Where DO they come up with these names?

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

I know a lady who has an odd name. Her parents were on vacation in California watching the huge freightliners come and go and saw the name of one of the freightliners.

They liked it and named their daughter after a freightliner.

I won't tell the name since it has GOT to be an original and that would be tantamount to telling her last name in all probability.

I hope that child sues her parents when she grows up!

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by Chan

I hope that child sues her parents when she grows up!

Or the frieght company... for using the name of their freightliner without permission.

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

I wonder what Harriet, Audrey, Eugene, and Mortimer sound like to non-Anglos???

It isn't about whether a name sounds Anglo, it's about whether a name has an ethnic origin or is something someone just made up.

Would you want a daughter named Moon Unit or a son named Lemonjelo (a variation of lemon jello)? Would you want your son to have a feminine-sounding name like LaShawn (or, worse, to have a girl's name like Hope or Faith or Shirley or Beverly)? It's also about what the kid is going to have to go through in life by having such a name. Imagine what a girl named Female (that really was her name) had to go through in school.

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

Or the frieght company... for using the name of their freightliner without permission.

Well, yes, there may indeed be an issue of trademark infringement here: I hadn't thought of that.

[Trouvere]

My father often shook his head at some of the name in our community.They sound so cute in English but in French they are ridiculous.
One sister in church had two daughter
One named Meone.................cutie
and the other named Elite............above average


hahaha..I alway got a kick out of what he named his dog....Tonasse.I am sure I am not spelling it right but its pronounces.....TONN AH SE......it means clown.

[Truly Blessed]

We have such a multicultural congregation it is a major minefield trying to pronounce some of the names. I am so glad I don't have to call out the prayer requests. In most churches I would call out the name of visitors, but in this church I wasn't long giving that up. None of us like to have our names mispronounced. Some folks will choose an English name to simplify things, but then the names they choose can be really inappropriate or even embarrassing. They hear a word and like the sound of it, but don't really know the meaning of it.

[Jekyll]

Athletes: Ben Gay, Coco Crisp, Milton Bradley

I was going to name my first boy Detmer until I did some research and found implications of a demonic warrior...

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Chan

Most names can be traced back to some ethnic origin or other but there are some names that leave one asking "How in the world did they come up with that one?" Here are some examples:

Blondie Orange
Female (Feh-ma'-lay)
Quiashawn Dakaritia (first and middle name of a boy)
LaShawn (a boy)
Dweezil (Frank Zappa's boy)
Tafiqua
Lemonjelo


I'm sure you can come up with other examples...

Im surprised you did not list Franks other kid...Moon Unit Zappa

[J-Roc]

Originally Posted by Jekyll

Athletes: Ben Gay, Coco Crisp, Milton Bradley

I was going to name my first boy Detmer until I did some research and found implications of a demonic warrior...

More athletes:

Early Wynn

Dusty Rhodes

Ducky Swann

Red Bird

Ed Head (the first pitcher to pitch with both hands in one inning)

Stubby Clapp (2nd Baseman)

Boof Bonser

Pokey Reese

Chili Davis

Urban Shocker

Spottswood Poles (Negro League Baseball player)

Gookie Dawkins (Mariners 2nd Baseman)

Orval Overall (pitcher for Cubs in early 1900s)

[Thad]

we just had one name their Kid WILSHEEKA.

The Father's Name is Will and the mom is Shelia so they named her

Wil - Sheeka