# What's In A Name? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 4, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-name/726935 "2015-08-04T00:17:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-name/726935/41 "2015-08-08T19:39:28Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I’m still waiting to hear about girls named **Chlamydia** and **Placenta**. > > One thing that grates on me is when someone names a daughter Porsche instead of Portia. Who names a kid after a car? Haven’t you ever heard of Chevy Chase? ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-name/726935/42 "2015-08-08T20:06:04Z")
Had two patients this week, pre teen girls, one named Queen and the other Illicity. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-name/726935/43 "2015-08-08T20:08:01Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Lt. Dad used to work with Commander Darling. [Claude Darling](https://youtu.be/k8nvidlWNNM?t=15m46s) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-name/726935/44 "2015-08-08T20:31:12Z")
I had a boss named James Joyce. His wife’s first name was “Joyce.” She must have loved him very much. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-name/726935/45 "2015-08-08T20:57:38Z")
In college I had a Professor Bland, and a Dean Dull. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-name/726935/46 "2015-08-08T20:58:28Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > In college I had a Professor Bland, and a Dean Dull. I had a shop teacher in junior high named Mr. Dull. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-name/726935/47 "2015-08-08T21:04:41Z")
I knew a girl in college with the last name Death. It was pronounced “deeth”, but she wondered if she should go into medicine if she’d be named “Dr. Death.” ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-name/726935/48 "2015-08-09T14:21:53Z")
We had two brothers as students once. The parents had named them Jor-El and Kal-El. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-name/726935/49 "2015-08-10T02:52:48Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > In college I had a Professor Bland, and a Dean Dull. Did you go to Georgia Tech? ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-name/726935/50 "2015-08-10T03:20:08Z")
That reminds me, my dad went to Harvard in the 70’s and had a professor of physics named Pound. Not (that) funny in itself, but Harvard was among the first universities to publish student reviews of professors. His read, “The unit of boredom is the Pound.” ---
**Author:** ![Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ac8455/32.png) [@Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Your_Great_Darsh_Face)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-name/726935/51 "2015-08-10T07:18:26Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > My Mom’s cousin was Russell Russell. And I’m now recollecting the “Brown Paper Kid” story. > [@chappachula](#): > > On the other hand, I once saw a name tag on a woman named Sue. Except it was spelled “Sioux”. > But in her case, it was appropriate— she had Native American ancestry. > > Still, I think it must have been a pain in the neck to live with a name that gets misspelled every single time. I tell you, life ain’t easy for a gal named Sioux. ---
**Author:** ![HowSoonIsThen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@HowSoonIsThen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HowSoonIsThen)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-name/726935/52 "2015-08-10T08:55:54Z")
I remember my mum telling me about a student who’s last name was “Anker” and first initial was “W”. I hope for his sake his last name wasn’t actually spelt “Anker”. Probably “Anka” or “Anchor”. > [@Clothahump](#): > > We had two brothers as students once. The parents had named them Jor-El and Kal-El. Was their father Nicholas Cage? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-name/726935/53 "2015-08-10T12:39:22Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > I knew a girl in college with the last name Death. It was pronounced “deeth”, but she wondered if she should go into medicine if she’d be named “Dr. Death.” I was watching a doc and one of the people featured was named Seath (pronounced “Seth”). You’d have to always be explaining, “No, no, not like 'Heath”, like ‘death’." :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-name/726935.md?page=2)