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Posted by: Catriona 20-May-2004, 07:53 AM
Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin (of Coldplay) were photographed leaving the London hospital where G gave birth to their daughter - they proudly announced that the little girl was to be called 'Apple'.

This has prompted a spate of comments in newspapers - such as 'let's hope she retains her parents' characteristic svelteness, or the Paltrow-Martins may have a Big Apple on their hands in later years'... ! and... 'If the child grows up fair haired and pretty like her mother - will she be called a Golden Delicious?'

I just wondered about any other unusual or odd names....

Posted by: peckery 20-May-2004, 08:06 AM
I have heard of a kid in Fl. a few years back name 5/8. There are Frank Zappas kids Moon Unit and Dweezle. Some African American kids have some pretty interesting names. (Lashawndralynn, _______isha, _______qua, Latinkle)
Once knew a poor guy named Siraaron. His mom while carrying him dreamed he was a knight named, you guessed it, Aaron. I think he is now in jail for multiple homicides. king.gif

Posted by: Blue_Rogue 20-May-2004, 08:07 AM
You want unusual names??

How about Frank Zappa's Kids?

Posted by: Randy 20-May-2004, 09:28 AM
My Dad and I am not joking about this wanted to name me "The" my mom vetoed him at the last minute. Would have been kinda funny though ))). I can imagine the teacher on the first day of school. "The Fox" are you here.

Posted by: Raven 20-May-2004, 09:52 AM
Arminta is a bit unusual (my wife's name)

She also has and Uncle Geeter, Sobe and LZ. Plus Aunt Lena, and Flossie. I have an Aunt Scarlet.

Posted by: urian 20-May-2004, 10:22 AM
A friend of mine gave birth to a boy (about 8 years ago) while she was asleep her husband named this poor boy ORBIE.

Posted by: gtrplr 20-May-2004, 11:17 AM
My wife's name is Tempie. I don't think that's all that unusual, but you wouldn't believe how many people get it wrong. She's called Temple, Tammy, Trixie, and Temmy almost on a daily basis. Good thing she has a sense of humor.

My ex-wife was a pediatric nurse. One day she told me of a young mother who named her daughter "Pay-ju-mays" (phonetic spelling). When the doctor asked her where she got it, she said she saw it in a Sears catalog. She then spelled it for him. P-a-j-a-m-a-s.

Posted by: Keltic 20-May-2004, 12:34 PM
I knew a girl who was named "Amber Fawn Rainwater McIntyre". We all know what her parents were doing in the '60s.

There are also were a couple of spokesman for native rights here in Canada named "Milton Born with a Tooth" and "Matthew Cooncome". I had also seen a young native girl being interviewed on the news some years back who was named "Brenda Frying Pan".

Don't forget "Dick Trickle" from the racing circuit. I'll never forget the first time I saw that name.

Posted by: Raven 20-May-2004, 01:04 PM
QUOTE (gtrplr @ May 20 2004, 12:17 PM)
My wife's name is Tempie. I don't think that's all that unusual, but you wouldn't believe how many people get it wrong. She's called Temple, Tammy, Trixie, and Temmy almost on a daily basis. Good thing she has a sense of humor.

My ex-wife was a pediatric nurse. One day she told me of a young mother who named her daughter "Pay-ju-mays" (phonetic spelling). When the doctor asked her where she got it, she said she saw it in a Sears catalog. She then spelled it for him. P-a-j-a-m-a-s.

People get my wife's name wrong all the time also. Probably the worst is Dementia tongue.gif

Posted by: CelticRose 20-May-2004, 01:22 PM
I think the funniest and most terrible names I have heard yet is by two little boys the mother gave them. One was lemonjello (pronounced leMONjello) and orangejello (pronounced OrANGello).

I still can't get over that Gwyneth Paltrow named her daughter "Apple." The big joke around here is if Chris Martin was Italian, they could have called her "Apple Martini." tongue.gif biggrin.gif

Posted by: birddog20002001 20-May-2004, 01:34 PM
My wife's name is Shancy sounds like fancy, many people say Chance. Her grandfather gave the name to her after an old Italian woman he knew years ago. Thank God he won the name game because her mother wanted to name her Raema-Jean. I got my name Eugene no mioddle name Ruschenberg after both my Parentsd Gary Eugene and Pamela Jean it was the only think they wouldn't fight over.

Posted by: Annabelle 20-May-2004, 01:56 PM
When I was busy doing some family research a few years ago I came across some strange name in my family.

