Memorable Names (Page 2): My first grade teacher was Miss Furst. Principal was Mr. Gooch. Also new a kid whose last name was Fink. We never trusted him.

M1911 Loc: DFW Metromess

My first grade teacher was Miss Furst. Principal was Mr. Gooch. Also new a kid whose last name was Fink. We never trusted him.

foodie65

radiojohn wrote:

"…….."""………….

Anybody got any other memorable names?

Odell Moose
Phoebe B Beebe
Hugh Cook Goff

SteveR Loc: Michigan

Let's not forget the infamous daughter of a former governor of Texas, Ima Hogg. No, the rumor that she had a sister named Ura is not true.

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

SteveR wrote:

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.

Was it Corleone?

Stan

Modnar Loc: Batley' West Yorkshire, UK

I also went to Roundhay School as well.

Brian J.

As they say, "It's a small world". I was there from 1949 to 1956. I've been in the U.S.A. since 1965. It's been 2 years since I went back to Leeds to visit family.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

radiojohn wrote:

Every once in a while I meet someone with a memora... (show quote)

When "Car Talk" was on the radio every week, their favorite name (of a call-in phone person) was Arup Gupta

Parents should give more thought to their kids when they pick a name. Very few kids these days have names like the friends I grew up with in the 1950s.

Here are some names that caught my attention. Yes, actual names.

William Riker
Brooklyn Clum
Billy Barefoot
Jahquivius Williams
Emily Pizza
Maximus Berryman
Akpojetavino Oghenemaro
Behailu Bekeli-Acuri

And -

Adm
Beyonce
Praise Mother Earth
Queen
Goddess
Tololoupo Ogunsanwo

bobbyjohn Loc: Dallas, TX

True story ... recently a man in Texas had his name changed legally to "Literally Anybody Else" since he is running for president of the USA. So on the ballot you can vote for Biden, Trump, RFK Jr., or Anybody Else.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

bobbyjohn wrote:

True story ... recently a man in Texas had his name changed legally to "Literally Anybody Else" since he is running for president of the USA. So on the ballot you can vote for Biden, Trump, RFK Jr., or Anybody Else.

I'm surprised that was allowed, but now, he's stuck with it. Do his friends call him "Literally" or just "Liter"? "Here comes Liter!" 🤣

RodeoMan Loc: St Joseph, Missouri

radiojohn wrote:

Every once in a while I meet someone with a memora... (show quote)

Over Sixty Years ago, I was in the public library at Onawa Iowa and read an article about people with unusual names, only one stuck with me. That name was "Five-Eights Jameson" I wonder what the story is there. This is before DNA testing, but I would guess there was some sort of paternity question, perhaps even involving cousins.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

RodeoMan wrote:

Over Sixty Years ago, I was in the public library at Onawa Iowa and read an article about people with unusual names, only one stuck with me. That name was "Five-Eights Jameson" I wonder what the story is there. This is before DNA testing, but I would guess there was some sort of paternity question, perhaps even involving cousins.

Yes, definitely a story there.

sjb3

Then there's Otis P. Driftwood, Hugo Z. Hackenbush, J. Cheever Loophole, and Rufus T. Firefly....sound familiar?