Strange family names...

Casperdy · November 2011

Or funny names:

MIL's family (she has two brothers and a sister) are (in age order):

Lonnie Lee

Donnie Ray

Josephine Alene (goes by Alene)

Ollie Mae

So in my head, they are Lonnie, Donnie, Alene and Ollie. They must really have not wanted that first born girl-her name is so different than everyone else!

Anyone else have any?

trickeytricky · November 2011

My grandma didn't think it through when she named my Uncle Richard ......

Dickey Trickey

Also, every girl she named ends in "ah".

Lisa, Linda, Rita, Anita ...

Casperdy · November 2011

trickeytricky:
My grandma didn't think it through when she named my Uncle Richard ......

Dickey Trickey

Also, every girl she named ends in "ah".

Lisa, Linda, Rita, Anita ...

Please tell me he has a good sense of humor and people call him this!

naylon511 · November 2011

My first name and maiden name kind of mushed together: Megan N...... sine both ended/started with an N. My Mom admits that she hates the "n" sounds yet my sisters are Ann and Kathryn. So...she did it 3 times....

613marriedlady · November 2011

My middle name is Dove. It use to be strange/different. But now with all the unique/original names, I don't think it's as different as it use to be.

EmmaBrooke · November 2011

My grandpa's name was Duwade Elsworth and his brother's name was Mayze. DH's family has a Rastus & a Roscoe in it, both names that DH wanted to use when I was pregnant w/Sawyer.

heatherkj · November 2011

One of my great-grandmothers was named Effie. Oddly enough, none of us knew this until after she died, since she always went by her middle name--Ada.

I also have a grandma named Arlene, which I don't think you hear very often.

I have a cousin named Ginifer. Supposed to be like Jennifer, but it's pronounced Jin-ifer, just like it looks. She was often called Gini for short, which I've seen elsewhere as Ginny, but I've never met another Ginifer. Poor kid always had the spelling of her name butchered on everything.

MrsJaay · November 2011

We have a Charlie Brown in my family. He's a 2nd cousin.

I'm trying to think if we have any really odd ones. I kind of love that my grandma's name is Glenna Jewel. My grandpa that's married to her is a Ray J. There's a lot of singers in their names.

dehko · November 2011

I think its actually kinda pretty, but my Grandma and her sisters were in the gemstone family: Jewel, Pearl, and Opal.

There are also semi-distant cousins (three girls) named after alcoholic beverages: Daquiri, Tequila and Chablis.

MrsAllieH · November 2011

My grandfather was Richard Johnson, but went by *** Johnson. And his father's name was Harry Johnson.

And I know I've mentioned my MIL and her sibs here before: Judy, Juli, Jackie, Jim, Jeri, John, and Janus.

MrsJaay · November 2011

MrsAllieH:

My grandfather was Richard Johnson, but went by *** Johnson. And his father's name was Harry Johnson.

And I know I've mentioned my MIL and her sibs here before: Judy, Juli, Jackie, Jim, Jeri, John, and Janus.

I need to know if this rhymes with anus.

mrs.dilligaf · November 2011

DH and I both have an aunt Geneva. My grandpas siblings all married E names: Eugene, Esther, Elwood, Everett, and Ernest (and randomly, his brother who died young was the only one whose name started with E). I have cousins named Ambrosia and Cash. Cash just became a dad, and the baby is Cash Jr. It's a joke that they're calling him Change (CJ is what he goes by). DHs grandma is Etheline, and she really wanted Molly to be Ethelina. Yeah, right.

LaurenSweat · November 2011

Like I mentioned in post below: Betty May Sweat--- we also have a Kenny Sweat and a Richard (D!ck) Sweat.

I have third cousins named Ginny (pronounced Guinea), who was married to Shorty and had a son named Jumbo. Ginny remarried after Grandpa shot and killed Shorty, her new husbands name was Jim Bo.

Not so much strange names, but weird circumastances... My grandma and her sister both married men named Adolf. The same grandma's third marriage was to a man named Arthur (who at the time was her ex brother-in-law)... and Arthur is also the name of her actual Brother. So my mom had two Uncle Arts... and one was her step dad. Try to keep that straight....

star678 · November 2011

Like dill, I also have a Geneva in my family-- my great grandmother and the first woman in our family to attend college. I secretly love the name... it may make an appearance in the future, possibly as a middle name.

Now on to the weird: My mom's cousins must know Cass' family because they are Ronnie, Donnie, Bonnie and Lonnie (no kidding.)

Some others: Micki (f), Jimmie (f), Harlene, Will Smith and Mark McGrath, Connard... I know there are more out there.

Anasara · November 2011

My great grandpa's name (mom's dad's dad) was Freedom.

My dad's cousins (all siblings) are Matthew, Mark, Luke & John. Yes, the 4 gospels. They have a sister, Catherine, as well, but seriously? I wonder if they were hoping to go for all 12 apostles, lol!

ernuno787 · November 2011

My dad's name is Rustin. His 3 sister's names are Willene, Cayme, and Shanie. I always thought they were really odd. My Nana also did this thing where the next sibling's first name start with the 1st letter of the previous sibling middle name. So, my aunt is Willene Rae, so my dad is Rustin Craig, then Cayme Sue and finally Shanie Jo. I have no idea where she came up with all of their first names or why, but I have definitely never heard any of their names anywhere else. But, my brother is Rustin Craig Jr. and goes by Rusty while my dad goes by Rus.

Beth&Derek · November 2011

heatherkj:

One of my great-grandmothers was named Effie. Oddly enough, none of us knew this until after she died, since she always went by her middle name--Ada..

I just came in to post that one of my grandmother's sisters was named Effie. Her twin sister's name was Evie. Evie and Effie. I love it.

MrsL628 · November 2011

My great grandmother was Clementine.

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