Comments on: Hello, my name is…

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:39:51 +0000

Come to think of it, after reading 8, a friend’s sister was a “seaman” in the navy. Unfortunately her last name was Geyser. Poor girl.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:21:35 +0000

I had a boyfriend whose mother changed his name when he was five. Apparently, she named him after his dad, but when they got divorced, hated the guy so much she changed their kid’s name. She let him pick his first and middle name, which turned out pretty normal for a five year old picking, but oddly enough kept the last name. Maybe it’s more expensive or difficult to change that… hmm.

By: Angeline

Angeline — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:35:10 +0000

Guy at college: Richard Craps (He legally changed his last name later.)
—> Dick Craps!

Someone told me she knew someone who’s first name is Pretty.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:01:29 +0000

Years ago, I was watching the TV game show version of Scrabble. It was kid week (like college week or senior citizen week), and there was boy on there named Chucksteak. All one word. I thought “Why did your parents hate you? Could they not fit Beat-me-up-I’m-a-dork on your birth certificate?”

I also read a story about a kindergarten teacher in California. This was back when hippies were still common, so the teachers were used to seeing kids with odd, possibly drug inspired names, like Moon Child and Peace Flower. However, she wasn’t quite prepared for the little boy who showed up on day.

On the first day of school, all the kids wore tags on strings around their necks with their names on them. One little boy showed up with Fruit Stand printed in large block letters on his tag. Ooooookaaaaaayyyy. So all day long the teacher tried to act like it was nothing unusual. “Come here, little Fruit Stand.” “It’s your turn, Fruit Stand.” Fruit Stand did what he was told, and the day went just fine.

Until it was time for the kids to go home. When all the kids went out to get on their buses, the teachers turned the tags over to see where their bus stop was so they could be put on the correct bus. On the back of little Fruit Stand’s tag was the word “Anthony”.

No, it wasn’t me.

By: Big D

Big D — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:55:30 +0000

I knew a guy named Loyal Sprague..he was a fun guy.

I also worked helpdesk at an ISP, we had a guy that would call and his name was Richard Steele. We were to call him Dick.

By: donner

donner — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:15:11 +0000

Would you buy furniture from Unpainted Huffines?

I knew a couple who relocated from VietNam…they translated their names to “Glory” and “Joy” and I thought that was very sweet…how many men do you know named Glory?

Names are fascinating, I always hated mine because the letters are all so round (when writing in cursive)…I wanted a T to cross or an I to dot or a J or Y to do a big flourish…alas, not to be…

By: o-line

o-line — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:14:49 +0000

I used to work for a large company that would display the names of people who had a birthday or service anniversary on that day. I used to see a lot of great names there, but the all time best was Dusty Fann.

By: Alicia

Alicia — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:42:29 +0000

I once worked at an inner city elementary school and saw some interesting names. One I remember in particular is Mr. Casino. His first name was actually Mr. not Mister. Like I said, interesting…

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:21:47 +0000

In college there was a Vietnamese grad student who went by Charlie.

Also there was a TA that would go by a different name every year.

By: Rosie

Rosie — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:00:36 +0000

Not really a name change story but, I went to high school with a kid named Algis Paulius. And, I remember his mom was named Violetta. I went to a small Catholic school for a short time so…everyone knew everyone else.

The whole topic though, made me think of McLovin from “Superbad.” *lol*