When our first son was born my husband wanted to name him after two of his favorite people a mentor and his grandfather-Brock and Lee. And that’s as close as we ever came to naming a child after a vegetable.
@@Smittay-Sr. Jesus spoke not of his own Accord. He drove a Honda but wasn't a Honda fanboy. God the Father was a Mopar man, He drove Adam and Eve from the garden in his Fury (a '68 four-door).
According to the web there is the second most popular surname Jones, which he uses as an example, followed by Williams and Taylor, but in America we use Smith when describing a fictitious example of an American person and it also happens to be the most common of all surnames in GB and the USA. We even have an apple named after a Smith.🍏🥧🍧 Mmm! Apple pie à la mode...
I used to teach kindergarten. One year in my class I had a Kaylynn(girl) and a Kalen (boy), as well as a Katelyn, a Caitlin, a Kayla, a Brayden, a Brady, a Brody, a Brandon, a Taylor, and a Tyler. That was half my class. I felt like I spent the whole year stuttering!!!
As a vintage 1962 "Justin" from the USA, I am considered a bit of a "Justin" early adopter. Growing up, I only knew 1 other Justin in my first 20 years; now they seem to be quite more numerous. LOVING your channel.
Nigel is definitely the king of British-specific names, although I think even that's pretty rare nowadays. Edwin, Percy, Simon was more common there I think, Hugh, and Silas are some I remember from books and whatnot.
@@JohnMichaelson I very rarely hear of someone called nigel, particularly if they're young. Never known someone called Edwin or Percy either. Maybe you'd find those names amongst the upper classes but that's about it. Most modern British names are probably quite americanised to be honest.
The aspirational names you mentioned like Serenity and Mercy go back in America at least to Pilgrim times. My family has at least one Patience in it from about four hundred years ago, as well as a Mercy, a Thankful, and my favorite, Love in Christ, who was apparently called Love or Lovie in life.
Try last name Needham, first name Dewey. Now juxtapose them. Sounds like "Do we need him?" It should be outlawed as a crime against humanity. I feel so bad for this poor guy 😢😥💔.
Originally, Randy was the shortened form of names like Randall or Randolph. And then there's the multiple spellings - I've known Ashley, Ashlee, Ashleigh and one other that I forget. (Ashlee and Ashleigh worked a reception desk together)
bobobobinalong Caitlin, Caitlyn, Katelyn. Caitlins always ask other Katelyns how they spell their name. My daughter Caitlin says there is only one right way, Caitlin.
The name "Madison" became popular after the mermaid character in Splash introduced herself as "Madison". Splash was released in 1984. She picked the name from a street sign in view.
Making it even more amusing, the name Madison was specifically chosen because it was such an outlandish name that it would add to the comedic effect of choosing a name off a street sign. That joke is lost in contemporary audiences where the name Madison is commonplace because of the joke itself!
I personally believe this very thing from this movie started the WHOLE name game changer! I worked with a 28 year old man named Hudson Facchini. I told him his name is a last name only and he didn't get how upside down I felt until I said, "well how would you feel if a little 8 year old girl walked up to us right now and said~Hi my name is Facchini Smith! ~?" And he made a sour face!
There was a very famous stage and screen actress from the 30's whose name was Spring Byington. And believe this or not (I swear it't hand to God true) my mother worked with a man whose daughter was named April May June!
My boyfriends name is Michael litras lmao like actually. We went to high school together and years later I was telling my flat mate that I went to school with a dude named mike litras and she didn’t believe me so I hunted him down on Facebook and we started talking again and well the rest is history. Also went to school with a guy named Steele Cox. And my grandmothers name is Fanny Claw.
I met a sadistic murderer ( he was the one in prison, I was an outside advisor) named Major Majors, How could you not have issues with a name like that.
I ran across a child named Major Hooker once somewhere in the south. It stuck with me for obvious reasons. How could you be such an awful parent to name your SON "Major Hooker"
Woman I used to work with whose last name was Winters, had two daughters Summer and Windy (not Wendy, def Windy). I met her as I was taking over her job when she was on maternity leave with her 3rd, and she had a whole bunch of names in this vein for a 3rd daughter.and shared them with me. Turned out to be a boy, so he got named Stom Edward (Storm E Winters). Me, I would never have inflicted that type of name on any kids of mine, because I knew how thoroughly they would be teased and humiliated by their classmates once they hit school age.
