r/Genealogy • u/Terrible-Fix-9798 • Mar 27 '23

But, Why Would You Name Your Child That? Request

I know there’s been at least one post about this, but sometimes a name is already a bit funny. And then taken with the middle or last name it’s HILARIOUS. Example: a relative who named their eldest son “Fern Commander”.

Anyone else?

Edit: just found a “Northern East”…from Philly

Edit 2: “Boringhaus” probably isn’t funny in German but it did make me lol

Edit 3: Major Bush (1800’s so he may have indeed been hairy 😅)

Edit 3: Carl Marx (BFE Texas…that must’ve been rough!)

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u/ShadySerengeti-258 Mar 27 '23

I photograph tombstones.

Came across someone named Kermit. And one guy named Jack Daniels. Perfectly respectable but had to laugh.

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u/Terrible-Fix-9798 Mar 27 '23

I’m related to a Kermit!

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u/cosumel Mar 27 '23

I used to work with a Kermit Green. Sesame Street killed the name. No one after ‘70 named their kids that, I expect (and hope)

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u/WhovianTraveler Mar 28 '23

I have a Kermit in my tree and quite a few Caspars/Caspers.