Lando, my sister-in-law’s brother and his wife named their daughter Abcde. The grandparents were less than thrilled, and so the child is known by both her first and middle names, depending on who is talking.
I recently met two young sisters named Abracadabra (“Abra”, for short) and Potpourri.
My husband (leenmi) wanted very much to name our son Somebody Nmi (for No Middle Initial). I told him he could have one name or the other, but not both. (We went with Nmi, as a middle name of course.)
A client once described in vivid detail how his town used to have dentist practicing there named Donald Duck. Mind you, I’ve met a Dr. Steve Duck at my church as a kid, so I know Duck is a real last name, but Donald is just too much to stick on there.
Oooh, I forgot about this former cow-orker. She musta enjoyed the seventies a bit more than some of us did, her only child was a girl named Misty Dawn.
That’s a fricking weather occurence, not something to saddle a kid with!
It’s really quite common for traffic reporters to not use their real names. I’d imagine they would get a bunch of hate mail otherwise. You know how some people blame the meteorologists for the weather.
This is probably the most “notorious” or most-commonly-cited set of names whenever this topic is brought up. (This is probably the 10th thread like this on this board alone, and I know it’s always been brought up in the past)
I really really hope that’s someone else’s stage name! I used to help this girl with her homework when she’d come into work after school and wait for Mom to finish for the day. I’m just not ready to wrap my head around a child I actually knew being an adult film actress, ick!
Of course, if it is her, and I ever see her Mom again, how the hell will I stop myself from a massive “I told you so”?
I went to high school with Merry Christmas Trees. She had male relatives named, among others, Jack Pine Trees and Pine Forrest Trees. I swear I am not making this up.
I also used to have a page from the Homestead, FL phone book that I carried around with me for years because nobody would believe me otherwise – the listing was for a man named Pud Fudphucker. Apparently his wife insisted on keeping her maiden name, according to my friend who gave me the page. But the phone company ex-directoried him the year his name ended up first on a page and would have had to be put in bold at the top, or at least so I was informed. All I will swear to is that he really was listed once upon a time.
I also have a cousin who gave had a son who died right after birth, and I’ve always sworn it was because of the name she gave him. She named him after two family friends, Bracken Waxy. Which wasn’t so bad except their last name was Ball.
I have a friend at school called Brittany Spearman. She’s 17, though, so it’s just a coincidence. I find it amusing when she gets called over the intercom.
My dad always threatened to name his soon-to-arrive kids “Mahershalerhashbaz” (or however you spell it), which was Isaiah’s son’s name. He would stick to this with a straight face in front of family friends until he got my mom good and bothered.
I have a friend whose married name is now Christal White. She likes to joke about naming one of her kids Snow.
My HS phsyics teacher was named Mr. Hoar. (Pronounced just like whore.) And yes, his wife did take his last name so she was Mrs. Hoar. They had 2 kids. Poor things.
A roommate I had in college had the first and middle names of “John Thomas” (I’m relying on our Brit dopers to 'splain this to any 'Merkin dopers who don’t know why it’s so funny.).
