My first job after graduation the PM I reported to was a very good guy. He was genuinely innocent as anyone I ever met. He and his wife were expecting their first child.

One day I said hey, whatever you do don't name your kid Peter, Richard, or anything that could get the nickname Harry. He said Peter and Harold were in their top 3 due to previous names of men in the family.

I said think about it you can't name a kid Peter Holster, that would be like naming him cock holster and while not common Harry Holster could be translated to bearded clam.

He didn't seem happy with me. At work the next day he thanked me. He and his wafe had a discussion and he had a list of names to run by me and a couple of the other guys. He laughed and said his wife told him that working with degenerates does have some value.

worked with a guy in the late 70's named Richard Bender.
Went by his nickname.

kb2001 said:

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Lemonjello and Orangejello

Pronounced:

le MON ji lo
or AN ji lo

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This is real. I know a teacher who had them in her class.

ts5641 said:

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At the elementary school I work at I was surprised by the number of traditional names coming back. Not a ton but there were some Kevin's and Louise's and some other old school names.

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They are few and far between. I know a great family that decided to go WAY back with their kids' names -- Alice, Betty, George and Henry (twins). All three of my kids' names can be found in the Bible.

On the other hand, the award ceremonies at my daughter's gymnastics meets sound like roll call at a Korean school -- except they are one name. Kynleigh, Brynleigh, Mynleigh, *-leigh.

My son's soccer team had 3 Jaxons on it last year. Had to go by initials. Zero traditional names.

Don't forget the former NASCAR driver, Dick Trickle

I went to high school with a Michael Bolton in the 80s.

taxpreparer said:

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kb2001 said:

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Lemonjello and Orangejello

Pronounced:

le MON ji lo
or AN ji lo

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This is real. I know a teacher who had them in her class.

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The legend of Lemonjello (leh-mon-jillo) and orangejello (ah-ron-jillo) has been around since the 60s, perhaps prior, but I recall it as a kid in the early 60s. Back then, nobody could ever come up with their surname for verification purposes, but perhaps later on someone chose to name their kids after gelatin, lol.

Supposedly, one of the local families had a kid named "Link Baloney" (I forget the surname), but I never crossed paths with him either.