What's in a Name?

Parent Cafe
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<p>Fidel Castro …</p>

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<p>Asian kid in my school…Don’t know first name spelling, but its pronounced “Jew wang”</p>

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<p>Speaking of names similar to celebrities, I know an older, conservative woman who is named Pamela Anderson :p</p>

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<p>My husband’s vasectomy was performed by Dr. Richard Chop. (Seriously!). He goes by Dick. I knew someone whose friend named her kid “Margarine” because she liked the sound of it. And we had two kids at our school; one named “Praisethelord” and one named “Gloryhallelujah” and Momma wanted them called by their full names at all times. Again - for true!</p>

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<p>^^
Reminds of that old Bill Cosby routine where he says he grew up thinking his name was Jesus Christ as his father always yelled “Jesus Christ, quit…[whatever]”.</p>

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<p>For the French-speakers on CC:</p>

<p>There was a doctor practicing near my brother’s apartment. His name was Couillou. By the end of every day, the second u had been upended. And every morning, the good doctor rectified the situation. We used to wonder why he did not change his name by deed-poll.
If you want to know the meaning, it’s related to cujones, but it is used as an all-purpose insult and pejorative description.</p>

67

<p>marite-
c’est drole! a–hole!</p>

68

<p>There is a Mark Anthony in my school, a Stalin (no joke), Micheal Angelo</p>

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<p>One more… I had a friend in elementary and junior high whose name was Lorna Dune Cookie xxxx. (I won’t give her last name here for privacy sake.)</p>

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<p>Anxiousmom…the ones in your post #64 took the cake. Dick Chop is extremely funny for someone who performs vasectomies (then again, not so funny perhaps…one might fear a little “accident”!). </p>

<p>But PraisetheLord and Gloryhallelujah make me truly wonder about what some parents do to kids when naming them. I can’t imagine as a teacher, which I used to be, calling on kids with such names with a straight face. For that matter, I can’t imagine anyone meeting someone with such names and having to say them and not forming some sort of opinion right off the bat.</p>

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<p>I know someone who’s named Le Nin. (and yeah it sounds like just what you might imagine)</p>

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<p>My uncle, Harry Ball.</p>

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<p>I used to work with a woman named Crystal Clear. We also had someone named Richard Shaw. Not so bad until you consider he went by Rick.</p>

<p>And I’ve heard - it may be one of those urban legends, though - that the Mr. Lear, who invented the Lear jet, named his daughter Shanda.</p>

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<p>Shanda Lear is, in fact, an actual person, according to snopes.com and Ms. Lear’s own corporate website.</p>

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<p>My S knows a boy at his school named Steamboat Rock (for real).</p>

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<p>Years ago a friend of mine met a woman while both of them were in the hospital giving birth. The woman she met had the last name of “Yamen” and had had many children, all boys, and had finally had a little girl. This was in December and they named their precious little girl “Holly Lou”…</p>

<p>Now, say her name all together, real fast…</p>

<p>“Holly Lou Yamen”</p>

<p>True!</p>

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<p>Oh, and my dear father-in-law used to tell of an old school mate named Lucy Poots.</p>

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<p>My daughter had a boy in her tae kwon do class named Austin Power.</p>

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<p>Dr. Whitehead (dermatologist)
Dr. Yow (chiropractor)
Dr. Dung (orthodontist)</p>

<p>H went to school with a Barbie Doll. S had a classmate with the first name Jello. </p>

<p>Former co-workers of mine: Hiawatha Jones, Palmleaf Taylor,
Harry Perry, Carrie Larry</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/[/url]”>http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>highly recommended. Will keep you in fits of laughter for quite some time.</p>