"Charity, give that back to your sister" "Patience, you are really trying my patience" Heard this from a guy at a medieval fair near me. He heard them in the parking lot at the end of the day. He had a lot more, but can't remember them now.
Old radio show, Paul Harvey, The Rest Of The Story had one that broke my heart. Parents had named their son Donald. He committed suicide in his senior year of high school, left a note saying he couldn't take the abuse, shame, mockery or bullying any more. His last name was Duck. I just can not imagine growing up with the name of Donald Duck.
Saw a national ID of a guy in Singapore named 'Batman bin Suparman.' Heard quite a few years back that he got arrested for possession of heroin and did time. If you wait long enough, even super heroes turn into villains! But seriously, possession of heroin in Singapore!? Guy's lucky he's not dead! They hang you for that, if over a certain amount. (It is an assumption of 'intent to supply' and , depending on what class the drug falls into, is very likely to earn you a death sentence. They seriously don't play when it comes to drug offenses.)
My mom went to school with a girl with the most thoughtless name I've ever heard and if I hadn't seen it printed in her yearbook I wouldn't have even believed her... Fonda Beers.
I had to share as soon as I started listening. My grandma went to school with a boy named Peter Greasycock. Also a friend's grandsons are named Aximas and Awesomas.
My cousin had a friend in high school named Silvery Blue. Her parents were hippies, and the night before she was born, he dropped acid and had visions of a woman with silvery-blue hair. Everyone just called her Blue, and fortunately this was Southern California in the 70s, so she was hardly the only one with an odd name.
The Charlie Brown comics had a kid named 5 by his parents refusing to be dictated by common naming practice. I remember the sequence of the comic because the kid says his full name is actually 555, but everyone just calls him 5.
My teacher once told us a story about how she knew someone who didn't have a name picked out from her baby, and saw something written on the wall, and used it as a name since she thought it was pretty. The word was Chlamydia. She named her baby Chlamydia. Had no idea what it meant, apparently, but still.
Our last name is also used as a first name. When registering my three girls for school, the registrar asked me why I gave them all the same first names. I said “ oh, no worries, they all have differnt middle names.”😂
My grandpa was apparently not supposed to have a middle name (very common on that side of the family). I guess the nurses were not having it, so his middle name was put on the birth certificate as "Patrick" even though no one ever said the name Patrick when we was born.
The middle name being "My Love" is actually SO sweet, though. Being reminded that you are loved every time you write out your full name has to be a good feeling.
34:42 - My dad got the middle name “Allen” after my grandma’s ex. This seems horrible until you realize that her ex was killed in WWII. He had been a good friend of my grandpa, so both grandparents agreed on the name
I knew a guy who had a cat named Catherine. He called her Cat. When I was little I had a babysitter named January. Link (of Rhett and Link) named his son Lando, as in "Calrissian".
Aight, once I went to a camp with a kid named Billy Williams (we just called him Billy Bill) but any way, one time my friend and I sat next to him at lunch and he literally said “well my dads name is Billy and my moms name is also Billie so they just named me Billy for the hell of it.” yea.
UPDATE: I was a counselor at a camp last week that this Billy boy went to, so I got to see him again and he recognized me because you know this camp that is stated previously Happened only a few years ago so I recognized him as well. And when I saw him I said “oh my God it’s Billy the guy who has two parents of the same name as him!” That kid hated me.
That’s funny because my names Erika and my sons dads name is Eric.. so guess what we named our son 😂 We were Eric, Erika and little Erick Until his brother came along.. funny coincidence he’s a billy too 😂 His names William.. when I say silly billy he just laughs because he knows he’s actually a billy.. we call him Leo though(middle name) 😂
I've known women named Leslie Leslie and Becky Becque. They married into those names well after it became somewhat normal for women to keep their names after getting married, so I guess they really loved their husbands.
Warren Peace is also the name of a character from sky-high that shoots flames. Also 18:50 for the realtor named Steve Stephens Billy idols guitarist is actually named Steve Stevens.
When my father was born in 1917, there was a popular song called Bill Bailey, our last name is Bailey so the nurses nicknamed him Bill and despite his first name being Albert, he became Bill Bailey
44:09 when my mom was pregnant with my youngest sibling, everyone was having trouble thinking of a good name. I, being 5, was real into Scooby Doo, particularly The Witches Ghost, and pitched in with the name Luna. I also thought Star would pair nicely with it, because moon and stars. But yeah, my sister is named a Scooby Doo character.
Luna is a great name. My wife and I are heavily leaning into celestial names for when we have kids. One of the names we're clinging to is Yue (Chinese, meaning Moon)
My little brother's initials are P.M.S. He turns 39 in July. There is a picture of him when he played t-ball, wearing a hat with his initials across the top.
I knew a kid in highschool named Benjamin Dover. He hated his parents and changed his name. In another Highschool I met a girl named Meth. I hope she changed hers.
I wanted to name my son Claudio after Claudio Sanchez. My husband wasn't having that. And I'm glad he stuck to it because there is an episode of OUAT wherein Regina says Henry's full name while scolding him. Henry's middle name is Daniel, the same name as Regina's first love. I now understand why people shouldn't name their kids after people they want to bump uglies with lol
I knew this couple who were very big into ancient mythology. They named their son -God help us- “Pegasus.” His middle name was Christopher. I came to visit once when he was 10. He stood stiffly and gestured to me to follow him into his room. Glaring at me and gritting his teeth, he growled. “My name is Chris. You call me Chris, okay? I’ll make you sorry if you don’t!” And yes, he had a reputation for being a very good fighter in school.
