No relation to Cheery Littlebottom, is she?
Nkfu.
The beard would be a tipoff, you’d think.
Any chance she was an elementary school teacher in Minnesota in the '70s? Because I had a teacher named that.
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.”
We sent out mailers at work, and I set up the mailing list. My eye caught the name:
Robin R. Butt
And then there’s California’s Ed Butts Ford dealerships.
I keep thinking of it as Ed’s Butt Ford.
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.
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.
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.
There is a dentist practicing near me named Dr. Carey
It does. 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.
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 
Yesterday, some paperwork crossed my desk.
Name: Pat Rear.
In this case, you’d think she’d use “Patricia.”
My boyfriends name is Anders… I like it, it is unusual though
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.
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”
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.)
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. Maybe it’s a stretch, but it was close enough to make me laugh: “Attend this conference, or I’ll shoot this dog!”
Jsgoddess would like to have a word with you.