My mother's name was 'Irvyll' pronounced ER-vuhl. Has anybody ever known another person by that name? I've never heard again in the 65 years following her death.

My daughter's name is Kirta, ever seen that one?

My father's name was Ruff.

A kid where I work named his son "Krevio" because he thought it sounded cool.

Ask the kid in about 10 years what he thinks of it.

My cousin, for some reason named his son Stoakly. And, not to be out done, the middle name is Ervin. Nice kid.

a friend of mines wife is named Dorcus. My Daughter is Keri.

I see a lot of good one's when I am doing deed research for property surveys.

Not really strange, but just a point of oddity, had my dad not been shipped out to Antarctica, my Mom would have still been in Supply, NC when I was born, where my Grandfather would have insisted and probably succeeded in having me named "Jethro".


TLee, Dorcus is a fairly common name circa the 1900's, in central NC.

There was once a football player at Georgia named Car Radio Murphy.

i know a mary christmass

Dad went to High school with a dude named Richard Harry

I am with RWE on this one the deed research turns up a lot of crazy names.

A lady at work is called, "Q". When I asked her why, she said her name is Qtah. Also said there were several other women with that name where she was from- Mississippi IIRC. It was an Indian name.

also know a richard hunter

Never heard of an Irvyll, but it is not a bad name. Some of these old names are. How about Bulah?

How about a bad new name like Le-A.
It is pronounced Ledasha.
CUZ THE DASH AINT SILENT!!!

New a fine Lady in N.O.La. named Linoleum.

cheet joo not.

GTC

also knew a real dumbazz that named his son ($) never knew what he ended up calling the kid

We had a brother and sister in our little K-8 school of about 200... Enork and Peacola.. they wasnt exactly our skin tone and didnt stay around long..

Grandmother's was Arta, after Buffalo Bill's daughter.
From what I could find online it must be very unusual. Never could find a meaning.

OK, that makes sense then, they are originally from outside of Wilmington.

I told my wife I wanted our Daughter named Carrie and the BC came out with Keri on it, guess I should have spelled my version for her.

I know a few people named Ocal (pronounced OH-SUL) and Ica (pronounced I-SUH). And I know a few males named Opal and know of a guy whose first name was Shirley (he went by his middle name, which was Ray). My own middle name is Dee, which is not too uncommon here in Oklahoma, but a little like "A Boy Named Sue" when you head north. ("I gave you that name and I said good-bye, and I knew you'd have to get tough or die...")

And I knew a guy in western Nebraska named Dave Licious who, the last I knew, was marrying a gal named Dee. (No, not a joke.) I never knew if she intended on taking his last name or not.

My grandmother's nickname was Topsy. Don't know how she got it.

There was a black kid in Plantersville, AL (just north of Selma) whose name was pronounced 'Shuh-THEED' but was spelled 'Schithead' without the 'c'. I'm dead serious.

OH wow, that's just insane, parents probably watched "the jerk" too many times.

My wife has an uncle named Estin Elmo, he goes by Pete, after 13 kids they were running low on names!

know a rosie posie

Little Negro child born the same night as my daughter thirty two years ago... parent named her.... Nediva Nejiva.

Knew a Virginia Ham...no kidding..

Then there was this girl in college nicknamed " Hoover"...

Need I say more....

Ingwe

Hoover Hmm, that happens other places to! :whistle

My grandfathers both married real gems.

Opal and Ruby.

Had a great uncle with the first name of Smith and an uncle named Waldemar. Oh, those wacky Norwegians.

Was a fellow down in Pearson, GA., owned the ice company there years ago.. Was named 5/8 Smith pronounced Fiveeights Smith.

My mother's name is Gertrude....not that common.


She prefers "Gerty"

I was just fishing with a guy by the name of Dick Long.

Once knew a gent named Hardy Peters....

The father of one of my students was Mike Hunt. I knew the Cinnamon twins, Ginger and Pepper Cinnamon. Olive Branch was a friend of my mother. Orangejello and Lemonjello were twins. Tavis D. was a baby born several years ago in the local hospital. Asiashonukette and Asiashanikatopaz were born in the same hospital and had several babies there. Several names I have seen are Febbie (Phoebe), Freager, Lettuce Green, Jxquan, Nazis, Dong Dong Huang, Male (Molly), Female (Femolly), Krendy, and a host of others.

Had a neghibor when I was a kid Dick Ake.
Dodge (boy) and Fairmont (girl) Tex" Earnhardt's grand kids.

There was the daughter of billionare Texas oilman Big Jim Hogg. Her name: Ima Hogg
And Frank Zappa's kids, Dweezil and Moon Unit.

