If you could have chosen your first name, what would it be?

[down_to_business]

My name was a compromise from an argument over which Maverick to name me after, Brett or Bart.

 

Personally I have always liked:

Ryan or

Scott or

Connor

[Guest]

One more story about names, and then I’ll shut up. One of my clients had a child whose name was “L-a” Seriously.

So when I met her, I fumbled a bit and finally asked how to pronounce it. Her reply?

 

”Lahdashah” Yep. What I mistook for a hyphen she said was a “dash”. Ergo, L-dash-a. Child abuse, plain and simple. You can’t make up this shit.

There are definitely some messed up parents out there. I have a story based on ignorance, though. I once saw a newborn in the office whose name at the time was given by his parents of "Phuoc Kieu." Prior to my seeing the patient, my medical assistant said to the mother's interpreter "Does she know what that means?". The interpreter immediately said "Of course! It means 'noble warrior'!". So the assistant said, "No, does she know what it means in English?". The name was changed soon thereafter....

[Guest]

One more story about names, and then I’ll shut up. One of my clients had a child whose name was “L-a” Seriously.

So when I met her, I fumbled a bit and finally asked how to pronounce it. Her reply?

 

”Lahdashah” Yep. What I mistook for a hyphen she said was a “dash”. Ergo, L-dash-a. Child abuse, plain and simple. You can’t make up this shit.

There are definitely some messed up parents out there. I have a story based on ignorance, though. I once saw a newborn in the office whose name at the time was given by his parents of "Phuoc Kieu." Prior to my seeing the patient, my medical assistant said to the mother's interpreter "Does she know what that means?". The interpreter immediately said "Of course! It means 'noble warrior'!". So the assistant said, "No, does she know what it means in English?". The name was changed soon thereafter....

[+ WilliamM]

Clinton would be my choice of a different first name.

[+ WilliamM]

Clinton would be my choice of a different first name.

[Otto]

Cecil, "Cease" for short>

[Otto]

Cecil, "Cease" for short>

[+ purplekow]

If I had to change my name, Mike would be first choice... though it would be Huck if I thought I could get away with it....

I like Mike. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx36GSxqHDU.

But given the choice, my nickname is a variation of my last name. If I had to choose, I would pick that nickname as my first name and then my name as my middle name as a nod to my grandfather.

[+ purplekow]

If I had to change my name, Mike would be first choice... though it would be Huck if I thought I could get away with it....

I like Mike. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx36GSxqHDU.

But given the choice, my nickname is a variation of my last name. If I had to choose, I would pick that nickname as my first name and then my name as my middle name as a nod to my grandfather.

[+ poolboy48220]

Oh I didn't know it was a joke... I'm confused lol

For those to young to remember him - Jon-Erik Hexum was an actor, breathtakingly beautiful, who was killed in 1984 in a tragic accident on the set of the show he was filming.

[Merboy]

For those to young to remember him - Jon-Erik Hexum was an actor, breathtakingly beautiful, who was killed in 1984 in a tragic accident on the set of the show he was filming.

omg thats terrible! Yeah I was born the next year. Was he very popular at the time with the gay men of the 1980s?

[+ Charlie]

One more story about names, and then I’ll shut up. One of my clients had a child whose name was “L-a” Seriously.

So when I met her, I fumbled a bit and finally asked how to pronounce it. Her reply?

 

”Lahdashah” Yep. What I mistook for a hyphen she said was a “dash”. Ergo, L-dash-a. Child abuse, plain and simple. You can’t make up this shit.

There are definitely some messed up parents out there. I have a story based on ignorance, though. I once saw a newborn in the office whose name at the time was given by his parents of "Phuoc Kieu." Prior to my seeing the patient, my medical assistant said to the mother's interpreter "Does she know what that means?". The interpreter immediately said "Of course! It means 'noble warrior'!". So the assistant said, "No, does she know what it means in English?". The name was changed soon thereafter....

I had a student whose last name was Lett. Her mother named her Toya. I don't know if she thought that was cute, or whether it was a a passive-aggressive reaction to a child she didn't want.

[+ poolboy48220]

omg thats terrible! Yeah I was born the next year. Was he very popular at the time with the gay men of the 1980s?

Got me, I was a long ways away from coming out at that point. I lusted after him. Gratuitous picture, from the show "Voyagers"...

