Booklover- careful, I work in a hospital too and you really can’t do that.
Of course, first names only ought to be okay, and my favorite of all time is LaTreen. We wondered if she had a brother John. (snort)
Some of these names are making me laugh out loud! Let’s see, I knew a Mary Christmas, April Showers, and Ricky & Vicky Ricketts, twins. All nice folks, and none from the hospital.
We had a bright and friendly student in our midst, with the unfortunate name of Mai Duong. The operator refused to page her overhead.
I’m sure I’ll think of more, as soon as I turn off the computer.
There is a football player called Argelico Fucks who now plays for Benfica. When he moved to Benfica, Eurosport (European sports TV network) had this headline on their site:
Surely one of the most famous unfortunate names is Ima Hogg, daughter of Governor James Stephen Hogg. She is a well known philanthropist and patron of the arts in Texas. Upon her death, she established the Ima Hogg Foundation in 1964.
There is an urban legend that she had a sister, Ura. Not true. I looked it up.
Everyone who met her said “Miss Ima” was a gracious, intelligent, truly lovely lady of the old school. It is possible to turn out well with a bad name.
When I was a Linguistics student, a professor told us about a study he did on proper nouns. A side issue that developed was interesting first names. Turns out that there are a remarkable number of women in the U.S. named for female genetalia; first names like, Labia, Vulva, Clitoris, Vagina… Can you imagine growing up and finding out what your name means? They tend to be names that show up in welfare rolls later in life.
My daughter was born on a Navy base in Charleston S.C. I don’t remeber the name of the attending physician but I never forget the name of the OB/GYN in the next office. He was Dr. Finger.
I new a guy whose sister was named Lynn Mia Nickle.
When I worked for a state health department we discovered a child on the immunization records named Positive Wasserman “Jones” (not the real last name)
My family was friends with a couple when I was very young; I don’t recall the last lame, but they had named their two daughters (first and middle name) Triana Brook and Arial Valley.
All I can say is, if my name were John Dickson Stufflebeem, there is no way I would join the Navy. And even if I did, I would refuse the promotion that made me a Rear Admiral.
My brother went to high school with a boy named Sang Fuc.
I went to high school with a girl named Yang Pak. That wouldn’t be so bad, except that the name Yang means “six” (because she was the sixth child in the family). People called her “Six Pack.” She didn’t seem to mind.
My best friend in elementary school had the last name Kirk. People called us Kirk and Spock.
If one opens up the possibilities to include names of places and businesses, the central area of Japan known as “kinki” (yes, pronounced “kinky”) is a winner. My personal favorite is the “Kinki Love Hotel”.
I work at a national credit bureau, and I have files and files of people with some of the worst/best names ever. I make sure I keep them around for future use:
Genghis Kahn, Jr… once wrote in to have us straighten out his file because he was mixed up with Genghis Kahn, Sr!
Anita Dick once wrote in.
Feel Good dropped us a line once.
Dick Wood too.
Dick Bulger as well.
Phuc Long who lives in Longwood, FL.
Elmer Christ wrote us.
Sue Hiscock called.
Rose Ballin Goodman too.
Christine Kuntz
Elmer Stucker
Virginia Beach (by marriage)
Velvet Busch
Jimmy Fuchs
Jim Stiffey
X called and sued us.
Manly Johnson (who lists himself as "self employed)
I grew up in Texas, so I heard about Miss Ima (as well as the false rumors of sisters named Ura and Wera). You’d think that kind of unfortunate thing wouldn’t be done today, but…how about Mia Hamm?
Also I knew a Steele Beam, a Crystal White, and an April May. Clever parents. :rolleyes:
