List of unusual personal names

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A list of non-fictional people with unusual names, listed alphabetically by first name (even in the infrequent case where the middle or last name is the unusual one).

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  • Christophpher is the name of a boy living in Grenaa, Denmark. The name was not approved by the Ministry for Ecclesiastical Affairs, and the mother was therefore required to pay fines every month until the child's name was changed. [2]
  • Jaime Lachica Sin was known as Cardinal Sin because of his status within the Catholic church. Sin was said to play a joke on his title, welcoming visitors to his archbishop's residence with the greeting "Welcome to the House of Sin". (He is not to be confused with the term "cardinal sin", which refers to the seven deadly sins).
  • Christine Daaé [3]
  • Condoleezza Rice, current US Secretary of State. Name is based on the musical term 'con dolcezza' which means 'to play with sweetness'. [4]

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  • Depressed Cupboard Cheesecake. Child of a couple in Kent, England[1]
  • Dick Assman (properly pronounced "assmun"). Canadian service station owner whose name propelled him to international celebrity status in 1995.
  • Dick Trickle.[2] With a combined total of up to 1,200 wins in all racing forms to his credit, he has been called "America's Winningest Driver."
  • Diva Muffin Zappa. Daughter of Frank Zappa.
  • Dotcomguy. Legally changed his name from Mitch Maddox in 2000 as part of a publicity stunt of spending an entire year in his house, on the Internet.

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  • Espen Thoresen Hværsaagod-Takkskalduha. A Norwegian radio reporter. He first changed his name from Espen Thoresen to Espen Thoresen Hværsaagod (Espen Thoresen You'rewelcome). Later he added the name Takkskalduha (Thankyouverymuch) [5].
  • Espn (pronounced Espin). The name of two boys from Michigan and Texas, named for the popular cable sports channel ESPN.[6]. However, in Scandinavia, both Esben and Espen are somewhat common names.
  • Eros-Adonis. Name of a Belgian boy [7].

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  • J Allard Formerly known as James Allard, Corporate Vice President and the Chief XNA Architect at Microsoft.
  • Jack Ass. Born Robert Craft, he legally changed his name to Jack Ass then brought a plagiarism lawsuit against MTV for their comedy sketch series Jackass.[11]
  • Jellyfish McSaveloy [12]
  • Jennifer 8. Lee. She adopted her unusual middle name in her teens, because Chinese custom sees the number 8 as a symbol of prosperity.
  • Jesus Christ. Born Jose Luis Espinal, he legally changed his name in December 2005 [13].
  • Jesus Christ Allin, later Kevin Michael Allin, most well known as GG Allin
  • Jon Blake Cusack 2.0 [14]

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  • Savior God Scientist Allah is the name of a 16-month old infant who died after falling from a seventh story window on April 20, 2006 [18]
  • States Rights Gist, Confederate General during the American Civil War [19]

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  • Warrior. Professional wrestler, born Brian James Hellwig (and usually going by "Jim"), legally changed his name to Warrior in 1993.
  • Winner Lane
  • Wonderful Terrific Monds III was a baseball player in the Atlanta Braves farm system in the early 1990s. WTM I, his grandfather, was given that name because his own parents were so pleased when their son was born. Baseball writer Peter Gammons called it "one of the greatest names" for a ballplayer he has heard. [21]
  • World B. Free. Retired NBA basketball player. His first name used to be Lloyd.

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  • Yahoo Serious, Australian actor known from Young Einstein.
  • Yorkshire Bank PLC Are Fascist Bastards. Born Michael Howard but changed his name legally after being charged £20 for a £10 overdraft.

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  • Zappa Children. Musician Frank Zappa had a penchant for giving his children unusual names. In a segment on The Tonight Show, Jay Leno asked him why he had given his children these names. His answer: "Because I wanted to." In "The Real Frank Zappa Book" he remarked, "People make a lot of fuss about my kids having such supposedly 'strange names'. But the fact is that no matter what first names I might have given them, it is the last name that is going to get them in trouble."
  • Zowie Bowie is the son of David Bowie.

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  • Image:prince symbol.svg is the name that Prince used between 1993 and 2000.

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Pile, Stephen (1988). The Return of Heroic Failures. Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-012172-2.
  2. ^ flumesday.com "Top 10 Dirteist Names in Sports"
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