As a girl who has a normal male name that's spelled absolutely insanely, and has had said weird name mispronounced 16 different ways, this video sure does make me feel better about myself. Especially since my parents got my name from a novel. On another hand, I had a close friend in elementary school named Chianti (pronounced "Chee-ahn-tee") And had absolutely no clue she was named after an alcohol until years later. Also had an acquaintance whose big sister was named "Unique". And then also had another acquaintance whose younger brother's name was "Ocean". I thought it was amazingly cool.
I kinda love the unintentional ‘Tom and Jerry’ lol Also 9:47 the only other place I’ve heard ‘Cassiopeia’ is the character from the new Pokémon games…now I have to look up what the heck it has to do with astrology 🤨
I worked with a girl whose name was Kathrn because her mom and dad were drunk when they filled out the birth certificate. Yes her mom was drunk when she went into labor. Lucky for her she seemed unaffected and normal. I remember seeing her name on paperwork and saying the company got it wrong and she just rolled her eyes and told me the story.
My sister spelled her name slightly wrong for most of her life until she went to get her license.. I remember for her sweet 16 my boyfriend at the times grandparents bought her a silver jewelry box with her name engraved.. its beautiful.. we just thought it was unfortunate how they spelled her name wrong.. turns out they had it right lol😂.. her name is Lusero which is most commonly spelled Lucero.. we has never seen the name spelled with an ‘s’ until the jewelry box.. so I have no idea why or when they changes that letter lol..
44:40 - My grandmother wanted to name my aunt Joann (which some people spell Joanne or Jo Ann[e]). While Grandma was still a bit groggy from Demerol or whatever they gave during labor in 1939, the nurse asked, "That's spelled J-O-A-N, right?" Aunt Jo went through life spelling it "Joan" but pronouncing it "Jo-Ann." To this day, when I see it written out, my brain pronounces it "Joan."
I remember one time taking the dog out and calling his name, "Teddy!!!" - And this little boy started running towards me, turns out he was called Teddy XD
Uncle makes instruments for a living. Almost named his daughter Amanda Lynn (a mandolin) Last name is miner. Brother almost named his son Cole/Colton and his daughter Crystal.
12:13 Markus is actually also a biblical name. The second of the four gospels at the beginning of the new testament is named Mark. In german it is actually Matthäus (Matthew), Markus (Mark), Lukas (Luke) and Johannes (John).
Once knew a girl from Japan named Yu. Perfectly normal Japanese name, but understandably caused quite a bit of confusion in America. She once lamented how frustrating it was to walk down the street and hear constant shouts of "hey you!"
my stepsister and I both have the first name 'Jessica' I kept my birth father's last name and went by Jessie in order to avoid confusion- and then one of my cousins married a girl whose legal name was 'Jesse'. I feel a certain way bout it all. I cant even go by my middle name, because mom took *that* from her *sister*
Niece named andromeda. Nephew named gollum Sisters named Sebbrynnia Tuesday Magnolia Dharma Emerald Sapphyrre Sisters in law named svetlannia Lyuedmilla Ishcar
A lady we know had her eighth and final child on March 1st. She named her "Spring," a lovely name in and of itself, but somewhat unfortunate for a child born into the Frost family.
My sister named her youngest kid Pylot-there are alot of people mostly men who flew planes, aka pilots, some in the army but with almost all different names, so she just choose the word Pilot, spelling it with a y
My older sister works for CASA here in Georgia. She once gave a list of weird baby names. But, there was one kid that went to my mom's school when she was a teacher..the kid's name was Peaches (it was a boy). He went by his middle name at school.
I talked my cousin out of naming her daughter Sun; this cousin is a little slow among other things so I won the war when I said; Me: "If you name her that people are going to assume she's a boy." Cousin: "Why? She'll wear pink frilly dresses!" Me: "Boy babys are called sons." Cousin: "..." My neice was given a generic girly-girl name and has grown up a tomboy.
Worked with a guy, Easy B. Rider. Yeah, he knew about the movie, took it all in stride. He has a vivid sense of humor to boot. James "Jimmy" Hendrix. Same as above; I'm sure he's heard every song title of Jimi Hendrix used in conversations.
A very long time ago we got some new neighbors. The oldest boy was named Donald Donald, he was named after his dad but his middle name was Allen. His dad's middle name was Ivan.
I’ve got names picked out for my potential future daughters. Seren (star) and Ffion (one of my fav flowers). They’re Welsh names and I’m from a Welsh family living in the U.K. so they’re not exactly exotic and they’re not hard to pronounce or homonyms for insults. They have pretty meanings and I love them. I also love the name Guinevere because it has a normal short form but it’s a bit much. There’s been no boys born in my maternal family since my Grandad and only three in my dad’s family in as many generations so I’m probably having daughters and if I have three maybe my youngest will end up as a Gwen, or Vera or maybe I’ll go with Jennifer as it’s a more common version
This isn't from someone I know, but rather me and my brothers Names. So I live in Austria, which if you dont know, Is famous for its mountains, also called "the Alps". My Mother is turkish, so they decided to call me "Alp", which is a pretty common turkish name but rather a funny coincidence in Austria. But it gets better. When they had my little brother, they decided to name him "Berk" (which is, again, a turkish name). But if you said "Berk" out loud, you wouldn't notice a difference between the "k" being a "g" in german pronunciation. So his name sounds like "Berg" when you say it, which translates to "Mountain" in German. So were Alps and Mountains. My Parents say it was coincidental but i don't believe them one bit.
