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[ga-the-impaler.livejournal.com]

Hi, I'm new. I was wondering if anyone had any, shall we say, *unusual* names they'd like to share? I've run across my share of them over the years. I find them fascinating.

My first and middle names are Danielle Michelle (middle name pronounced MEE-shell). Yep, that's right - I have a rhyming first and middle name. But I have a tradition of odd family names.

My father's step-grandfather was named Magnus John. Everyone called him Pete. Go figure.
My father's middle name is Magnus, after his step-grandfather. My father loved the man, but hates the name.
My mother's father was named Zenas. He was the 25th person in his family to be named Zenas, non-consecutively.
My niece is named Althea Melea (mel-LEE). She's named after the Grateful Dead song of the same name, and her middle name is made up.
My father's grandmother was named Valeda. I love the name, but people always ask me what my problem is when I say that.
My mother has an uncle named A.G. That's it. It's not an abbreviation for anything. People called him Al.
EDIT: I just remembered, one of my grandmother's sisters is named Idola. Now there's a name you hardly ever hear anymore.

Okay, here's a random list of unusual names from outside of my family:

Male names:
Proctor Coffin
Huckle
Coco
Sudro (my brain immediately wondered if he was called Su for short. And, no, he's not called Su)

Female names:
Probably Jane (we just called her Jane)
Kjellander (common in Sweden, I'm sure, but most people around here look at it and can't even fathom how to pronounce it - it's shell-AN-da, if you're curious)
Kaijsa
Alpha
September (not the most common of the "month names")
Carnegie Clatterbaugh
Tammis (her mother made it up, I liked it)

So, some of these may not seem too unusual, but they took me by surprise the first time I saw them, especially Coco, since I made the assumption that Coco was a girl - like Coco Chanel. Oops!

I'm sure there are more, but I can't remember them right now.

I have a question for everyone as well - what do you think about naming someone one thing, and calling her/him by their middle name? Also, how do you feel about naming children after a living parent?

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[snh0911.livejournal.com]

Idola is Idol in malay.that's so cool!

[ga-the-impaler.livejournal.com]

That's awesome! I had no idea! I used to tell my father that it sounded like some old southern lady's name (they were all French, from Fall River, MA, home of Lizze Borden), and no one knew why her mother chose it. Her Twin sister's name is Rita. Just Rita. Rita and Idola. :)