In the Briggs
Jun. 30th, 2006 11:12 am| Alton | ~ Place not a damn name! |
| Anasa | ~ Pretty |
| Comfort | ~ Not a fan of adjectives as names |
| Ansel | ~ Sounds like And Sell |
| Argye | ~ Argumentative person? |
| Bunny | ~ *giggle* |
| Carol Divine | ~ Hmmm |
| Cherylyn | ~ Too many Ys, too Yunike |
| Cordell | ~ Sounds like they ought to be in a habadashery |
| Deinbo | |
| Daminabo Sonny | |
| Dolly Dalrymple Mountgarret | ~ Oh well, I guess being born in 1812 is a bit of an excuse! |
| Donald Sea | ~ ?! |
| Dudley Towle | ~ ?!! |
| Enang Bassey | |
| Enos | |
| Evy | ~ I misread this as Envy at first... |
| Fed | ~ .... |
| Garrett | ~ Born in an attic? |
| Geneva Clark | ~ Sounds like a job title |
| Garland | ~ ... of flowers? |
| Gray Chandler | ~ "Sorry, I couldn't be bothered to think of a name, so I picked two words at random from the OED" |
| Hilton | ~ Hotel |
| Homer | ~ Classic author and SURNAME |
| Increase | ~ Born in 1793, but still parental cruelty... |
| Irle | ~ What on earth is this meant to be?! |
| Janet Zaph | ~ *puzzled* Where the f* did 'Zaph' come from?? |
| Nalani | ~ Odd |
| Job Sweet | ~ *blinks* Is the 'Sweet' to make up for 'Job'? |
| Le Baron Russell | ~ Um, 'Le Baron'? I'd think this was a modern affectation if he hadn't been born in 1855! I'm guessing the Russell is a family name. |
| Lamar | ~ Ick |
| Lyman | ~ Sounds like a command: "Lie man!" |
| LeAlice | ~ Dear Lord! |
| Loutrel Winslow | ~ WTF? And Winslow is a place, not a personal name... |
| Lynelle | ~ Affected |
| Lynn Craigue | ~ Were the parents not entirely sure what sex she was?? |
| Marlin | ~ Fish! |
| Nimi | ~ Sounds like a Latin negative... |
| Osjetea | ~ Um, right... |
| Revoe Carlisle | |
| Danford Elmo Anthony | ~ Kept the name 'til last! (Became the priest Brahana Selassie) |
| Skyler | ~ Surprised to see she(?) was born in the 50s |