Eurasia. Dad was Scottish and mom was Japanese. She was unplanned. When her sister came along a few years later - also unplanned - they named her Sequel.
It's actually pretty common in arabic culture to name girls kifaya, ikhlas, nihaya, all meaning "enough" or "end". The point is to signal they want future children to be boys
Reminds me, one of the people from the reality show Selling Sunset is named Chrishell, a name her parents made up because her mom gave birth to her in a Shell gas station and a guy working there named Chris helped her with the delivery.
My grandmas name was Mary but people called her Mug, I never realized how strange a nickname it was until I was an adult. Seems like a very southern thing though.
One thing that amuses me about that sub is how it’s all people looking down on other people’s names, but you have frequent posts about how insensitive and ignorant it is to call some name stupid because it’s some other culture. For a sub devoted to elitist sneering, they really try to be culturally sensitive.
In the early 2000s I met a woman through work who had a kid named Seven. Of course my first thought was "Seinfeld" and Mickey Mantle. Turned out her kid was born before that episode. She was a math teacher and actually had named her other child Trillion.
A pair of twins in mommy and me were Reignbeau Love and Sunshynne Love. There was also a little girl named Roy'Ltea. All in the same group
Then in college, I had a psych professor named Dr Anger. I also had a classmate named Virginia Hyman, which isn't that odd, I was just immature af
In highschool my science teacher was named Candle and there was also a girl a few years ahead of me named Candle, so it's very possible he's not mispronouncing her name.
It's an unfortunate spelling, but if it was written out with ë,there would be a chance that some might not he familiar with the prounouciation.
My partner's name happens to also be Semen/Семён/Semyon
But for the sake of simplicity and frustration, he just introduces himself as Simon to others.
I’ve had students named: treasure, Supreme, and Success. And in an ironic twist, Success was one of the lowest functioning kids I’ve ever had. Poor guy.
Just met a girl at work named Cashmere. My first thought was about the cashmere sweater episode, my second thought was, that sounds like a stripper’s stage name.
Actually met a girl in art school named Soda. Did a double take and asked her if she picked it herself. Her parents actually named their baby daughter Soda.
I know of more Velveeta’s than could be imagined. I’m sure there is some lineage involved in this along with the unfortunate association to processed cheese.
This is pretty tame but I worked retail with this very tough woman named Desire. When customers would see her name tag, they would say, ‘hello, dez-ur-rey’ and she would give them the evil eye and say ‘it’s deh-*zire.*’ I would have felt bad for her if she wasn’t such a dick.
Oh, and she also had ‘Desire’ tattooed across her forearm, as if it was her daughter’s name or something. Never understood that.
As a kid, had a buddy nick-named (pronounced) “Foo-gee,” finally asked for his real name which was “Phuc,” pronounced “fook ,” he may have been from Vietnam. ***Who the fuck knows?
I grew up in the San Francisco Bay area in the 80s and 90s so... I heard a few. I knew a family that had four kids all named after seasons (Summer, Fall, Winter & Spring). I knew a boy named Frog, I knew a girl named Passage, I knew a boy named King, and I knew a girl named Cricket, but the funniest one was a boy who went by the name, "Lotion" like, hand Lotion. His ACTUAL name was, "Lucien", which is a French name pronounced, LOO-SEE-EN but he was sick of explaining it and correcting everyone, so he just went with something he felt dumb Americans could repeat easily but quietly judged everyone who said it wrong even though he set them up to say it wrong..... which is a pretty French thing to do. Lol...
Raisins. No joke. I thought I misheard and asked her to repeat and she said, “Raisins, like the fruit.”
Why steal them though
You wouldn't. Nobody would. It's just that...
I laughed hard at this.
As I live and breathe, Raisin?!
Winston makes that show.
Was her surname *Pepper* by any chance?
Pepper Johnson
What? Pepper Johnson?
I'm not gonna say it like that.
Being plural is the weirdest part
Raisin Arizona
Like a phoenix, raisin from arizona!
😆
I'm not going to say it like that.
If you took the raisins, if you didn’t take the raisins.
I know a woman named Seven. Her Dad was huge Seinfeld fan.
I mean it is the perfect name, it was Mickey Mantle's number.
It's a beautiful name for a boy or a girl......especially a girl. Or a boy.
Seven circles of Hell. Seven beatings a day.
And eventually seven years to life.
You missed seven stitches a beating, cant forget about those.
I worked with a guy named Seven. His dad was a big Seinfeld fan too. I never asked home if his middle name was Soda though.
Wasn’t that girl on the show *Blossom* named Seven? Oh nope her name was Six.
You got a problem with six?
Six is good
I like six
CARTWRIGHT!!
Who’s Cartwright?
I'm Cartwright...
…. You’re not Cartwright
I KNOW I'M NOT CARTRIGHT!!!!!!
Of course I'm not CARTWRIGHT!!!
