In Spanish, “cañada” means creek or stream or something. Also, there seems to be a language in the subcontinent called Kanada, an ethnicity Kannada, and it occurs in parts of Asia as a surname. It could be an EllisIslanded name.
Anecdote: I remember hearing in a radio program about a person called “Xff”. That was his real name. The reason, he explained was that, at birth, the mother and the father could not yet agree if he should be named Jeff or Geoff, so they put an X there as a placeholder while they were going to decide between Geoff og Jeff.
So according to him, this was just supposed to be a temporarily solution on the birth certificate. But as time went on, they just never thought about it, and just called him jeff/geoff (sounds the same?) and forgot about the birth certificate.
So Xff’s story is that he ended up with this on his Birth Certificate.
Weird name!
I haven’t asked him about it but I get a Pacific Islander vibe from him. Not white, big guy, NFL sized.
Not the weirdest/rarest of names, but the spelling: why is Clio (Greek name with an “ei” diphthong) spelled that way?
I came across a first name “Dieresis” recently, which is really close to diaeresis
If weirdness was measured by democratic means, that is people across the world are allowed to vote for the weirdest names, then I would guess Laura and Randi would top the list, because in many parts of South Asia, Laura is slang for “dumb dick” and Randi is slang for “prostitute”.
It’s one of the Muses. Former colleague of mine was called Clio.
Is he worse than:
- Arctic grayling.
- Brook trout.
- Brown trout.
- Bull trout.
- Burbot.
- Cutthroat trout.
- Golden trout.
- Goldeye.
I dunno. Any of those pedophile cannibals whole stuck pins in their “taints” like a pin cushion?
< ponders >
Don’t think so…
An old shipmate named his daughter True Destiny [Surname].
Often spelled Kleio. But then I encountered a Clio. Soon enough it dawned on me it was yet another case of minor spelling/pronunciation variations.
I have heard it suggested that it may be weird to take a look at a tiny newborn baby and name it after a God or Titan, e.g. Atlas or Thor—but this may be the parents’ wishful thinking! A Muse is not so bad.
Albuquerque Head was among the Trumpers who stormed the Capitol on January 6th. It sounds like a more appropriate name for the bathroom on the USS New Mexico.
Long ago, a classmate claimed that someone in his family was called “Murgatroyd”. That would be the weirdest example from my surroundings that I can think of.
Apparently, another member of his family was called “Cornelius”. That is an old Roman name, but it hardly has currency in the modern English-speaking world.
Heavens to Murgatroyd!
That seems like a mouthful. Like when your mother is pissed at you and yells out your full name (I always knew my middle name added on meant trouble). But what would a Cornelius go by most of the time? Neil?
“Con” is the conventional diminutive in Ireland and in Australia, at least. The name isn’t unknown in either country, but it isn’t common, and most of the Corneliuses/Cons you come across will be fairly elderly, if not actually dead.
It’s a real name, with several spelling variations of its own.
The launch of the impotence drug Cialis was delayed for a few months, because of a lawsuit from some people with the actual surname Cialis who found out about this, and wanted the drug’s name changed.
I carded a guy for alcohol at work awhile back. I don’t remember his last name because it was fairly normal, but it was about the only bit of his name that wasn’t - “Cyrus Leviathan Lastname II”.
There’s a lot to unpack there, and the implied existence of a Cyrus Leviathan Sr. isn’t even the biggest part of it.
I had an uncle whose middle name was “Cornelius”. He went by “Dick”.