My mom thought for sure that I was going to be born a girl. She had all sorts pink clothes picked out and had already thought of a name for me too, Brooke. She and my dad went in for an ultrasound to find that I was a boy. She was bummed out, but she was still excited to have me. They ended up naming me after a waiter that was serving them in a restaurant one night. I can't remember where, but I'm confident that it may have been Olive Garden.
Sounds like my oldest cousin. The whole family thought he was going to be a girl. They bought everything in pink. They even bought a pink cake to celebrate. Cut to 9 months later, out pops my cousin. The look on my aunt and uncle’s faces when the doctors declared “It’s a boy!” must’ve been priceless. (For context, I was around 2 at the time, so I don’t remember squat).
My name is Raine, my dad wanted to call me Hannah. I knew a guy named Dragon Slayer, his last name was Slayer, his brothers first name was Cannon. My best friend as a teen was Charley Chapel. I also used to know someone dead set on the names Freeway and Avocado for twin boys… edit. Another friend was called Lima instead of Liam because of a dyslexic nurse, his sister’s initials are SS, they are German…….
My husband went to school with a girl named Unita Blough (pronounced 'you need a blow'). He's also played shows with a guy whose given name is Richard Head. He goes by Colton. Can you blame him? My sister's name is Stormme. No she was not conceived during a rainstorm. My first name is Kailani, my middle name is Ileana...I'm named after a stillborn infant and a woman that my mom knew who was murdered during a robbery when she was shot in the face. I was born with a birth defect that almost killed me before I turned one. I've almost died many, many times but have managed to reach 51 without too many scars so I guess I should be counting my blessings.
My husband's grandmother named two of her sons Ray and Ramond. She didn’t know that it was the same name. They just called Ray Cotton because of his white blond hair.
I heard about a guy who changed his name to 'Heywood Jablowmie', the proprietor of my local bottle shop is called 'Dong Wang' and i once heard a mother call to her little son 'Ocean, come here'!
I've kinda always hated my name. It's Jeannie, pronounced like genie, so I always get people being like "oh well can you grant me three wishes haha :)" I also constantly have people mispronouncing it. Jen, Jenny, Janine, even Junie. Eventually I got tired of correcting people so I just let them call me whatever they thought my name was. I actually recently found a name that I _really_ like (Rowan) and I've been seriously considering whether I want to legally change my name at some point Edit: OH YEAH and there've been a few times where people have actually spelled my name as "genie" which just made me die inside even more Edit 2: I should probably add that my mom named me after someone who was a jerk to her as a kid. Granted, the jerk apologized when she and my mom were adults, and apparently my mom admired the integrity it took to apologize after all those years, but still.
I know a pair of twins with the last name Lyons. their first names are Rowdy and Rorin. I shit you not, Rowdy Lyons and Rorin Lyons. as funny as it is, I honestly think it's kinda cool
(First language isn't english) A common story about my brother, who has a normal name, is that our uncle always joked about naming him "Wolf" to which my parents always replied: "Better Wolf than Orso Maria (Bear Mary)" because that person was someone they knew who had this name. What goes through your head to name your kid like that?
We adopted two cats from a shelter. They came called Bracken and Bramble, because they were found in a roadside hedge. We decided we had to change Bramble's name because when you go to our vet they call out the name of the animal and the owner's name. Not even a cat should be lumbered with Bramble Campbell.
I have a fairly common first name, but with an unusual spelling (“Nickolas”) after my Greek grandfather. I’m a compliance officer for a finance company, so I’m glad that I don’t have a name that sounds odd in a business memo. I can’t imagine a bright new graduate walking into my conservative company and having to say “I’m Erotica Smith, and I’m here to interview for the open analyst position!”
I was a Letter Carrier in USA for 40 years. I've seen some bizarre names. I delivered mail to a boy named Shadrach; his brother's name is Samson. Very early in my career I delivered mail to a woman named Debbie Doubleblower. I'm not kidding. I knew it was her real name because her food stamps (and all her other mail) were addressed to that name. There was a girl named Diesel...her last name being a popular diesel engine manufacturer. WTF, parents??
When I worked retail at a pharmacy I had a regular who was a friend of mine. Nice 70 something lady named Precious. But every time I said her name out loud I got dirty looks from non regular customers and had to explain that’s her name every time. Another regular was a nice 20 something mom named Special. Both people not only proudly owned their names but lived up to them too. Every guy I ever met named Romeo was a POS tho.
I knew a man called Gordon Bennett once. Also, once I was in a book shop and some little brat was climbing up the shelves. Eventually, her mother decided they were leaving and called to the child: "Chasti'y, Chasti'y, some 'ere now." You'd think at least she would choose a name she was going to pronounce properly, but how do you live down a name like Chastity? My favourite was my friend's dog: Patrick ... Pat the dog 😄
A librarian I was friends with years ago said she had a young immigrant mother who mostly spoke Spanish bring her toddler daughter in to get the baby's first library card. The library asked what the little girl's name was and the mother proudly said something that sounded like AhBehSehDeh. The librarian was confused but then delighted when the mother wrote it out and she realized it was a Spanish prononounciation of ABCD or Abecede,and that this mom was determined to raise her kid to love reading!