Desiree Gordon
Patience Gordon

I had to look up to make sure I wasn't in Pennsylvania (dutch country) with all of the strange names. I love the state of Pennsylvania (pretty and green) but there are some strange sounding town names up there.

Posted by: MDF3530 20-May-2004, 01:59 PM
Chastity Bono. To her mother, chastity would be a dirty word biggrin.gif .

Posted by: Catriona 20-May-2004, 04:54 PM
A girl in my class at school was called Theresa Green. When said with a Scots accent it sounds like 'Trees are green'.... She was known as Spring - short for Spring is coming.....

I have a male cousin. His name is a proud, old Scots one - Torquil.... You cannot imagine how many different pronounciations people use.

Posted by: ronw1 20-May-2004, 06:03 PM
I too have done family research for" Wescott" and have come across Thankful, Godspeed, and Welcome. You do some times wonder what people are thinking when they name thier kids

Posted by: gettin-away 20-May-2004, 06:10 PM
There is a girl who lives in the city I work in. Her name.....Misty Graves


gettin-away

Posted by: gaberlunzie 20-May-2004, 06:34 PM
QUOTE (gettin-away @ May 20 2004, 07:10 PM)
There is a girl who lives in the city I work in. Her name.....Misty Graves


gettin-away

"Misty Graves"...isn't that a bit sick, huh?user posted image

Posted by: Elspeth 20-May-2004, 06:47 PM
I went to school with a girl named Carrie Knupp. Remember the old Hallmark commercials? When you 'Carrie Knupp' to send the very best. biggrin.gif

Ever hear of the woman who thought that hospital named her child for her? On the bracelet it said Fe-mal-e.

Posted by: Elspeth 20-May-2004, 06:48 PM
Hey Mike! When did you switch from the White Wizard to the Dark Knight?

Posted by: wizardofowls 20-May-2004, 08:13 PM
My wife had an unlce named Zendell and we have a neighbor named Darby. Growing up, we had a neighbor named Parthenia.

I never liked me name much, but after seeing some of the ones posted here, I think Allen is just fine! smile.gif Actually my mom wanted to name me Alan, but the docter misspelled it on the birth certificate so she just left it as it was.

Posted by: talleyrand 20-May-2004, 08:34 PM
My son's name is James Stillwater and we call him by his middle name of Still or Stilly. One night we decided to go a road trip and we ended up Stillwater. We forgot to pack something but now I can't recall what it was...
Desiree is unusual but not that rare, I dated one a long time ago.

Posted by: Raven 20-May-2004, 09:16 PM
QUOTE (gaberlunzie @ May 20 2004, 07:34 PM)
QUOTE (gettin-away @ May 20 2004, 07:10 PM)
There is a girl who lives in the city I work in. Her name.....Misty Graves


gettin-away

"Misty Graves"...isn't that a bit sick, huh?user posted image

I think that is coool!! unsure.gif

Posted by: Kassia 20-May-2004, 11:44 PM
My mom used to volunteer as a babyrocker in the neo-natal unit of our local hospital. I wish I could find the list she made of some of the weird things that the locals were sticking their kids with. The joke among the nursery nurses was that they were waiting for a mom to name their son, "Merconium."

used to work with a man named Plum Tree. That was his own choice of name because he hated his father so much that he didnt want to use the name that he had been given at birth.

Posted by: celtica 21-May-2004, 10:05 AM
I've seen some strange names in my life, for instance old names coming directly from chivalry like Tancrède. Some regional names like those from the Basque country : a friend of mine called his boy and girl Txomin and Mirentzu. I thougt he had adopted some chineese children.... biggrin.gif
My sister had a boyfriend whose name was Bienvenue (wich means "welcome", and he was indeed laugh.gif )
I read in a newspaper recently that some people began to give their children some brands as names (like supermarket Auchan, shoes Eram, and I know a little girl whose name is Mégane Renault - the name of a car...) seeing that, I think Apple is a beautiful name ! biggrin.gif

Posted by: CelticRose 21-May-2004, 02:14 PM
I like the name, Misty Graves! I think it sounds surreal and beautiful!

Posted by: faolin 07-Jun-2004, 08:19 PM
There was a boy at my school named Alexanda. Apperently there was some mix-up with the spelling at the hospital, and he ended up with that. A bunch of teachers have called him Alexandra thinking that he was a girl...

I've known a Dorcus, which is also an unfortunate name...