My favorite was a fellow Army officer who's family was from Thailand. His last name Arnukunpitaya. And it usually was the first name some poor Sergeant had to attempt to call at 0500 formation. After the third, fourth, or in a few cases with a very determined Sergeant,a fifth attempt, he would invariably be titled "Lt. Alphabet". He eventually changed his name to Jones. Tough little guy though. And former Special Forces enlisted.

Chuck

My fathers name was Elmer Leroy, but fortunately he was just nicknamed Happy.

My grandmothers name was Gurine - (Grr-een-ah).

Had a friend named Forrest Forkie, he would never reveal his middle name. (Said he was too embarassed to.)

Another friend was named Zipperhead ... probably not his real name, but fitting.

I never met them but there are supposed to be a set of twins running around my home town named lemonjelo and oronjelo....kinda like orange jello and lemon jello.

We keep a "secret" list at work of people in the database with crazy names.

In the category of one betters, when I was younger, I knew a kid named Boner. It used to be so funny to hear his Mother call him. For that matter, it used to be funny to hear anyone call him.

I went to school with a gal named Ophelia Cockburn. She was on the wrestling team. She wasn't very good at wrestling, but man you should have seen her box!

While Dorcus isn't a common name, it is a biblical name of a woman in Acts of the apostles.

Our daughters name certainly isn't common, Evdokyia. It's an old Russian name, she's named after her great grandmother. Suprisingly I've met a few Evdokyia's in Alaska, so it isn't that uncommon of a name.

Dick Trickle.

another example of "get tough or die"

Delivered a 12yr old female's baby around midnight, day before xmas eve. Her name was... Shanta.

Was this past July, walked past a woman on her cell phone yackin': "You gawn pick up Gonorrhea after school or eye's gotta?" Presumably her daughter. [bleep] you not.

My sister named her first born "Trexson".

My nephew went to his friends Bar Mitzvah,the kids name was Christian,no kidding.

The receptionist at a rendering plant I worked with was named Sally Pus.

My first 'real' job was in a grocery store with a kid named Joe Pudlick. We'd sneak over to the store PA system and announce, "Joe Pudlick to the manager's office for a liquid cleanup, Joe Pudlick." A big chuckle when you're 16.

There is a man from my hometown named Harry Hoe. There was also a Harry Ball in town. Hoe owned a foundry, Ball owned a furniture store.

My first name is "Colice". It's been passed through a uncle/nephew line as no one will give it to their own kid after being saddled with it.

Expat

went to school with a Cole Miner.
Got a friend that named his kid 7.

Mrs. Tree had a new bag-boy at the store last week. His honest-to-goodness name was Talon.

Played Football with a guy named Kevin Keith Knowlton.

(Check the Initials).

BMT

also worked with a guy named fido

I knew a guy named Larry Lipshits but he changed his name to Joe Lipshits...

My father in law's name was Marion Hooper Wright, he had a brother we called P. L. for Pinkneigh Lafayette Wright. His mothers name was Parky Matilda Wright. What a clan.

My mothers name was Violet Buryl Johle.

I grew up in Archer City, Texas. That is where the movie "The Last Picture Show" was filmed. There were three brothers there who were named Colt Forty Five, Holster and Blue Blazes. I'm not kidding. Not far from Archer City is a little community called Bug Scuffle.

I worked with a fellow whose first name was Orgie.

My mom has a story that takes the cake - she worked in the business office of a hospital and processed birth certificates for Orangejello and Lemonjello, twins born to a crack addict that used the menu to name her kids.

Back in Montana we had some neighbors, last name of Seed. Kids names: Huckleberry, Apple, Celery and Caraway. Father was a stay-at-home sci-fi writer who had never had anything published.

Younger sis went to college with 2 sisters: Ima and Youra Pigg.

Know a gentleman by the name of Richard Boner and a vet named Dr. Root (he should have been a dentist)

My mother knew a guy at school growing up in Scotland named MacGregor MacGregor. For those who may not ken, 'Mac' means 'son of'. Talk about redundant.

Worked with a guy named Sergeant, who's rank was Sergeant. Same base had a Major Major and a man named Fuch but with the Anglo-Saxon spelling. Related to a man from KY named Aro and had a uncle who's middle name was Valentine. My wife worked OB one base and I still don't know if they talked one woman out of naming her daughter Placenta. Parents can be cruel.

A young man I know got married and they had their first son recently.

