# Weirdest names you've ever heard **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 19, 2020, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747 "2020-07-19T12:05:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CastletonSnob1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/1 "2020-07-19T12:05:34Z")
Sometimes, parents can give their kids the most ridiculous names. My mom was on jury duty, and the defendant’s name was Next. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/2 "2020-07-19T12:23:41Z")
Interesting. In some languages, the words for “second” (as in, “one after first”) and for “next” are the same. (English has traces of this — “sequence”…). And, in some cultures, children are often named for their birth order. I wonder if this person’s parents are from such a culture, and attempted to translate. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/3 "2020-07-19T13:37:45Z")
I knew a kid named Tiger as a kid and his older sister was named Beaver. Yes, they named a girl Beaver. She ended up getting married to a guy named Catfish. These were Not nicknames. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/4 "2020-07-19T13:38:32Z")
We have a student named O.G. It stands for “original gangster”, though the full name is just “O.G.” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/5 "2020-07-19T13:43:06Z")
Last name “Wiz”? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/6 "2020-07-19T14:27:19Z")
Some from 50+ years ago… As a kid, I remember we all had to help my dad with some deadline, it involved each of us paging through giant printouts of the local census rolls. Dad got impatient with us stopping and saying funny names out loud (I remember my little sister: “Theodore Baer, wonder if he goes by Teddy?”). So we were all silent, trying to be efficient and self-controlled, when my mom blurted out _“Kilbourn Klapsaddle!”_ To this day, whenever everyone has to be quiet, someone will yell that out. … And we grew up with stories of the names of babies my grandpa helped deliver, like _Plancenta_ (“I heard the nurses talking about someone with that name, and it sounded so pretty”). ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/7 "2020-07-19T14:39:52Z")
NBA assistant coach God Shamgod > **[God Shammgod](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Shammgod)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > God Shammgod (born April 29, 1976, and formerly known as Shammgod Wells) is an American basketball coach and former professional player. He is currently a player development coach with the Dallas Mavericks. He played in the NBA with the Washington Wizards during 1997–98 after being drafted by them in the second round (17th pick) of the 1997 NBA draft. He played in the Chinese Basketball Association for several teams, including the Zhejiang Cyclones.... ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/8 "2020-07-19T14:45:46Z")
My mother’s best friend was Oliva Sutton. ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/9 "2020-07-19T14:59:51Z")
Had a patient named Abcde. ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/10 "2020-07-19T15:20:56Z")
Oh, we keep a whole list of them at work. 😁 One of the best entries was “Attila Hun”. Not kidding. The only thing that would have made it better would have been a middle initial of “T”. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/11 "2020-07-19T15:25:24Z")
I once rented a house from a guy named “Hugh G. Cox.” ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/12 "2020-07-19T15:32:55Z")
I know a guy named “Snowflake”. I don’t know the origin of the name, and suspect he picked it as an adult, and it’s not the name his parents gave him. I also know a guy who goes by “Kelly Shortandqueer”. I don’t think that’s his legal last name, but I haven’t asked. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/13 "2020-07-19T16:18:31Z")
- once did the service records for a military reserves unit I was a member of. One gal must have had parents that were disappointed she was not a boy. She was Floydene Earlene. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/14 "2020-07-19T17:08:26Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > We have a student named O.G. > > It stands for “original gangster”, though the full name is just “O.G.” That kind of reminds me of a history teacher I had in middle school. You know how when you’re in school you call your teachers Mr./Ms. Lastname, but you generally know what their first names are, if only because their full first and last name is on a nameplate on their desk, or at least listed in the yearbook? Well this teacher only went by his first and middle initial – O.C. and his last name. In the yearbook he was just O.C. Lastname. None of the students knew what those initials stood for. If the other teachers knew, they didn’t tell us. To this day I don’t know what his actual name was. But as far as I know O.C. wasn’t literally his name. I’m pretty sure he had an actual name that those initials stood for; he just wouldn’t tell us what it was. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/15 "2020-07-19T17:48:28Z")
I worked with somebody named Royal Oyster the 3rd for a little while. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/16 "2020-07-19T17:50:44Z")
Joey jo jo jr. Shabbadu ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/17 "2020-07-19T18:34:56Z")
Frank Zappa’s children have some unusual names. In January I met a government contractor on Shemya Island whose name was Santa Claus. I thought he was joking. He showed me his CAC card. Yep, his name was Santa Claus. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/18 "2020-07-19T18:55:37Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > I wonder if this person’s parents are from such a culture, and attempted to translate. Or maybe just parents who wanted their son to always be first in line. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/19 "2020-07-19T19:14:27Z")
I once knew a woman whose nickname was “Cat”. She married a guy whose surname was “Fudge”. My employer once rented to a guy whose legal name was “The Magical Poof”. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/20 "2020-07-19T19:16:45Z")
I once knew a young woman named Sienna Brown. Her parents were artists, I believe. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747.md?page=2)