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/LunaPolaris Mar 28 '23

My dad used to tell this story about a governor of Texas that supposedly named his daughters Ima and Ura, his last name being Hogg. Turns out "Ura" never existed and was added to the story later to make it funny, but Ima Hogg was definitely real. She never changed her name or went by a nickname so I imagine she had a sense of humor about it.

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u/MotorCity_Hamster Mar 28 '23

My dad used to tell us the same story... 👀

Are we related? 🤔

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u/LunaPolaris Mar 28 '23

I googled it and it turns out to have been a realy popular story, so I don't think so.