@@adriennegormley9358 I named my two girls Toni and Tommie. They didn't appreciate it as grade school kids but ,had advantages in high school. Mothers near me had a rule no talking to girls after 8 pm. They'd just say I'm talking to Toni.... She's in her 40s now and swears she got job interviews because people thought she was a man. She's a county health manager in one of the most populous counties in the Pacific Northwest and she thinks her name got her on that path.
A lot of these names are pretty common in Britain now too, but as you say only in the last generation. My own grandsons are Kyree ,13 & Talis ,11. Pretty much all the family was dumbfounded by my daughter's choice of baby names , but her friends didn't bat an eyelid 😊
Once meet someone called “Princess” in middle school. It was her actual name, not some nickname. As a child, it is probably fine. But imagine introducing yourself as Princess to a boss.
I had a friend named Randy that spent about a year in the UK, he quickly got tired of the strange looks and snickers when he said , "Hi, I'm Randy!" So he started going by Randall, which was not actually his name (his birth certificate said Randy), but since Randy is, or used to be, considered short for Randall he wasn't exactly lying.
Imagine being a female Jamie visiting the U.K. and Ireland with no warning about the name situation. I broke people’s brains. If I ever go back, I’ll go by Jane.
It confused them that much? I've met boys in college with names I never knew are used as boy's names until then. It's a thing that happens. I've met two male Sashas from example.
my friends mom is named jean which is not a particularly common name in the us but it’s definitely not unheard of. in france however she found this to be quite different 😂
My name is Leilani, which is a Hawaiian name. This was a strange choice because I’m mainly of Irish decent, I was born in New Jersey, and neither of my parents have ever gone to Hawaii. Interestingly enough I work in education and I’ve met thousands of kids throughout the years and on a weird name scale of 1 to 10 mine is maybe a 5. I’ve met a lot of little ones recently named Navaeh and Gage and I seriously had a kid named Daquiri.
joanna kennedy he was born in 1741 when there were a lot more old school British names in use. Maybe that’s why he became a traitor and went back to Britain, because he had such an English name! LOL Actually, an American wouldn’t name their child Benedict because the name is associated with disloyalty.
My two sons "accidentally" have the initials P.R. and B.S. When I realized what I had done, I dreamed of them growing up and starting a marketing agency. (They didn't.)
@@robinmills8675 the one named Alan has the initials ARF, which he thinks is dumb. He leaves out the R and then it is just AF and he thinks that is super cool. He tags everything.
Neighbors had daughters named: Jeanine, Maureen, Kathleen, and Colleen, then they finally had a son, and thankfully broke the trend and named him Joe (Joseph).
An old friend of mine, named Eileen, has three sisters; Cathleen, Colleen, and Christine. She says her father used to joke that if he ever had a son they'd have to name him Gasoline! 😆
I worked in a call center as well for 6 years and we (our team) kept a running list of some pretty weird and cool names. One of my faves was Beau Peet (Bo Peep) I almost busted out laughing when that one popped up on the screen.
Actor Rob Morrow named his daughter Tu. So at a Broadway performance of the musical Annie, Tu stood on her seat and demanded "Stop singing that! It's MY song." -- Tu Morrow
So ridiculously excited to hear my name (Kaylie) on the list - growing up, I only knew a few other kids with the same name, and NEVER found it on any giftshop souvenirs. I also have 3/5 of my cousins also have K names. Also, fun family story about the name "Candy": I was an adult when I learned my great aunt wasn't actually named Candace/Candy - when my grandfather was little he couldn't say her actual name (Andrea) but he could say "Candy", and that's been her name ever since.
When I was in the USAF I was stationed with a guy whose first name was Smith. Also in Texas I worked with a guy (civilian) whose first name was General.
I LOVE this! As an English teacher in China, I'm obsessed with making sure my students are using a REAL name and not Optimus Prime, dinosaur, Snow White, Cinderella, Happy, Sunshine, Fairy, Cuckoo and more. This shows me that Americans, as a whole, prefer to be more creative with our names. Thank you!
We also don’t have laws about it. You can name your kid Adolf Hitler if you want (this has happened). Many (supposedly “liberal”) European countries, and I assume others, have laws. Denmark and I believe Germany, for instance have a list you have to choose from. You can’t name a boy a girl name and vice versa. You can’t use an alternate spelling. You can’t name them an object. Shit like that.
