Interesting names

[beboots]

 Why don't we have as interesting names anymore? Granted, George Brown and John Alexander MacDonald wouldn't look out of place in today's phonebooks, but what ever happened to names like D'Arcy McGee? Or G.E. Eyre? Or, my favourite: W. Spottiswoode?

What interesting names have you run across in your travels? I recall a girl in my third grade class whose name was "Heaven-Leigh" (AKA "Heavenly"), and I was very jealous of the cleverness of the pun. 

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[sharkflip.livejournal.com]

I have ancestors named Margaret Clapsaddle and Celestia Adelia.

[beboots.livejournal.com]

Awesome. :3 I love the "Clapsaddle" last name, and "Celestia Adelia" has a lovely ring to it.

[boko.livejournal.com]

I was going to be named Genesis. That would have been really weird when the spin-off Final Fantasy VII games came out (one of the protagonists is named Genesis).

The only other one I can think of comes from a car dealership. If trends hold, and this dealership is named after the owner, then the owner's last name is Manlove.

[beboots.livejournal.com]

Awesomesauce. Manlove? :3

Also, Genesis does have a nice ring to it as well. But kids on the playground can be cruel to those who don't have quote-unquote "normal" names, you know? ;)

[boko.livejournal.com]

Yup. Manlove. and I have to note that in my last entry I meant "antagonist", not protagonist. At least I think he was an antagonist... Japanese videogames and anime do a good job of blurring that line.

And yea, kids can be mean. There was a girl in my class with the last name Ho. Yeah kids were really imaginative in High School. But she was a trooper about it. As far as I know she never really gave them a second glance, so good on her.