# 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:** 15
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/281 "2020-11-25T18:56:07Z")
> [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](#): > > FBI agent **Diamond Outlaw** Danielle **Outlaw** is the Commissioner of Police in Philly. Previously, she was chief of police in Portland. > [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](#): > > California, Maryland Nothing unusual about towns in one state named the same as another state. There’s several places named Wyoming, Delaware and Oregon, not to mention all those Washington’s (named after George, of course). But there are others. I once made a list of all I could find and came up with over 300. There’s even some in other countries. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/282 "2020-11-25T19:21:12Z")
[Ai-jen Poo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai-jen_Poo) is a labor activist whose name sounds like a [Gilbert & Sullivan character.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mikado) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/284 "2020-11-26T00:03:13Z")
There was a cute girl I went to high school with whose name was Tree. Appropriately, she wore green toenail polish. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/285 "2020-11-26T00:21:24Z")
> [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](#): > > **Jerome Kitchen** lives in Los Angeles Hey! I resemble that remark. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/286 "2020-11-26T00:23:43Z")
> [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](#): > > California, Maryland Just down the road from Hollywood, Maryland. ---
**Author:** ![jimmyjoeraybubbabob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eada6e/32.png) [@jimmyjoeraybubbabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmyjoeraybubbabob)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/287 "2020-11-26T07:17:48Z")
I know an African American woman Who’s name is Brighter brown. ---
**Author:** ![jimmyjoeraybubbabob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eada6e/32.png) [@jimmyjoeraybubbabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmyjoeraybubbabob)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/288 "2020-11-26T07:38:53Z")
Missed the edit and I wasn’t sure if ''African -american" or 'black" was PC. Either way she’s awesome and I’m ignorant. 😂 ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/289 "2020-12-04T19:13:03Z")
Ha’Sean “Ha Ha” Treshon Clinton-Dix ([Ha Ha Clinton-Dix - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ha_Ha_Clinton-Dix)) is an NFL defensive player He goes by “Ha Ha”, although he prefers it spelled HaHa. ---
**Author:** ![chasole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aca169/32.png) [@chasole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chasole)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/290 "2020-12-05T01:15:07Z")
I had a friend when in the Air Force many years ago who had the last name Imhoff, first name Jack. Seriously. I always wondered if his mom and dad were aware of how Jack Imhoff sounded out loud. If they were aware, I would say “Bravo.” ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/291 "2020-12-05T19:02:33Z")
We used to have a TV weatherman here who was named Jay Walker. Not sure if that was his real name or not though. I had a teacher in high school named Patrick Patrick. He was a weird dude. Had exactly five outfits he would wear to school. Blue shirt/blue pants, brown shirt/brown pants, green shirt/green pants, gray shirt/gray pants… and on Fridays a black sweatshirt and jeans. My ex had some distant relative in his family named Royal Blood. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/292 "2020-12-05T19:05:33Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > We used to have a TV weatherman here who was named Jay Walker. Not sure if that was his real name or not though. I have a dear friend who is named Jae Walker. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/293 "2020-12-05T19:17:53Z")
Oh, yeah. In high school we had a Jack Knopf. Poor kid. ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/294 "2020-12-05T19:49:52Z")
All this brings to mind an acquaintance of long ago named Davidson. Her sadistic parents named her Holly. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/295 "2020-12-06T14:40:52Z")
There was a girl a few classes ahead of me in school named Holly Tannenbaum. The University of Kentucky football team has a placekicker named Chance Poore, which is one of the greatest names in sports since the thoroughbred racehorse Forlorn Hope (from a Dick Francis novel). And speaking of sports, here’s a classic from major league baseball: > **[Putsy Caballero Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |...](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cabalpu01.shtml)** > > Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Putsy Caballero. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/296 "2020-12-06T20:23:46Z")
> [@chasole](#): > > I had a friend when in the Air Force many years ago who had the last name Imhoff, first name Jack. Seriously. I always wondered if his mom and dad were aware of how Jack Imhoff sounded out loud. If they were aware, I would say “Bravo.” I don’t know that anyone names their son Jack. That’s more a nickname for John or Jonathan. He would have chosen Jack himself, with full knowledge of how it sounded. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/297 "2020-12-06T20:29:34Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I don’t know that anyone names their son Jack. That’s more a nickname for John or Jonathan. He would have chosen Jack himself, with full knowledge of how it sounded. Likely true for the most part, though there are some Jacks for whom Jack is, in fact, their given name, such as former baseball players [Jack Clark](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/clarkja01.shtml) and [Jack McDowell](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcdowja01.shtml). Even if it’s a nickname, it might well be one that the guy’s parents gave him from childhood, rather than one he personally chose. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/298 "2020-12-06T20:31:03Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Even if it’s a nickname, it might well be one that the guy’s parents gave him from childhood, rather than one he personally chose. True, but he could unchoose it by adulthood unless it amused him. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/299 "2020-12-06T22:47:27Z")
In my experience Jack has become a very common given name in the US over the last 20-25 years or so. I’ve taught a lot of kids during this time whose given name is “Jack.” Doesn’t affect your J. Imhoff from “many years ago,” but just as a data point. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/300 "2020-12-07T02:36:13Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I saw an invoice yesterday from a consultant whose last name is Swindler. I was in a band with a guy whose last name is Swindler; I worked with a guy whose last name is Crook; and a good friend of mine’s last name is Greedy. I always joked they should open up the law offices of Greedy, Swindler, and Crook. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/301 "2020-12-07T04:17:40Z")
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