JB P yes we have laws to prevent demented parents to name their children weird things that may traumatize them, which I understand it is quite restrictive and makes us all have similar names but I am totally okay with that. In the USA they name twins usarmy and usnavy. Yes just like that!!!
I used to teach English in China a few years ago and it wasn't uncommon for the kids to have 'English' names that were either random words like Lemon or 'old people' names like Hank (both students I remember)
@Penultimate Hortator You assume all their kids hate their name but they might not. I remember reading recently that a kid was named Dovahkiin (a character from Skyrim, in case you aren't aware) and even though his parents only named him that on the idea that they'd receive games for life because their son was born the day the game came out, the boy has stated that he actually LOVES his name. Not every kid will grow up to hate the name they've been given, some embrace it. At the end of the day, if stuff like bullying gets to them, there's always legal name change or simply going by a different name. It's not THAT bad. Certain names, however, are inexcusable, and for examples of those, a quick Google search will inform you.
@@samanthab1923 They sound like conditions at Yellowstone, Miami Beach, or Catskills. I knew a Wendy, a very sweet lady. I would also, short of Wendy and Sandy, love to have any of those names for a first.
@@richmcgee434 unless it is a girl's name. Randi isn't normally short for anything. I've been asked if it is short for Miranda, but the two other Randi's I have met were also just Randi.
The worst part is, Randy means the same thing here in the US. We just name people that anyway. Though people don't actually use the term much, everybody knows what it means. It fascinates me that people have continued to use the name Dick as well. And that word absolutely still sees regular use here, lol
Some British people do use many of those delightful american names you mentioned... It's usually indicative of a person of a certain type known for wearing Adidas. There are many in the north of England. Lots of Jaydens, Caseys, you name it. My personal favourites are Logan (usually pronounced 'Lurgen' around here) and for a girl, Mckenzie (Or Mckenzeh). Delightful.
@@LunaBari True. I have to admit that, without checking, I can't say for certain which one my dad uses (most people call him 'Larry', and I call him 'Dad').
I can never find my name on key chains, or tacky souvenirs because Mandy is a diminutive of Amanda. Except my name really is just Mandy. Ha ha. Thanks for mentioning my name.😊
My granddaughter, who will be 18 next month, was named Precious. She was born at 26 weeks, zero days and came in at a whopping 875 grams! She is perfectly healthy and have so much appreciation for all of her doctors, nurses, and caretakers for giving her life!
I went to school with a girl whose first name is Sunshine and her last name was Burns, "Sunshine Burns." There is also a family in the next village over whose name is DePotty and they named their son Phillip, "Phillip DePotty."
Carrie is simply short for Caroline. In my family (Irish) we have Kathleen, Michael, Patrick, Kristine, Declan, Brandon, Kevin and more. Lots of K's. My son is named after his grandfather, Dionicio. I have nieces Kim, Kenrda, Kate, Shannon, Shawn and more.
@@riada4996 If he goes to East Tennessee State University as an undergraduate, he'll be playing in the Southern Conference. And if he plays basketball, he might be the center. He might even get to play in overtime. Somebody PLEASE stop me!
J male names are a problem in the UK too. I'm 28 and there were 5 Joshua's in my year at school, 4 Joseph's. And we've not even started on the Jake's, James's and Jordans. There was only 60 boys in the year!
I had a friend that wanted to call her daughter April and their last name was Frost. I almost got named June. But, I was born in early July. So my parents named me Julie.
Though there are a couple of last name “Howards” at my university, out of 4,000 students, I’m the only first name “Howard,” and my friend is the only first name “Everett.”
I may be wrong, but I suspect that Ashley was once primarily a boy's name here, too, as in Ashley Wilkes, from "Gone With The Wind." I'm also pretty sure that naming babies (and dogs, for that matter) became a big thing after the movie "Splash" came out.
@@rinatail7248 No. It's pronounced the same, but the name of the title character in The Bionic Woman was Jaime. That led to a bunch of girls born in the 1970s being given this name.
@@caulkins69 It's wierd that "Jaime" (jay-mee) is spelled like "Jaime" (hi-may). Why do people do this to their kids? People are just gonna spell their name like "Jamie" (jay-mee).
I LOVE THIS: I will use it to annoy my family, which include folks named Bryce,Jasper,Cash, Penelope and my mother, whose maiden name is Henry. She is a kind woman so she made Henry my middle name. I am a female born in 1976. Thanks,Ma! A Girl Named Henry,huh?
