Weird or ridiculous names.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by Bob

Shouldn't there be a bunch of kids named Anakin or Frodo about to enter junior high right about now?

I met an adult woman named Arwen. Her hippie parents must have been into Tolkien in the 60s.

If I had a daughter I wanted to call her Sorsha.

Phil McCracken
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_McCracken

[getbak]

Originally Posted by T@T

Grew up with a kid who's last name was Pickle

Parents had the nerve to name him Dillon

You grew up with the Rugrats?

[troutman]

"Consider for a moment any beauty in the name Ralph."
-- Frank Zappa, on being asked by Joan Rivers why he gave his children such odd names

People make a lot of fuss about my kids having such supposedly 'strange names' "But the fact is that no matter what first names I might have given
them, it is the last name that is going to get them in trouble."
-- Frank Zappa, from The Real Frank Zappa Book

[Vulcan]

Originally Posted by troutman

I met an adult woman named Arwen. Her hippie parents must have been into Tolkien in the 60s.

If I had a daughter I wanted to call her Sorsha.

Phil McCracken
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_McCracken

I have a relative named Sorsha, never knew or thought of where it came from.

[Bad Santa]

Saoirse (pronounced sear-sha) is Irish for "freedom" and is a very common name there.

[Vulcan]

Originally Posted by Bad Santa

Saoirse (pronounced sear-sha) is Irish for "freedom" and is a very common name there.

oh okay thanks, her grandmother is Irish and a part of my family lived in Ireland for generations.

[speede5]

Originally Posted by Bob

Shouldn't there be a bunch of kids named Anakin or Frodo about to enter junior high right about now?

Doubt it, anyone that nerdy isn't a real threat to be making babies.

[Matata]

Originally Posted by troutman

"Consider for a moment any beauty in the name Ralph."
-- Frank Zappa, on being asked by Joan Rivers why he gave his children such odd names

People make a lot of fuss about my kids having such supposedly 'strange names' "But the fact is that no matter what first names I might have given
them, it is the last name that is going to get them in trouble."
-- Frank Zappa, from The Real Frank Zappa Book

Whereas 'Dweezil' and 'Moon Unit' read like poetry from the very angels themselves.

[VANFLAMESFAN]

[Sample00]

I will never make fun of another person's name! EVER!

[EVERLAST]

went to high school with a girl named

Trina Mae Swalloh

[Daradon]

Originally Posted by EVERLAST

went to high school with a girl named

Trina Mae Swalloh

[JonDuke]

I know someone married to an Anita Ho

[getbak]

Is Anita Dyck still an agent at Dyck Insurance? She used to have a bus bench ad on Crowchild south of 17th, and it always cracked me up.

[Flashpoint]

Hunter Gay.

Captain of one of my beer league teams. Don't ever change Texas.

[Swift]

No joke, my wife has a colleague in Saskatchewan named Gerda Gobbledick.

[station]

Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN

Reminds me of this, except these are real:

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/08/the-...names-of-2013/

My favourite is Alabama Safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix.

Also knew of a family around here that named their girl Sunshine and their boy Smeagol.

[Goodlad]

If nothing else this thread is making me feel a lot better about naming my son Seamus.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Goodlad

If nothing else this thread is making me feel a lot better about naming my son Seamus.

It's actually kind of cool. You can refer to him as the Wee Baby Seamus.

[Dion]