Those are both my daughters names. Lex is named after her cousin though it's spelled different cause her father can't spell. Angie has my middle name. My dad always wanted an Angie after the Rolling Stones song. Edit: spelling error
My mom wanted to name my brother and me Percival and Patience. My dad talked her out of it (thankfully). They also briefly considered Persephone for me (and I am VERY disappointed they didn't stick with it. Imagine being named after the goddess of spring and the underworld. I'd go by Percy-- I think I'd rock the name Percy better than my brother would 😂)
And I just know people are going to be like "but no one's gonna be able to spell that!" well, no one can spell Keeley (my real name), so it wouldn't be much different lol
As a nurse I've had to call out patients names such as John Thomas, Abcde & Chlamydia My husband went to school with a Theresa Green I know a man called Gail whose sister is called Shane My son wanted his baby brother to be called Diesel
My parents do for all their kids, all 3 of us have names start with a J. Me and my brother made friends with siblings with all J names too. So the sheer amount of J names you get can be horrible.
My sons name is Rylan. When filling out the papers his teacher gave me there was "what does your child prefer to be called?" I put ry or ryry and found out out of the 15ish kids in his preschool class there are 2 other "rys". One is Rylee and the other is Ryker 🤣
My name is Jonna, my parents wanted a similar name for my sister, well her name is Yonna, pronounced the almost exact same, gets kinda confusing sometimes.
Went to high school with a guy last name Webster. No big deal. Nobody made any kind of connection to Webster’s dictionary. Then, graduation comes and we learn his middle name is Encyclopedia. I don’t think anyone would have teased him about this, but then we’ll never know, will we.
As a teen, I heard the word “miasma”. I thought it sounded pretty. Then in my 20s, I found out what it meant. Now I use it in my Addams Family fanfics.
My mom doesn't regret the names she gave my brother and I, but because of our heritage, she wished she had gone for the alternate spelling of my brother's than the spelling of it she had gone for. My brother's name is Eric; mom wished she had spelled it Erik!
"Charity, give that back to your sister"
"Patience, you are really trying my patience"
Heard this from a guy at a medieval fair near me. He heard them in the parking lot at the end of the day. He had a lot more, but can't remember them now.
😂😂
Guess that's the issue with virtue names.
Old radio show, Paul Harvey, The Rest Of The Story had one that broke my heart. Parents had named their son Donald. He committed suicide in his senior year of high school, left a note saying he couldn't take the abuse, shame, mockery or bullying any more. His last name was Duck. I just can not imagine growing up with the name of Donald Duck.
I knew a Filipino guy working in Singapore, called Liu Cook. He named his first born Captain. His child's name was literally Captain Cook.
At least the last name wasn’t Hook. Captain Hook.
Saw a national ID of a guy in Singapore named 'Batman bin Suparman.' Heard quite a few years back that he got arrested for possession of heroin and did time. If you wait long enough, even super heroes turn into villains! But seriously, possession of heroin in Singapore!? Guy's lucky he's not dead! They hang you for that, if over a certain amount. (It is an assumption of 'intent to supply' and , depending on what class the drug falls into, is very likely to earn you a death sentence. They seriously don't play when it comes to drug offenses.)
My mom went to school with a girl with the most thoughtless name I've ever heard and if I hadn't seen it printed in her yearbook I wouldn't have even believed her... Fonda Beers.
😂
Damn parents sound like party animals.
I had to share as soon as I started listening.
My grandma went to school with a boy named Peter Greasycock.
Also a friend's grandsons are named Aximas and Awesomas.
A women went into labor as she was eating a steak dinner. She named her daughter Migon.
…what an unfortunate name😢
My cousin had a friend in high school named Silvery Blue. Her parents were hippies, and the night before she was born, he dropped acid and had visions of a woman with silvery-blue hair. Everyone just called her Blue, and fortunately this was Southern California in the 70s, so she was hardly the only one with an odd name.
Guy I grew up with last name was Went, named his first son Camein, Camein Went......
Why, just why
Whew. I thought you were gonna say he named him Sothatswhereallmycome
That's amazing. 😂 I would own that shit all day.
Best part is that if he was a negectful parent, the joke could be, "well, he came in and went".
I guess I am pretty randomly asking but does anyone know a good website to watch new tv shows online?
I once worked with a guy named Seven. As in the number. And he actually welcomed the "are your parents Six and Eight?" jokes.
Ask him why he ate nine. That was not cool bro
What? Wouldn't 'aren't your parents three and four?' make more sense? Can they not do basic addition?
The Charlie Brown comics had a kid named 5 by his parents refusing to be dictated by common naming practice. I remember the sequence of the comic because the kid says his full name is actually 555, but everyone just calls him 5.
@@supergoober1021 no way duuuude
Were they fans of "Married, With Children?"
My teacher once told us a story about how she knew someone who didn't have a name picked out from her baby, and saw something written on the wall, and used it as a name since she thought it was pretty.
The word was Chlamydia. She named her baby Chlamydia. Had no idea what it meant, apparently, but still.
It should be illegal to name your kids after a disease.
Even that is better than Erotica!
Our last name is also used as a first name. When registering my three girls for school, the registrar asked me why I gave them all the same first names. I said “ oh, no worries, they all have differnt middle names.”😂
I'd call CPS on my parents for that
Lmfao at Tom and Jerry!