Look at Abraham Lincolns wife. Todd. John Adam's wife and daughter also I believe. It has been very common for people during certain periods to give girls a family surname as a middle name, and boys a family surname as a first name. I have been doing my own genealogy since 2005 and have been to several forums and meetings etc over the years. I have met people with ancestors whose names were doozys. Orange Couch 3rd was one elderly ladies dad. The first one ended up with his moms maiden name as his first name. Snively Steinman, grannys maiden name. So any surname you can think of was likely some kids first name in the past. Upjohn is another one I remember hearing.
When I was in college, I knew guys with the following names, and I constantly got them confused: Marvin, Marlon, Myron and Melvin. Try to say that 10 times fast. I don't know how popular these names are anymore, but what you said about rhyming names, made me think of it. Even though, they don't, in fact, rhyme.
And Americans have never heard of Nicola either (they know Nicole and perhaps think Nicola is a misspelling of it?), and think Fiona is exotic. 7:57 "Penelope" Seriously? That's well known from Greek myth. And anyway I bet most Penelopes will introduce themselves as Penny. 9:09 Americans think Aubrey is a girl's name? someone should tell 'em of Aubrey Beardsley. 10:09 I expect some parents who chose these names for their daughters were following the Puritan tradition.
Gemma and Jemma were names in the US, but they fell out of favor like Betty and Wilma. Something that you didn't mention is that when parents name their children, especially girls, they often come up with spelling variations to try to make the name more distinctive. One of my favorite jokes I tell to my customers because it has a large grain of truth to it is that (in the USA) if you get five women into a room at the same time who all have the same name... every one of them will spell it differently.
I met a Jexiqa at a window when I was buying a train ticket. I said oh, that's interesting -- how do you pronounce it? She rolled her eyes and said, "Jessica. My mom wanted to be unique."
Coming up to 37 years ago we named our daughter Anastasia. She has hated it ever since. Her husband loves it. Most folks just call her Ana, and she tried Staci for a few years. Her sister is Amanda, grew up Mandy, and now goes mostly with Manda.
11:04 I've been called out! Autumn here. I'm 31 and it's pretty rare in my age group, but more common among younger women. Are weather names a thing in England? I have a (female) cousin named Stormy who has a daughter named Misty. And my sister's name is Wendy {windy] if that counts lol. I have another (female) cousin named Dusty, and went to school with a boy named Dusty Couch. XD
Gemma Dolenz sister of Micky Dolenz of the Monkees. Oh, and Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues from Swindon. And other than Dirk Benedict, there's Dirk Pitt, the main character in many Clive Cussler books
When our first son was born my husband wanted to name him after two of his favorite people a mentor and his grandfather-Brock and Lee. And that’s as close as we ever came to naming a child after a vegetable.
This made my day 😂👏🏾
i wanted to name my son after my father and his mother's father. Patrick and Richard. fortunately i had a daughter
Did either of the names make it? I mean, separately? "Brock" has become an infamously poor choice, in recent years...
Or a Naruto character...either way probably not the best idea..
I know of 2 brothers, one is called Broc and the other Ollie!
I once saw a truck with 'Jesus Flooring' on the side and thought, "I guess he's not doing carpentry anymore."
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lolOLOlol! Love it!
Apostle Paul did drugs and raced cars. He was stoned and beaten with rods!
Also drove cars. They came in one Accord. A Honda model.
@@Smittay-Sr. Jesus spoke not of his own Accord. He drove a Honda but wasn't a Honda fanboy. God the Father was a Mopar man, He drove Adam and Eve from the garden in his Fury (a '68 four-door).
When I first got cable and indulged in a LOT of BBC America....I began to think that all British men were named Simon or Graham!
or Guy🙂
According to the web there is the second most popular surname Jones, which he uses as an example, followed by Williams and Taylor, but in America we use Smith when describing a fictitious example of an American person and it also happens to be the most common of all surnames in GB and the USA. We even have an apple named after a Smith.🍏🥧🍧 Mmm! Apple pie à la mode...
@@hueyjmedina0 John Smith used to be the single most common name in the US but I believe it is now Juan Garcia.
Simon is a very 1970s name. Graham is more 1960s.
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I used to teach kindergarten. One year in my class I had a Kaylynn(girl) and a Kalen (boy), as well as a Katelyn, a Caitlin, a Kayla, a Brayden, a Brady, a Brody, a Brandon, a Taylor, and a Tyler. That was half my class. I felt like I spent the whole year stuttering!!!
