Heh. Friends of mine named their son Kiel, which is one of the grandmas’ maiden names. It’s an unusual name, but it’s not particularly weird, especially since this child has classmates with names like Glary (no, that is not a typo), Briar, and Vail. But… they have a neighbor whose son is named, I kid you not, Ether. When they brought little Kiel home from the hospital, Ether’s mom asked the baby’s name. When momma replied “Kiel” Ether’s mom said, “Whoa! Now isn’t THAT an odd name!”
I went to school with a girl named Jenna Teele.
I also went to school with a LaToya Jackson.
My brothers name is Will Robinson. 
My mom has neighbours with a daughter named Aurélie, which is a pretty name in French but has an unfortunate sound in English.
A woman in one of my classes was thinking of naming her daughter Alexia. Unfortunately, it means “a pathological inability to read.” Still, not as bad as amelia.
I went to high school with a girl named Ivy Hickey.
Hey, Sinshine… take a look at the second post in this thread. There’s another cite for you about the Toughest Contest Ever.
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One of our customer’s has the name of Major Fagg. Very interesting.
My best friend has a co worker who named her son Montgomery and their last name is Ward.
While I was visiting an Aunt this summer, I met a lady that takes in foster kids. As she was leaving I asked her (in Spanish) what the baby’s name was. Pronunciation Heno-see- de sounded ok but then I figured out that this poor child had been named Genocide.
Aw come on! what’s your middle name? My mother’s father was straight from Norway; good old Jakob Jakobson (pronounced Ya-cub)! He had a brother named ? (pronounced Y-air-lif) and a sister-in-law named ? (pronounced Berg-lee-ot). So I’m curious what your middle is.
BTW; My sister is named Daaried, pronounced Dorie (it’s the name of the Jakobson farm in Norway), and when she was in college the security woman for her dorm was always saying how she loved that name, so how many little kids do you think there’ll be with miss-spelled names for Dorie?
PS. Scott Adams did a thing about this in an old Dilbert newsletter; he was in a store and a woman was calling for her daughter; “Ampersand!”… just… just… @_@
Mr zoogirl’s mom has a cousin named Peter Dyck. Ouch!
I had a good friend named Ann Annette and Mr zoogirl’s sister went to school with Tara Hare.
My surname is Middle English. It sometimes is used to mean a butcher, but it can also mean an oafish man…
or a lump of fat. (sigh)
Some things you’re better off NOT looking up!
When I was in grade school there was a girl attending there who was named Candy Kane. . . I kid you not. And the year I graduated high school, I saw mention in the paper of another graduate whose unfortunate name was London England. I swear her parents must have been on drugs.
A family in NZ named their child Triple M Rogue, short for Mighty Mongrel Mob Rouge Chapter. There was a bit of media interest, as it’s a heavy name to saddle a child with.
And more mongrel mob names - Mr MMM Ford (formerly James) has children named Customline, Fairlane and Mainline. link
Imagine being known as Mainline Ford. Tho’ if your dad’s the head of the local Mob Chapter, you’d probably have other things to worry about
I really want to name my children River (boy) and Raven (girl). Do you guys think they are excessively weird names? I think they’re fantastic! (Don’t steal 'em!) Mine and my brother’s names both start with a “B” and end with a “ke”–Brooke and Blake. I was so glad that my parents did not name us common names. Well, at least I have only met one other Brooke and never met another Blake. If I meet one more Jennifer or Brian I think I will scream. I know about 10 of each, I think.
By some odd coincidence, every American exchange student I have ever met (ok, all four of them), have been called Brooke. I always figured it was a really popular name.
I used to work with a guy named “Barry Derrybarry.” In various jobs I’ve had, I’ve dealt with a lawyer named “Slate Stern” and a guy (born in 1976) named “John Holmes”.
The guy who founded Leer jets named his daughter “Chanda” and a friend of mine had a teacher who’s last name was “Frankenstein.”
Someone posted a phone directory listing of all the folks who had the last name “Hitler” a while back.
I forgot one I saw in a recent birth announcement. The baby girl’s first and middle names were “Ashanti Shakira.”
Supposedly, the name Adolf has not been used in Germany since WWII.
Now, on subject, at my school there were some twins. Their names were Fon and Yen Chen. In Chinese, it sounds more like “fang” (a like ah), and “yuen”. Those actually means Square and Circle respectively.
I know a man named Dick Organ. His wife’s name is Jane.
(they don’t have a dog named Spot, though).
I know a guy named Frank, who changed his last name to Frankenstein.
I knew a girl in high school named - watch as I attempt to spell it and fail miserably - Schulyer. Pronounced “skylar.”
I think Paris Hilton is pretty awful.
I went to Jr. High with Preston P. Preston.