Family Names too Weird to Use?

teelaman · January 2010

So I was lurking on the 3rd T board reading about names, and someone made a comment about telling people that the names she chose were family names (even though they weren't) just because everyone forgives family names.

I thought this was funny just because I know what some of my family names are, and they just were not options. So I was wondering if anyone had really unusual family names (even from people they love to pieces) that they just would not use for their LO?

Here are my unusables:

Ovid - (grandpa)

Joe Bob (grandpa) (That's the actual on-the-birth-certificate name. I'd do Joseph or Robert, but I couldn't do straight Joe Bob)

Velda - (great grandma)

nooniesgal · January 2010

Oleda. I seriously thought people were using this as a nickname instead of saying "old lady" about my great aunt.

kdiguise · January 2010

Liberatore (my g-grandpa)

Norwood (other g-grandpa)

Ursinus (grandpa)

And LOTS of very Italian names that would not sound good with my now, not-Italian-at-all last name :P

BFab11 · January 2010

Lymon, DH's great grandpa.

MellsBells · January 2010

Thurman and Mildred.

laumholl · January 2010

Madge. Well actually my grandma's whole name is Madgeline. no middle name. I figured I could just take out the g and use Madeline.

Herman.

Maude- this was my great great? grandmothers name and my middle name. ooohhh the torture!

KittahMama · January 2010

Roland- DH's grandpa

Wilene (like I will lean against a tree) my mom's middle name

Pauline- grandma

Boyd- great uncle

wihakayda · January 2010

Waveline- My Great Grandma who passed last month

Olea- Grandmothers middle name

Luetta, Garnetta, Marietta- All Grandmothers sisters

Bubba (I kid you not his actual name)- a cousin

Doris- DH's grandmas first name

anvloveskme · January 2010

Celso (grandfather)

Betty Lou (grandmother)

Zelda Belle (great grandmother)

Too weird and/or old school!

mrstarawalsh · January 2010

Harold (my dad's name, although we used his middle name for one of DS's middle names).

Harry (there's 3 of these already though...so uh no)

Toral (again, 3 of these as well.. why? IDK the name's horrid)

Dorthy Anne Virginia (Again 3 of these. Why oh why does my hillbilly family keep cursing their children with these names?)

Golden

Lorraine

Arlen

Libre

judochick · January 2010

Roda -Grandma's

Manny-Grandpa

Maplebear · January 2010

Petanella - Grandmothers name

Juda - DH Grandmothers name

aborgra · January 2010

Petronello....my great-grandmother's name that my grandma is insisting I use...not gonna happen

edbenbow · January 2010

Cleo- Grandmother

Rossie- Aunt

And I kid you not, I have 3 uncles with the name "Ray" in their name. Comer Ray, Farrel Ray, and Ray. Yes, Comer and Farrel. Beautiful. Good thing I don't like any of those people, so no issues with wanting to name LO after them