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Post by mick on Apr 28, 2023 7:07:24 GMT
On a lighter note.
Rhun ap Iorwerth
What a great name. He (I assume it's a he) is a member of the Welsh parliament and I found the name in a report on issues with the Menai Bridge.
Any more great names?
Mick
PS I googled. Yes it's a he and he's deputy leader of Plaid Cymru
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Post by Kellen on Apr 29, 2023 13:58:07 GMT
The majority of people, I'd wager, have names derived from the bible. So I've wondered why so few are named Nimrod (the mighty king/Hunter from Genesis). In fact, I have never met a Nimrod, and the name has become a kind of derisive slang word, at least on America's west coast.
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Post by willien on Apr 29, 2023 14:02:45 GMT
An old boss was dating a Neptune when I first met her. Neptune was an american.
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Post by zou on Apr 29, 2023 14:05:22 GMT
Once met a guy called Dr. Cockshott. On his credit card and everything, not a nickname!  |
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Post by willien on Apr 29, 2023 14:09:45 GMT
An american friend's first husband's surname was Goodwillie.
She kept her own.
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Post by zou on Apr 29, 2023 14:14:00 GMT
An american friend's first husband's surname was Goodwillie. She kept her own. There's a Scottish Professional footballer turned rapist with that unfortunate name. |
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Post by kate on Apr 29, 2023 14:20:32 GMT
I worked for an O'nion and a Bean at one time. Neither with any sense of humour though.
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Post by aitch on Apr 29, 2023 14:28:09 GMT
I worked for an O'nion and a Bean at one time. Neither with any sense of humour though. I worked with a lady name of Bean at BA. Probably not the one you worked for though. |
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Post by MJB on Apr 29, 2023 15:13:13 GMT
Thagnam Debonaire, MP for Bristol West.
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Post by davem399 on Apr 29, 2023 15:50:45 GMT
Through work, I used to know an Ivor Baddick. What were his parents thinking?
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Post by zou on Apr 29, 2023 16:27:32 GMT
Through work, I used to know an Ivor Baddick. What were his parents thinking? They had 'high' ideals? |
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Post by willien on Apr 29, 2023 17:25:53 GMT
Had a colleague called David Brown Dodds.
He was adopted and his birth mother wanted him to have her surname as his middle name.
Well she wasn't to know...
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Post by dorsetmike on Apr 29, 2023 19:09:42 GMT
I still thnk the 1st prize goes to Drew Peacock
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Post by gray1720 on Apr 29, 2023 19:41:02 GMT
In the years between 1914 and 1918, two unfortunate children were christened Zeppelina (at least one because the doctor attending her birth passed a blazing Zeppelin wreck on the way). And let's not forget Mr and Mrs Card of Chelmsford who lumbered their son with the moniker Valentine.
You can look all of these up on FreeBMD.
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Post by lesleysm2 on Apr 29, 2023 19:51:24 GMT
Through work, I used to know an Ivor Baddick. What were his parents thinking? They were thinking about as much as the parents of a girl I went to school with they called her Annette harmless enough apart from the fact their surname was Curtin |
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