Posted by: gettin-away 08-Jun-2004, 06:07 AM
Another name I've seen recently at the post office......Whisper Softly Tolfree


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Posted by: tartangal 08-Jun-2004, 07:05 AM
There is a story that goes around Glasgow, I think it may be an urban legend.
A small child attended his first day at school. When the teacher asked his name, he said he was Gooey.
"Gooey?" asked the teacher, " Is that a nickname?"
"No" said the little boy,"it's my name."
The teacher didn't want to make a big thing on his first day and so decided to ask the parent when he was collected.
when the mother arrived, the teacher asked how to pronounce his name.
"Gooey," replied the mother.
The teacher was astonished and again asked if it was a nickname. Again the answer was no. The teacher then asked how the child had gotten this name.
The mother answered that they had chosen out of a book of childrens names.
When asked how to spell it , she answered "G-U-Y".
When they chose the name , they had never heard it pronounced. The child was called GUY. rolleyes.gif

Posted by: tsargent62 08-Jun-2004, 09:49 AM
When I was in the Army, I was, unfortunately, the guy with the funny name. Try being in the Army with the last name of Sargent. Not fun. Especially when I actually made the rank of Sergeant. That's right. Sergeant Sargent. It was a pain in the *ss to say the least. dry.gif

Posted by: Herrerano 08-Jun-2004, 10:59 AM
"Sergeant Socknoggle!" "Front and Center!"


Leo cool.gif

Posted by: Raven 08-Jun-2004, 11:05 AM
QUOTE (tsargent62 @ 08-Jun-2004, 10:49 AM)
When I was in the Army, I was, unfortunately, the guy with the funny name. Try being in the Army with the last name of Sargent. Not fun. Especially when I actually made the rank of Sergeant. That's right. Sergeant Sargent. It was a pain in the *ss to say the least. dry.gif

I always thought that Sargent was a cool last name. Growing up in the mId-west with a last name of Schwab on the other hand.....constantly called Q-tip as people pronounced my last name as swab or squab all the time.

As a kid trying to fit in it got me in constant fights as an adult I simply consider the source wink.gif and I like being different.

Mikel

Posted by: greenldydragon 08-Jun-2004, 12:44 PM
My 9th grade social studies teacher thought my last name, Quinones, sounded like cheeseconey. That was bad.

Posted by: tsargent62 08-Jun-2004, 06:24 PM
QUOTE (Raven @ 08-Jun-2004, 12:05 PM)
I always thought that Sargent was a cool last name.  Growing up in the mId-west with a last name of Schwab on the other hand.....constantly called Q-tip as people pronounced my last name as swab or squab all the time.

As a kid trying to fit in it got me in constant fights as an adult I simply consider the source wink.gif and I like being different.

Mikel

Why thanks! I always liked my last name -- except while I was in the Army.

Q-Tip, eh? You should know better than to give us that kind of ammo. tongue.gif
You better hope that Monkey Boy doesn't read this.

Posted by: Danann 09-Jun-2004, 01:22 PM
Apparently my name is pretty odd... its Dannah - pronounced like hannah with a D... so its Dan-nah. growing up though I've been called Dana, Donna, Deanna, Dawn... the list goes on.

The best though was when a telemarketer called for my dad. He is a retired Lieutenant colonel in the Air Force, and the abbreviation is Lt. Col. The caller asked for "Letcol Russell... that's and interesting name, is that how you pronounce it?" To which my reply was "Actually, most people say Lieutenant Colonel."

Posted by: tsargent62 09-Jun-2004, 01:38 PM
QUOTE (Danann @ 09-Jun-2004, 02:22 PM)
Apparently my name is pretty odd... its Dannah - pronounced like hannah with a D... so its Dan-nah. growing up though I've been called Dana, Donna, Deanna, Dawn... the list goes on.

The best though was when a telemarketer called for my dad. He is a retired Lieutenant colonel in the Air Force, and the abbreviation is Lt. Col. The caller asked for "Letcol Russell... that's and interesting name, is that how you pronounce it?" To which my reply was "Actually, most people say Lieutenant Colonel."

I know someone who pronounces her name the same way you do, but spells it Dana. So you think it should be pronounced with a long A. When I saw your name I had it right, though. cool.gif

Posted by: MacEoghainn 09-Jun-2004, 04:03 PM
QUOTE (tsargent62 @ 08-Jun-2004, 11:49 AM)
When I was in the Army, I was, unfortunately, the guy with the funny name.  Try being in the Army with the last name of Sargent.  Not fun.  Especially when I actually made the rank of Sergeant.  That's right.  Sergeant Sargent.  It was a pain in the *ss to say the least.  dry.gif

Todd,

It could have been worse, be glad your last name isn't Darling (you may need to be a fan of the Brit Comedy "Black Adder" to really understand this comment smile.gif )

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