with seven siblings all of which have unusual names (at least at the time my parents gave the out), I have the most unusual one. In fact, it's safe to say it's unique. I had a guy teaching an identity class look at me and say, "and you, don't ever, ever, ever put your name out on the internet"........
Not that I was about to anyway:cool:
Were your parents related to Picaboo Street's parents?
Your avatar reminds me of a pup playing peekaboo with you.
MightyMoe, post: 382458, member: 700 wrote: with seven siblings all of which have unusual names (at least at the time my parents gave the out), I have the most unusual one. In fact, it's safe to say it's unique. I had a guy teaching an identity class look at me and say, "and you, don't ever, ever, ever put your name out on the internet"........
Not that I was about to anyway:cool:
So, what, are we just supposed to guess?? 😀
That, I'm quite sure, could lead to some "interesting" names from this crowd.....
MightyMoe, post: 382458, member: 700 wrote: ...I had a guy teaching an identity class look at me and say...
"Identity class"? What's that?
Mark Mayer, post: 382468, member: 424 wrote: "Identity class"? What's that?
weird,,,,,,, identity theft class, was sure I typed it that way, SWMBO made me go, she had her credit mixed up with someone with the same name,,,,,at least I don't have that problem
Holy Cow, post: 382460, member: 50 wrote: Were your parents related to Picaboo Street's parents?
Your avatar reminds me of a pup playing peekaboo with you.
No, just gave out unusual names, guess it was their thing, most of them don't seem so odd today however
So, you are named "Mighty" for a first name? Well, what's the problem?
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Last week a friend I've known forever asked if I had any clue in the world as to how she might track down a former classmate of hers named Mabel. Darned few females were being named Mabel in 1954 so she sort of stuck out in that class. I told my friend I could probably get her a link that would connect her with Mabel's younger sister, Eugenia. Again, not very many females were being named Eugenia in 1956. About 20 years ago Eugenia and her husband, Willie, had two kids in school with a couple of my kids. They sort of stuck out at that time as few kids born in the early 1980's were named George or Clara. Maybe now, but not then.
I know someone who is named Mike Hawk. Say that three times fast. I also have a buddy, we are both big Mopar fans, who was introduced to a Barry Cuda.
David Livingstone, post: 382496, member: 431 wrote: Barry Cuda
I WANT THIS NAME!
Whenever I give someone my name, I usually just start spelling it. Almost always gets written with a J if I don't spell it.
-G
And here I thought it was "common knowledge" that your name had a G....
Or is it the "new" way of spelling Geoff with a J?
And, here I thought it was Gee-off, a bit like Karman Ghia. :p
Geoffrey, I presume?
I have a problem simply because when I was a little tyke there was a business locally run by a man with the surname Geofrey that he pronounced as Joe-Free.
My mom always said she wanted to name me Aloysius... Thanks Dad for not letting her do that! Those crazy Irish names are the most difficult to figure out.
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While doing a survey for a fellow a few months back I asked about his blood relationship to certain other locals that I knew were his relatives. One of those would have been either his grandfather or a great-uncle named Aloysius. He explained that Aloysius was the name of his great-uncle and that it also happened to be his middle name. He then asked that I not mention that to anyone who knew him.
BTW, his ancestors came from Belgium.
My parents (more specifically my dad) named me after Kris Kristopherson. So, since I was old enough to spell my name (4), I have had to spell my name to people who used Chris vs. Kris. I've even spelled it to people and it come back as Chris, Khris (my favorite), Cris, and a few others. Fast forward to 1997, and I, who having been damned to a life of spelling my name to everyone, chose names that were phonetically common spelling to name my kids and for the spelling so that they wouldn't have to endure this issue. Zachary and Julia. My daughter doesn't have it happen much, but I've seen Juliea (really), Juliya (really), but most people get her's correct. My son, in this advent of "lets see how much we can change a name" has had his name spelled Zac, Zack, Zach, Zak, and on. He doesn't even try anymore. His girlfriends dad makes a habit, on Facebook, of spelling it Zack, when my son's name is plainly spelled right there on the page. So, if they get married, I'm going to break his hand shaking it when I see them at the wedding because I know he's doing it on purpose to screw with him.
Because of the non-common spelling of my name, I'm hyper-sensitive to spelling other peoples names and routinely ask for their spelling, even if it's common. My son was blessed with an ability to just not give a damn that I wasn't handed at birth. 🙂
I have had to spell my last name all my life. Yes, there are valid variations, so I got used to it.
But the first Gulf War made my last name more recognizable (due to a certain General, apparently no relation).
Upon occasion, I Google my name to see what comes up. A number of years ago, I came across someone with the same first, middle and last name as me living in or around Denver.
Back in '78, I was in FL attending college. My father was shopping at a store in MA and heard over the loudspeaker system "will John (insert same last name here) report to such and such dept. My father's first thought was "that kid is supposed to be in FL!". My father went to the counter and asked to meet this person. Well, it wasn't me. I was, indeed, in FL. Again, no relation.
Know a fellow quite well whose first name is Nicholas. Of course, everyone wants to call him Nick. That's fine except that he spells it as Nich.
Worked with a fellow whose last name was Butt. He had three children. It was a major effort for them to arrive at names that would most likely not get altered into something inappropriate. None of the three were allowed to agree to a nickname, either.
There is a fairly long list of anatomical-based surnames that are commonly found. Head, Foote, Shinn, Eye, Hart, Bone, etc.
David Livingstone, post: 382496, member: 431 wrote: I know someone who is named Mike Hawk. Say that three times fast. I also have a buddy, we are both big Mopar fans, who was introduced to a Barry Cuda.
Reminds me of the scene in Porky's when the girl paged Mike Hunt!
When I was a kid, a friend and I were discussing unusual names. His mother mentioned she went to school with two sisters named Ima and Ura Pig. Not sure how they spelled the last name.
