Comments on: Weird names, ironic and otherwise

By: 4silvas

4silvas — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:33:00 +0000

I have a few:
Larry Page one of the founders of Google

Tom Kruse inventor of Hoveround

John Coffee, a professor at Columbia University School of Law

Dr. Boris Worm marine conservation biology

Donald Trump casino owner

defense secretary, Robert Gates

Vinton Cerf, one of the Internet’s founding fathers

Allyson Machnik is responsible for matching children and foster families

Thomas Crapper’s plumbing company built flush toilets of Giblin’s design

James Blackburn Fire Chief, arsonist, Brandon Blackburn, firefighter, faces two counts of arson; Floyd Joe Kilburn firefighter arsonist

GM Chairman and Chief Executive Rick Wagoner

Assistant prosecutor Dennis Barr

Colorado State University’s weather guru Dr. William Gray

— Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr., the pilot and commander of the B-29 that
dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima

After graduating from Harvard with a degree in mathematics, Frank Livingstone earned a
masters and doctorate in anthropology from the University of Michigan, where he became a
professor and chairman of the anthropology department. He was best known for his research in
Liberia and West Africa and his work on sickle cell disease. His research focused on genetic
variation in modern human populations and he wrote about the uselessness of the term “race” as
applied to human evolution. Livingstone died in 2005.

Kevin Colburn, a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

By: NH Surfer

NH Surfer — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:12:00 +0000

There is a proctologist in Florida named Anil Rham.

By: JT

JT — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:35:00 +0000

Reminds me of the plumbers in our area:
Gary Peed
John Flood
M. E. Flow
Stuart Waters

No kidding, google them.

By: JT

JT — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:18:00 +0000

I was just reading about the paleontologists Cope and Marsh. Cope’s full name is Edward Drinker Cope and Marsh’s name is Othniel Charles Marsh. No wonder people refer to them by their last names!

My friend’s mom is named Terry Berry.

Since I go by Julie, and my last name starts with T, people tend to read those together as Juliet.

But my favorite strange names come from a friend’s family, the Bent’s. Their youngest is Maria Lexus Bent, and their oldest is Mercedes Bent.

By: Janzen

Janzen — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:14:00 +0000

My name is strange…..Janzen.

These are my siblings

1. Applonia
2. Burnadette
3. Melanie-Faith
3. Gwyndalynne
4. Judith.
5. Lilith
6. Alaney
7. Ember
8. Helia
9. Kamrynleigh

some were adopted, but as babies. so my parents picked weird names.

By: jilly

jilly — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:19:00 +0000

I saw this and i babysit for a lady who has four boys and they are named the following:
Rigde.
Stone.
River.
Trail.

i still dont know what she was thinking and i dont want to ask and offend her. She must have been a nature thing i guess.

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:11:16 +0000

Was delivered by Dr. Spitz (It’s on my birth certificate!)

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:21:19 +0000

Two for you. My psychiatrist’s name for a while was Dr. Nutter. He actually seemed quite normal and not at all traumatized.
Also, My dad went to high school with the undertaker’s son. Name of Doug Pitt. Dad mentioned this at the dinner table one night and for a few seconds couldn’t understand why we all burst out laughing. Familiarity, eh?

By: ERN

ERN — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:31:12 +0000

Just a few I’ve met over the years:

Liberty Bell

Holly Woods (do you want your daughter to grow up to be a porn star?)

Dr. Hipinstal (Who replaced my grandmothers two hips)

Twins names Venus & Cosmos

Twins named Justin & Justine Thyme

& a women who’s maiden name was Rose Assman (She kept her maiden name after she married)

By: larasue

larasue — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:27:47 +0000

the guy who sold me my first car was named Steve Aswad… I never asked him, how do you pronounce that?