# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/21 "2020-07-19T19:26:09Z")
I knew of a girl whose name was pronounced shuh-mare-uh. Whoever named her spelled it Chimera. I wonder if she ever looked it up in a dictionary. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/22 "2020-07-19T21:39:36Z")
I once met a lady named Astrida Penis (pronounced exactly like “astride a penis”). ---
**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:** [July 19, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/23 "2020-07-19T21:44:19Z")
I knew a Jerl, which I thought odd. Why not just go whole hog and name him Gerald? I’ve met a Gurgley, legal first name, not surname. Did not ask him the story behind that. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/24 "2020-07-19T21:49:48Z")
Sounds like a stage name to me. Posting many names I encountered would be a HIPAA violation, but I have heard of a little boy who was named Ozzy. Not John Michael, but Ozzy. When I was in college in the early 1990s, a woman who was a year or two ahead of me got married, and considered keeping her maiden name because her married name would be Cindy Crawford. She went ahead and changed it anyway. Last I heard, she’s still married, and the famous Cindy Crawford has somewhat faded into obscurity, although some of it has been by choice. “Abcde” is supposed to be pronounced “ab-ca-dee.” Has anyone encountered the Lemonjello and Orangejello twins? I never did, and if there were really as many as people seem to say there are, there would be a set in every classroom in this country, and there aren’t that many twins to begin with. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/25 "2020-07-19T21:50:42Z")
I had a HS classmate named Kelly Green. Someone did tell me that this was not her birth name - that her father died or left, and her mother remarried and she was adopted by her stepfather. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/26 "2020-07-19T21:53:43Z")
And don’t forget Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck, Ph.D. That last part is not a typo. > **[Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marijuana_Pepsi_Vandyck)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck (née Jackson) is an American education professional. She earned a Ph.D. from Cardinal Stritch University in 2019 with a dissertation on uncommon African-American names in the classroom. > Marijuana Pepsi Jackson was born in 1972 to Aaron and Maggie (Brandy) Jackson, who chose her name. She grew up in Chicago, Illinois until she was 9 years old; then she moved to Beloit, Wisconsin to live with her mother after her parents sp... Speaking of Frank Zappa, there used to be a podiatrist in the Chicago area with that name. Also, I once filled a prescription for Caverject (DO NOT Google that on a public or work computer) written by a urologist named Dr. Wiener, and also a prescription from a dermatologist in Athens, GA named Dr. William Barry. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/27 "2020-07-19T21:59:43Z")
I’ve known two unrelated (AFAIK) families, last name Kane. Both families had daughters named Candace, both went by Candy. Coincidentally both Candy Kane’s were gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/28 "2020-07-19T22:09:40Z")
Dr. William Barry, what’s funny and/or strange about that one? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/29 "2020-07-19T22:10:48Z")
This was at the height of R.E.M.'s career. > **[Bill Berry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Berry)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > William Thomas Berry (born July 31, 1958) is an American musician who was the drummer for the alternative rock band R.E.M. Although best known for his economical drumming style, Berry also played other instruments, including guitar, bass guitar and piano, both for songwriting and on R.E.M. albums. In 1995, Berry suffered a cerebral aneurysm onstage and collapsed. After a successful recovery he left the music industry two years later to become a fa... ---
**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, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/30 "2020-07-19T22:11:31Z")
A med student told me there was a guy named Dr. Superdoc at her hospital ---
**Author:** ![The\_Butterfly\_s\_Ghost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_butterfly_s_ghost/32/3462_2.png) [@The\_Butterfly\_s\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Butterfly_s_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/31 "2020-07-19T22:32:20Z")
I had as friend with the last name “Fuck”. Granted, it’s pronounced differently in German (like “book”) but that didn’t make it any better… . When I met him he worked for a company that had their emails in the format “LastNameFirstTwoLettersOfFirstNsme” which for him was “fuckju”. The name of the company was “Recticel”… . When he got married he took his wife’s name and I can’t blame him one bit! ---
**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, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/32 "2020-07-19T22:57:13Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > And don’t forget Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck, Ph.D. I heard an interview with her on NPR. She’s an interesting lady, with an interesting perspective on unusual names. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/33 "2020-07-19T23:09:47Z")
In a San Diego obituary at least 40 years ago: _Algy Lilicrap_ ---
**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, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/34 "2020-07-19T23:45:16Z")
I worked with a girl named Edie Denzel who married Mike Peters. She then became Edie Peters. She started going by her middle name after a week of laughs and strange looks. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/35 "2020-07-19T23:56:39Z")
Ogee was the name of the little girl who wanted to buy Magilla Gorilla. I had an uncle whose name was Bus. I’ve never seen it written, so it may have been spelled differently. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/36 "2020-07-20T00:01:55Z")
Used to work with a woman whose brothers were named – not nicknamed – Woody and Stoney. ---
**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 20, 2020, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/37 "2020-07-20T00:04:54Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > I worked with a girl named Edie Denzel who married Mike Peters. She then became Edie Peters. She started going by her middle name after a week of laughs and strange looks. I…don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/38 "2020-07-20T00:41:03Z")
I’ve come across a child named Calvin Hobbs. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/39 "2020-07-20T01:10:49Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > She then became Edie Peters. She started going by her middle name after a week of laughs and strange looks. I had to really think to figure out what might be funny about this one. Is it because Edie sounds like “E.D,” as in “erectile disfunction” and Peters=penis? I’d never make that connection just by hearing the name on its own. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/40 "2020-07-20T01:14:55Z")
We’ve done these weird name threads a few times before. Another variation is the unusual name that you’ve known two of (unrelated to each other). When I lived in Hawaii, I knew two unrelated people named Mordecai Barzelai. (Or maybe Barzalai.) It’s a Jewish/Israeli name (although not of Hebrew origin), and I’ve been told it’s common. But two of them in Honolulu??? A few years ago we had a thread – several, actually – about the Everybodytalksabout family. There were several of them in the news for one nefarious thing or another. It appears to be a Blackfoot name. I found a genealogy of Blackfoot names, many of them interesting descriptive phrases. See thread here: > [@Everybodytalksabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybodytalksabout/660521): > > The subject of this [article](http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Charge-Men-raped-woman-with-vodka-bottle-at-4480564.php)(rape) obviously isn’t funny, but one of the rapists’ name is Nathan Everybodytalksabout. And it’s not pertinent to the story, so they have no reason to mention how WTF it is, even though obviously everyone reading it is going to be thinking that. You wouldn’t even have to know this guy is a rapist to know he’s an asshole. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747.md?page=3)