Do you know anyone with a really different first name?

[babylonsister]

I know a Billene and two Peitress', or is that Peitress's?

[Broken_Hero]

1. I knew a Treber

I thought that name was weird.

[babylonsister]

2. It is.

:)

[Broken_Hero]

3. at first I thought his name was Trevor, or Trever

but nope, there was a B, in the place of the V.

[Nicole]

4. Johnetta

That is the only one I can think of that I can post here.

[femmocrat]

65. I new a Johnetta when I was growing up.

[QMPMom]

5. Kinga. Tamsyn. Joetta. Jonette. n/t

[babylonsister]

11. Whoa. Next question: I'm 51. Are you a young mom or an older one?

:D My names are no better or worse than yours, but I never heard of those, though I did/do know a Joelene and a Joellyn.

[QMPMom]

47. Well, I had my first child at age 29 and second at age 30.

I'll be 50 next month and my kids are Anna-Maria and William Richard. The QMP in my name stands for Queen Mary Park - the area of the city we live in.

[u4ic]

78. I knew a Tamsin

once upon a time. (she spelled it with an "i")

Hi QMPMom! :hi:

[XemaSab]

84. Tamsen is an old name

Trivia: Tamsen Donner was the only one to be killed and eaten. :D

[fizzgig]

6. check out this site

i cry from laughing so hard when i read it

http://notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/index.html

edit to add the rest of the sentence

[Viva_La_Revolution]

7. Me...

well, slightly different anyway.

two N's, no D. Prize to the first one that figures it out.

Clue: It means 'Raven' in Gaelic.

[LeftyMom]

8. Brenna?

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

10. no fair.

i was gonna say that.

[LeftyMom]

12. That's LK's half sister's name.

How you doing?

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

13. no wonder you were faster on the draw

:hi:

Im alright...i've had quite the crazy few weeks, and im totally stressed with a bio and calc midterm on tuesday. oy. how about yourself?

[LeftyMom]

18. School surprised me by not being too rough this semester.

I have a paper and a debate case to write this month and a couple of tests, but nothing to stress over really. The kid's being a doll, so that helps. Hours are picking up at work again, so I'm not entirely broke.

The only thing I'm really stressing out about is some business paperwork I've been working on for my father and as soon as I get the last segment of that back from the DMV (they're funny, I spent an hour and a half there yesterday and they told me they couldn't take care of me because I had some unspecified missing paperwork, my Dad went in to the same office with the same stack of paperwork today and was in and out with what he needed in ten minutes) hopefully this week, I might have to drive it all into San Francisco, but then I'm done worrying about that finally.

Oh, and I've officially been veg for five years. :D

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

21. Happy Anniversary!!!!

thats so cool! :bounce::bounce:

Wow, thats some drive for some paperwork...at least that is almost done with.

Glad school ain't too bad this semester...I wish I could say the same thing, but alas I can't. and not to mention I am about to be totally broke. sigh. I'm totally stressed.

[LeftyMom]

38. You'll manage.

:hug:

Another cool thing, I got a care package from Bob and Jenna over at VF this week. They sent me a shirt and a whole box of junk food. :D

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

40. thanks

:hug:

thats so nice of them! how awesome :D:D:D

[Viva_La_Revolution]

15. winner! here's your prize!

:hug:

(I'm poor, and cheap too!) :D

[LeftyMom]

19. That's still a pretty good prize.

And you have the same name as LK's teenage sister, which is pretty cool.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

20. I have 3 babies named after me

I feel special!

:)

[Maine-ah]

44. my daughter's name is Raven

:hi:

[Broken_Hero]

9. Others,

Janathan, and Judzea....

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

14. me...It's a more common last name, and people always think its short for something or a nickname

:eyes:

:hi:

[babylonsister]

16. You live in Manhattan? You lucky duck!

I grew up on Lawng Island! So, Irish, Italian, Chinese, Jewish, ETC., whaat? Sounds like a Mac to me.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

17. ha!

I've lived in Manhattan for the past 7 years, originally from Queens, and did my time on the Island too.

nope, not Mac!

[babylonsister]

24. Are there any or many vowels involved,

:P , front and/or back?

Sounds like?

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

25. two vowels

one in front the other in back

:D

when in LI are you originally from? Babylon maybe?

[babylonsister]

26. OK. Babylon would be correct, specifically

Oak Beach. And can you recommend a pizza parlor? (Drooling)

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

29. oh shit!

I have a total fascination with the whole Gilgo/Oak Beach/Captree area. thats so cool...

Totonno's Pizza in Coney Island...oh my is it amazing.

