Maybe not objectively a great real name but as a reporter on this story...https://i.imgur.com/1DxGphd.png
― joygoat, Thursday, 14 November 2019 21:33 (four years ago) link
So apparently Belinda Carlisle's replacement as drummer for the Germs in 1977 was named Donna Rhia.
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Monday, 18 November 2019 04:58 (four years ago) link
Stage name. Recanted!
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Monday, 18 November 2019 05:06 (four years ago) link
"Duke political-science professor D. Sunshine Hillygus, one of the study’s authors, emphasized ..."
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-the-depressing-reason-why-russian-trolls-may-have-failed-at-their-mission-to-divide-america-2019-11-26?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=new%20study%20of%20Russian%20efforts&utm_campaign=dukedailydec2
― file of unknown origin (bendy), Monday, 2 December 2019 12:41 (four years ago) link
Lowmoan Spectacular
― epistantophus, Monday, 2 December 2019 12:47 (four years ago) link
couple of great names on the current memphis tigers men's basketball roster:
Boogie EllisPrecious Achiuwa
― andrew m., Monday, 2 December 2019 16:07 (four years ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athelstan_Spilhaus
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 6 December 2019 18:53 (four years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/tulikukka-de-fresnes
― I've Got A Ron Wood Solo Album To Listen To (Tom D.), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 13:01 (four years ago) link
"Tulikukka" literally means "fireflower"... I've never heard of such a name before, presumably her parents were hippies or something, or she's changed it as an adult.
― Tuomas, Friday, 13 December 2019 08:08 (four years ago) link
Hmm, apparently there are 30 or so people in Finland with that name, so I guess it's not unique.
― Tuomas, Friday, 13 December 2019 08:10 (four years ago) link
Not a name per se but three cheers for the 'first initial of first name + last name' email address convention at this one dude's place of work that resulted in me receiving correspondence from a 'CHUDSON'.
(Although it still doesn't unseat the champion from my last place of work, where our 'first four letters of last name + first initial of first name' username convention surely hung like an albatross around poor P@trick FukuShima's neck.)
― i was so hungry that i ate a hole cake entirely to myself (Old Lunch), Thursday, 19 December 2019 16:30 (four years ago) link
Vesto Slipher
― pflōck (P. Flick), Monday, 6 January 2020 21:26 (four years ago) link
very Metal gear Solid name
― "Third of the Storms" Jazz (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 11:16 (four years ago) link
One of the Great Great Real Names:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grinling_Gibbons
― Frozen Mug (Tom D.), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 11:29 (four years ago) link
Great real dead names: Just saw Hetty Swales on a grave.
― calzino, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 12:20 (four years ago) link
Septimus Neverson
― pomenitul, Friday, 10 January 2020 16:01 (four years ago) link
Beckham Wheeler-Greenall New ZealandFull name Beckham Reef Wheeler-Greenall
was a toss-up between this thread and 'abysmal real names' tbh but let's be kind to beckham reef wheeler-greenall
― opden gnash (imago), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:03 (four years ago) link
Severin Hacker
― We Jam von Economo (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 19 January 2020 00:50 (four years ago) link
Barby Barbara (only became this nane after marriage)
― papa stank (Neanderthal), Sunday, 19 January 2020 00:56 (four years ago) link
Tuna Altınel
― pomenitul, Saturday, 25 January 2020 11:25 (four years ago) link
can't believe nobody's mentioned her yet, but.
dua lipa.
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Thursday, 13 February 2020 21:52 (four years ago) link
it's hard for me to think that's something other than "Two Lips" in bad Italian
― Corduroy Stridulations (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 16 February 2020 14:25 (four years ago) link
"Two lips in bad Italian". Sounds like a lyric.
― Load up your rubber wallets (Tom D.), Sunday, 16 February 2020 14:28 (four years ago) link
xp that was my first impression as well.