Named the boy....Binelli. Yep, named after Dad's shotgun.

hear of a girl in the navy who's title was seaman Guzzler, she should picked a different job or something and been an airman or fireman

Old song about a black kid. Said that by the time his turn to be born came around, his folks, Ferdinand and Liza just put their names together and came up with plain old "Fertilizer" for his name. Said it really wasn't all that bad as the other kids gave him a nickname that wouldn't do to mention. Never did say exactly what it was.

Also new a young guy by the name "Eric." Dad's name was Gene. Not bad at all but when Eric became daddy, they named their son after grandpa Gene and daddy Eric. Gene Eric.

Knew a girl in high school named Mona Lisa. Not a bad looking girl, actually. She had never, not ever, cut her hair, it was down to her knees, and thick.

When I was in college there were stories about a guy on campus who was named Gay Guy. He supposedly took the kidding in stride, always introducing himself as "Guy".

My mom was English, and my first name came from her Irish uncle. The name is old Gaelic, and very unusual. After college I dropped it and started using my middle name.

It sucks when you have a wierd name, and you are a kid, just for the record.

My wife has a nephew who is married to a woman from an old Arizona outlaw family and he is a sixth generation New Mexico rancher. They are eaten up with the tradition of the old west, and have a son named "Whip Pop", a second son named "Quirt" and the youngest, a daughter, is name "Dally". My wife, who is usually forgiving, pretty much draws the line at naming kids for tack.

Twins (boy and girl) were born to a local black family and the mother told the nurse that she had decided to let her brother name the children.

When asked the brother said he'd name the girl Deniece (which the nurse though very pretty). Then he told her to name the boy....Denephew.

Not as bad as the woman who named her daughter (this is a true story) Female' (Fe-ma-lee).....said she didn't want that name but when they saw her in the nursery after bith there was a sign with her name already on it...."Female Washintgon"


Seriously, my daughters are actually named Angel and Honey. I never thought it strange, but my second wife thinks it rediculous, saying they are both nicknames, not REAL names.

In a book on the old "purple Gang" in Detroit there's a lineup picture of six named thugs -- one is "Dodo Mazzollo".

1B

Went to school with a gal whose name was Pussey that was pronounced PU SEY. You can imagine what class mates called her.

In high screwl one of our cheerleaders was proud of her nickname, "pickle ..... "

My neice is named "Breiss" after someone in my BIL's famm.

I also once knew a gal from Idaho who was actually named "Kandy Kane." Never learned what her name became after she tied the knot.

Also once met a fellow who's folks named him "Harold." The surname was "Balls."

Girl who's real name was Jessica Lay, but her father nicknamed her "Easy" and called her that from birth......said he figured she'd earn it someday so why not get used to it!!!

When I was a young man we had a neighbor "Peter Hurtz" and another neighbor named "Annis Burns". Went to school with "Hayon Stubblefield".

Probably no the place to do it, but native American names can be very interesting. Most will have both historical and "white" (non-Indian names) a few I've run across: Dirty Moccassins, Wolf Guts, Weasel Tail, SoHappy. Morning Owl, He Who Knows His Gun, (was a U.S. Marine, and a Sharpshooter) and so on including the ever popular Elk's Anus...or words to that effect. Well as they say...Don't fire 'till you see the eyes of the Whites!

knew a coworker named Richard Seaman - Did NOT like to be called Dick

I'm into my 30th year as a teacher and have seen a few unusual ones. London England, Beaver Packer, Shadow. I've taught several guys named Brick and a few named Blaze. Give me a little more time to wake up and think and I'm sure to come up with plenty more.

Ya know, in all my life I used Les, short for Leslie, I never once thought to use my middle name...........Loyd, don't know why, just never did. Mom and dad used older family names, and I just couldn't see not using my given name. But hey, that's just me, My MIL goes by Sabrina(pseudonym) as her name is Norma. I told her that I thought she was dishonoring her parents by not using her given name. Boy was that a fun conversation, lets just say, "And that's when the fight started!"

Beaver Packer, ya gotta be kiddin me, I would have killed for that name.

Family around here with the last name of Crapp. Oldest girl was Robin.

The son-in-law of a friend of mine was the owner of a wood cutting outfit and his name is Rod Longstaff! I schit you not!

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I'm into my 30th year as a teacher and have seen a few unusual ones. London England, Beaver Packer, Shadow. I've taught several guys named Brick and a few named Blaze. Give me a little more time to wake up and think and I'm sure to come up with plenty more.

Once knew a gal who was a 3rd grade teacher, who had a student named "Blaze Wilde!"

What a way for a mother to muck-up a kid's life.

My Mother and Father named me Mike , and I'm glad they did.


Mike

I have Grandson named Talon.

Dated a girl last name of Gay, she for sure wasn't.