[babylonsister]

31. Ask me anything-tomorrow! Beddy bye now, but I go to Gilgo every

summer to visit; come visit me! And I did grow up on Oak Beach. Lucky girl, moi, though that was years ago and when I couldn't appreciate it fully. I totally appreciate it now!
Fun chatting, but tell me about those vowels. I guess there's no vowel at the start of Totonno's. Now I'm really drooling, though we used to enjoy 26th St. in Rockaway for some fine pizza! NY pizza, there's nothin' like it!:9

[Karenca]

36. Hi -- That's exactly where I have lived.

Born in the Bronx, grew up in Queens, and did a 5-year term on Long Island.
I'm in Manhattan permanently. I'm never moving again.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

39. I really really wish i could say I'm never moving again

but I know for my career Ill have to leave, and I only hope I wont have to leave sooner for money reasons.

:hi: where in manhattan are you? im by Lincoln center

[Karenca]

49. I'm in the Village.

Close to the Washington Square Park Arch.

I hope you get to stay. :hi:

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

58. I used to live right on the washington square park

good times good times

[UrbScotty]

22. Cedar and Thiago

Cedar was the name of a kid who lived down the hall in my freshman year in college.

Thiago was the name of a friend of a couple of my friends. He made headlines a few months ago when he built a small nuclear fusion reactor in his basement. (The kid's a teenager.)

[BreweryYardRat]

33. Whaaaaaaat?!

Nuclear fusion? Seriously, what'd he really do?

[UrbScotty]

57. Seriously!

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/ih8thegop/86

[Maine-ah]

45. hey, I saw that on the news!

pretty cool...:hi:

[babylonsister]

23. I forgot this name: Talon.

:wtf: Named after a big nail.

[reyd reid reed]

27. I know a

ShyAnne. One word, two capital letters.

And although it's not really different, it is. My grandmother's name was George. Not Georgina or Georgia or Georgette. George. George Frank Edith Waters.

Guess they must've had their hearts set...

:shrug:

[babylonsister]

34. Any relation to the Foremans?

:rofl: :hi:

[SeattleGirl]

28. My daughter's name is very unusual.

However, I'm not going to say what it is, to protect her anonymity. She occasionally posts here as SeattleTurtle.

[blueraven95]

30. Princess

okay it's not that strange by itself...but her last name is Hooker. Really. I'm not making this up - and it's what her parents named her.

[BreweryYardRat]

35. Coulda been worse.

They could have gone with the cliche and named her "Ima."

[babylonsister]

37. Call to mind the Hogg family; true story. Daughters named Ima and Ura...

So I lied. I just found out Ura was a figment. But Ima was awesome!


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima_Hogg

Ima Hogg (July 10, 1882 – August 19, 1975) was one of the most respected Texas women of the 20th century. Born in the small town of Mineola, Texas, the daughter of a one-time Texas governor, James Stephen Hogg (Big Jim Hogg), her roots were deeply embedded in the state’s welfare.

Ima was named after an epic Civil War poem that her uncle, Thomas Hogg, had written. The heroine of the poem was called Ima, short for Imogene. Hogg later recounted: "My grandfather Stinson lived 15 miles from Mineola and news traveled slowly. When he learned of his granddaughter's name he came trotting to town as fast as he could to protest but it was too late. The christening had taken place, and Ima I was to remain." Contrary to popular belief, Ima did not have a sister named "Ura". She was affectionately known as "Miss Ima" by those who knew her and considered by many to be "The First Lady of Texas."

[blueraven95]

41. that's awesome!

I like the fact that she apparently embraced it.

If I had a name like that, I'd probably change it.

[u4ic]

32. My late grandmother's

name was Tekla. (pronounced Tack-lee-ah).

I know Shine's name, but I'm not tellin! (It's a beautiful one):D

Havelock.

[ironflange]

82. Ha! I know your name, u4ic!

It's a beautiful one, too, guaranteed to raise the pulse rate of any red-blooded male.

[u4ic]

83. I guess I'll never be

a Windsor then... :cry:


Thanks, ironflange! :hug:

[SKKY]

42. I work with a girl in the 90's whose first name was Aryan...

...and more recently with a girl whose first name is Irish.

[YankeyMCC]

43. I know a guy named Wid

It's not short for anything at least that's what he said.

And maybe it shouldn't count because he's a III - his father and grandfather had the same name.

[malta blue]

46. No, but my best friend is threatening to name her baby.....

CUTTY SARK FIRECRACKER

yes, and I do believe she will do it.

