Comments on: Something Light: What’s in a name?

By: Santiago

Santiago — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:58:56 +0000

My last name is Pemberton. Before I met my wife, I courted a woman named September and we were close to marriage. She would have been September Pemberton.

The man who teaches my Sunday School Class is David Moss. He and his wife Nettie considered naming one of their boys Peter. Ever hear of a Pete Moss?

The doctors names Payne are hilarious. We have a chiropractor in town named Dr. Payne.

We had a family in our church once whose four daughters are Faith, Joy, Hope and Grace.

Our minister of evangelism and his wife are Brian and Angie. They wanted to have each of their sons to have part of their names and ended up with Brixan, Xavier and Brivan.

A man in my prayer group is named John Bible.

We have a guy at work named Richard Vestal but he goes by the nickname Bud. When they call him on the intercom it sounds like they are calling for Blood Vessel.

A boy I knew in High School was named Worth Worthington.

I go to church with a Michel. She ended up with a single ‘l’ and no ending ‘e’ because her mom was a Japanese immigrant and didn’t know exactly how to spell it. Her husband’s name is Tracy and people who don’t know them except by their printed names (like listed in a church publication) often get their names backwards.

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By: TJ

TJ — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:27:56 +0000

When I taught high school, there was a kid (I never taught him, but I met his mother a couple of times) whose name was William Barrow. Unfortunately for him, he went by the shortened form “Will.” So, every once in a while you would hear the PA system at school ask for Will Barrow to come to the front office…

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By: Chas

Chas — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:28:26 +0000

My wife’s first name is “Elvera”. We once thought that she was unique, only one in the world. But discovered it was rather common around the turn of the last century. A Supreme Court Justice had a wife with that name; forgot which one.
She goes by “Vera” wherever she can, but I’ve never gone for it, and our common friends always accept my use of her name. Except my dad never said “Elvera. I always liked the name.

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By: Chas

Chas — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:20:06 +0000

I’m surprised that Sawgunner, or someone else didn’t mention that Texas governor Jim Hogg named his daughter Ima. Google it, she was famous in Texas.
My wife did data processing in a high school in Va. An oriental student there had a last name, “Dung”. I understand it was a common name. I suspect he eventually changed it.
She had a boss in an insurance company whose last name was “Silver”. His first was “Sterling”. Silver is not uncommon for a last name. A guy in my flight in the AF was named, Silver, but with a common first name.

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By: Peter L

Peter L — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:03:48 +0000

Xion @ 60- I presume you mention the date because it really did not happen?

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By: Bianca

Bianca — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:16:53 +0000

63 – Poor kids. Do parents like this even care?

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By: Conor

Conor — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:52:15 +0000

When I was growing up I knew three brothers named Patrick, Richard, and Charles Butts. The problem was that we all knew them as Pat, Dick, and Chuck Butts. The names Pat and Dick obviously lend themselves to teasing and all the kids simply changed the Ch in Chuck to F making him the butt of endless harassment as well. Needless to say, all three of them seriously resented their parents!

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By: Kyle A

Kyle A — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:54:45 +0000

I know a young lady named Crystal Glass.

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By: Frank in Spokane

Frank in Spokane — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:53:02 +0000

The name of a hiring manager at a company at which I recently applied is Kandi Valentine.

(I assume that’s her married name, but looking at some of the “given” names here, I suppose that could be hers.)

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By: Xion

Xion — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:22:10 +0000

On April 1, 2001, there was a collision between a United States Navy EP-3E signals reconnaissance aircraft and a People’s Liberation Army Navy J-8II fighter jet that resulted in an international incident between the United States and China.

The name of the Chinese pilot who caused the collision was “Wang Wei” (pronounced Wong Way).

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