Went to school with a guy named Chick little. You only laughed once. Then is was serious apologies, or fight.

Knew a 'Buck Hunter' not a nickname.

Got a gal down here named Anita Hooter.

Just perusing the news, how about Gore as in Gore Vidal?

Any here remember the Lions player named Harry Colon? Pronounced Collin.

I received my Dad's first name, Theodore. As a kid, other kids would occassionally tease me about it. My response was to say it was my Dad's name and I was proud to be named after him. Took all the fun out it for them. The worst part about my name for me is that my folks decided to call me by my middle name. This causes plenty of confusion as people just assume that my first name is the one they always hear, Scott.

We named our daughter, Amelia. An unusual name for sure nowadays.

my mother in laws name is noema ever here that one?

I know a Chinese lady whose name was Wei Ling Ho. Say that three times fast. She asked to be called Wendy. She married an Anglo so no problem no more.

I'll never forget this: One of my aunts who, for over 35 years, was a first-grade teacher in a really rough area of Chicago. The majority of her students were black kids.

One poor girl was named 'Vomitice'.... True story...

This is true. The kid ended up in Gwinnett Co. Ga. My buddy had him in class for summer school. He saw this name on the class role and thought someone had played a prank on him, so the first day he called role but skipped that one. After he finished, he asked if there was any name he didn't call, and a kid raised his hand.

"You ain't callt my name"

"What is your name"

"My name's She-Thade" but it was spelled as Mickey had it.

Unreal. That was more than 10 years ago.

Work with a Neoma at my St. Vincent's she runs the clothing ministry.

Almost forgot: When I was in BE&E school in San Diego, we had a Santa Claus... I knew the kid; his full name was Santa Michael Claus (from TX, of course) .. At least 3-4 times during the duration of the school, the duty PO would have him come forward during the morning muster and ask for his military ID 'cause they didn't believe it..

He's probably killed his parents by now.. Poor kid..

Rob, there's a whole extended family named Boner out here, They must be related to the one in RI.

My mom's uncle was Elwood Buster Hawkins.

I never took band, but the band teacher when I started in high school was named Harold Butts (you DIDN'T call him Harry!!!)

When he retired the new band teacher's name was Steve Miller, so our high school band became known as The Steve Miller Band.

Can think of a couple:

Grace Land (parents were Elvis fans?)

Rope, Tye and Cash (cowboys)

Bill Boy Bryant. (Texas Longhorn Footballer during my time there)

stumpy

My grandmother's name is Williametta, she goes by Peggy. She loves it when I call her Willy.

There was a gynachologist in Port Jervis New York that was named seemor weiners. I swear to god its true. He is a legend around here because of his name and occupation

Went to school with a guy named John Fuchs. Pronounced FOX
Also a gal named Sandra Screws.

Some of the older folks had interstering names in my youth. Mostly now they are just take a guess at how pronounced Ebonic.

I remember Syphillys Hopkins. Pronounced 'Phylis

General Green. He was a Lieutenat in the Army. That caused some confusion when it was announced Lt. General Green was coming.

Got a friend named Richard Mason. You better not call him Dick more than once. He goes by Rick.

'Phylis had a brother named Ghoul.

There was also a Harry Longbottom around here a few years back along with a Harry Butz. He was nicknamed Fuzzy.


BCR

gay is a fairly common name actually. i have know several gay's. tee he he

The girl that cuts my hair is named Femalie.

My grandmothers both have unusual names...Elva and Lula Mae.

The strangest I have come across were a girl in my oldest daughter's school class named Candy Machine and a patient named Dementia Jones.

There is Harold Cox.

A guy I knew in the chicken business named his son and daughter " Sam an' Ella." He enjoyed introducing those kids to a stranger.

I've heard of a woman named Oprah.

Steve

I had a Great Aunt named Dolly Freezecat and a Great Uncle named Clebba Shoebear on my Mom's side.

Mom actually was infatuated as a young lady with a young man named Stinky Contois, and no, Stinky was not a nickname

had a black girl at school named flanelpajima they got the name out of the clothing section of the sears catalog [flannel pajamas]

Tashawna, DaMarcus, Jamarcus, Kwame...........

Maybe Zulu origin???????? I dunno.

MM

One of my buddies named his son Chase.. their last name is Beavers.. I SWEAR TO GOD!!!!

My best friend is a COWBOY from the word go.. His first born is named "Bronc" not Bronco just Bronc.

My wife used to have an OB/GYN doctor named Dr. Bonnie Beaver.

Mike

One slightly dark colored girl by name of LaTrine. Really!

My father in law's name is Erksel. Everyone calls hims Ray (middle name).

