What is the deal with giving your kid a last name as a first name?

[Ferret]

From the 4real news thing

"We are currently in discussions with the parents ... to clarify the situation."
As in you want to name him WHAT?!

My mum once treated someone as a nurse called John Thomas (slang for a penis) Turned out that was the son of someone she new in school with the same name. Go figure.

 

[sedarfairy]

Sure. 'Cause Segundo Dracaea has a nice ring to it, after all.

At least you aren't Trixie Do-Stop.

 

[Aurora]

[sigh]

I've always hated this game.

Wee-Dog Radley.

-Hyp.

ROFL

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Near where I live, there is a Dr. Karjecker (pronounced car jacker). Bet he loves that these days.

Take the name of your childhood pet (if you had more than one, just pick one). That's the first name. Then take the name of the street where you lived as a child. (Again, just pick. It's not rocket surgery.) There's your porn name.

I always heard it was pet + mom's maiden name.

Either way, it would suck to be my son- almost all of my pets have been female.

Using your formulation, the porn names would look like Cindy Tulip, Fluff Yorkshire, Thursday Allen, or Bubbles Blue Jay, to name a few.

Yechhh!

 

[Terraism]

I always heard it was pet + mom's maiden name.

And I grew up understanding it to be your middle name + the street you grew up on, which would make me Alexander Lamont. I've always thought it had a certain dignity to it, for a porn name.

 

[BOZ]

beat me to it! Are you a Lewis Black fan by any chance?

somewhat, but that's not where i heard it from.