odd names

[kadaten]

Funny family (ours!) names: (mostly old...we have extensive family trees on both sides to cull these from )


--Buena Vista (and as the story goes, her vista WASN'T buena!)

--3 brothers with the middle names after the local weather on the days they were born--Clear, Waves, and Gale

--GGGrandmother named "Mourning" (guess her mama really didn't want her!)

--misc. men: Sterling, Barron, Thornton, Alton, Meyer, Talmadge, Hersey, Redin
--misc. women: Penelope, Serana, Lucelia, Temperance, Elmyra, Winnie, Bertie, Wortie, Ollie, Emaline, Elurania


And YES, those are all GIVEN names

Edited to add: I had a "Dorcas" on my hall in college. She didn't like it It was an old family name, Greek, I think she said.....

 

[GlennandAnn]

I used to have a girl on my caseload named Fantasia-very appropriate for these boards, and now I guess it is gaining popularity. My mom was a teacher, and in her first class she had a Rationette and her sister's name was Twylagale. They had a brother named Eddy. How did he get so lucky?!
When our first son Cameron was born, people thought that was an odd name. Then when our #2 Douglas came along, they thought that was strange too.


Ann

 

[kadaten]

Originally posted by GlennandAnn
I used to have a girl on my caseload named Fantasia-very appropriate for these boards, and now I guess it is gaining popularity. My mom was a teacher, and in her first class she had a Rationette and her sister's name was Twylagale. They had a brother named Eddy. How did he get so lucky?!
When our first son Cameron was born, people thought that was an odd name. Then when our #2 Douglas came along, they thought that was strange too.
Ann

Cameron unusual? When? I worked in day care 1991-1998 and we usually had 2 in each class! It's been popular in the south a long time.

As for Douglas, we have an uncle Douglas

Most people look at me funny when I tell them my son's name....like "how could you stick such an old fuddy-duddy name like that on a boy?"

BUT, I always get a big cheer out of you DIS folks......'cause my son's name is WALT!
(Now if only my friends would believe that he really is named after his grandfather!! Really!!)

 

[phamton]

Originally posted by kadaten

--3 brothers with the middle names after the local weather on the days they were born--Clear, Waves, and Gale

My father's mother was named Icy. And it fit her very well.

 

[JVL1018]

My name is normal-Victoria, but my mom's name was a little unusual: Meta, though she went by Mickey.
My Gram's name was Ismene, not a good name at all!! But she wasn't..mean that is. LOL

 

[momm2four]

My dad's name was William Delbert. He made me promise never to name any of my sons Delbert. He told me he just didn't understand why a woman would ever "put that on a baby". (We used William instead for our third son's middle name, which was fitting since my dad died two years before Nathan was born)

Lori P.

 

[ksy8384]

I am a girl and my name is Kalen (pronounced Kay-lynn). I have seen others around now with various spellings. I am usually confused as a male (until they see me). My son has an "old" name which makes it sort-of unusual Kenneth.

DSIL is Miriam which is unusual to me.

 

[Danauk]

I know 2 Olive's so wouldn't call it unusual. My friens names his son Finley which was unusual at the time but now I know a few baby Finley's. My friend had a baby a few months ago and called him Fynn.

 

[aprilgail2]

My grandmother was named Daisy...not so weird except her sisters were Iris and Violet....guess their mom liked flowers!!
In School We had a girl named Lisa...but her last name was Misa....we had a boy named Justin and his last name was tyme....what do some parents think when naming their kids!!

 

[Talking Hands]

My grandmother's name was Sina. I wanted to name my second daughter Sina Jane but was told absolutely not by my husband. She ended up Samantha Jane (Sam)

 

[FatCow]

My first name is Amadeus. Would that be considered as odd?

 

[mrsheppo]

My ex-MIL was named Olive Pearl and she actually had a sister named Dorcus. They also had 2 other sisters named Inez and Lola Mae. Ex-BIL's name was Cecil Armond.

 

[Meriweather]

I knew a girl when I was in the 6th grade (many years ago) named Dorcus......she went by DeDe.

 

[tiggersmom2]

Originally posted by Meriweather
I knew a girl when I was in the 6th grade (many years ago) named Dorcus......she went by DeDe.

Bless her heart! Thank God no one called her DORCUS!

 

[Nutsy]

My name is Auriel (pronounced Oar-e-l), We have a great nephew called Malachi & another called Levi.

No need to tell you where they got the names from hey?

Both have brothers called, Benjamin & Zachary.

Then my own DS's are Jadyn & Lachlan.

 

[FatCow]

Originally posted by ksy8384
I am a girl and my name is Kalen (pronounced Kay-lynn).

A couple of my friends actually named Kalen (exact same spelling) and both are girls. One live in Australia and the other in Toronto.

 

[bigbabyblues]

My SIL had a friend in high school named Seventy, and her sister's name was Omega. A little girl at our church is named Naomi, which isn't a bad name, just odd for a baby around here. My son is Isaac, which also isn't common here, but not really odd. I used to work in the admitting dept at a hospital, and a 15-yo girl had a baby, and since she "didn't know she was pregnant" and didn't have a name picked out, she named it Hercules Gonzalez and I have no idea what the last name was. Poor kid, I'd have waited a day or two and picked a different name.

 

[4greatboys]

I used to work with a Tossie. And for a while dated a guy named Fazio. My cousin has a dd, Raven Myth--Raven I have heard but not Myth for name.

 

[kilee]

Okay here's my list:

My great grandmothers name was Olive-- so I've been used to that one.

My sisters SIL had a baby boy last fall and named him ZEPHER.

Then DH's family reuses a name to death-- like there are 6 of each name it seems like. Boys are all pretty normal-- girls are a bit different: We have ILA, Eunice, Leotta, Idella, and Douglina, and there are many of them from young to old w/ these names. I had never heard any of them until I met DH.

 

[Michelina]

There aren't a lot of Michelinas around. I hated having a different name as a kid because I could never buy any of that souvenier stuff that has your name on it. I like it now though, I pretty much know that no one else will have my screen name