I didn't know his name wasn't Ray for probably 10 years.

They got some odd names in Mississippi.

A high school friend named Bobby. When it came time to have our diplomas printed, he was forced to bring a birth certificate to school, as admin insisted his proper name was Robert. In good southern form, his real name was Bobby Ray -

Oh, I forgot the best one in the family:

My Uncle Horace Heine. No kidding. Great old rancher from Waxahachie!

Boggy, that Fuch fellow wasn't a biologist, was he?

stumpy

X wife�s gynecologist�s name was Dr. Bush

could be late to this but how 'bout this one from a really big city

L-A

Yup, pronounced ladasha. Pronounced that way, but it sure wasn't the way the young lady spelled it, or the way it was spelled on the birth cert.

My last name is 'Brose'-pronounced 'Brozee'
Not a super rare name, but certainly not common.

I worked with a guy whose wife was a nurse at a hospital in the city of St. Louis.

Seems an upstanding pregnant citizen of the browner variety was admitted deep in the throes of labor... In her hysteria while being wheeled into the delivery room she noted the "No Smoking" sign which apparently held a deeper meaning for her. After a fine baby boy was delivered, the lady was asked for a name... "Nosmo King" was the chosen name.

An absolutely true story...

When I was in the NAVY, the Ship's dentist was Dr Payne. I fully understand why he chose not to go into business outside the service.

When growing up, I knew two brothers (literally) whose names were "James" & "Jimmy".

We have a dentist in Twin Falls named Dr. Rencher.

I had an aunt who taught piano for a living many years ago. While she was living in the South she had a black student whose name was "Laxative Jones". I later met a guy from Memphis whose dad was a doctor and related that when his dad was interning at the public hospital in Memphis they'd often suggest "Laxative" or "Enema" as names and not knowing what those words meant the moms would agree.

That's plain mean.

I once knew a gynecologist named Dr. Clam.

In high school I met a kid from a neighboring high school with the name Mike Hawk... No kidding.

Nice kid, but unfortunately he took a lot of crap. What the heck were the parents thinking when they plastered that name on him?

A gal I went to school with had the nickname BJ (you can guess why). Everybody called her Beej though. Kinda weird to see this gal 20 years later and I almost called her by her nickname.

Family I knew by the name of Pankey named a son Hankey and a daughter Kissee. GW

A lady in eastern Wyoming working as DJ at a local radio station aptly named " Melody Songer."

Stumpy, I think I know Mr. Heine, and a few of his relatives. He lives just north of town in what used to be the �sticks�.

Joel

Here's one for real from "Classmates."

Balls Claude 46-54


Beck Shirley 49-61


Beckloff Stanley 51-55


Bradford Carol 41-53 request info


Choate David



I think Claude really enjoyed his name!

There is a family of native Canadians on a reserve north of here whose surname is "Nothing." One of the boys has a given name of "Johnson" and the other has a given name of "Minus."

Imagine being stopped by the police and asked for your name.

LEO: What's your name?
GUY: Minus.
LEO: Don't play smart with me, son. What's your other name?
GUY: Nothing.

I remember we had the same thing happen in grade school. Teacher kept calling this kid "William", but his name was actually "Billy". Parents sent in confirmation of some sort.

Aqualung

These names come to mind, and they are all real people that I have known or at least met.

Theophilus Leapheart

Harry Chew (Classmate of mine from elementary thru H.S.)

Dick Hollopeter and his son Willie Hollopeter

Good Lord!

Parents, please think about what you're doing to your kids when you passing out the names. They are not pets, it's not cute, and they gonna have to live with and explain all these goofy names throughout their lives.

Don't remember. He went on to grad school and got a doctorate. Taught at Sam Houston for a while but I don't remember what his field was.

BCR

Adolph O. Bush the O is for Oliver

I remember reading an anecdote in the Reader's Digest many years ago about a man who had only initials (R. B.) instead of a name. He got a job for some governmental agency and was filling out the required forms and put his name as R. B. Jones. The form was returned with instructions not to use initials but to use his entire name. He filled it out thusly, R.(only) B. (only) and resubmitted it. When he got his first paycheck it was made out to Ronly Bonly Jones.

my middle name is josef my parents had a heck of time with teachers in the grade school telling me that was not how my name is spelled

One of my grandfathers was named Trellis and I always liked his name. He had a sister named Lodusky and a brother named Rodell. I'd say old Trell' faired the best out of that bunch.

i knew a guy whos name was R B garza.same thing only R B.he got pulled over and charged with dui in la. when he went back for court they could only find stuff on a arby garza not R B so he left and never heard anything of it again