There are some (IMHO) really bizarre American names which seem to be associated with a certain ethnicity:
—LaDavid , LaRobert, LaVance, DeAndre, LaBrian
—Ronique (Yes, there is a pro athlete with this name!! My husband’s name is Ron (Ronald), but I sometimes call him Ronique, which I refer to as his stripper name LMAO)
—Hyena
—Fashina (pronounced as fasheena, which is also how Italians pronounce the word “vagina.”)
Not making this up: I watched an episode of “Flea Market Flip,” and the team of two young black women were named Hyena and Fashina. It was a hilarious episode, and my husband was truly horrified.
how about nosmo king from the waiting room no smoking
I had an optometrist in Davenport IA about 40 years ago. His last name was Wink. Yes, Dr Wink the eye doctor.
Also back in the olden days of Iowa Six-on-Six girls basketball there was a girl with the actual name: Fonda Dix
“There are some (IMHO) really bizarre American names which seem to be associated with a certain ethnicity”
While not quite strange I did know two men, twins born in 1945, with somewhat unique names. Their father demanded his sons have heroes names. So they were named General Douglas MacArthur Moses and General George Smith Patton Moses.
I love nicknames...heh, as long as you got a decent one. You get a bad one, you gotta figure out how to own it, because it is hard to shake one.
I knew guys with names like Snots, Chief Muddy Waters, Squash, El Gropo, Wingnut, Ricketywho, Nipples, Stinky, The Preacher, Greaseman, Corky, The White Whale, Groty, Steaktip, Bruce Lee...
Chief Muddy Waters (so called because of his ever present chaw of tobacco and the brown spit) was the official nickname assigner for a while, so everyone who came into our squadron’s line division got a nickname from him!
Do people even give nicknames anymore, or is it considered disrespectful??? Lol, they sure can be disrespectful, that is for sure...but I don’t know anyone who died from one either.