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

[LightPhoenix]

My wife works in a hospital. A woman came in to deliver her child. She noticed on her chart the word "chlamydia", and thought that was a beautiful name for her daughter.

I've seen people with that name on more that one occassion working at a hospital.

 

[Pbartender]

My wife works in a hospital. A woman came in to deliver her child. She noticed on her chart the word "chlamydia", and thought that was a beautiful name for her daughter.

I've seen people with that name on more that one occassion working at a hospital.

Sorry... I'm calling on this.

That story's been going around in one form or another since 1917.

 

[BOZ]

how about the lady who named her kid "shi-thead"?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Sorry... <edit>I'm calling on this.

That story's been going around in one form or another since 1917.

While I can't speak to "chlamydia" ('cause she ain't here right now ), this kind of thing does indeed happen.

There was an article in my local paper about a woman named Asthma.

My Father, an MD, treated at least one person named Infant while he was in the Army, as well as others who did have venereal disease names.

I will not embarrass anyone by posting the names of some of his patients from private practice.

While we're at it, though, my Mom (a retired music teacher) encountered a student named Pslm Civ. As in, the abbreviation for Psalm 104 (in Roman numerals).

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

My grandfather, rest his soul, always said he knew a family growing up with the surname "Hogg". They had 2 girls, Ima and Ura. We never knew if he was joking or not.

Ima Hogg was the daughter of Stephen Hogg, governor of Texas. She left a lot of money to the University of Texas; there is an auditorium named in her honor there. But the "Ura" part is not true (at least in that family). My best friend in high school reported the same story, only the (non-existent) sister's name was Shesa.


From Wikipedia (where else?!):

Ima was named after an epic Civil War poem that her uncle, Thomas Hogg, had written. The heroine of the poem was called Ima, short for Imogene. Hogg later recounted: "My grandfather Stinson lived 15 miles from Mineola and news traveled slowly. When he learned of his granddaughter's name he came trotting to town as fast as he could to protest but it was too late. The christening had taken place, and Ima I was to remain." Contrary to popular belief, Ima did not have a sister named "Ura". She was affectionately known as "Miss Ima" by those who knew her and considered by many to be "The First Lady of Texas."

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

So...

I'm looking forward to 20-30 years down the road when the children of true gamer geeks start having their oddball names show up...

Roll Call at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, circa 2030:

"Do'Urden Washington?"

"Present- please call me 'Do!'"

"Very well, 'Do' it is...Elminster Lopez?"

"Yes'm- my friends call me Ellie!"

"Ha! Ha! Elminster is a boy's name!"

"Shut up, DoDo Washington!"

"KIDS- SHUSH!!!"

"Yes, Mr. Stevens..."

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

You could always give your kid your "porn name." Here's how you do it:

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.

For example, if the cat you had when you were 8 years old was named "Nick," and the street you lived on when you were 8 years old was "Powers Ferry Road," then your porn name is "Nick Powers." So name your kid "Nick Powers _____." Or maybe "Nickielyn Pywrs _____."

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

 

[Thunderfoot]

We have a Used Car Salesman around here:


Head Motors.

Founded by Richard Head

Goes by "Dick"

(I wish I was making that up, but that's the guy's name).

Then again it perhaps it fits just fine with his chosen profession.
<SNIP>

I know a lawyer named Richard Cox....yep goes by 'dick', I too wish I were making this up.

Had a professor last semester that said he once had a student named...
Marcus Marquase Marquise, yep all three names were 'technically' the same, knid of like that 80s band - Toni, Tony, Tone'.

Then again Norman Leer's daughter is named Crystal Shanda Leer... some people are just odd.

 

[prospero63]

What if you name your son "Riley" before it gets popular (I don't think it's a popular one now, but we're all sheep without even knowing it), and then two years later everyone is naming their daughters "Riley"? It's not as bad as being a boy named Sue, but I'd prefer to play it safe.

My sister's kid (year old) is named Riley Jade. We keep telling her she's destined to grow up and be a stripper now...

 

[Hypersmurf]

Then again Norman Leer's daughter is named Crystal Shanda Leer... some people are just odd.

It was William 'Bill' Powell Lear, and his daughter was Shanda, not Crystal Shanda.

An excerpt from his wife's eulogy:
I know we've all heard the story about the humor that Bill had, and after John was born and the next child came along, they were thinking of a name for the child, and they thought if it's a girl, it's going to be 'Shanda,' if it's a boy, it's going to be 'Gonda,' and if they're not sure, it's going to be 'Cava'.

So, Shanda ended up with the "Shanda Lear" and that was typical of the humor in Bill.

-Hyp.