"Blanket" is on the list, right? Sorry, Jacko.

Forest Branch was an Alpha Phi Alpha at my University. He was also in ROTC and was possibly in student government too. He was a very well known figure on campus. I heard his name was a family name, so there were many other Forest's in the Branch family.

Good guy.

Not that I didn't believe you, but I totally just looked him up in our directory.... there he was! LOL.....luckily he missed the "Run, Forest, RUN!" jokes of ten years later. His pledging woulda been awful! :p

A baby was born around the same time as my nephew. She was named Million Dreamz. I've also known a Rocky Shore, Dick Main and Tom Thompson. A former sister's last name was Hand. Guess what her nickname came to be.

I swear I've posted this before somewhere but...

When I was in middle school we had a substitute teacher named Mr. Seaman. Richard Seaman at that. But Richard didn't go by Richard...he went by Dick.

Moral of the story: If your name is Seaman, don't name your child Richard. If your name is Richard Seaman...you don't go by Dick!

Another fun few:
Clients of one of my colleagues: Lexus, Porsche, and Benz

I also have a client who has a sister named Monee (pronounced Mo-NAY) If you're from IL (which we are)...you'd find it funny--there's a town called Monee (pronounced Mo-KNEE).

The Homecoming Queen (KD) when I was at Mississippi State was named Ida Cline.

I once met a girl named Summer Winter Camp. Also, a colleague has a niece named Anna Mull--they didn't think about how the name sounded until she was almost in school!

And of course, many Pi Phis know of our famous Ima Hogg (philanthropist and Texas governor's daughter). And before anyone asks, it's only an urban legend that she had a twin named Ura!

Am I dense because I don't get this? Hmm...

Nope, I didn't get that either :shrugs:

there was a girl a few grades behind me in high school

i kid you not her name is

Billy Jean Jackson


and i graduated 2 years ago this may. so that makes her a senior in high school this year

Two of the players on the University of Colorado women's basketball team this year are named Brittany Spears and Whitney Houston.

One of my mom's friends is a teacher at an elementary school, and she had a girl in her class named "Va-GEE-na"...sadly, it wasn't spelled the way it was pronounced.

a teacher i had in high school was mike grifone.

and another's last name was mull, and he wanted to name his youngest daughter anna, because he thought it was funny.

I was wondering how long it would take for these two to come up. Let me guess - there was a third kid, name pronounced Sha-theed, spelled Shithead?

Hence why people think it's an urban legend. It comes up with every baby name discussion and it's always "I know someone who knows someone." :p

My friend had a student named Margarita. I guess she was named after the drink that lead to her conception . . .

"Here's little Margarita, and Pina Colada, and Captain Morgan!"

Yeah, I had heard about these two long before the Internet. I wonder if they know they're so famous!?

Zabasearch, which searches most public records, found 0 Oranjello matches and some matches for people with the last name Lemonjello, but no first names. Hmm...

how could i forget:

the owner of a small town newspaper(town located about 30 miles from my hometown) had the last name of green. the greens had 4 children named forrest, hunter, kelly and emerald.

one of my high school teachers was married to a woman named precious memory-she was called memory.

Which also reminds me of my sister's friends. Three brothers who were named after the places of their conception: Surf, Rocky and Cliff.

So, they started in the beach, all"From Here to Eternity", and then worked their way up the cliffs???

I am guessing

"Job"?

i heard a woman calling her three little boys,"dallas, austin, houston, come on, it is time to go."

always wondered if the family was just proud of their texas heritage, wished they were texans or the boys were named after the places they were conceived?

I believe one was conceived on the beach and the other two while hiking or camping :rolleyes:

One of my older cousins is named Honda. But, she was born in the early '50s, before the cars ever got here. Her mother had a cousin named 'Vonda', and she just changed the first letter in the name.

I had a friend in hs named Candy Coffee.

How about a sister and brother named Reagan and Carter. I hope the parents are done having kids, because the next one will end up either Bush or Ford.

I haven't read all the posts here, so forgive me if I'm repeating...I've always been grossed out/amused by the NASCAR driver Dick Trickle's name.

ESPN's "Mike & Mike In the Morning" show reported a set of twin boys born in Florida named "Brett" and "Favre".

Oooh..here's a good one...born here in a local hospital just a few days ago...Pre'Shaus A'Merkile (Precious Miracle, maybe?)

When I worked at the children's hospital I saw all kinds of interesting names but the one that stands out in my memory was Shithead.......pronounced Shi -thead. I had to do a double take when I called that one!

i was watching that while i was getting ready this morning *it comes on espn 2* and i was like WTF ... that's taking somebody's fandom a little too far ... i feel bad for the kid name favre not the kid named brett

they said something about all the weird celebrity names too ... apple, project inspektor, all of those ... but they said that the beckhams' kids names were weird and they're not as weird as say apple brooklyn, cruz, and something else ......

but i love mike and mike they're hilarious

I don't see this as completely devastating as a lot that I've heard!

Friends of my brother named their daughter Memory. Which was fine until she developed and was absolutely HUGE on top! You can probably figure out her nickname.

I must have blanked out the name of my divorce attorney's parter: Candace Cain.

Actually, Margarita means "daisy" in Spanish. I think it's a pretty name.

I have a sister named Margarita as well. It's a popular hispanic name. However, I don't understand why I've met little girls named Alize. Or why anyone would call their baby Hennessey. Come on people. And another thing-please stop naming your children names that end in "anda" as in Shaquanda, or "iesha" as in Bonquiesha (with the exceptions of Wanda and Kiesha). There are even worse names out there. Once I overheard someone call into WEDR 99 Jamz and they told the DJ the name of her cousin's kids, they were so horribly "ghetto" . I do not remember the exact names, but they were twins and they was something along the lines of Shaboinquay or something. The DJ asked if the cousin was on crack...she said as a matter of fact she was!:rolleyes: Also, while your little girl may be a star in your eyes, do not name her Beyonce...

I remember looking at the composites hanging in the sorority house and finding both Twinkle Starr and Dusty Fields.

Is your aunt in Birmingham, Ala? I have a friend who used to be a lab tech who swears those names came through her department as newborns.

there is a dental surgeon here is town whose name is Dr. payne. needless to say, we did not use him to remove the kids wisdom teeth!

One of the GYNs when i was in college (at the student health center) was named Dr. Finger. The other one was Dr. Ragg.

My sister, also an RN (pediatric nurse), swears up and down that in the children's hospital where she used to work, she personally cared for a baby named Nosmo King. I've seen this name, as well as Lemonjello and Orangejello, debunked many times online as urban legends, but I don't think my sister would lie about something like this, so I'm not sure what to believe.

The very best repository for profoundly strange names, IMHO, is the Utah Baby Namer, home of Tiarrhea, Nudity, and, yes, VulvaMae. :O

As listed on snopes.com...

http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/names.asp

My mom's an RN and also worked with an OB/GYN named Dr. Hand and a surgeon by the name of Dr. Slaughter :)

I kind of wondered if someone would look him up! Yes, he was long before Mr. Gump! He was so highly respected on campus, I don't think anybody ever gave HIM a hard time.