A co-worker named her son Sir. She bragged how everyone, especially his teachers, would have to call him "sir".

I knew a Benjamin who went by Banjo. His parents are Phishheads, it works.

I met a girl today named Ocean.

BANJO

There is a (female) attorney I used to work with, now at DOJ, named Lasagne.

James for a girl. Her parents call her James, not Jamie.

Anonymous wrote:There is a little boy named Koa at my kids' daycare, and he has a brother named Kona.

Not unusual in Hawaii.

Anonymous wrote:When I was in rural Honduras there was a little blonde baby named Elder. They named him after his dad.

My friend served in the Peace Corps in Ecuador, and found people named Stalin and Hitler, with families who really had no idea about the historical connections. These were children living in really remote areas, obviously. But interesting that those names would show up there.

Anonymous wrote:Bear
Scout
Arden
Lincoln (for a girl)


(and none of these were lower SES or AA children)

i like this name.

A colleague previously worked for a preschool intervention program and said there were twins named Da'King and Da'Queen

Reading a case right now, plf's name is Werquely Jeanini Almeida-Amaral.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know a Noble, but he's old money and it's a family name.

Linus
Zephyr
Bear
Maverick
Casein
Spahr
Hayes (girl...and the only name on this list that is actually passable)

Casein? Did the parents not google ahead of time? It's a part of the cheese-making process.

I know of 3, under the age of 10, but spelled Kason.

When I was in rural Honduras there was a little blonde baby named Elder. They named him after his dad.

Jhon (spelled like that) is somewhat popular in Colombia.

I had a client named Alquadei. This was back in '01. Poor bastard.

first name Bladimir, last name Rojo.