People with ill-considered names

San Antonio Express-News ^ | 01/29/2010 | Source: “Bad Baby Names,” by Michael Sherrod and Matthew Rayback; http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/2363

[Responsibility2nd]

• Fever Bender (born 1856)

• Leper Priest (1929)

• Cholera Priest (1830)

• Rubella Graves (1814)

• Typhus Black (1897)

• Hysteria Johnson (1881)

• Emma Royd (1850)

• Kathryn E. Coli (1894)

• Mumps Sykes (1891)

[mom aka the evil dictator]

We have several generations of men in the next county named 5/8s. And the youngest one is in school over there. I used to work for the electric company and that was one of the first things they showed me. They didn’t want to embarrass anyone when the dad came in to pay his bill.

[EverOnward]

Our neighbor was Rick Shaw.

[Recon Dad]

You look like you have the same weird hobby I have. For years these oddball names fascinated me. About three years ago I started putting them on a spreadsheet. To date I have over 3,000 and counting.
What astounds me is that you would think you've seen them all, but every day you find another.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Bob Newhart played Major Major Major in the movie. He didn’t meet a good end in the book.

[Imnidiot]

Bill Lear, creator of the Lear jet among other things, named his daughter Shanda ...she was not happy.

[DelaWhere]

Served in the Army with a Sergeant Major - so he was Pfc. Sergeant Major.

Then a few years later I had a woman working for me whose name was Fannie Aiken. Honest!

[goseminoles]

78 posts. I knew this thread would go downhill.

[mad_as_he$$]

Jack Mehoff

Connie Lingus

Willie Peter

Joe Dumas

[Recon Dad]

I absolutely love it!

[JustaDumbBlonde]

That list came from the local news, watching college football, and name tags at a local WalMart. I keep a Word document on my desktop so that I can amend the list quickly and easily.

[r9etb]

Served in the Army with a Sergeant Major - so he was Pfc. Sergeant Major.

I knew an Air Force captain named Rich Kidd. Or, if you preferred a more swashbuckling approach, Capt. Kidd.

He was an interesting character....

[MikefromOhio]

let’s see here....

I went to Elementary school in Pennsyltucky with a boy names Mike Hunt and a girl named Krystal Dick.

While I was in Iraq I met a Navy guy by the last name of Swallows. Seaman Swallows. *rimshot*

But he did exist.

[Clay Moore]

We (FD) used to run down to the jail for a prisoner who got incarceritis named Conan Jungleland (Smith or whatever). Cops said they had been dealing with him since he was 8 yo. You would think, with a name like that, he would have been a better actor...

[weston]

I was in the Army with a guy named Harry Pitts. Growing up, I had a neighbor named Minnie Butts.

[Clay Moore]

Dated a girl in college named Davalou. Her mom wanted a girl named Louise and dad wanted a boy named Dave.

[FourPeas]

I had childhood friends of Joy and Hope — identical twins. This was back in the day well before ultrasound. The story is the first baby was born and the mother named her Joy because she was so happy to have a healthy baby girl. When number two was born the mother named her Hope, because she hoped there weren’t any more.

[FarNorth]

Yup, Went to high school with a Mike Hunt. We always laughed when the principal called him to the office.

He, as well, preferred being called Michael.

Also worked with Dick Upright, who preferred being called Richard, but as construction workers go, we always opted for the shorter version.:-)

No pun intended.

[Vinnie]

We had a politician in Raleigh named Candy Tongue.

Our Sec. of Labor is Cherie Berry.

[Recon Dad]

Can I ask where these names came from?

[VeniVidiVici]

I went to school with a Pete Moss and Bertha Butt.