For example, I was doing research for a blog article and found a paper by a guy named Christian Messenger. That man was definitely destined for missionary work, but the paper was about football.
Wolfgang Wolf was at some point manager of German club Wolfsburg!
There is a doctor near us named Dr. Owi.
My father went to high school with someone whose last name was Butts. His parents named him Harold and called him, and thus his friends called him, Harry. I always kind of thought it was a tall tale until my father showed me his high school yearbook one day And there was a picture of Harry Butts.
I always kind of wanted to meet this man and his wife and ask her if he lived up to his name.
When I was a kid, my parents were thinking about building a house. The name of the contractor who was helping them was named “Kari A Hammer.” I might be spelling it wrong (I was eight), but that was his actual name.
I like to think he wanted to be a tattoo artist or something and hated carpentry, but was forced into it because of his name.
A dude named Sobriety Promise (both words were his first name). That guy’s parents were assholes to name their kid that. Bro had to announce that his parents used to be drunk losers every time he said his name lmao. He went by his middle name and changed it as soon as he could. Poor guy. It’s no wonder he became an alcoholic later 😐
Went to high school with a girl who’s dad was named Foster Goodwill
Dr Healey. Nice.
There’s a meme image of a screenshot of a news broadcast featuring a fireman named Les McBurney.
This sort of thing apparently happens enough that it has a name: an aptronym.
happens enough that it has a name
I mean, anyone can stick a couple latin words together to name something, we’ve been doing it for centuries.
Red Winged Blackbird
Went to high school with a girl named Amber Brown. And she was.
My daughter had to visit an allergist and his name was Dr. J. Doctor
That’s some Cannonball Run 2 naming convention right there.
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There’s an HGTV person named Page Turner.
Is she a drag queen? Does she perform with Marsha? You know, Marsha Dimes.
Kid at school named Miles Long.
I just saw him on pornhub.
Have you seen his…
You know…
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There are several dentists in my area that have the last name of Beaver. They’re all related and it seems like the original one felt like that was too good of an opportunity to pass up on, and subsequent generations joined the family business.
It was that or gynaecologist, am I right (I am)?
There’s a dental dam joke in there somewhere
gestures vaguely at Hideo Kojima’s games.
In just death stranding, you’ve got Deadman, Heartman, Diehardman, Mama, Sam Porter Bridges, Fucking ameLIE, AKA Samantha America Strand… fuck