Why so many Dominicans with ridiculous names?

[jrhartley]

look what names people choose when they register for DR1 lol

 

[jrhartley]

rolan bolan
dandilion richards
blanket jackson
scout la rue willis
jermajesty jackson
banjo griffiths

 

[laurajane]

Perhaps it is 'western culture' creeping in but who could forget the fine work of these forward thinking genius's;
David Bowie- called his kid Zowie
Frank Zappa- Dweezil and Moonunit
Prince- changed his own name to an abstract picture of a dog licking it's freckle.
Bob Geldof- Heavenly hirani Tigerlilly, etc etc

remember any others?

Aren't two of Bob Geldofs called Peaches and Tinkerbell or something equally stupid?

Gweneth Paltrow-Apple

I actually know two people in the uk, One called Summer Loving and the other Chris Cross! LOL!

 

[Celt202]

look what names people choose when they register for DR1 lol

Why not list all the names you've registered under on DR1? :tired:

If he won't can anyone else?

 

[NALs]

All those ridiculous names have nothing on Trujillo's daughter Angelita. Oh, but that's not her name, that's her alias. Her real name is... ahem, get ready:

Mar?a de los Angeles del Sagrado Coraz?n de Jes?s (Mary of the Angels of the Holy Heart of Jesus)

Her sister was named Flor de Oro Dominicana (Dominican Flower of Gold)

They take the notion of long and weird Spanish names to an art form. :cheeky:

-NALs

 

[Celt202]

Mexico is doing well in the long weird name department.

Remember Santa Anna who plastered the Alamo?

His full name was Antonio de Padua Mar?a Severino L?pez de Santa Anna y P?rez de Lebr?n.

Maybe his friends just called him Paco.

 

[FernieBee]

Mexico is doing well in the long weird name department.

Remember Santa Anna who plastered the Alamo?

His full name was Antonio de Padua Mar?a Severino L?pez de Santa Anna y P?rez de Lebr?n.

Maybe his friends just called him Paco.

I'm guessing they called him To?o (or Tonio).

:glasses:

 

[Celt202]

I'm guessing they called him To?o (or Tonio).

:glasses:

Makes sense since his first name was Antonio.

What would they have called him if his first name had been Cornelio?

:cheeky:

 

[FernieBee]

Makes sense since his first name was Antonio.

What would they have called him if his first name had been Cornelio?

:cheeky:

Cor or Neli?

:ermm:

 

[billyidol]

every name in the history of names was made up by somebody...I am sure that Jane, peter, Jonathan, Mackenzie, and Madison all sounded weird or stupid to someone at some point. the only thing I think is "weird or stupid" is when people name their kids after things such as liquor like Alize :nervous:

yari

I see both sides of this discussion;heres a few stupid yank names;
Chuck,Chip,Chipper,Mount,Forest,Range, Lorne,Wolfe, mackenzie, 50 cent and Pdiddy!!!! And a host of other landscaping,animal, or 'bling bling' based names!!!!!...Perhaps this is where the little bebe was conceived ( i mean, do you have to name your bebe after the actual act of coitus don't interuptus?? 'Yes' we all know you 'Mount'ed your wife..no need to name your kid after the actual act!!!!!!!! ... These names to my ears are asinine...and just sound plain dumba$$. I mean how do you hold a straight face when your talking to someone with a name like 'chipper' or 'forest'.....i mean does his father sound like someone who's got issues with getting 'wood' and then 'mount'ing something on the 'Lorne'.............this is tooooooooo much!!!!

But some of the Dom names (no disrespect intended take the plantain)
lumi and lumus, yorlin,lisbet,mateo,hilma,really are unusual to my ear!....But maybe these names are not so unusual to the Dominican person. just as those stupid dumba$$ Yank names don't sound so dumba$$ to the average american

 

[Chirimoya]

Mateo is just Matthew in Spanish.

 

[Mr_DR]

One of the oddest sounding names that caught my attention was held by the daughter of a friend of mine, Melita, a folk herb healer and practitioner of strange occult arts, living in a small village south of San Juan de la Maguana. She called her daughter Chingua. I once asked Chingua the origin of her name and she told me that she was born awfully premature and with a peculiar appearance. It so happens that Chingua gave birth to a baby boy over two months ago, and I went to see the mother and child. The sight of the baby boy was astounding, he didn't seem to weight an ounce over two pounds, and he had a blue cast to his skin. I swore he would not survive. Today, after over two months he's fat and looks in very good health. The mother still hadn't a named the child, so I suggested 'Chinguito'. Like many names in the South, Chingua is Taino in origin, and probably means 'little lizard or iguana'.

Are you trying to say that both mother and son look like Iguanas?

 

[Tamborista]

just as those stupid dumba$$ Yank names don't sound so dumba$$ to the average american

Perhaps you should change your name to "One Hit Wonder"!

 

[rubio_higuey]

Mexico is doing well in the long weird name department.

Remember Santa Anna who plastered the Alamo?

His full name was Antonio de Padua Mar?a Severino L?pez de Santa Anna y P?rez de Lebr?n.

Maybe his friends just called him Paco.

Antonio de Padua - first first name
Maria - second first name
Lopez de Santa Anna - first (paternal) full surname
Perez de Lebron - second (maternal) full surname

It's like if you have name of mother Rosslyn Maria Sanchez Mejia and father Pedro Marcos Santos Rodriguez
the children's full full name would be something like Ninito de Ninos Santos de Rodriguez y Sanchez de Mejia

 

[Mr_DR]

give me a brake if i want to call my kid ,Johnson Rodriguez or Jupiter Nunez then so be it, people who laugh at a stupid, ridiculous names have got something wrong with their own bloody name. You should be proud with the name your old dears gave you, they have the right to name you as they please so live with it ? unless you was called **** head

I think he has never seen names like Dick, Venus, Sierra, Rocky and Serena.

 

[billyidol]

Perhaps you should change your name to "One Hit Wonder"!

perhaps you should change your name to 'PMT'........leave my nocturnal prowess out of this (one hit wonder my a$$!!!!!!!!)

 

[catcherintherye]

"Perhaps you should change your name to "One Hit Wonder"!"

I don't think Tambo meant anything personal.

I think he was referring to the real Billy Idol's 'Piano Man' claim to fame. Or conversely, his one lost shot at keeping Cristy Brinkley happy. Either way, nothing personal, just a frame of reference joke.

But I might be wrong.

 

[Chirimoya]

Wrong Billy!

 

[Tamborista]

CITR:

J.D. Salinger would not be happy with you.

P.M.Tambo

 

[catcherintherye]

"Wrong Billy!"

What, it wasn't Billy Crystal?

How about Billy Carter?

Billy Bob?

Shoot! I never could keep my Billys straight.