Odd Names

Merika · 07-02-2005, 10:24 AM

Have you ever met someone with a REALLY odd name and you wondered what their parents were thinking?

I used to date a guy who's name was: Parks A. Long....seriously....he was a Sr Chief in the Navy.

Someone sent me this link which is even worse:
http://www.whitepages.com/10001/sear...pe=Find_Person
Her name is Maxie Pad. 8O

Vautrin · 07-02-2005, 01:11 PM

I come from a bilingual country, were some of the more traditional names in Frisian are plainly absurd in Dutch. On rare occasions you do meet a person with such a bizarre name. Sometimes with a sexual undercurrent too.

Star · 07-02-2005, 06:31 PM

her life must of been pure hell with a name like maxie pad! 8O OMG!! who in their right mind would name their little girl that?

Vautrin · 07-02-2005, 06:34 PM

I don't know much about pads, but is it a possibility that her name has acquired this meaning after she was born?

Merika · 07-04-2005, 09:39 AM

That may very well be true Vautrin. Much like my son asked me a couple of weeks ago why anyone would name their kid 'Dick'...and I told him that only in the last 15 years did it have any sexual reference. I think we were discussing the Spotted Dick pudding in the UK...which was the favorite pudding of King Richard.

Animal · 07-28-2005, 01:30 PM

my friends parents knew these people who named their baby Issac Harry.... their last name was Cox... yeah ok. i'm not even joking

twinkle · 07-28-2005, 05:56 PM

there's a law in France preventing you from giving certain names to your child. Some time ago, a woman that had given birth to her child on the high way, wanted to name her baby "Highway" :roll:

Vautrin · 07-28-2005, 06:09 PM

In the Netherlands similar laws exist. You can't name your child "Jezus." "Adolf" might also be banned. And of course insane names are banned too.