My parents named me Indiana Jones

[MrNewportCustom]

But Indiana for a girl?! :eusa_doh:

Why not? I once dated a woman named Dakota. (People would ask her, "North or South?")

I think the trend toward naming your kid after a product might be coming to an end. Every few years, there are reports about how many people named their kids after cars, beers, etc.

I also have a nephew named Shelby. My brother specifically named him after the Shelby Cobra.

I once worked with a guy named, truthfully, Jim Beam. That was his actual given name. No, alcohol never touched his lips.

Funny thing; just yesterday I was listening to Bill Handel on KFI and he did a story on names that have been refused for newborns and name changes. One guy was refused the option of changing his name to 1096 - yes, he wanted a number. [And the name Sex Fruit eek was refused for a newborn! And rightly so!!

To quote Kinky Friedman, "It's a little surprising what people will do. Just a little surprising."


Lee

 

[BegintheBeguine]

Here's a song for her: Indiana Wants Me.

 

[Vintage Betty]

One of my clients was Superman.

Yes, real name, single name, no last name. In a previous business I was required to take photocopies of person's Driver's License and I can verify that Superman does indeed live in the United States under his real name. And he was quite the gentleman too.

 

[BegintheBeguine]

O Superman

Wowee, he has a song, too!

 

[jamespowers]

It has always struck me as either ignorance or arrogance on the part of parents to name their child something that will give the child grief as they grow older. It is one thing to change a spelling, etc. but deliberately using your child for entertainment seems to show that the parent is less concerned with the child's well being than their own egos.

Exactly! Good point. :eusa_clap

 

[Obob]

Those Country Music Stars

Back in the 70's, my uncle was working at the local welfare office, and he had dealings with a family where the mother was naming all of her babies after country music stars. I think she had had 7 of them, with names like Conway Twitty Jones (I dunno if the last name was actually Jones, but you get the idea), Tammy Wynette Jones, Merle Haggard Jones, ect.

I wonder how many of them turned out OK, and how many of them turned out to be mass murder-types? Or maybe I don't wanna know!

Obob

 

[Miss Sis]

That's it, Obob. With a crazy name, you have two options in life:

1) Rise to greatness (or more likely these days, infamy)

2) Sink into obscurity

 

[Buddy]

My neice and her husband have been possessed by some weird urge to name their children oddly.

Their first, and only boy, was Shane. Ok, not too far out.

Their next one, the first daugter, was MacKenzie. All I can think of is MacKenzie Philips in her post herion strung out days.

Finally, they named their third and final daughter Quinn. As in Quinn the Eskimo.

Bad enough, but their last name is FowelStone.