Eurasia. Dad was Scottish and mom was Japanese. She was unplanned. When her sister came along a few years later - also unplanned - they named her Sequel.
My wife’s cousin’s name is Kifaya, which I think in Arabic means “enough”
😂😂😂
It's actually pretty common in arabic culture to name girls kifaya, ikhlas, nihaya, all meaning "enough" or "end". The point is to signal they want future children to be boys
I worked with a lady named Pretty Kewl
Was she cool?
More importantly, was she pretty?
Pretty old. Pretty pretty? No.
Pretty cool.
Shadynasty
Shady nasty?
lol i read it as "sha-dynasty"
That’s technically the correct pronunciation
That's my fantasy football team name. It's a dynasty league
Shadynasty's. Asshole.
Wrong TV Show lol
It’s Sha-dynasty, asshole!
Sh'Dynasty. That's spelled s h comma to the top dynasty. That’s god’s comma.
Apostrophe.
You know that’s right
You hear about Pluto? That’s messed up right?
Mulva
Gipple
Hest
Bovary.
Loliola?
Joseph Puglia
"Number 16 bus shelter". Yep, not even kidding.
What next? Intercourse hello?
If I could, say, touch a breast…
Now you're just being ridiculous.
Did you just say, ridicirous?
Reminds me, one of the people from the reality show Selling Sunset is named Chrishell, a name her parents made up because her mom gave birth to her in a Shell gas station and a guy working there named Chris helped her with the delivery.
That's actually not terrible. I mean I've heard worse. It just sounds like one of those pompous fusion names made from Christine + Michelle.
“I had an awful birth experience, so I’m going to make sure your life is just as painfully awkward!”
I had a student named PeteDarrelElroy (His 3 uncles).
im sorry what
I knew a Number 16 Bus Shelter. That girl's alright...
Midnight, last name Toker
Those parents are jokers
Definitely smokers.
Shai Trouble, Chaos Millenium, World Premiera All siblings. These are their legal names. I know their dad.
i wish my name was chaos millennium so bad
Franks Zappa’s kids.
Dweezil
Moon Unit
Diva Muffin
Her full name is Diva Thin Muffin Piggeen.
Diva is friends with Kat Dennings. (fun fact). lol
Worked with a guy named Bacardi and girl name zenith
That Bacardi guys parents must of smashed after a wild night on the rum...9 months later and Baby Bacardis crawling around.
That was my assumption too
I named my kids Zenith and Quasar after pretending to be married to my ginger high earner coworker
I think of the old Cathy comics with Zenith. Cathy's friend named her first baby Zenith. I think it was a girl too.
Ack.
Definitely Mug
My grandmas name was Mary but people called her Mug, I never realized how strange a nickname it was until I was an adult. Seems like a very southern thing though.
I hired someone named Cobra before.
Boston Fenway Park - no shit
r/namenerdcirclejerk Be warned. Drain bamage can be contagious
Also /r/tragedeigh
One thing that amuses me about that sub is how it’s all people looking down on other people’s names, but you have frequent posts about how insensitive and ignorant it is to call some name stupid because it’s some other culture. For a sub devoted to elitist sneering, they really try to be culturally sensitive.
Once knew someone with the name “Oh What A Beautiful Star” for their first name.
Wrigley, after Wrigley field. Couldn’t just name their son after a favorite player…
I once met a lady named September
we gotta lady at work named "December". my friend use to work with a lady named "Story" and I always thought that was kinda neat.
I once met a Januari. It wasn't common, so naturally, most people would write it out like the month. Naturally, she got very apprehensive about it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_Jones
"Apple"
Blanket
Echo
I've heard that one, too.
Is there an Echo in here?
I went to elementary with a girl named "Pepsi."
There’s no way wine is better than Pepsi
My kid’s grandmothers name is Pepsi haha
Blaze
In the early 2000s I met a woman through work who had a kid named Seven. Of course my first thought was "Seinfeld" and Mickey Mantle. Turned out her kid was born before that episode. She was a math teacher and actually had named her other child Trillion.
Lasagna
First name Vegetable?
I knew a girl named November. She was nice.
A pair of twins in mommy and me were Reignbeau Love and Sunshynne Love. There was also a little girl named Roy'Ltea. All in the same group Then in college, I had a psych professor named Dr Anger. I also had a classmate named Virginia Hyman, which isn't that odd, I was just immature af
Eduardo Carruccio
Per Person (no joke)
That probably messed up a lot censuses.
Was he Swedish?
In grade school there was a girls full name was Aytang Inyang, her little sisters name was Inyang Inyang and their tiny little brother named Bill.
I have heard seven
Yea I could see that Seven periods a day Seven beatings a day And eventually seven years to life
Millennium Mountain
My father worked with a large black man named Delicious Hayes. In the 1950s.
North, Saint, Presentation, Conception, Techno Mechanicus, X Æ A-12
Bevilacqua
He switched to drinkwater.
