Well, a lot.. Or there can be. Was going to sign up to secondlife.com, have a little look around today. Mostly through boredom. After trying to sign up I was informed that my desired Second Life Name “Jeremiah McMillan” was already taken.. Pretty odd I though, as it can’t be the most common of selections. This inspired me to find some real life names that are, well, weird. Oh boy, are you in for a treat…
Some parents are apparently naming their children after returning from the supermarket. Among the 200,000 who have signed up at Global Name Registry ‚Äî the company in charge of handling registrations for the new Internet domain extension “.name” ‚Äî are people with first names such as “Gouda,” “Almond,” “Cappuccino,” “Veal,” and “Bologna.” Topping this trend is Jamie Oliver, better known on TV as “The Naked Chef.” His wife Jools gave birth March 18 in London to a 7-pound, 14-ounce girl named Poppy Honey. You may think these names are fabricated, but that cannot be the case as in order to register a “.name” domain name one must first prove their identity.
About 2 million boys and 2 million girls were born in the United States in 2000, the last complete year for which records are available. The Social Security Administration reports that 33,957 boys were named Jacob and 25,714 girls were named Emily, making them the most common baby names for the year. Not too bad.. However, among these 4 million there were 17 boys named Ventura (as in Jesse), six boys named Timberland (as in the boot), 49 named Canon (spelled like the camera), and 27 Blue (as in little boy). The girls’ names were equally bizarre. Thirty-five were named Vanity. Another 29 were named Whisper, while 54 sported the name Sincere. And 24 were positively Unique. Would be interesting if two of those were to meet!
I suppose this is where I should wrap up, maybe make a few derogitory comments in regards to Americans, and leave it at that, but oh no…. There’s more!
On September 24th 2000, a Texan named Jason Curiel stood wearily in the hospital anxiously awaiting the birth of his son, Espn Curiel. That’s right, the stupid hick bastard named his son after a cable sports network. You fucking ‘tard.
Part of me is really jealous - I’ll never get to introduce myself as “Canon.. Like the Camera” or “Hi, I’m Hutch - As in Rabbit’s House”. But for now I’ll leave you with the ones I didn’t mention:
Boys Atom, Adonis, Cannon, Canon, Casanova, Cashmere, Champion, Coal, Cotton, Doc, Famous, Gator, Halston, Hutch, Legend, Magic, Maverick, Morpheus, Nature, Ruddy, Sincere, Starsky, Timberland, Trust, Truth, Tuff, Venture, Wisdom, Lucky, Blue & Denim.
Girls Chianti, Dung, Rayon, Reality, Sincere, Sincerity, Sonny, Sunshine, Unique, Vanity, Whisper, Sparkle & Special
Oh dear me.