X,D
That was pretty cute
You humans come up with all these crazy names for your kids but then just named me bigfoot because I had big feet
I always took offense to "A.L.F." and "E.T." too
Woof or bark are good names
@@angelinepassacantando you ok
😂
Yrah, well, the name BigHairyButt was already taken.
Reminds me of Petra’s kids from Jane the Virgin Anna and Elli. Elli was initially Elsa. Petra changed it because she was tired of the frozen reference
My grandpa was apparently not supposed to have a middle name (very common on that side of the family). I guess the nurses were not having it, so his middle name was put on the birth certificate as "Patrick" even though no one ever said the name Patrick when we was born.
My mom knew someone in highschool who's last name was Rale, and her parents named her Ginger.
The middle name being "My Love" is actually SO sweet, though. Being reminded that you are loved every time you write out your full name has to be a good feeling.
My dad knew a guy named Leaf Gardner. I bet his parents were reaaaal proud of that.
I dig it.
Eh, it grows on you.
Ace Attorney witness name
34:42 - My dad got the middle name “Allen” after my grandma’s ex. This seems horrible until you realize that her ex was killed in WWII. He had been a good friend of my grandpa, so both grandparents agreed on the name
I knew a guy who had a cat named Catherine. He called her Cat.
When I was little I had a babysitter named January.
Link (of Rhett and Link) named his son Lando, as in "Calrissian".
Aight, once I went to a camp with a kid named Billy Williams (we just called him Billy Bill) but any way, one time my friend and I sat next to him at lunch and he literally said “well my dads name is Billy and my moms name is also Billie so they just named me Billy for the hell of it.” yea.
UPDATE: I was a counselor at a camp last week that this Billy boy went to, so I got to see him again and he recognized me because you know this camp that is stated previously Happened only a few years ago so I recognized him as well. And when I saw him I said “oh my God it’s Billy the guy who has two parents of the same name as him!” That kid hated me.
That’s funny because my names Erika and my sons dads name is Eric.. so guess what we named our son 😂
We were Eric, Erika and little Erick
Until his brother came along..
funny coincidence he’s a billy too 😂
His names William..
when I say silly billy he just laughs because he knows he’s actually a billy.. we call him Leo though(middle name) 😂
I've known women named Leslie Leslie and Becky Becque. They married into those names well after it became somewhat normal for women to keep their names after getting married, so I guess they really loved their husbands.
My great grandfather was named William Williams
Warren Peace is also the name of a character from sky-high that shoots flames.
Also 18:50 for the realtor named Steve Stephens Billy idols guitarist is actually named Steve Stevens.
When my father was born in 1917, there was a popular song called Bill Bailey, our last name is Bailey so the nurses nicknamed him Bill and despite his first name being Albert, he became Bill Bailey
44:09 when my mom was pregnant with my youngest sibling, everyone was having trouble thinking of a good name. I, being 5, was real into Scooby Doo, particularly The Witches Ghost, and pitched in with the name Luna. I also thought Star would pair nicely with it, because moon and stars. But yeah, my sister is named a Scooby Doo character.
Luna is a great name. My wife and I are heavily leaning into celestial names for when we have kids. One of the names we're clinging to is Yue (Chinese, meaning Moon)
Your sister is the luckiest person to ever be named by a five year old.
My little brother's initials are P.M.S. He turns 39 in July. There is a picture of him when he played t-ball, wearing a hat with his initials across the top.
I knew a kid in highschool named Benjamin Dover. He hated his parents and changed his name. In another Highschool I met a girl named Meth. I hope she changed hers.
Yeah those parents were assholes.
I think that's more of a Bart Simpson prank call.
I cannot get over the fishing dad actively choosing to name his child 'Fish' when 'Rod' is right there.
I wanted to name my son Claudio after Claudio Sanchez. My husband wasn't having that. And I'm glad he stuck to it because there is an episode of OUAT wherein Regina says Henry's full name while scolding him. Henry's middle name is Daniel, the same name as Regina's first love. I now understand why people shouldn't name their kids after people they want to bump uglies with lol
I knew this couple who were very big into ancient mythology. They named their son -God help us- “Pegasus.” His middle name was Christopher. I came to visit once when he was 10. He stood stiffly and gestured to me to follow him into his room. Glaring at me and gritting his teeth, he growled. “My name is Chris. You call me Chris, okay? I’ll make you sorry if you don’t!” And yes, he had a reputation for being a very good fighter in school.
As a girl who has a normal male name that's spelled absolutely insanely, and has had said weird name mispronounced 16 different ways, this video sure does make me feel better about myself. Especially since my parents got my name from a novel.
On another hand, I had a close friend in elementary school named Chianti (pronounced "Chee-ahn-tee") And had absolutely no clue she was named after an alcohol until years later.
Also had an acquaintance
whose big sister was named "Unique". And then also had another acquaintance whose younger brother's name was "Ocean". I thought it was amazingly cool.
Cassiopeia sounds like a beautiful name.
46:28
That is a very wholesome story
I kinda love the unintentional ‘Tom and Jerry’ lol Also 9:47 the only other place I’ve heard ‘Cassiopeia’ is the character from the new Pokémon games…now I have to look up what the heck it has to do with astrology 🤨
I worked with a girl whose name was Kathrn because her mom and dad were drunk when they filled out the birth certificate. Yes her mom was drunk when she went into labor. Lucky for her she seemed unaffected and normal. I remember seeing her name on paperwork and saying the company got it wrong and she just rolled her eyes and told me the story.