I find Albanian absolutely fascinating, not only because it's a language isolate within the Indo-European family, but also because there's an unproven theory according to which Dacian, the vanished language spoken by the ancient inhabitants of modern-day Romania (pre-Roman conquest), may have belonged to the same branch as proto-Albanian. In any case, there is a substratum of Romanian words of uncertain origin that are more or less the same in Albanian.
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Sunday, 16 February 2020 14:38 (four years ago) link
Two lips in bad ItalianA macabre battalionAn attic tatterdemalion
The Addam's family
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Sunday, 16 February 2020 16:02 (four years ago) link
lol
i was thinking Nomeansno
Only so many songs can be sungWith two lips in bad It-al-ian
also xp pom you're going to send me off on an all night weirdities of language hunt, this happened with Finnish about a year ago
― Corduroy Stridulations (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 17 February 2020 02:42 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/SeTgHcg.png
― Corduroy Stridulations (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 18 February 2020 06:12 (four years ago) link
"firearms examiner"
― nickn, Tuesday, 18 February 2020 07:11 (four years ago) link
previously "Gun Looker"
― Corduroy Stridulations (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 18 February 2020 07:34 (four years ago) link
“Bikini Inspector”
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 18 February 2020 07:58 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/s2KgNR3.png
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Thursday, 20 February 2020 06:08 (four years ago) link
Man calling the roll musta been hell on Seed's teacher's
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Thursday, 20 February 2020 06:09 (four years ago) link
i think i would lose it if someone walked in and introduced themselves as Dr Sithole, and that's not even taking Seedwell into account
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Thursday, 20 February 2020 16:13 (four years ago) link
Hello there. I am Dr Asthwipe
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Thursday, 20 February 2020 16:14 (four years ago) link
Sithole is a good Zulu name, hence Ndabaningi Sithole.
― Load up your rubber wallets (Tom D.), Thursday, 20 February 2020 16:26 (four years ago) link
Also the family name of ILM favourite Sun-El Musician.And yeah, it’s not English and isn’t pronounced as if it were. It’s three syllables for starters. #AmaSithole
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 20 February 2020 19:48 (four years ago) link
Maybe that was Trump's intention, referring to some African nations as "Sithole countries" to acknowledge Zulu heritage?
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Thursday, 20 February 2020 21:45 (four years ago) link
first mentioned eleven years ago on this thread, dick pound returns
Dick Pound pic.twitter.com/QGFZyU39CR— Names for Bands (@NamesForBands) February 25, 2020
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 17:23 (four years ago) link
dr will welfare, lead consultant in health protection, public health england north west
― Generous Grant for Stepladder Creamery (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 16:13 (four years ago) link
Primitivo Lázaro
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 15:34 (four years ago) link
Speed Weed
― coco vide (pomenitul), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 18:32 (four years ago) link
Pinky Chambers
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 21:10 (four years ago) link
whoops sorry, it's even better - Pinki Chambers
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 21:11 (four years ago) link
Find me a better name Dare you pic.twitter.com/PV6MkhX9SQ— Eric Edholm (@Eric_Edholm) March 28, 2020
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Sunday, 29 March 2020 11:07 (four years ago) link
Strong competitor, certainly.
― Madchen, Sunday, 29 March 2020 11:40 (four years ago) link
Baseball player Zebulon Vermillion
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 30 March 2020 18:34 (four years ago) link
whoa
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 30 March 2020 18:37 (four years ago) link
def my fave discovery while clicking around in Out Of The Park Baseball 21. Some other quality names I stumbled upon:
Kungkuan Giljegijaw (has a cool story to his name too)Cash Case (baseball player or game show?)Jhostynxon Garcia (Directed by Ron Howard)Jeans Garcia (relationship unclear)
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 30 March 2020 18:46 (four years ago) link
jean garcia is 👌🏻
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 30 March 2020 19:53 (four years ago) link
The NOTY Committee has met. The names are spectacular. Give us a few weeks to find the right home.— Name of the Year (@NOTYtourney) March 27, 2020
― nxd, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 15:51 (four years ago) link