Memorable Names
Mar 25, 2024 22:51:55 #
Every once in a while I meet someone with a memorable name. A name that sounds like it should be in a novel.
These three stuck in my brain for years.
Richard Victor Mondragon.
As a gringo, I thought it was mon-dragon, but it probably is mon-dragone.
Sounds like a film noir detective name to me.
Garnet Mantor.
She sang in my college choral group. A bit older than most of us. And with the right clothes and dark hairstyle, she also could look like a noir pulp fiction character.
Tangerine Antoinette Richardson.
Another college student. I wonder what nick-name she had? Toni?
Anybody got any other memorable names?
These three stuck in my brain for years.
Richard Victor Mondragon.
As a gringo, I thought it was mon-dragon, but it probably is mon-dragone.
Sounds like a film noir detective name to me.
Garnet Mantor.
She sang in my college choral group. A bit older than most of us. And with the right clothes and dark hairstyle, she also could look like a noir pulp fiction character.
Tangerine Antoinette Richardson.
Another college student. I wonder what nick-name she had? Toni?
Anybody got any other memorable names?
Mar 25, 2024 22:56:32 #
In my first year at grammar school in England we were divided in alphabetic order to 5 classes. After that it depended on your grades with classes from A to E. In the first class we had Anthony Victor Christian Peter Kemp. Of course he was called Tony!
Mar 26, 2024 06:24:09 #
I was a Court Clerk for years and some names that I called out were Luna Module, Six Pack Annie, Farah Fawcett Jones...just to name a few.
Mar 26, 2024 07:58:08 #
Mar 26, 2024 08:23:01 #
Caribou
Loc: St. Louis, MO
Years ago I knew a lawyer named Northcutt Coyle. I always thought of a pirate.
Mar 26, 2024 09:48:22 #
My Dad's name was Hercules Gennaro (middle name). I won't give the rest of his name but it was a great Italian name. Fortunately for Dad he filled the bill.
Mar 26, 2024 10:04:27 #
Mar 26, 2024 10:17:13 #
fuminous wrote:
First grade: Sharon Sherlyke....
I wonder if she got into real estate?
"Sharon Sherlyke Homes?"
Mar 26, 2024 10:17:31 #
Junior high - Hermalean Hornbuckle - Hotter than a $2 pistol. Years later, saw her performing at a strip club, confirming my adolescent fantasies.
Mar 26, 2024 11:15:25 #
Mar 26, 2024 11:22:53 #
In junior high...Andrew Hickenlooper-Blackmoor Chaffee. We were at our graduation rehearsal and it was the first time we had ever heard Andy Chaffee's full name. The entire graduating class burst into laughter. At graduation, they only called him Andrew Chaffee.
Mar 26, 2024 12:04:45 #
alexol wrote:
Receptionist at a Houston medical facility, first name only for obvious reasons: Latrina
One of our daughter's went to school with one. Maybe it's the same girl. Why didn't she ever change it? Nickname: Pottymouth?
Mar 26, 2024 14:50:50 #
radiojohn wrote:
I wonder if she got into real estate?
"Sharon Sherlyke Homes?"
"Sharon Sherlyke Homes?"
Dunno... she doesn't call, she doesn't write...
Mar 26, 2024 15:30:12 #
On my first job with a tech company in NYC in 1978, I worked with a guy named John Fuchs.
Mar 26, 2024 16:26:18 #
RiJoRi
Loc: Sandy Ridge, NC
I've known a few people with famous names: Tony Bennett, Robert Lee, and three (3!) Billy Martins, to mention a few.
--Rich
--Rich
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