# Time again for....unusual names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 5, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-again-for-unusual-names/508984 "2009-09-05T19:30:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-again-for-unusual-names/508984/81 "2009-09-16T15:00:34Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > My aunt had a neighbor whose name was Gladys Hapibotem. > > Glad-Ass Happy-Bottom. No relation to Cheery Littlebottom, is she? ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-again-for-unusual-names/508984/82 "2009-09-16T15:13:56Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > I love unusual names but I always worry about nicknames. I knew a Kalani, and you could go with ‘Kay’ or ‘Lani’ - but there is simply no diminutive of the name ‘Thankful’! Nkfu. > [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > No relation to Cheery Littlebottom, is she? The beard would be a tipoff, you’d think. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-again-for-unusual-names/508984/83 "2009-09-16T19:49:55Z")
> [@lshaw](#): > > Sandy Beach Any chance she was an elementary school teacher in Minnesota in the '70s? Because I had a teacher named that. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-again-for-unusual-names/508984/84 "2009-09-16T21:34:54Z")
There is a well-known private investigate named “J.J. Armes.” Arms, yes, but he has no hands, other than hooks. I don’t know how he pronounces it, but I’ve always assumed it is “AR-meez.” I think it was originally spelled “Armas,” but he changed it to “Armes.” ---
**Author:** ![Charger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@Charger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charger)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-again-for-unusual-names/508984/85 "2009-09-16T22:36:07Z")
We sent out mailers at work, and I set up the mailing list. My eye caught the name: Robin R. Butt ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-again-for-unusual-names/508984/86 "2009-09-16T23:18:23Z")
And then there’s California’s Ed Butts Ford dealerships. I keep thinking of it as Ed’s Butt Ford. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-again-for-unusual-names/508984/87 "2009-09-17T01:49:27Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > There is a well-known private investigate named “J.J. Armes.” > > Arms, yes, but he has no hands, other than hooks. > > I don’t know how he pronounces it, but I’ve always assumed it is “AR-meez.” I think it was originally spelled “Armas,” but he changed it to “Armes.” He had a brief popular vogue around the time of the _Six Million Dollar Man_. IIRC, one of Armes’ arms included a built-in handgun. ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-again-for-unusual-names/508984/88 "2009-09-18T04:03:01Z")
I read this name in the local “HB Wave” weekly newspaper, in the legal announcements. They’re always good for a hoot: ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Present Name: Chai Thi Diem Nguyen Propose Name: Micheleangela Florentina Brilliance. Okay, so there’s a very large Vietnamese community, and the “Present Name” looks fairly run-of-the-mill. But HOLY COW, why would you want to change your name to MICHELEANGELA FLORENTINA BRILLIANCE?!? I thought for sure it was a joke or the result of a dare, but this is the 2nd week that the petition has been published. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-again-for-unusual-names/508984/89 "2009-09-18T06:27:31Z")
On Toddlers and Tiaras, there was a kid named Sparkal Queenz. Now if that is not funny enough, apparently the 2nd choice for her first name was Brooklyn. Yes, Brooklyn Queenz. ---
**Author:** ![longPath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@longPath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longPath)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-again-for-unusual-names/508984/90 "2009-09-18T09:41:16Z")
There is a dentist practicing near me named Dr. Carey ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-again-for-unusual-names/508984/91 "2009-09-18T12:58:29Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > He had a brief popular vogue around the time of the _Six Million Dollar Man_. IIRC, one of Armes’ arms included a built-in handgun. [It does.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jay_J_Armes.jpg) I guess this guy was first runner-up in that “most interesting man in the world” commercial. Incidentally his name is Jay J. Armes, formerly Julian Armas. ---
**Author:** ![lshaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e36b37/32.png) [@lshaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lshaw)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2009, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-again-for-unusual-names/508984/92 "2009-09-19T03:33:23Z")
> [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](#): > > Any chance she was an elementary school teacher in Minnesota in the '70s? Because I had a teacher named that. I have no idea if she was. But if she has a sibling named Pebble Beach, then yes, we are probably talking about the same person 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-again-for-unusual-names/508984/93 "2009-09-22T14:01:18Z")
Yesterday, some paperwork crossed my desk. Name: Pat Rear. In this case, you’d think she’d use “Patricia.” ---
**Author:** ![CallMeKate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3d9bf3/32.png) [@CallMeKate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CallMeKate)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-again-for-unusual-names/508984/94 "2009-09-22T17:51:47Z")
My boyfriends name is Anders… I like it, it is unusual though ---
**Author:** ![ThirdOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@ThirdOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThirdOne)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-again-for-unusual-names/508984/95 "2009-09-22T21:26:45Z")
Well, high school (some number of years ago): Crystal Ball; Clark Kent (he had a sister, Carol, in my class); Mary, Carol and Gay Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![Translucent\_Daydream](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/translucent_daydream/32/16170_2.png) [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-again-for-unusual-names/508984/96 "2009-09-22T21:45:17Z")
I told this story on the board a few years ago I think but when I was working in Commerce, TX at the Wal-Mart, I had a nice lady that was a frequent shopper. She paid by checks and her name was… drumroll… **Shithead Asshole**. I swear to jeebus I was printed right on top of her check. She said she pronunced it “Sha-theed Ash-ho-lay” ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-again-for-unusual-names/508984/97 "2009-09-22T22:23:01Z")
I’ve collected names for a very long time and somewhere in my ‘office/library/catchall’ are my lists that I’ve made on scrap piece of paper that I grab up so I don’t forget them. These are off the top of my head for now. Richard Seaman ( Dick Seaman) George Aho ( “Coulda been worse, I coulda been named Harry Aho.”) (Average First Name) Wummel. ( Wummel is just a funny name.) George George. ( Family friend) One of my most favoritest names is a knitter out there named **Arenda Halliday**. It’s just a nice, pretty name. Fannie Ramsbottom ( remembered from another Doper. This will be my Witness protection name.) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-again-for-unusual-names/508984/98 "2009-09-25T16:41:56Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > Richard Seaman ( Dick Seaman) I used to work with a Richard Lust, who was enough of a bastard to name his first son “Richard,” as well. His son actually embraced “Dick.” Dick Lust. Yesterday, I came across a [Natalie Lamppu](http://www.congressworld.ca/about/team.htm). Maybe it’s a stretch, but it was close enough to make me laugh: “Attend this conference, or I’ll shoot this dog!” ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-again-for-unusual-names/508984/99 "2009-09-25T17:11:35Z")
> [@Translucent\_Daydream](#): > > I told this story on the board a few years ago I think but when I was working in Commerce, TX at the Wal-Mart, I had a nice lady that was a frequent shopper. She paid by checks and her name was… drumroll… > **Shithead Asshole**. I swear to jeebus I was printed right on top of her check. She said she pronunced it “Sha-theed Ash-ho-lay” Jsgoddess would like to have a [word](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=533116) with you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-again-for-unusual-names/508984.md?page=4)