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Ransom Williams, an old friend of mine. Sounds like a black detective character in a series of mysery novels.

― Scott Kos (Scott Kos), Thursday, 24 April 2003 16:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Best with his actual rank/title: Brigadier General Sylavanus Taco Gilbert (recently fired commandant of the US Air Force Academy).

― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Thursday, 24 April 2003 17:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Sorry, make that Sylvanus Taco Gilbert III. Really.

― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Thursday, 24 April 2003 17:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Peter Peters, not sure who he is, but he was the keynote speaker at a Prayer Breakfast round these parts.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 24 April 2003 17:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Doing some data entry I ran across "Oral Honeycutt"...

― cprek (cprek), Thursday, 24 April 2003 17:19 (twenty-two years ago)

I paid $30 for that one time...

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 24 April 2003 17:20 (twenty-two years ago)

You got ripped off.

― cprek (cprek), Thursday, 24 April 2003 17:21 (twenty-two years ago)

I know. But I did get the clap. Sort of an added value thing.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 24 April 2003 17:24 (twenty-two years ago)

me to thread!

― slutsky (slutsky), Thursday, 24 April 2003 17:36 (twenty-two years ago)

I just saw another one: Dune Combs

Also, I saw a guy named John Hancock, which is not all that unusual, but I wonder if he would make his signature an exact forgery of the founding father of the same name.

― cprek (cprek), Thursday, 24 April 2003 18:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks Chris and possibly Tep (he might have meant the other martin). Can't say I'm so keen on Skidmore myself, but I'm used to it.

At work today the person who I was given as a sample that would show a particular system error was Mr Doh. I like to imagine that to say his name correctly you have to slap your forehead.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 24 April 2003 20:27 (twenty-two years ago)

hey Martin, Martin is a cool name regardless of which of us he was talking about. It's a good thing at least one Chris thinks that.

― martin mushrush (mushrush), Thursday, 24 April 2003 20:37 (twenty-two years ago)

I like your name too, Martin. It's got a nice rhythm to it.

― slutsky (slutsky), Thursday, 24 April 2003 20:48 (twenty-two years ago)

There was a boatbuilding expert on telly today called Brian Labyrinth.

― Matt (Matt), Thursday, 24 April 2003 20:59 (twenty-two years ago)

old schoolmate: April Blue
friend who blogs: Gwenda Bond

― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 25 April 2003 06:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Best Names

i loved that thread, largely because spectra got so into it! :)

― ron (ron), Friday, 25 April 2003 06:15 (twenty-two years ago)

There was some important politician or someone back in the mid-nineties who was called Tokyo Sexwhale. And more recently, I was looking through my old school's Friends Reunited page searching for someone and I saw this girl from the class of 2000 who was called Jo King.

― Chriddof (Chriddof), Friday, 25 April 2003 11:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Names of a couple I encountered while data entering:

Mr Dickie & Miss K Titmus

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Thursday, 1 May 2003 09:27 (twenty-two years ago)

sexwhale is pronounced sex - while (with just a hint of the wahl from mark wahlberg) - eh

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Thursday, 1 May 2003 10:00 (twenty-two years ago)

THere is a Professor Bizzup at Columbia. This produced about 45 minutes straight worth of laughter, of the falling down in the street, unable to breathe kind. "Yo, class, WAAAZZZUP? I'm Professa Bizzup, fo' sheezy..." Oh my god, I'm laughing again.

― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 1 May 2003 13:19 (twenty-two years ago)

I hear crazy names all the time, as I work in customer service and sometimes fundraising. One woman was named Eustachia. Like, the canals in your inner ears. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Thursday, 1 May 2003 13:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Casper Weinberger

― buttch (Oops), Thursday, 1 May 2003 13:38 (twenty-two years ago)

ardys outhouse

― kephm, Thursday, 1 May 2003 15:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Yakima Canutt (John Wayne's longtime stunt double)

― Marcel Post (Marcel Post), Thursday, 1 May 2003 16:49 (twenty-two years ago)

I know a Casper Weinberger! He lives down the street from me. My favorite names of people I've met:
Shasta Beasterfield
Kentor Olaveason
Kyke Andel
Fern S. Furniss
Dr. Peppers (my lit prof)
Guy Hatzenbeuhler
Zola Roach
Steve Stevens – I love those echoic names. I understand it when it comes from a woman marrying a man (ie Fern Furniss above), but if the kid's last name is Stevens, why give his the first name of Steve? He's stuck with it for life.