My sister spelled her name slightly wrong for most of her life until she went to get her license.. I remember for her sweet 16 my boyfriend at the times grandparents bought her a silver jewelry box with her name engraved.. its beautiful.. we just thought it was unfortunate how they spelled her name wrong.. turns out they had it right lol😂.. her name is Lusero which is most commonly spelled Lucero.. we has never seen the name spelled with an ‘s’ until the jewelry box.. so I have no idea why or when they changes that letter lol..
44:40 - My grandmother wanted to name my aunt Joann (which some people spell Joanne or Jo Ann[e]). While Grandma was still a bit groggy from Demerol or whatever they gave during labor in 1939, the nurse asked, "That's spelled J-O-A-N, right?" Aunt Jo went through life spelling it "Joan" but pronouncing it "Jo-Ann." To this day, when I see it written out, my brain pronounces it "Joan."
I remember one time taking the dog out and calling his name, "Teddy!!!"
- And this little boy started running towards me, turns out he was called Teddy XD
Uncle makes instruments for a living. Almost named his daughter Amanda Lynn (a mandolin)
Last name is miner. Brother almost named his son Cole/Colton and his daughter Crystal.
12:13 Markus is actually also a biblical name. The second of the four gospels at the beginning of the new testament is named Mark. In german it is actually Matthäus (Matthew), Markus (Mark), Lukas (Luke) and Johannes (John).
That is the same in Swedish
In spanish the name are Mateo (Matthew), Marcos (Mark), Lucas (Luke) y Juan (John)
14:42 Wait, what? But basically every spelling of Freya (Freyja, Freija, I've seen it spelled Freje once) is really pretty
My dad went to school with a guy named "Chrystal Ball" and a "Bobby Pin"
I remind people that many Native Americans whose names when translated to English sound like English nouns. I.e. Fountain Water.
I heard a parent call out Aniken in the store once, only for a young kid (about 2 to 4yrs old) to turn around in response.
Felt sorry for the kid...
Had that happen too. They gave the child the middle name Sky... their last name was Walker. 😐
Once knew a girl from Japan named Yu. Perfectly normal Japanese name, but understandably caused quite a bit of confusion in America. She once lamented how frustrating it was to walk down the street and hear constant shouts of "hey you!"
I went to school with a Asian girl named My Tram Trong
Who’s on first?
my stepsister and I both have the first name 'Jessica' I kept my birth father's last name and went by Jessie in order to avoid confusion- and then one of my cousins married a girl whose legal name was 'Jesse'. I feel a certain way bout it all. I cant even go by my middle name, because mom took *that* from her *sister*
My good friend has his middle name double last name. Example, Paul Smith Smith Smith.
My grandad was Richard Richardson. It took me YEARS to realise.....
Niece named andromeda.
Nephew named gollum
Sisters named
Sebbrynnia
Tuesday
Magnolia
Dharma
Emerald
Sapphyrre
Sisters in law named svetlannia
Lyuedmilla
Ishcar
Magnolia is cute tho
sounds like there are some meth heads in your family
I dunno about meth heads but definitely Russians
A lady we know had her eighth and final child on March 1st. She named her "Spring," a lovely name in and of itself, but somewhat unfortunate for a child born into the Frost family.
My sister named her youngest kid Pylot-there are alot of people mostly men who flew planes, aka pilots, some in the army but with almost all different names, so she just choose the word Pilot, spelling it with a y
My older sister works for CASA here in Georgia. She once gave a list of weird baby names. But, there was one kid that went to my mom's school when she was a teacher..the kid's name was Peaches (it was a boy). He went by his middle name at school.
I talked my cousin out of naming her daughter Sun; this cousin is a little slow among other things so I won the war when I said;
Me: "If you name her that people are going to assume she's a boy."
Cousin: "Why? She'll wear pink frilly dresses!"
Me: "Boy babys are called sons."
Cousin: "..."
My neice was given a generic girly-girl name and has grown up a tomboy.
She could have named her Kira. That's my daughter's name and means 'the sun' or 'enlightened one' in Irish. 😊
I don't know why but that angry baby face on the thumbnail is both adorable and hilarious.
I remember a seeing a cashier's name tag, Rammit Deep. She was Indian.
No WAY! 😹
i wonder if she knows :( that’s tricky
I was suppose to be named Pamela. My fathers hand writing was bad so i ended up with Tamela. Have never met anyone in 59 years with my name.
*supposed
A few years back the cashier at my local kfc was called Voldemort. Was literally on his badge.
Worked with a guy, Easy B. Rider. Yeah, he knew about the movie, took it all in stride. He has a vivid sense of humor to boot.
James "Jimmy" Hendrix. Same as above; I'm sure he's heard every song title of Jimi Hendrix used in conversations.
A very long time ago we got some new neighbors. The oldest boy was named Donald Donald, he was named after his dad but his middle name was Allen. His dad's middle name was Ivan.
In highschool I knew a guy named Cain.
He was an only child.
was he..always an only child…😅
Found out at 16 that my mom wanted to name me "Fauzzdick". Thank God my Dad wouldn't let her
going to a solely online school, you see some weird names: winter bowling, heaven corn, autumn knight, and erotica to name a few
I’ve got names picked out for my potential future daughters. Seren (star) and Ffion (one of my fav flowers). They’re Welsh names and I’m from a Welsh family living in the U.K. so they’re not exactly exotic and they’re not hard to pronounce or homonyms for insults. They have pretty meanings and I love them. I also love the name Guinevere because it has a normal short form but it’s a bit much. There’s been no boys born in my maternal family since my Grandad and only three in my dad’s family in as many generations so I’m probably having daughters and if I have three maybe my youngest will end up as a Gwen, or Vera or maybe I’ll go with Jennifer as it’s a more common version
This isn't from someone I know, but rather me and my brothers Names.
