# Why give your child a name like this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 22, 2003, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-give-your-child-a-name-like-this/176765 "2003-05-22T07:14:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-give-your-child-a-name-like-this/176765/181 "2017-01-22T16:52:45Z")
My pick-of-the-day for best professional baseball player name: [The Only Nolan](http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nolanth01.shtml). Bonus (for connoisseurs of irony): [Baby Doll Jacobson](http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jacobba01.shtml). ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-give-your-child-a-name-like-this/176765/182 "2017-01-23T20:50:56Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > There was a guy a couple years ahead of me in high school named Ronald McDonald. At the time, his parents probably thought it was a fine name. He’s very likely one of the LAST people ever to be named that. He definitely went by Ron. > > Knew a kid named Steven King, and my youngest sister went to school with a Chuck Norris… A good portion of the chiefs of Clan Donald (MacDonald) are Ronald (sometimes Ranald). I’m just picturing introducing yourself: “Hi, I’m Ronald MacDonald, the chief of Clan Donald!” Say that 10 times fast… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-give-your-child-a-name-like-this/176765.md?page=9)