I met a couple who named their daughter Grendel, because they thought it sounded nice.
Did they know Beowulf out was it just a nice sounding name? Because Grendel…wasn’t nice.
She better stay the heck away from Denmark.
I know an Eowyn. And a Beren.
I have a friend whose siblings are named Eowyn, Arwen, Lorien, and Dave.
I kinda feel bad for Dave.
Guess which parent named each of them Hint, it’s who you would think
Yeah lord of the rings characters are fair game for names. Really just give popular media like a decade or two before you name your kid after it. Though it may be wise to never leave out the R in your Margrat.
Better than Grendel
The male name Tristan isn’t unheard of. Is it really that odd to name someone after a fictional villain or even monster from the same genre? Tbf “Grendel” does sound nice.
Trying to think of other examples but I’m kind of having a hard time lol.
At least Eowyn is a name of an iconic character from LOTR. Honestly a great namesake. Nothing wrong with that
Hopefully she doesn’t encounter any bee hunters.
This is a stupid joke about compound meanings in old English.
The Motel doesnt have a problem with it, why would you?
Other notable pop references, if dated AF, a boy named Sue.
My recent favorite of a real person (I check birth certs and passports at work) was first name Independence, middle name Infinity Excellence. Im gonna change the last name, but it was akin to Smith.
This is where I bitch about my white people Utah name but I’m not willing to dox myself.
Fucking Utah county.
I live in Utah and feel this so much. I have kids in school, and when they tell me their classmates’ names, I just feel sad. So many awful names…
i’m so sorry Mahonri.
A wacky black name on a white dude from Utah would be pretty funny
Did these casuals even check if xXPussySlayer42069Xx was taken?
Been taken since the early 90s. I’ve always been proud of my username/email I’ve been using since 96. No numbers or anything. (Not this name by the way)
I choose to believe this is the real xXPussySlayer42069Xx
The legend is among us.
McKeinsleigh sounds like a 77 year old grandparent already IMHO.
I attended my kids award ceremony (he’s 10) and there were multiple girls ages 11 and 12 called Khaleesi and I shook my head
I get naming your kid after a cultural figure, but it drives me nuts that so many people believe her name is khaleesi.
Plenty of people might actually think that, but Prince, Queen, Princess, and different variations in different languages are common enough names already. It’s possible plenty to most of those people just like the title and know it’s not her actual name. Not directed at you, just some people might not realize that the phenomenon was popular before GoT existed.
Particularly when the spelling of Daenerys already had a major “millennial parent” aesthetic.
I could have rocked Whisky Jones my entire life no problem.
Yeah, sounds like a badass bluesman.
It does sound badass, but it sounds really feminine to me actually.
I know if a person whose legal first and middle name is margarita corona
2020 was probably especially trying for her.
Dr. Marijuana Pepsi wrote a whole thesis on unique names.
And on Wikipedia you can read about Marijuana’s farm.
Cannabis Coke is way more badass
Jazz Cabbage RCCola was a great tambourine player tho
Ganja Moxie is still looking for direction in life.
But she dropped out of grad school for some reason.
Must’ve cracked
It says in her Wikipedia article that she completed her PhD.
She realized she could make more money dancing.
Henry: Come on, Junior.
IndianaKWJ: Will you please stop calling me Junior?
Sallah: Please, what does this mean? Always with this… Junior?
Henry: That’s his name: Henry Jones, Junior.IndianaKWJ: I like… KitchenAid Whisky Jones.Henry: We named the dog KITCHENAID WHISKY JONES.
As of last week I’ve now met 2 different people named Abcde, pronounced ab-sid-ee. Nice enough sounding name, but just the worst spelling.
“If had a nickel for every person I’ve met named Abcde, I’d have two nickels. Its not a lot, but its weird that it happened twice”
Hopefully it isn’t short for abecedarian!
I knew a Richard Raper. As an adult.
Name changes aren’t that expensive 😒
Actor Rob Morrow named his daughter “Tu”. “Tu Morrow”. Seriously.
Better than naming her “2” I guess?
See you later today Tu Morrow!
Actors are notoriously dumb. I’m friends with a famous person and it’s sad when you realize they’re usually just surrounded by people kissing their ass and afraid to tell them no, you’re wrong. People are so shallow they’ll agree with anything if it keeps them in their company. No one is truthful around them. One of the reasons we got along was my “ability” to be real with him, as if that is actually a talent i have or something. Truly sad that people think so much of celebrity when they’re just people.
Tula works with Tu as a nickname, but just Tu… eh
One of my favorite court transcripts is Sheppard v. Speir.
The Court: All right. Now, do you have some objection to him being renamed Samuel Charles?
Sheppard: Yes.
The Court: Why? You think it’s better for his name to be Weather’by Dot Com Chanel-
Sheppard: Well, the-
The Court: Just a minute for the record.
Sheppard: Sorry.
The Court: Chanel Fourcast, spelled F-o-u-r-c-a-s-t? And in response to that question, I want you to think about what he’s going to be-what his life is going to be like when he enters the first grade and has to fill out all [the] paperwork where you fill out-this little kid fills out his last name and his first name and his middle name, okay? So I just want-if your answer to that is yes, you think his name is better today than it would be with Samuel Charles, as his father would like to name him and why. Go ahead.
Sheppard: Yes, I think it’s better this way.
Read the whole thing. That was wild. I think, alone, Weatherby (said together) isn’t the worst name I’ve ever heard but all the rest is cuckoo banana pants. Based on what came out of the court proceedings that woman had some PROBLEMS.
I feel like the most shocking part of all of this is that this woman who is in and out of jail, has 3 other kids, and can’t hold down a job for more than a few weeks managed to get a whole-ass trial about this.
That was a wild read, thanks for sharing. I’m so glad the kid had a father that cared, and that he got the custody and succeeded in changing that name!
Why do we have this idea that what 1-2 idiots named a baby is what they have to be called the rest of their lives?
“My name is Dave”. Problem solved.
We assume that it’s the first fifteen or so years, when you don’t even have authority over your own name, are the worst.
