Run, Run, Run Away!!!

[Muley Gil]

I made a passing acquaintance with a gent who answered to Dacron as a first name. May have been a street name, but when I asked someone, the claim was that his full name was Dacron Polyester Whatever. (Insert the pull the name out of the hat joke here.) I hope they were pulling my leg, but there are some strange ones out there.

However, there is actually a Dick family name. I'll leave the possibilities to your imaginations. I ran into one example who was most aptly named, but even after half a century, I'm not going further.

Patsy Cline was married to Charles Allen (Charlie) Dick from Winchester, Virginia.

 

[yeti]

Demanda?! Yup run...
run away.

 

[LVSteve]

In the late 80's I got to know the Director of Marketing for Gibson Guitars in Nashville. His name is Richard Head. I had several dealings with him and he was a very approachable and affable man.

He said that as a young man he became inured to the hurtful jokes and embraced his name.

He made lemonade.

I did some work around the millennium with a guy who had that name. He lived up to it to the point his boss had him sent back to England.

 

[paplinker]

I went to tech school with a kid named Donald Duck.

I knew a woman who after getting married was named Melody Edith Cox.

 

[soFlaNative]

Dated a gal, last name Balz and kept a straight face when introduced to her father, Harold.

 

[AZ Buckshot Bill]

I grew up with a family that had the last name of Dick. They saddled their son with the first name Harold....

 

[Doug M.]

The first test for a name should be to run it by a 13 year old boy. If he giggles, pass.

 

[Retired W4]

At first I thought this was going to be about Dell Shannon.

 

[kraynky]

I require pictures before I can judge his decision. He might have had a very good reason for marrying her........

 

[Kiwi cop]

Almost 40 years ago as a young cop I pulled over a car. The driver identified himself as Austin Morris Holden, all names of 1950/60 car models Down Under. The kicker though was his address, 101 Vauxhall (another car model) Rd on Auckland North Shore.

His name I can attribute to his parents but his choice of street address?

 

[Imissedagain]

Maybe, he also made archery longbows.

LONGBOWS Richard Head Longbows, over 30 years of making fine tailor made English longbows, Longbow Arrows,how to youtube videos, Traditional Archery Accessories and re-enactment supplies.

73,
Rick

I guess we can just call him, Richard, now.

 

[ditrina]

Knew a Cajun in Baton Rouge named Richard Richard
(last name pronounced Ree Chard)
Of course we called him Dick Dick

Then there was a young man who worked for me, went by the name of Troy ( Street name was " Baby " ) until I saw his DL, his birth certificate name WAS baby assigned by the hospital.
Mom never got around to actually giving him a new first name !!

 

[Retired W4]

I guess we can just call him, Richard, now.

Man, the hippies from the 60's got nothing on that guy's outfit.

 

[biku324]

My wife and I agree that some women need a warning label. Like, perhaps, a name like Demanda!! Some need Bi-Polaretta or MarEvil.

 

[Onomea]

Back when CDs were just coming out, I read a newspaper article wherein the writer was marveling over how much info could be put on the new CDs. For the article, he's acquired a CD with everyone in the US's name, address and phone number, a white pages for the entire country on a CD, he marvels!

So perusing the CD he comes across a Richard Head, and calls him up for a chat. The journo, in the chat, mischievously asks Richard Head, "Does anyone ever call you 'Dick?'"

Richard, puzzled, says "No. Why?"

 

[smoothshooter]

Wow, mom sure cursed her child when she named her that for sure, Chad. That is one scary name!

I'll never understand the thought process behind the naming ( and weird spelling ) of some kids by idiot parents, especially in the last 30 years.

 

[rwsmith]

I knew a....

In the late 80's I got to know the Director of Marketing for Gibson Guitars in Nashville. His name is Richard Head. I had several dealings with him and he was a very approachable and affable man.

He said that as a young man he became inured to the hurtful jokes and embraced his name.

He made lemonade.

...John Dick.

 

[Beemerguy53]

Inconceivable!

I met a guy some years ago whose first name was -- and I am NOT making this up! -- Lucifer.

He was born in the late 1960s, and the only thing I could imagine was his hippie-dippie parents listening to the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil" and thinking what a cool name that would be to bestow on their son.

Can you imagine that poor guy in high school? "Mom and Dad, I want you to meet my prom date, Lucifer..." Wow...

 

[Beemerguy53]

Almost 40 years ago as a young cop I pulled over a car. The driver identified himself as Austin Morris Holden, all names of 1950/60 car models Down Under...

I just got back from a vacation trip, and one of our tour bus drivers was named McKinley. He told us his parents named their children after mountains, and two of his siblings were Denali and Rainier.

I wonder if some parents ever stop to consider what they're doing. I have an "ethnic" first name that is common in my ancestors' homeland, but unknown here, and I've spent my entire life spelling and explaining it to people. When my sons were born, I went right to the Bible for their names...

 

[soFlaNative]

When my sons were born, I went right to the Bible for their names...

Way back when I knew an Ezra and Enoch. I'd take a hard pass on Abaddon.