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There was a girl who worked for the same company I work for--I was going through the resumes when I saw her name and asked how it was pronounced. I was told that she was from Africa and that it was a traditional name.
The explanation of her name was actually pretty interesting. Her name is spelled D'lle, and, believe it or not, is SILENT. I wondered, if the name is silent, what's the point? And then you have to wonder: when her mother called for her, what did she call out?
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I've known a woman named Tequila Bender and a man with the unlikely name of Brilliance Royal. While Tequila more than lived up to her name, Brilliance, sadly, did not. My sister used to work at Children's Hosp. of Phila. (CHOP) and she took care of a baby named Stevie Nicks Nagowski. This was in the early 80's. Oh, and I've known a Rhiannon or two.
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Yeah, but can you imagine say, a supreme court justice, or the president, being named BUNNY? I kinda felt sorry for her because people found it hard to take her seriously because of her name. I think they thought she was dingy...kinda like a Buffy-type. As a nickname, it's cute. But as a given name, it's kinda mean. This one isn't official, because I didn't know the people personally and so can't prove it, but a friend of mine had an artist friend whose last name was December. Aliasha (my friend, whose name I always thought was so pretty--it's traditional Scottish, and is pronounced Ah-lee-ah-shah) told me this woman named her kids October and November.
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07-13-2005, 09:17 AM | #19 |
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Yeah, I've heard of-but can't vouch for-two kids supposedly known as Le'Monjello and Or'Angejello. It's an old hospital joke, not sure if it's true.
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07-13-2005, 09:49 AM | #20 |
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Well, there IS that Jazz (?) singer, old, old, jazz singer--he may be dead now--but his name was Nosmo King.
Yup. From the sign... No Smoking.
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07-13-2005, 09:51 AM | #21 |
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Gaelic names can be odd. I knew someone named Siobhan - pronounced Shavahn.
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07-13-2005, 10:00 AM | #22 |
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I like unusual names...but I draw the line at naming my child after a no smoking sign. Sorry.
My daughter's middle names are Illyrica and Winter. She was born in December, and we actually had snow that year, plus it's a pretty name. Illyrica was the name of an ancient Greek city; I saw it in a book and thought it sounded musical. She has a normal first name, though. I know how other kids can be. I really like gaelic names, as you can see by my nick. A pagan friend of mine used to joke that I looked like an elf, so I took the name Sidhe (even though technically, a Sidhe is Fey), and it's pronounced "Shee."
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My drama teacher as a kid was named Babs George.
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I know brothers named Hunter and Forest (one R) Green. Their mother is Violet Green.
I can't quite place her in the box of 64.
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07-13-2005, 11:21 AM | #25 |
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My brother-in-law had a teacher named Candy Cane (dunno if that was the spelling). I knew a Mercedes Benz.
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ACK! Poor woman...
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07-13-2005, 11:51 AM | #28 |
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I knew a Yoo Hoo. Cambodian?
My college roomate had a highschool teacher named Harry Dickie.
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In Oklahoma these names aren't really unusual since there are a lot of Indians here, but there are last names such as "Runs Like A Bear"....I know of a few others but I'm blank right now.......dammit now I'll think about it until I end up flipping through the phone book.......
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