― Fivvy (Fivvy), Thursday, 1 May 2003 17:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Also I know a Doug Smith, an overly plain name, but his middle name is ZEBULON.

― Fivvy (Fivvy), Thursday, 1 May 2003 17:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Chriddof, when my family lived in Hong Kong a few years ago, there were these high school kids that had a band called Tokyo Sex Whale. They were pretty good for a high school band.

― Nick A. (Nick A.), Thursday, 1 May 2003 17:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Went to school with a girl who's last name was Sexe (p. "sexy") She was, too.

And I once met a Swedish intern whose last name was Sekse (also pronounced "sexy"). As I remember, he was.

I can't find a direct link, but the Annals of Improbable Research reported on a researcher whose name on his passport literally reads "Odd Person."

― j.lu (j.lu), Thursday, 1 May 2003 17:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I knew another family whose kids were named Happy, Apple, Dimple and Fencil. The dad's inspiration for Fencil's name came when gazing at a pencil.

― Fivvy (Fivvy), Thursday, 1 May 2003 18:51 (twenty-two years ago)

I thought perhaps the father was hstencil.

― Nicole (Nicole), Thursday, 1 May 2003 18:52 (twenty-two years ago)

The other inspirations were a clown named Slappy, an empty bottle of Snapple and a huge pimple.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 1 May 2003 19:09 (twenty-two years ago)

sure i've posted this elsewhere but i know two sets of siblings called alpha & omega
i went to school with what i called 'the atomic family' - the kids were Electron, Positron, Proton & Neutron. Electron goes by Alec now, Positron is Posi (ok nickname) no idea how the other two have dealt with it.

― H (Heruy), Thursday, 1 May 2003 19:38 (twenty-two years ago)

There's a Velveeta Battle where I work

― Millar (Millar), Thursday, 1 May 2003 21:05 (twenty-two years ago)

well, you better hurry up or you might miss it.

― buttch (Oops), Thursday, 1 May 2003 21:07 (twenty-two years ago)

I've met both a Sterling Silver and a Velvet Snow.

There were three brothers in my hometown named Reno, Deno, and Keno.

― David Beckhouse (David Beckhouse), Thursday, 1 May 2003 21:12 (twenty-two years ago)

There's also a Janet E Beech1ng-Pieper.

― Millar (Millar), Thursday, 1 May 2003 21:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Dick Assman!

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 1 May 2003 21:24 (twenty-two years ago)

That is a weird name: more people should end their name w/an exclamation point.

― buttch (Oops), Thursday, 1 May 2003 21:26 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.nationalpost.com/content/features/festivals/080299a.html

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 1 May 2003 21:36 (twenty-two years ago)

(hee hee "wan exclamation point")

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 1 May 2003 21:36 (twenty-two years ago)

i worked with a rod woodcock and a rod grabeldinger.

i am not in the porn industry.

― brian badword (badwords), Friday, 2 May 2003 05:46 (twenty-two years ago)

I can't find a direct link, but the Annals of Improbable Research reported on a researcher whose name on his passport literally reads "Odd Person."

That sounds Scandinavian, for instance Norwegian -- yes indeed! There are also a few people who are named Per Person. And to even out the oddness a bit, there are these people...

― OleM (OleM), Friday, 2 May 2003 06:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Through friends I've also heard about one R3idar Cæsar Lan9balle Par0di, whose last two names literally read like "Longballs Parody".

― OleM (OleM), Friday, 2 May 2003 06:47 (twenty-two years ago)

three weeks pass...