[LibDemAlways]

48. Xcaret......a friend of my daughter...named after

an amusement park in Mexico. She's a nice little girl who dreads the first day of school.

[trof]

50. My cousin Gross.

It's an old family name, but still...

[Ms_Dem_Meanor]

51. Mine:

Anissa :hi:

[av8rdave]

52. My Dad is Bard...people always call him Bart

[av8rdave]

53. My Wife's name will probably win this one

Merlynn. She was supposed to be a Merle Junior, but obviously didn't come with the associated accessories.

[seemunkee]

54. Won't post his name

I have a friend that has never heard of anyone with the same last name as his that was not related. He travels a lot and checks phone books and has done internet searches and has never seen it anywhere.

[Bzzzz]

55. Aracely...

my sweet ex-DIL. I've always thought it was a beautiful name.

[Kali]

59. I've seen it a few times - Mexico

[Bzzzz]

64. Yes...

she's hispanic and I think it's a very beautiful name.

[Bzzzz]

67. My hubby's grandmother's name was...

Castira. She was Cherokee.

[MorningGlow]

56. My great-grandmother

Named Crucifissa (yes, "crucifix"). Yikes.

[Kat45]

60. I knew a woman named Halcyon

An elderly woman.

[Fleshdancer]

61. My best friend: Yancey

which wouldn't be so confusing if he wasn't a guy.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

62. aphrodite and lovely.

and my name is unusual in america

[femmocrat]

63. A few former students:

Ry, Joph, Nace, Keturah, Dashia, Deya, Chanze, Cruz, LaCrusa, Cain, Thor, Peace, Briar, Breena, Kindred, .....
and probably a lot more that I can't remember.

BTW, none of these students are African-American. I can't even recall many of the African-American kids' names, except a few: Tenisha and Tangella (sisters), Cantrece, and McKeever. Some of those kids had pretty creative parents when it came to spelling! :)

[Starbucks Anarchist]

66. Me.

Not common in this country, but common in India.

[Breeze54]

68. I had friends near the Rocky Mountains and

they named their baby girl...'Feather'.
I love it and thought it was unusual,
compared to the east coast names I was used to.

[Critters2]

69. When I worked in day care, we had two little girls

Rwanda and Uganda. After a while, I realized that I kinda liked the name Rwanda, but Uganda not so much.

[Breeze54]

70. I'll bet those names were powerful reminders for the parents of Home-Sweet-Home.

[Critters2]

71. They were African-American, but not recent immigrants

but yes, I'm sure there was a sense of ethnic pride in the choosing of these names.

[Critters2]

72. I have cousin named Siobhan--yes spelled that way, too.

I doubt anyone has ever pronounced it right on the first try.

[u4ic]

74. The Irish spelling

:hi:

[Critters2]

75. Yep--and it's a really nice name, imo

but people seem to find it puzzling.

[u4ic]

80. I agree, it is lovely

:-)

[ironflange]

76. I love that name, it's so cool

Sha-von.

[Critters2]

79. Yeah, that side of the family is Irish

It's really a beautiful name--once people get past "Si-o...how do you pronounce that?!"

[wicket]

73. When to college with a girl named Jeni4

Yup - that's a 4 in her name.

[ironflange]

77. Peter and Richard

What's strange about that, you might ask. Well, they are both women.

[Critters2]

81. I know two "Michals" , both women

Folks who know the Bible will recognize this as the name of David's first wife. Folks who don't, find it odd.

[XemaSab]

85. Jolyon is the oddest so far-- (on edit: that's a man's name)

Not counting some African American names. Chasity, Ynique, etc. :eyes:

[Saphire]

86. Benigna

[Scarlett17]

87. I had a friend in school named Tao. . .

his sister's name was Paisley. Tao was really cool. I miss him. :-(

[gmoney]

88. My dad....

Whenever anyone remarks on it (or even sometimes when he introduces himself) he has a standard lame joke that I must have heard times. Someday I'll miss hearing him say it, but it's always just made me roll my eyes and cringe a little.

[kath]

89. A friend of mine knew a girl named Keitha

(I'm not sure if dad's name was Keith, or not)

[barb162]

90. the female dog next door is called Hunter

[many a good man]

91. Latrina is the worst name I've ever heard

I also once knew a stinkin', dirty hippy drifter with the name Jesus Christ. Even had driver's license to prove it.

[barb162]

93. Latrina?

whoa, that's bad

[MnFats]

92. looking through my family's genealogy, I found a 'Patience"

and a "Silence."

more but those are the best. both women, as you'd guess.
I don't know if Silence was expected to keep silence.
Lot of Old Testament names for the men...