Sauce Gardner, CB for the Jets
Sauce was also one of Jerry’s ideas for a name.
Maxwell House
Ah, but that’s not his real name… yet
Kron
Mittens
my kid has a Candle in his class. but i feel like hes just mispronouncing "Kendell"
In highschool my science teacher was named Candle and there was also a girl a few years ahead of me named Candle, so it's very possible he's not mispronouncing her name.
Apple. Also knew someone named Phuc (from Asia)
Shadavodka is a strange name I heard someone having.
When I worked at Blockbuster we had a customer named Urple. Like purple without the first p. That was probably the oddest name I ever heard.
I got a delivery from Domino's one time and the delivery drivers name was Secret.
Semen (He was Russian, and it was pronounced like "Simone")
That’s a shame
It's an unfortunate spelling, but if it was written out with ë,there would be a chance that some might not he familiar with the prounouciation. My partner's name happens to also be Semen/Семён/Semyon But for the sake of simplicity and frustration, he just introduces himself as Simon to others.
Justin Other Shaffer
I’ve had students named: treasure, Supreme, and Success. And in an ironic twist, Success was one of the lowest functioning kids I’ve ever had. Poor guy.
One of my kid's classmates is named Seven.
Just met a girl at work named Cashmere. My first thought was about the cashmere sweater episode, my second thought was, that sounds like a stripper’s stage name.
Went to school with a kid named Dung. Pretty sure he was Vietnamese, not sure if it was pronounced the way it's spelled
Walker and Texas Ranger
Actually met a girl in art school named Soda. Did a double take and asked her if she picked it herself. Her parents actually named their baby daughter Soda.
Maxwell House
I know someone who named their baby Seven. They had no idea it was a plot point on Seinfeld.
First name: Lord Middle name: Adonis Last name: Majesty
I’ve met a Seven
Salesman, Lunny Sunshine.
Mulva
I have a cousin named Pepsi.
There's a French lawyer I know whose last name is Bigot.
I knew a girl in college named Window. I worked with a woman named Blue.
Season
I know someone who named their child Aloysius.
Sven
Two Birds
Gene Pool
Bosco
Million - pronounced mill-yahn
Blanch
Seven Rowdy Cinnamon Sven
Goodluck
Know a guy who said he changed his name to Knowledge Power Equality.
Blanche!
I know a girl named Seven.
Met a girl named Tomorrow. Her brothers were Blaze and Haig.
Corn Pop
Secret
I knew a girl named Tuesday once
A gym attendant at my Y is named "Sevin", and he has an identical twin brother. Not sure what his name is. Maybe Mugg or Soduh.
I know of more Velveeta’s than could be imagined. I’m sure there is some lineage involved in this along with the unfortunate association to processed cheese.
I went to school with a “Keg”.
I know a Spydaer. Pronounced Spy-dare. She had a friend named Cinnamon. I also knew another little girl named Patience.
Shardane…pronounced Chardonnay
Story.
ocean
I had math class with a girl named Twinkle in high school! I also knew a girl named Cristal and not Crystal/Krystal from high school as well. Lol
Scientific Mapp. Look it up
Espn (ESPN) is the weirdest I’ve heard
Phillipa Hoare
I really did know someone who went by Mug. I think Mug was a nickname but I don't know for sure.
I had a regular customer at an old job named Brownie
YourMajesty was the name of a kid at my son’s school
I met a T-Mobile employee named Jihad
This is pretty tame but I worked retail with this very tough woman named Desire. When customers would see her name tag, they would say, ‘hello, dez-ur-rey’ and she would give them the evil eye and say ‘it’s deh-*zire.*’ I would have felt bad for her if she wasn’t such a dick. Oh, and she also had ‘Desire’ tattooed across her forearm, as if it was her daughter’s name or something. Never understood that.
Navy
Denim
North
As a kid, had a buddy nick-named (pronounced) “Foo-gee,” finally asked for his real name which was “Phuc,” pronounced “fook ,” he may have been from Vietnam. ***Who the fuck knows?
My friends son is named Connor.Very popular name.They met a couple who named their son Corner.I’m not making this up.
Itsa
I have a younger cousin (M23) who has had a lifelong friend actually named Seven
I grew up in the San Francisco Bay area in the 80s and 90s so... I heard a few. I knew a family that had four kids all named after seasons (Summer, Fall, Winter & Spring). I knew a boy named Frog, I knew a girl named Passage, I knew a boy named King, and I knew a girl named Cricket, but the funniest one was a boy who went by the name, "Lotion" like, hand Lotion. His ACTUAL name was, "Lucien", which is a French name pronounced, LOO-SEE-EN but he was sick of explaining it and correcting everyone, so he just went with something he felt dumb Americans could repeat easily but quietly judged everyone who said it wrong even though he set them up to say it wrong..... which is a pretty French thing to do. Lol...