# What's your "Indian Name"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 17, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095 "2009-06-17T18:04:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Nightingale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@Nightingale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightingale)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/41 "2009-06-18T01:05:58Z")
If my kitchen tonight is any indication, my name should be Cooks With Much Smoke ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/42 "2009-06-18T01:09:03Z")
> [@Zhen\_ka](#): > > Hates Offensive People Who Misunderstand The Whole Concept Of Different Languages, Cultures and Naming Practices. :rolleyes: Might I interest you in the title of “Has No Sense of Humor”? It’s easier to say and gives us a more clear idea of your personality. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Krebbs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@Mr.Krebbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Krebbs)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/43 "2009-06-18T01:11:49Z")
I’m not sure if you’re the sort of audience that would find this funny, but my fishing buddy called me “Chief Never-wipes” this morning (for no particular reason **at all** , btw). It cracked me up, at least 😛 ---
**Author:** ![pudytat72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@pudytat72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pudytat72)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/44 "2009-06-18T01:24:25Z")
Cuts with the grittiness of an unripe pear ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/45 "2009-06-18T01:30:04Z")
I’ve been thinking recently that if you translated the parts of my name directly into English, it comes out sounding like an “Indian Name”. Of course, you’re translating from different languages. It’s true for Pepper Mill’s real name, too, and for our daughter MilliCal. I come out as **Crowned Wolf**. Pepper Mill is **Forest Girl** (She’s retained her maiden name) And MilliCal is **Reborn Free Forest Wolf** ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/46 "2009-06-18T01:55:52Z")
[Huitzilopochtli](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huitzilopochtli), the Hummingbird of the South. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/47 "2009-06-18T02:05:28Z")
Ten Beers ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/48 "2009-06-18T02:39:52Z")
To avoid a boastful Indian name like “Lose Weight Now, Ask Me… _How_!\*”, I’ll go with something humorously negative. If I think in professional terms: Crashing Server Dangling Pointer Global Variable Crufty Kludge For my leisurely interests and pursuits: Head Pin Standing (Bowling) Double Dribble (Basketball) Two Run Error (Baseball) (_cough_ Luis Castillo _couuugh_) Minus 800 (one of the worst Duplicate Bridge scores possible) Sticks And Wheels (slang for -1100, an even WORSE score at Dup Bridge) \*I’m really sorry about that one. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/49 "2009-06-18T03:05:41Z")
> [@ghardester](#): > > Ten Beers Hehe..I use to call my ex-boss this,her last name was similar to “ten beers” Mine would be “Three Legs” ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/50 "2009-06-18T03:10:59Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > [Huitzilopochtli](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huitzilopochtli), the Hummingbird of the South. Funny, that’s what I call my youngest son. That you? (PS - get off the computer and go to bed. You’re 4 for pete’s sake.) ~ Coatlicue ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/51 "2009-06-18T03:42:20Z")
Either “Cats Run His Life” or “Computer Incompetent”. You choose. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/52 "2009-06-18T04:14:13Z")
> [@ShelliBean](#): > > Funny, that’s what I call my youngest son. Was his father also a ball of feathers? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/53 "2009-06-18T05:04:01Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > Is the two-dogs thing a common joke? Because I’ve seen references to it in Terry Pratchett and Robert Rankin. It’s a very old joke, but a good one. Here’s one version: A little indian boy asks his father “Papa how did your father name you?” “Well son, my mother gave birth to me and my father came out of Tee Pee to see big black bear, so he named me Big Black Bear.” The boy continued.“So what of my two sisters’ names?” “Well son, your first sister was born & I went out of Tee Pee to see little white dove & I named her Little White Dove. Your second sister was born & I came out from Tee Pee to see a herd of deer grazing so I named her Grazing Deer.” “But why do you ask, Two Dogs Fucking?” ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/54 "2009-06-18T06:04:01Z")
Squirrel Gripper (I spend more time climbing trees as a youngster) ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/55 "2009-06-18T06:45:22Z")
_Wind In His Pants._ ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/56 "2009-06-18T07:00:15Z")
> [@Zhen\_ka](#): > > Hates Offensive People Who Misunderstand The Whole Concept Of Different Languages, Cultures and Naming Practices. :rolleyes: Hey, me too. Maybe your mom knows mine. Seriously, could this thread be just a little bit more cluelessly racist? ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/57 "2009-06-18T07:02:39Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > Hey, me too. Maybe your mom knows mine. > > Seriously, could this thread be just a little bit more cluelessly racist? So I suppose you’re looking for the name of “Shits on Threads”? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/58 "2009-06-18T11:52:17Z")
_Stares At Screen_ would work for me. > [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > Might I interest you in the title of “Has No Sense of Humor”? It’s easier to say and gives us a more clear idea of your personality. I was going to go with _Loves To Be Offended_. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/59 "2009-06-18T12:17:13Z")
> [@ghardester](#): > > Ten Beers Aren’t you friends with Pale Ale Rider? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/60 "2009-06-18T13:12:37Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > Seriously, could this thread be just a little bit more cluelessly racist? It’s more tackily stereotypical than racist. Would you, or anybody who actually knows anything about how this whole practice, care to educate the rest of us how it works? I’m sure it varies from tribe to tribe, but still, there’s ignorance to be fought here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095.md?page=4)