[KrisParr]

omg thats terrible! Yeah I was born the next year. Was he very popular at the time with the gay men of the 1980s?

 

Check out this interview on Merv Griffin - J-E was an incredible looking man.

[Guest]

I had a student whose last name was Lett. Her mother named her Toya. I don't know if she thought that was cute, or whether it was a a passive-aggressive reaction to a child she didn't want.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima_Hogg

"Ima Hogg (July 10, 1882 – August 19, 1975), known as "The First Lady of Texas",[1] was an American society leader, philanthropist, patron and collector of the arts, and one of the most respected women in Texas during the 20th century.[2] Hogg was an avid art collector, and owned works by Picasso, Klee, and Matisse, among others. Hogg donated hundreds of pieces of artwork to Houston's Museum of Fine Arts and served on a committee to plan the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. An enthusiastic collector of early American antiques, she also served on a committee tasked with locating historical furniture for the White House. She restored and refurbished several properties, including the Varner plantation and Bayou Bend, which she later donated to Texas arts and historical institutions who maintain the facilities and their collections today. Hogg received numerous awards and honors, including the Louise E. du Pont Crowninshield Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Santa Rita Award from the University of Texas System, and an honorary doctorate in fine arts from Southwestern University.

 

Hogg was the daughter of Sarah Ann "Sallie" Stinson and James Stephen "Big Jim" Hogg, later attorney general and governor of the state. Ima Hogg's first name was taken from The Fate of Marvin, an epic poem written by her uncle Thomas Hogg. She endeavored to downplay her unusual name by signing her first name illegibly and having her stationery printed with "I. Hogg" or "Miss Hogg". Although it was rumored that Hogg had a sister named "Ura Hogg", she had only brothers. Hogg's father left public office in 1895, and soon after, her mother was diagnosed with tuberculosis. When Sarah died later that year, Jim Hogg's widowed elder sister moved to Austin to care for the Hogg children. Between 1899 and 1901, Hogg attended the University of Texas at Austin; she then moved to New York City to study piano and music theory for two years. After her father's death in 1906, she traveled to Europe and spent two years studying music under Xaver Scharwenka in Vienna. When she returned to Texas, she established and managed the Houston Symphony Orchestra and served as president of the Symphony Society.

 

The discovery of oil on her family's cotton plantation made Hogg very wealthy, and she used this income to benefit the people of Texas. In 1929, she founded the Houston Child Guidance Center, which provides counseling for children with mental health problems or diagnoses and their families. Through her brother's will, she established the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health at the University of Texas at Austin in 1940. Hogg successfully ran for a seat on the Houston School Board in 1943, where she worked to remove gender and race as criteria for determining pay and established art education programs for black students. Hogg never married, and died in 1975. The Ima Hogg Foundation was the major beneficiary of her will, and carries on her philanthropic work today. Several annual awards have been established in her name, honoring her efforts to preserve cultural heritage in Texas."

[Lazarus]

Lazarus

[thickornotatall]

Absalom.

Kevin. If I get a male dog, I think I might call him Kevin.

My good friend Colie has a dog named Kevin..

[alrajee]

I want my name to sound like I’m aiming for the most points in Scrabble. So something like Zaq (pronounced Zack) or Jyzc (pronounced Jesse).

[KrisParr]

i have a relative whose name is L V ”Jones” - his mother said the letters didn’t mean anything, she just liked them and the way they sounded.

[prof]

I want my name to sound like I’m aiming for the most points in Scrabble. So something like Zaq (pronounced Zack) or Jyzc (pronounced Jesse).

Glad you explained the pronunciation. At a glance, I had guessed "Jizzy!"

[+ Charlie]

i have a relative whose name is L V ”Jones” - his mother said the letters didn’t mean anything, she just liked them and the way they sounded.

President Grant's initials were supposedly U.S. Grant , with the initials standing for Ulysses Simpson. However, that was not his birth name, which was Hiram Ulysses Grant. When he entered West Point, his sponsor had mistakenly put his name down as Ulysses Simpson [his mother's maiden name] Grant, and he liked the "U.S." so he adopted it, but when asked, he admitted that the "S." didn't stand for anything. The S. in Harry S. Truman didn't stand for anything either; he had not been given any middle name when he was born.