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. 

Comments

[sharkflip.livejournal.com]

I have ancestors named Margaret Clapsaddle and Celestia Adelia.

[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.