2015-10-19T13:41:04Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > _Car Talk_, not _APHC_. > > [The list](http://www.cartalk.com/content/staff-credits) is not short. Well done! Garrison did have a list of his own, too. Probably traded some ideas with Click and Clack. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Oddball\_92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b3f665/32.png) [@Oddball\_92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oddball_92)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/23 "2015-10-19T21:19:45Z")
Ima Hogg. (A real person, daughter of former Texas Governor James S. Hogg) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/24 "2015-10-19T21:42:26Z")
[del]Robert Galbraith[/del] J.K. Rowling has gifted the world with Cormoran Strike, which is of course how a certain wading bird gets its dinner. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/25 "2015-10-19T23:08:02Z")
Justin Case Mike Hunt (I was waiting for someone else to post) Hugh Jackman ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/26 "2015-10-19T23:29:20Z")
Minnie Van and Rusty Van Trey Lortrasch Ty Pryter Mel A. Droit Asa Spades Juan Ford-DeRhode Mark Miwerds Katie Boundry or Kay T. Boundry Avery Laybull Cal Q. Layder Axel Bray-Kerr Reed Enright Cody Pendent Ernest Munni Fisher Cutbait Darrell B. Heldapay Lionel Trayne June Bugg Shanda Lear (I Love these) ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/27 "2015-10-19T23:32:12Z")
Two I stole from a New York Magazine competition: Matt Burns, Wrestler Lucinda Joints, Contortionist ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/28 "2015-10-20T00:12:14Z")
> [@seal\_cleaner](#): > > Two I stole from a New York Magazine competition: > Matt Burns, Wrestler > Lucinda Joints, Contortionist I. Yankem - Dentist Dewey, Cheatham, & Howe - Lawyers OK, those are from the Three Stooges. ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/29 "2015-10-21T00:00:25Z")
Some people I went to high school with just had their first child and named her Minnie. The last name is Mead (pronounced liked ‘bead).’ **Minnie Mead.** Their daughter’s name is an _Austin Powers_ pun…and unless they’ve changed _dramatically_ from high school, they absolutely did it on purpose. As far as fake ones go, I’ve always be partial to **Ophelia Balls**. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/30 "2015-10-21T04:16:05Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Margie Naverra (the statistician). I thought she went by Marge? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/31 "2015-10-21T05:53:42Z")
Isaac Hunt ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/32 "2015-10-21T06:40:31Z")
Harry Areola ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/33 "2015-10-21T15:01:55Z")
Dorrie N. Column Jim Henson shoulda named his daughter Mary Annette. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/34 "2015-10-21T15:19:26Z")
I knew this topic wasn’t a new one because I had the occasion to post [this list](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7238026&postcount=11) a while back. There may be another dozen or so we came up with, but Rita Mandweep was the one that caused me to search to see if I had mentioned her before. ---
**Author:** ![Donnerwetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/35 "2015-10-22T14:52:52Z")
_Hugo Furst_ (bungee jumping instructor) ---
**Author:** ![LegendHasit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/legendhasit/32/8246_2.png) [@LegendHasit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegendHasit)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/36 "2015-10-23T22:19:20Z")
Raina Katzandauz I still don’t get Hugh Jackman ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/37 "2015-10-24T04:08:52Z")
As a telemarketer, I call a lot of people. Some of the more interesting names I’ve called these people (all actually answered the phone, otherwise I would assume it was a fake name) Aaron Limbless Derek Dolarbill Castro Louie Miracle Jim Hot Molly Donna Rambeaux Sammy Semenchugg Hilda Lesbo Camile Hole Jesus Christ ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/38 "2015-10-24T20:15:42Z")
I saw one at work the other day, Virginia Hom. It’s a real name. I wonder if she hates her parents? ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/39 "2015-10-24T22:48:23Z")
Christian V. Lyons From one long-ago job when I sat by a printer pulling out envelopes as they were printing. Saw some interesting, allegedly real names. One of my favorites. But I also liked Batt Bemster. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903/40 "2015-10-26T01:31:12Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > Jim Henson shoulda named his daughter Mary Annette. :smack:been looking at this all week not getting it till tonight hangs head in shame, slinks out the back way [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-names-nursing-holmes/734903.md?page=3)