First names you find weird, strange 😉

[Capt Lightning]

I heard about that long ago.
Creative and interesting!

Jack Jackssen's son would be (first name) Jackssen. Females took their mother's name followed by 'Dotter' so Jack Jackssen's sister might be Mary Gurmundsdotter. I have read that in some places, telephone directories are printed in first name order because all the surnames are very common.

 

[Tom52]

I remember that I went to high school with a girl that had the first name Dale. I think that is an unusual name for a girl.

 

[jujube]

I worked with a woman named Wayne. She said she was named after her mother's best friend, who was also a woman named Wayne.

 

[dusty]

Hey we didn't go to the same school, did we??

I don't know...I went to elemetary school in Cleveland, NY , how about you?

 

[Sunkist]

I don't know...I went to elemetary school in Cleveland, NY , how about you?

Nope.. never heard of that.. had to look it up!

 

[CinnamonSugar]

My mom’s grandmother was named Azuba Jane. Thank goodness mom got her middle name and not the first one

 

[Been There]

We had a few very different names of men join us in the military. I have one name that I never thought that I would ever see a man carry this name as his moniker. I’ve seen dogs, even cats named this, but never a man. I’ve seen a horse named this, but never a man.

The name was Zeus. In college, we studied about a pantheon of Greek deities. Zeus was considered to be the King of the Olympian Gods. Zeus was the youngest son of two Titans: Cronus and Rhea.
Ruling from Mount Olympus, he was the God of thunder and lightning. Normally, I don’t take to mythological Gods, but this
God of myth always reminded me of…..Superman. Who else? He was immortal to many that believed in him.
Even though I often thought about what a wrestling match between Zeus and Superman would look like, I had to finally
acquiesce and admit Zeus could win any match with anyone any time, even Hulk Hogan.

 

[January]

I remember that I went to high school with a girl that had the first name Dale. I think that is an unusual name for a girl.

Ive known a woman called Dale - spelt Dayle, perhaps that seemed more feminine?

but usually a male name here too

 

[Sunkist]

Ive known a woman called Dale - spelt Dayle, perhaps that seemed more feminine?

but usually a male name here too

Oh, this occurred to me- your screen name probably isn't your actual name, but one of my kids went to school with a girl whose first name was September.

 

[Ruthanne]

Oh, this occurred to me- your screen name probably isn't your actual name, but one of my kids went to school with a girl whose first name was September.

I like that for a name, it's different which I can appreciate!

 

[January]

Oh, this occurred to me- your screen name probably isn't your actual name, but one of my kids went to school with a girl whose first name was September.

no it isnt. I haven't much imagination, it was just the month I joined the forum

I have heard of August as a name although never come across any in person

and of course April, May and June which are well known month names

 

[JustDave]

I remember that I went to high school with a girl that had the first name Dale. I think that is an unusual name for a girl.

I had a high school classmate named Leslie. He sat behind me.

 

[BJintheUK]

no it isnt. I haven't much imagination, it was just the month I joined the forum

I have heard of August as a name although never come across any in person

and of course April, May and June which are well known month names

And don't forget ladies called January Jones and Tuesday Weld, to name but two.

 

[Sunkist]

And don't forget ladies called January Jones and Tuesday Weld, to name but two.

Now that you mention it, there was a girl in one of my high schools named Tuesday.

 

[BJintheUK]

I had a high school classmate named Leslie. He sat behind me.

In the UK, Leslie is a man's name and Lesley is a woman's name. Similarly Vivian is a man's name and Vivienne is a woman's name. There are others as well, that have both a masculine and feminine version, but I can't think of them at the moment.

 

[Babs2u]

no it isnt. I haven't much imagination, it was just the month I joined the forum

I have heard of August as a name although never come across any in person

and of course April, May and June which are well known month names

The bestseller Running with Scissors by Augusten burroughs

 

[jujube]

In the UK, Leslie is a man's name and Lesley is a woman's name. Similarly Vivian is a man's name and Vivienne is a woman's name. There are others as well, that have both a masculine and feminine version, but I can't think of them at the moment.

Francis and Frances.

 

[Mizmo]

When I was in elementary school I had a. friend called Anna who had three older sisters
named April, May, and June.
She was always upset about the fact that her parents did not give her a name from the calendar
and would like to have been called Augusta.

 

[Rider77]

Some of the first names I heard are so bizarre, that I just wonder if perhaps they are the result of a bunch scabble tiles tossed out to see what one can come up with. In our family my wife want to name each of our children so that their initials matched mine. I'm okay with that but I wanted them to have a first name that they would use daily rather than a shortened version.

 

[Marv Malone]

Tuna Hande, an academic.
Ivanna Amanda Hurt.
Long ago, God was in a phone book. Just God.

 

[Born_To_Lose]

I knew an attorney in D.C. named Oscar. It’s not weird or strange, but it’s rarely heard.

 

[Gardenlover]

Two names? Human. Three names? Suspiciously aristocratic. Four or more? Definitely hiding a small kingdom somewhere.

 

[RadishRose]

There was an Angelo Colangelo in our school.

 

[Babs2u]

Tuna Hande, an academic.
Ivanna Amanda Hurt.
Long ago, God was in a phone book. Just God.

There was a Mary Virgin in my local phone book. I think she was one of Father Divine's group.

 

[jujube]

I went to school with a girl named Mary ____________. At the start of our senior year, she got married but stayed in school. She married a guy named Joe Virgin. The school policy was that you remained in the school records under your maiden name until you graduated.

So comes the yearbook..... Another school policy was that married girls were listed under their maiden names with their married names in parenthesis. Thus, she was listed as Mary __________ (Virgin). The joke going around was that she was obviously the only virgin in the school and a special category was created for her.

Of course, another funny was that their names were now: Virgin, Mary and Joseph.

I was actually looking at the yearbook last month and had a giggle about the name.