Weird Personal Names

[maximus otter]

My mother called my oldest sister Thane. No middle name (as with the rest of us), just Thane. Bear in mind, this was in the late '40s.
She really couldn't recall where she got it from or what it meant - she had to look it up in a dictionary.

How did that work out for her, Huscarl?

maximus otter

 

[Swifty]

l fail to see what’s wrong with a unique collar number:

Entitled member of the public: “What is your number?”

PC Otter: “It’s the shiny silver things on my shoulder.”

Entitled MOP (getting angrier): “Can l borrow your pen?”

PC Otter: “No.”

maximus otter

Quality .

 

[Erinaceus]

My mother called my oldest sister Thane. No middle name (as with the rest of us), just Thane. Bear in mind, this was in the late '40s.
She really couldn't recall where she got it from or what it meant - she had to look it up in a dictionary.

There is (was?) a cookery writer and journalist called Thane Prince.

 

[Stormkhan]

In 1964 when I was born?
My mum was no reader ... and no cook.

 

[Erinaceus]

I haven't found any well-known Thanes so it remains a mystery.

 

[Stormkhan]

Yup. As I say, even Mum couldn't explain it.

 

[brownmane]

So my first name, which I do not go by, my mom says she got from a gravestone.

 

[Erinaceus]

My mum liked the name a local coach fleet owner gave his son and that's how I got my name.

 

[escargot]

Yup. As I say, even Mum couldn't explain it.

Was she a Shakespeare fan?

 

[Steven]

Was she a Shakespeare fan?

The only time I've heard that name/title was in Macbeth.

 

[escargot]

The only time I've heard that name/title was in Macbeth.

That occurred to me too!

Better than calling him Cawdor, I s'pose.

 

[Steven]

That occurred to me too!

Better than calling him Cawdor, I s'pose.

 

[maximus otter]

My mum liked the name a local coach fleet owner gave his son and that's how I got my name.

l wondered about that, Whippet.

maximus otter

 

[Stormkhan]

Was she a Shakespeare fan?

Not in the slightest. She'd have struggled to name one of his plays, let alone remember a character.

 

[catseye]

Wasn't there a Thane of Fife? Your sister's not from Scotland, @Stormkhan?

 

[Stormkhan]

Heh. Nah. We're generally London stock, but with a granny from Hertfordshire.

 

[catseye]

Heh. Nah. We're generally London stock, but with a granny from Hertfordshire.

Hmm, yes, the Thane of Hemel Hempstead doesn't have the same ring to it, does it?

 

[madmath]

So my first name, which I do not go by, my mom says she got from a gravestone.

My wife's name came from a living person, which was approved by one side and considered a great risk by the other. One side often named after the living, the other side believed one never should lest that bring about the death of the honored person.

 

[Ermintruder]

I haven't found any well-known Thanes so it remains a mystery.

Yup. As I say, even Mum couldn't explain it.

Was she a Shakespear fan?.....Better than calling him Cawdor, I s's'pose.

Wasn't there a Thane of Fife? Your sister's not from Scotland

Bearing in mind that when there is more than one 'thane'/thain gathered together, the one that's most-senior must (of course) be the Chief-thain (or as we now tend to agree "chief_tain"...originating from when we pronounce that pairing with a lent Irish / Gaelic alveolar fricative rather than the more-formal interdental consonant)

 

[kamalktk]

Noah Knigga, a young athlete getting attention for his name.

/ he's white, doubling the attention for his name.
//its pronounced Ka-Nay-Gah, how dare you think otherwise

https://www.totalprosports.com/nfl/...GZ6Kx2xRTjZFhSJpXMVYn9Vg3_N03Ad9o02_jcWNOCWXc

 

[brownmane]

Noah Knigga, a young athlete getting attention for his name.

/ he's white, doubling the attention for his name.
//its pronounced Ka-Nay-Gah, how dare you think otherwise

https://www.totalprosports.com/nfl/...GZ6Kx2xRTjZFhSJpXMVYn9Vg3_N03Ad9o02_jcWNOCWXc

Like Ka-Ni-fe . I would definitely hesitate to read his name aloud if I did not know the correct pronunciation.

 

[Erinaceus]

There was a Doctor Knigge at the surgery I used to be registered with before I moved here. She was German so it was pronounced the German way.

 

[brownmane]

There was a Doctor Knigge at the surgery I used to be registered with before I moved here. She was German so it was pronounced the German way.

I don't know German, so am not familiar with German pronunciation.

 

[Aydee_Aitchdee]

Just came across this article, baby name finds from 1877. All the names on the list are First and Middle names, unless denoted with sn (surname) A few highlights:
Barwood Platt (sn: Woodnutt)
Biggleswade
Boadicea
Crisp Ingomar (sn: Figgins)
Effierenda
Effeldipha Ann
Favoretta Hermione Agnes
Habakkuk
Lambatous Richards
Mehetabel Eliza
Peter The Great & William The Conqueror (twins)
Spendlove Odessa
https://www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2019/02/finds-from-1877.html

 

[catseye]

Just came across this article, baby name finds from 1877. All the names on the list are First and Middle names, unless denoted with sn (surname) A few highlights:
Barwood Platt (sn: Woodnutt)
Biggleswade
Boadicea
Crisp Ingomar (sn: Figgins)
Effierenda
Effeldipha Ann
Favoretta Hermione Agnes
Habakkuk
Lambatous Richards
Mehetabel Eliza
Peter The Great & William The Conqueror (twins)
Spendlove Odessa
https://www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2019/02/finds-from-1877.html

Kids often used to have their mother's maiden name as either first or middle name. Happened in my family, well, my dad's. This might account for some of the Barwood and Biggleswade type names.

And I LOVE Lambatous Richards. What a name.

 

[Mungoman]

Kids often used to have their mother's maiden name as either first or middle name. Happened in my family, well, my dad's. This might account for some of the Barwood and Biggleswade type names.

And I LOVE Lambatous Richards. What a name.

I have my GrandMothers maiden name as one of my middle names - Scots in origin.

 

[Fluttermoth]

Kids often used to have their mother's maiden name as either first or middle name. Happened in my family, well, my dad's. This might account for some of the Barwood and Biggleswade type names.

And I LOVE Lambatous Richards. What a name.

Yes, my best friend Kate got stuck with 'Miles' as her middle name thanks to that convention

 

[Aydee_Aitchdee]

Yes, my best friend Kate got stuck with 'Miles' as her middle name thanks to that convention

The scandal! Briitain is metric! (sorta)

 

[maximus otter]

The scandal! Briitain is metric! (sorta)

maximus otter

 

[Floyd]

The scandal! Briitain is metric! (sorta)

Well, ¾ of it is. Sorry, 75%.