I honest to God just sent a big stack of HTML files to Tim Plate.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 18:09 (twenty-two years ago)

This guy on my street is named Charlie Dickout. I'm not sure if that's how you spell it but it's definitely how you pronounce it.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 18:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Laszlo Fuchs, who's a matematician, is one of my faves.

I've met a few people called Miss Ng around Cardiff, how do you say that?

― mei (mei), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 18:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Boutros Boutros Ghali

― DV (dirtyvicar), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 19:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh man oh man, RADEK BONK - player for the Ottowa Senators! In fact, hockey players have the highest rate of excellent names of any sport. Bonk's is the only one I can recall.

― Fivvy (Fivvy), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 19:17 (twenty-two years ago)

I think there's probably about a million people named Miss Ng in Vietnam, it's a pretty common Southeast Asian name. Not sure how it's pronounced though, maybe "Ing"?

― NA. (Nick A.), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 19:35 (twenty-two years ago)

No, it's like the end of that, like ung without the vowel at the start.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 19:38 (twenty-two years ago)

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Chardonnay was a not uncommon name for girls born in the 00s in the UK, thanks to a character in the TV series Footballers’ Wives.

― Madchen, Wednesday, 9 April 2025 01:52 (three months ago)

Morales' attorney Susan was accused of assisting in the escape of Morales

― Dan Worsley, Friday, 18 April 2025 15:31 (two months ago)

Try again.

Morales' attorney Susan Tipograph was accused of assisting in the escape of Morales

― Dan Worsley, Friday, 18 April 2025 15:33 (two months ago)

https://www.discogs.com/artist/292311-Florence-Titty-Dimbeng

― Founder of America’s Golden Age (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 23 April 2025 02:28 (two months ago)

Linnaeus T. Savage

― Crack's Addition (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 25 April 2025 16:44 (two months ago)

Thomas P. Bones

― Kung Fu Gift Shop (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 29 April 2025 19:14 (two months ago)

TV producer-cum-yacht broker Rounsevelle W. "Skip" Schaum.

― Founder of America’s Golden Age (Dan Peterson), Friday, 9 May 2025 13:14 (two months ago)

Contribution from child psychotherapist Graham Music here: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/may/18/my-mum-wont-let-me-have-a-smartphone-is-she-being-unfair

― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 18 May 2025 10:42 (one month ago)

Always thought Lorenzo Music was a great name.

― I am the stranger, killing the Boer (Boring, Maryland), Sunday, 18 May 2025 12:05 (one month ago)

Real name Gerald David Music. Apparently the surname is distantly descended from Moses rather than from the art form.

This led me to Quintus Pomponius Musa. Sadly Pomponius seems to have died out.

― Ashley Pomeroy, Sunday, 18 May 2025 19:14 (one month ago)

I was always a fan of Don Music myself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M30g3In8ao

― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Monday, 19 May 2025 02:52 (one month ago)

Also, this man has climbed Everest nineteen times:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/cy5er243vk5o

His name? Kenton Cool.

― Ashley Pomeroy, Monday, 19 May 2025 18:11 (one month ago)

LOL I’ve been listening to a mountaineering podcast where his name pops up and several times thought he belongs on this thread

― tobo73, Monday, 19 May 2025 20:41 (one month ago)

two weeks pass...

LaMonica McIver

― music for A★TEENS’ musicians (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 3 June 2025 18:10 (one month ago)

Was listening to NHL Prospects radio on XM recently and they discussed the talents of young Roger McQueen. Love that name!!

― tobo73, Tuesday, 3 June 2025 20:14 (one month ago)

Lock thread https://www.alreporter.com/2025/06/05/young-boozer-launches-2026-bid-for-alabama-treasurer/

― Piedie Gimbel, Friday, 6 June 2025 13:45 (one month ago)

um, Max Chill

― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Wednesday, 11 June 2025 03:04 (one month ago)

Former Hecate Enthroned vocalist

Ian Maiden

― Neanderthal, Saturday, 21 June 2025 17:42 (three weeks ago)

three weeks pass...

Vivabiancaluna Biffi

― Black Sabaoth (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 15 July 2025 16:46 (yesterday)

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