I went to school with a guy named Rusty Nails. I often wonder if he changed his name when he got older. Whose parents would do that to them?
On of my clients had an employee named Mary Christmas. I would have reconsidered my marriage plans!
A waitress in a diner I used to frequent had a waitress named Candi Barr. She was single so again I say, what were her parents thinking?
And finally, maybe I have more sympathy than others. You see when I was 2 days old my Daddy changed my name. A day does not go by that I don't whisper a thank you to him. You want to know don't you? I can tell, you really really want to know. OK, it was Urilla. It is a family name. Thank you Daddy.
Do you know anyone with an unusual name?
Thank your Daddy again. What a name. My Mother's name is Virgie and so she gave both her children very common names! me TOO COMMON. I was always Linda B. in school. Oh well I'm still grateful!
ReplyDeleteYou do have to wonder about some parents don't you? My name both single and married...very normal.
ReplyDeleteReally makes you wonder! My niece is Autumn Skye {middle name} (which isn't too bad), but when her mom got pregnant with my nephew I BEGGED them to name him Thunder Storm! haha, I thought it would have been awesome... :)
ReplyDeleteNames are just so important. My mother was named Erwin and my father was named Marion. I spent my whole life as a child telling teachers that I didn't get their names mixed up. You really do have to wonder what parents are thinking. So glad our dad changed your name. Hugs, Marty
ReplyDeleteI went to high school with a Candy Cane! Our old vet's name was Dr Barker...lol and the best ever! There was an appliance store called "Duck and Sons Appliances", you guessed it Donald and Louie were two of the son's names!!
ReplyDeleteXXDenise
These are too funny! I love reading all of the comments. Made me laugh :)
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Donna
What are they thinking!?!?. Where I worked many MANY years ago, someone filling out an info. sheet, had to list her children's names and one was Velveeta. Why did she do that to that child?? I said she either had some many she ran out of names or ate to much cheese while pregnant.
ReplyDeleteI think its very cruel to name your child something like rusty nails or candi barr. I hope that wasn't their intent, and just a brief moment of immaturity. I can think of a lot of better names I wish I had, but I'm really thankful that at least its ordinary.
ReplyDeleteJack Ash? For real? And Urilla...have to think about that! My mother read my name in a Grace Livingston Hill romance novel when she was expecting me. She fell in love with the name Coralie, which has been okay but growing up (oh, and still) I have to continually spell it for others. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful week!
ReplyDeleteHugs, C-o-r-a-l-i-e
That's so funny! When I worked in LA, I came across a mom who named her twins, Tommy Lee and Tommy Ray. "You call them Lee and Ray, right?" I asked. "No, Tommy, their first name," she said a bit put out. ??? Ah people.....
ReplyDeleteJeanette,
ReplyDeleteThank you Daddy!
Growing up I knew a Candy Apple.
Poor kids!
Honey... thanks for the laughs!
Dee Dee
Now I'm laughing holding my tunny....lol. Hope you are having a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteHugs~ J
Hi,
ReplyDeleteFunny names. I once typed an insurance policy for "Fanny Allred" and there is a chiropractor in town named Dr. Bender. hehehehe
Donna
Did Urilla make it to middle name status?
ReplyDelete:) This post made me smile. Thank you, as always.
~Jenifer
Urilla doesn't seem too bad but I remember, as a child, Gail being not to my liking....I wanted to be a Kathy or a Debbie like every other girl my age, lol.
ReplyDeleteBTW, we have a cousin named Dusty Rhodes...what were his parents thinking!
Blessings!
Gail
Let's see:
ReplyDeleteCandy Butt...that's right! She was a beautiful 8th grader some 18 years ago...I wonder whatever happened to her?
One more:
Holly Wood! No kidding...and she was proud of it, and wouldn't take her married name..
Funny!
What a hoot to read this post & the responses to it! I only remember a beautiful, intelligent & extremely classy woman named "Bambi" who told me she she had always wished she'd changed her name early on in her life. At the time I met her, she was a very competent & established professional & felt it would not benefit her to do it at that late date. Still, the name made you think of a porno star...sad
ReplyDeleteWhat an inventive post! I really love to visit here. It's never boring. I love that grandbaby :-). What a heart breaker. Have a great day. Blessings...Mary
ReplyDeletei always get amused when i meet a will williams or a matthew matthews. so silly. i knew a lady named anita mann once--and it was true. :)
ReplyDeleteOK, so I'm a little eclectic - - - but I LOVE names like that. I think it's my irreverent sense of humor.
ReplyDeleteMy sister named my niece Misti Dawn.
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