# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/141 "2020-07-27T02:31:05Z")
Poor sons! ☹ It amuses me to imagine that they went on to have sons whom they named Fred, Bill, Jim, _etc_. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2020, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/142 "2020-07-27T02:36:04Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > And, my contributions to the list of unusual names are the sons of former bodybuilder (and Mr. World) John Brown. > [@Celyn](#): > > Poor sons! ☹ It amuses me to imagine that they went on to have sons whom they named Fred, Bill, Jim, _etc_ while their grandfather’s body lies a-mouldering in the grave. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/143 "2020-07-27T02:41:07Z")
Haha yes indeed. 😃 Not a lot else one can do in a grave, of course ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/144 "2020-07-27T17:16:00Z")
An all-time odd one is playwright Athol Fugard. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/145 "2020-07-27T18:45:29Z")
A nickname, but… > **[Jsu Garcia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jsu_Garcia)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Jesus "Jsu" Garcia (/dʒeɪˈzuː/), also credited as Nick Corri (born October 6, 1963), is an American film and television actor and producer. Together with author John-Roger, he runs the production company Scott J-R Productions. > Garcia was born in New York City as Jesus Garcia, to Cuban immigrant parents. He attended Fairfax High School where he studied acting. And then those funny wedding announcements (some NSFW I guess): > **[55 Best Wedding Announcement Funnies ideas | wedding announcements funny,...](https://www.pinterest.com/janchaput/wedding-announcement-funnies/)** > > Oct 10, 2016 - Explore Jan Chaput's board "Wedding Announcement Funnies", followed by 366 people on Pinterest. See more ideas about wedding announcements funny, wedding announcements, wedding humor. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/146 "2020-07-27T21:34:02Z")
> [@Mark\_Finn](#): > > Lionel Tiger - a Canadian-born, American-based anthropologist. He is the Charles Darwin Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University and co-Research Director of the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation. You missed the best part of this. He wrote a book with Robin Fox called The Imperial Animal. I just remembered that I had a HS classmate named Coleman Paul. You can imagine what they did with that name. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/147 "2020-07-27T21:42:21Z")
Mackenzie is a relatively common one - Prime Minister Mackenzie King (actually Mackenzie was his third name, but nobody’s heard of William King, have they?), or actress Mackenzie Phillips, as two examples. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/148 "2020-07-27T23:05:04Z")
Pepper Salt. (Yes, Pepper was her first name.) I didn’t meet her, but she was in a school where I taught. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/149 "2020-07-28T01:46:01Z")
I just saw somebody mentioned online yesterday (I think it was in a news story, but I lost track) named “Eejipt.” ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/150 "2020-07-29T02:35:32Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > Mackenzie is a relatively common one - Prime Minister Mackenzie King (actually Mackenzie was his third name, but nobody’s heard of William King, have they?), or actress Mackenzie Phillips, as two examples. Mackenzie Scott – Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/151 "2020-07-30T03:21:01Z")
I’ve mentioned this one before, but it never gets old. > **[Woman named Amanda Miranda Panda is arrested for shoplifting](https://metro.co.uk/2014/12/03/woman-named-amanda-miranda-panda-is-arrested-for-shoplifting-4972441/)** > > 'Panda was arrested without incident', say police, while stifling giggles ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/152 "2020-07-30T04:25:07Z")
Newfoundland has so many bizarre names, they don’t even get attraction. I once saved the newspaper clipping announcing the Monster - Freake marriage. I knew a guy there named Dunc Hunt. I worked with Mary Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/153 "2020-07-30T05:53:58Z")
We have mentioned the perfectly understandable names Magnus, Maximus, Augustus, Major, and so on. On the other hand, I have encountered — not personally but through reading, the rare first name Minus. Perhaps it seemed to suit a tiny little baby? Or an alternative to Paulus or Junior? There is also a Minus family name, according to Wikipedia. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/154 "2020-07-31T02:05:32Z")
That new Atlantic hurricane, Isaias, is pronounced vaguely like ee-sye-is. It appears to be impossible to pronounce correctly unless you are a native Spanish speaker. Some years back, there was a Pacific typhoon named Aere (eye-ear-ee) which was some obscure Pacific Islander language’s word for “storm.” I kind of liked that. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/155 "2020-07-31T02:10:56Z")
I used to be an interpreter for English teachers, and one of our students was named Simba. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/156 "2020-08-01T14:45:06Z")
[quote=“nearwildheaven, post:154, topic:915747, full:true”]Some years back, there was a Pacific typhoon named Aere (eye-ear-ee) which was some obscure Pacific Islander language’s word for “storm.” I kind of liked that. [/quote] Some years back, there was a typhoon off the Asian coast. The Chinese government named it after a mythological dragon . . . Long Wang. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/157 "2020-08-01T15:37:53Z")
It’s not really that “weird” per se, but I worked with a half-Hungarian, half-English writer named Zoltan Scrivener. Zoltan is a perfectly normal Hungarian name, but that combination with that profession, whenever we first submitted articles for publication, the editors always thought Zoltan Scrivener was a pen name of some sort. Nope. That was his real name. My other favorite is Norwegian long distance runner Stig Roar Husby. That’s just music to my ears. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/158 "2020-08-02T05:55:41Z")
Every Thai has a nickname, bestowed in childhood, that defines him or her so completely that it’s not that unusual for close friends or colleagues not to know someone’s real name. Some may sound unflattering, such as Frog or Pig, two common ones. But those are attempts to convince evil spirits that these are babies not worth taking. The oddest nickname I encountered was probably Bonus. He claimed his father gave it to him because he came at the end of the month. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/159 "2020-08-02T06:01:13Z")
I saw a black guy in the local arrests whose first name was apparently Monkee I thought it bizarre that his parents named him that presumably aware of the racial insult but all the same that was the name they chose I guess. Maybe they just liked the band. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747/160 "2020-08-11T17:03:52Z")
Just came across this one today: Warren S. Warren. From [WaPo article](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/mask-test-duke-covid/2020/08/10/4f2bb888-db18-11ea-b205-ff838e15a9a6_story.html) on a study of efficacy of various styles and materials for face masks. > [@](#): > > “You can really see the mask is doing something,” said one of the study’s co-authors, Warren S. Warren, a professor of physics, chemistry, radiology and biomedical engineering at Duke. “There’s a lot of controversy and people say, ‘Well, masks don’t do anything.’ Well, the answer is some don’t, but most do.” This is reminiscent of [Griffith J. Griffith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffith_Park), who donated a mountain property to Los Angeles in 1896 to create Griffith Park. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-names-youve-ever-heard/915747.md?page=9)