So I live in Austria, which if you dont know, Is famous for its mountains, also called "the Alps". My Mother is turkish, so they decided to call me "Alp", which is a pretty common turkish name but rather a funny coincidence in Austria. But it gets better. When they had my little brother, they decided to name him "Berk" (which is, again, a turkish name). But if you said "Berk" out loud, you wouldn't notice a difference between the "k" being a "g" in german pronunciation. So his name sounds like "Berg" when you say it, which translates to "Mountain" in German.
So were Alps and Mountains. My Parents say it was coincidental but i don't believe them one bit.
who else read "Crazy Baby Names" to the tune of "I'm going off the rails on a Crazy Train"
My mom thought for sure that I was going to be born a girl. She had all sorts pink clothes picked out and had already thought of a name for me too, Brooke. She and my dad went in for an ultrasound to find that I was a boy. She was bummed out, but she was still excited to have me. They ended up naming me after a waiter that was serving them in a restaurant one night. I can't remember where, but I'm confident that it may have been Olive Garden.
Sounds like my oldest cousin.
The whole family thought he was going to be a girl.
They bought everything in pink.
They even bought a pink cake to celebrate.
Cut to 9 months later, out pops my cousin.
The look on my aunt and uncle’s faces when the doctors declared “It’s a boy!” must’ve been priceless.
(For context, I was around 2 at the time, so I don’t remember squat).
My name is Raine, my dad wanted to call me Hannah. I knew a guy named Dragon Slayer, his last name was Slayer, his brothers first name was Cannon. My best friend as a teen was Charley Chapel. I also used to know someone dead set on the names Freeway and Avocado for twin boys… edit. Another friend was called Lima instead of Liam because of a dyslexic nurse, his sister’s initials are SS, they are German…….
I remember back in primary school there was a set of twins named Dragonfly and Meadow in one of my buddy classes.
Oh and there’s a girl named Princess at the school I currently work at.
And I was friends with a kid called Khaos in college.
My husband went to school with a girl named Unita Blough (pronounced 'you need a blow').
He's also played shows with a guy whose given name is Richard Head. He goes by Colton. Can you blame him?
My sister's name is Stormme. No she was not conceived during a rainstorm.
My first name is Kailani, my middle name is Ileana...I'm named after a stillborn infant and a woman that my mom knew who was murdered during a robbery when she was shot in the face.
I was born with a birth defect that almost killed me before I turned one. I've almost died many, many times but have managed to reach 51 without too many scars so I guess I should be counting my blessings.
My husband's grandmother named two of her sons Ray and Ramond. She didn’t know that it was the same name. They just called Ray Cotton because of his white blond hair.
I heard about a guy who changed his name to 'Heywood Jablowmie', the proprietor of my local bottle shop is called 'Dong Wang' and i once heard a mother call to her little son 'Ocean, come here'!
I've kinda always hated my name. It's Jeannie, pronounced like genie, so I always get people being like "oh well can you grant me three wishes haha :)"
I also constantly have people mispronouncing it. Jen, Jenny, Janine, even Junie. Eventually I got tired of correcting people so I just let them call me whatever they thought my name was.
I actually recently found a name that I _really_ like (Rowan) and I've been seriously considering whether I want to legally change my name at some point
Edit: OH YEAH and there've been a few times where people have actually spelled my name as "genie" which just made me die inside even more
Edit 2: I should probably add that my mom named me after someone who was a jerk to her as a kid. Granted, the jerk apologized when she and my mom were adults, and apparently my mom admired the integrity it took to apologize after all those years, but still.
My Mom's middle name was Regina, and she went by the nickname Jeannie her whole life. Pronounced 'genie' as well lol
You got off easy. Trust me.
Mum’s name was Jeannie, a family name for the oldest daughter for about 6 generations. My name isn’t Jeannie because mum hated it
I know a pair of twins with the last name Lyons. their first names are Rowdy and Rorin. I shit you not, Rowdy Lyons and Rorin Lyons. as funny as it is, I honestly think it's kinda cool
Those kids better grow up to be absolute badasses or it’s a waste
There is a family in a small town near me with the last name of Failing, they named their twin sons Never and Ever.
Feel so sorry for Ever and Never. Pressure on both of them
16:56
I thought of a spelling that _looks_ like a name for a drug as well: Zeroxalin.
I knew sisters named Precious and Promise, another pair of sisters named Charity and Destiny, and a kid named Chaos.
(First language isn't english) A common story about my brother, who has a normal name, is that our uncle always joked about naming him "Wolf" to which my parents always replied: "Better Wolf than Orso Maria (Bear Mary)" because that person was someone they knew who had this name. What goes through your head to name your kid like that?
We adopted two cats from a shelter. They came called Bracken and Bramble, because they were found in a roadside hedge. We decided we had to change Bramble's name because when you go to our vet they call out the name of the animal and the owner's name.
Not even a cat should be lumbered with Bramble Campbell.
