Know someone who gave his son an unusual name. Said it may cause some ridicule in elementary school, but later in high school and college it will be a great ice-breaker for chatting up the ladies. “So why are you named ___?”
It’s a lot to live up to, but really I’m not a fan of combining a given name and a surname to form a pun. Like how actor Rob Morrow named his daughter “Tu.”
My wife once tutored a girl named Silver Anne Gold. I kid you not.
I’ve worked with someone named Major as well. Not an on-again/off-again zombie like his namesake Major Lillywhite… I think…
I worked with a fellow many years back whose last name was “Lee”. When his wife was expecting, for some reason he didn’t want to go with one co-worker’s suggestion of “Ug”.
I had a landlord named Joe Blow, a sheriff named Dick Mecum, and a state rep named Incontenentia Buttocks.
Just kidding on the first two.
What surname? Inmaculada Concepción is a compound firstname: one concept represented by two words. Francis Xavier is another example: while there may be people who think of it as two separate names it doesn’t refer to two guys (St. Francis and a nonexistent St. Xavier) but one (St. Francis Jaso Azpilcueta, called Xavier).
Our experience in February wasn’t like that at all. The baby was listed on forms and the vitals monitor as “{surname} BABY A” (presumably “B,” “C,” etc. would have been used for multiplets). It wasn’t until late the next day when the administrative lady organizing Social Security and birth certificates visited and asked us if I’d chosen a name, probably 30 hours or more after the birth.
If only he got a dime for every time he heard “Ello Gov’na”
Just a thought - what do you think the kid’s nickname is going to be at school?
‘Spellchecker’ - could live with that.
‘Twinkle’ - oooh, that’s cruel.
I’ll take ‘Fork’ for $500, Alex.
Not really strange names, but where else can I share this?
An ex-girlfriend was named “Motoko” which was just phonetically spelled in Japanese but can mean “another child (girl).” I met her sister “Tsugiko” (which can also mean “next girl” as well. Neither of them are really strange names.
They were two of eight girls in the family. The father had really, really wanted a son, but finally gave up.
They could’ve named him Waylon. Not sure if it would be better or worse, though.
I knew a kid named “Justin Case” in my hometown. His parents didn’t even notice that it was a pun until someone pointed it out. No offense to your childhood acquaintance, but those folks were thick as a brick. 
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Doing my families ancestry - found that way back in the 1700s, my g-g-g-g-g -parents had a lot of kids, so many that one was named “baby” and another was named “friend”.
Naming kids odd things is not a new invention. Sometimes we think we’re being clever.
I once came across a historical record of a child born in 1860 named Lincoln Hamlin [unremarkable last name]. Lincoln and Hamlin were the Republican ticket that year.
“Squire” would only be a problem in the UK, where it is a sort-of-title. A bit like giving the first name “landlord”.
“Senator” would only be a problem is the US, because that’s the usual name for one of their pro wrestling teams . (the other team is “congressman”)
And even then, it’s not a very unusual name.
After all, the US president is named like a Play in Bridge.
Names can sound VERY funny, if heard as words not names.
I used to work with a guy named Friend. Unusual but I suspect it may be more common among a particular ethnic group or religious sect (e.g., Quakers).
Actually, where I come from, Jesús María is a boy’s name and María Jesús a girl’s name.
And you forgot (María de los) Remedios 
María de los Dolores is usually called Lola.
The four most beautilful girls in my class were Gloria, Paz, Esperanza and Caridad. (Glory, Peace, Hope and Charity). Together I found them intimidating.
For personal reasons, the ex and I gave our children unusual names, but, understanding that no one would be able to pronounce or remember them we also gave them nicknames. The first two were normal nicknames that related to their given names. We had the damndest time coming up with one for the youngest, until we noticed that a certain television show was playing in the waiting room every time the ex had an OB appointment. Now we have a little boy we call “Mash”.
I grew up with a young woman whose given name was Candace. Of course, every one called her Candy.
I must say, she was a fine looking woman; tall and blond and well put together. Smart and funny, too.
Looks like I’m sliding down one of those “oh, what might have beens”- sorry.
About the time hormones started kicking in, the guys started mentioning how they’d love a piece of …Candy.
(A long time before PC was a concept).
And then, and then, Saturday Night Live sealed her fate. Because her family name was…Graham.
Oh God, I pitied that poor girl.
It was worse than the “Matty Mattel” I had to live with…