Who has weird, strange and/or embarrassing names in their family?

Have you guys ever heard of a tradition to keep the middle name of the eldest son the same, generation to generation? I worked for a guy whose middle name was Finus as was his father and grandfather and on and on. He sort of hung his head when he told me that he broke the tradition with his son.
 
Rat Finkenstein said:
My friend's sister named her kid "Urban". Dont ask me why.
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Urban is a name not uncommon at all in Europe. Many popes were named "Urban" too, perhaps that's where affinity for this name coems from (people used to name their kids after rulers, popes and such in vain hope that their kids would achieve something big by the virtue of their name some day).
 
I had a great great aunt named Narcissis Clementine. My favorite Great Aunt was named WIlliam Harrison but we always called here Aunt Billie . That woman was a true southern cook. I have not eaten Fried Chicken or red eye gravey that compares to hers yet .
 
The T stands for Tibor, and my middle name is Attila, I didn't get into too many fights as a kid. :rolleyes:

I knew a kid growing up, his name was Wadlow PJ Wellington Jr. III
 
My Father went to school with a girl named Vestula Abercrombie. All I can say is that from the pictures I've seen, she looked exactly like you would expect someone named Vestula to look. :eek: :eek: :eek:
 
T. Erdelyi said:
The T stands for Tibor, and my middle name is Attila,
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You have Hungarian surname so this is not entirely unexpected :D If I had to think of Hungarian first name that starts with T Tibor would be my guess, is this some kind of equivalent of "John" in English (the most common name) ?

I finally thought of one example that means the same thing in English: the janitor at my former high school was named Iris (iris has only one meaning in our language - the flower iris, not the part of an eye iris).

Other examples require translation: a friend back from the university days once told me about his two grade school classmate sisters; their hippie singer of a father named them "Firefly" and "Wheat" - as in "wheat ear" that is (these names sound just as silly translated into English as they do in original form). And you tought Attila was bad, ts, ts :) ;)
 
No joke here...

Knew a guy named Buster Cherry. We never really thought much of it, until one day it hit us. But being kids and all....

Man, that's funny stuff.
 
My grandmother's first name was Tota. Her mother got it out of a book. I doubt if her name got much notice in rural Ohio 100 years ago.

By the way, my grandmother knew Clark Gable when he was just an Ohio country boy. No one in town liked him because he smoked cigarettes and rode unchaperoned in his carriage with young ladies! :D
 
went to school with a sandy castle. In my own family, there were names that were obviously made up, but I only know some of the real names: Teenie, chicky, sonny, ferp, mike-next-door, delia (actual name maureen?), etc.

edited to add: carlisle worthington fiers the third. "worth", and he looked like jesus.
 
Thomason said:
Have you guys ever heard of a tradition to keep the middle name of the eldest son the same, generation to generation? I worked for a guy whose middle name was Finus as was his father and grandfather and on and on. He sort of hung his head when he told me that he broke the tradition with his son.
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Yeppers ... we've done that though 5 generations with the middle name Ray.
 
I know a family who's last name is Aho (pronounced with a 'hard' A). The grandmother's name was Joy - I asked her why she would ever want to take the last name Aho, and she replied "my maiden name was Bastido - it was a horse a piece"

Some of my whacked family names?

Hilda Meta (not bad if she was born in the 1800s, but she's a 12 yr old)
Arlie
Emma Rue

Here at my job we have had a Dick Hair, Dick Dance, Dick Barrett and a Dick Shaver.

My husband had an instructor in police science named Richard Richards.....
 
ScoobyDoo said:
Here at my job we have had a Dick Hair, Dick Dance, Dick Barrett and a Dick Shaver..
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With names like that, you'd better have thick skin and be a nice person.
 
I was at a Caldor store a few years ago and the women at the counter was named......Aquanetta. :eek: I kid you not.......she was a large black woman with ridiculously long finger nails, lots of bling, and a hairdo that would scare the most battle hardened Marine. I'm betting her kids were named Revlonita and Avonella.
 
Here's one for you.

Dick Small.

This guy was the interim Fire Chief of one of the area departments during some internal turmoil. When I met the man at a regional chiefs meeting, it was all I could do to keep from laughing.

Poor guy. I'm betting his school life was miserable.
 
what about frank zappa's kids.

I know his daughter is named Moon Unit
but i can't remember his sons name. I think its like ferrous or something?
Also Penn from Penn and teller named his son something funny too
 
I know at least two of Frank's son's names.... Dweezul and Ahmet (sp?) I think he may have another offspring that isn't in the limelight that has a normal name.

edited to add: I think Penn's kid's name is Moxie Crimefighter! :eek:
 
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