21:37 a girl in my high school was also named cinnamon
I was named Molly after a "clown's dolly" from the show the Big Comfy Couch. :P
I have a fairly common first name, but with an unusual spelling (“Nickolas”) after my Greek grandfather. I’m a compliance officer for a finance company, so I’m glad that I don’t have a name that sounds odd in a business memo. I can’t imagine a bright new graduate walking into my conservative company and having to say “I’m Erotica Smith, and I’m here to interview for the open analyst position!”
I was a Letter Carrier in USA for 40 years. I've seen some bizarre names. I delivered mail to a boy named Shadrach; his brother's name is Samson. Very early in my career I delivered mail to a woman named Debbie Doubleblower. I'm not kidding. I knew it was her real name because her food stamps (and all her other mail) were addressed to that name. There was a girl named Diesel...her last name being a popular diesel engine manufacturer. WTF, parents??
When I worked retail at a pharmacy I had a regular who was a friend of mine. Nice 70 something lady named Precious. But every time I said her name out loud I got dirty looks from non regular customers and had to explain that’s her name every time. Another regular was a nice 20 something mom named Special. Both people not only proudly owned their names but lived up to them too. Every guy I ever met named Romeo was a POS tho.
I know a guy named Richard Head. Nuff said.
Edited to add: My husband went to school with a girl named Unita Blough; pronounced like you-need-a-blow.
I knew a man called Gordon Bennett once. Also, once I was in a book shop and some little brat was climbing up the shelves. Eventually, her mother decided they were leaving and called to the child: "Chasti'y, Chasti'y, some 'ere now." You'd think at least she would choose a name she was going to pronounce properly, but how do you live down a name like Chastity? My favourite was my friend's dog: Patrick ... Pat the dog 😄
5:50 imagine saying "Y" when someone asks what your name is and them thinking you're asking them why lol
My husband and I agreed that our firstborn will be named "Alex". Alexander Edward if it's a boy, Alexandria Rose if it's a girl.
I actually know a guy named Colan his mother wanted something that could be shortened to Cole but wanted it to be different
A librarian I was friends with years ago said she had a young immigrant mother who mostly spoke Spanish bring her toddler daughter in to get the baby's first library card. The library asked what the little girl's name was and the mother proudly said something that sounded like AhBehSehDeh. The librarian was confused but then delighted when the mother wrote it out and she realized it was a Spanish prononounciation of ABCD or Abecede,and that this mom was determined to raise her kid to love reading!
Yes I realize I spelled a word wrong in my comment lol I didn't have a way to edit it out after I finally saw it.
1:19
Imagine his parents calling him by his full name
I *think* we all did
I'm related to a guy called Howard Howard. He became a vicar, so countless wedding photos now have 'Howard Howard' written on the back.
My mom wanted to name me Tarzana.
Then she wanted to name me Angelique Alexis after the twin vampires from the old show Dark Shadows. 😂
Those are both my daughters names. Lex is named after her cousin though it's spelled different cause her father can't spell. Angie has my middle name. My dad always wanted an Angie after the Rolling Stones song.
Edit: spelling error
@@chronicallyailingcrazycatl7952 nice. I almost named my daughter Angelique
My mom wanted to name my brother and me Percival and Patience. My dad talked her out of it (thankfully). They also briefly considered Persephone for me (and I am VERY disappointed they didn't stick with it. Imagine being named after the goddess of spring and the underworld. I'd go by Percy-- I think I'd rock the name Percy better than my brother would 😂)
And I just know people are going to be like "but no one's gonna be able to spell that!" well, no one can spell Keeley (my real name), so it wouldn't be much different lol
As a nurse I've had to call out patients names such as John Thomas, Abcde & Chlamydia
My husband went to school with a Theresa Green
I know a man called Gail whose sister is called Shane
My son wanted his baby brother to be called Diesel
I'm friends with a guy, his nickname is Diesel.
16:55 - That poor little girl’s name sounds like a prescription medication!
My parents do for all their kids, all 3 of us have names start with a J. Me and my brother made friends with siblings with all J names too. So the sheer amount of J names you get can be horrible.
Imagine playing hollow knight and the hornet just constantly calls your name 3:00
My sons name is Rylan. When filling out the papers his teacher gave me there was "what does your child prefer to be called?" I put ry or ryry and found out out of the 15ish kids in his preschool class there are 2 other "rys". One is Rylee and the other is Ryker 🤣
I guess Frank Zappa's second daughter would dislike her name
DIVA MUFFIN ZAPPA
24:00 Well that girl Tyranny may grow up to become the queen of Mars someday
(Duck Dodgers reference)
My name is Jonna, my parents wanted a similar name for my sister, well her name is Yonna, pronounced the almost exact same, gets kinda confusing sometimes.
Went to high school with a guy last name Webster. No big deal. Nobody made any kind of connection to Webster’s dictionary. Then, graduation comes and we learn his middle name is Encyclopedia.
I don’t think anyone would have teased him about this, but then we’ll never know, will we.
As a teen, I heard the word “miasma”. I thought it sounded pretty. Then in my 20s, I found out what it meant. Now I use it in my Addams Family fanfics.
My mom doesn't regret the names she gave my brother and I, but because of our heritage, she wished she had gone for the alternate spelling of my brother's than the spelling of it she had gone for. My brother's name is Eric; mom wished she had spelled it Erik!
My bro’s name is Erik (we’re Swedish) 😄
I can already picture the schoolyard teasing nicknames for baby Amonica, since it's so similar to the name of a mouth organ.
23:05 how to tell you're an SMT/Megaten fan without saying you are