As a vintage 1962 "Justin" from the USA, I am considered a bit of a "Justin" early adopter. Growing up, I only knew 1 other Justin in my first 20 years; now they seem to be quite more numerous. LOVING your channel.
Can you do the reverse of names you hear all the time in the british Isles and never here in the US?
Jemima! No syrup girls here!
Nigel
Jennifer Pearce Jemima is so weird. I can only think of pancake syrup when I hear that, not a real person’s name. 😳
Nigel is definitely the king of British-specific names, although I think even that's pretty rare nowadays. Edwin, Percy, Simon was more common there I think, Hugh, and Silas are some I remember from books and whatnot.
@@JohnMichaelson I very rarely hear of someone called nigel, particularly if they're young. Never known someone called Edwin or Percy either. Maybe you'd find those names amongst the upper classes but that's about it. Most modern British names are probably quite americanised to be honest.
The aspirational names you mentioned like Serenity and Mercy go back in America at least to Pilgrim times. My family has at least one Patience in it from about four hundred years ago, as well as a Mercy, a Thankful, and my favorite, Love in Christ, who was apparently called Love or Lovie in life.
Kelly Faunce Yep, that was definitely a Puritan thing. I have an ancestor named Obedience. Yikes!
There's even a silly video here on RUclips about what the Puritans named their kids lol.
The worst aspiratipnal name I've ever heard was "Increase." That's from Increase Mather, a colonial preacher from a prominent family of preachers.
I love Puritan names.
@@shandiw7749 Yeah naming your child Obedience almost sounds like a threat.
I've heard that a lot of these surnames-as-first-names started as a way to honor relatives on both sides of the family.
My mom’s friend’s husband is named Randy. Unfortunately, his last name is Dick. And I’m being completely serious. It’s an abomination.
Dammit! There goes my drink, out my nostrils.
Also, at least his name isn't Randy Bush.
Try last name Needham, first name Dewey. Now juxtapose them. Sounds like "Do we need him?" It should be outlawed as a crime against humanity. I feel so bad for this poor guy 😢😥💔.
My late grandfather was named Ralph Dicks... I feel you.
I knew a lady named Randi once. Don't know if she lived up to her name, though.
I once had a friend named Mindy. Her sisters were called Tuesday and Wendy.
Originally, Randy was the shortened form of names like Randall or Randolph.
And then there's the multiple spellings - I've known Ashley, Ashlee, Ashleigh and one other that I forget. (Ashlee and Ashleigh worked a reception desk together)
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Don’t forget the Haleys - their is an infinite number of ways to spell Haleigh, Halee, Halie, Haelie, Haylee, .....
I have a friend named Asheley
Rand actually means shield.
bobobobinalong Caitlin, Caitlyn, Katelyn. Caitlins always ask other Katelyns how they spell their name. My daughter Caitlin says there is only one right way, Caitlin.
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The name "Madison" became popular after the mermaid character in Splash introduced herself as "Madison". Splash was released in 1984. She picked the name from a street sign in view.
Making it even more amusing, the name Madison was specifically chosen because it was such an outlandish name that it would add to the comedic effect of choosing a name off a street sign. That joke is lost in contemporary audiences where the name Madison is commonplace because of the joke itself!
Actor Charles Buchinsky changed his last name to Bronson from a street sign he & his wife saw driving through Beverly Hills.
I personally believe this very thing from this movie started the WHOLE name game changer! I worked with a 28 year old man named Hudson Facchini. I told him his name is a last name only and he didn't get how upside down I felt until I said, "well how would you feel if a little 8 year old girl walked up to us right now and said~Hi my name is Facchini Smith! ~?" And he made a sour face!
We don’t need Spring as a name. We have April May and June.
I knew a baby named April May June. First, middle and last name no joke. She passed away from SIDS sadly.
There was a very famous stage and screen actress from the 30's whose name was Spring Byington. And believe this or not (I swear it't hand to God true) my mother worked with a man whose daughter was named April May June!
I worked with a Promise Sunshine, said her parents were hippies
My moms middle name was Spring. Karen Spring
@@butcharmstrong9645 What month was she born in? I'm trying to decide what the best answer would be. Maybe July.
There was a girl I knew of many years ago with the last name Barr. Her parents named her Candace so people called her Candy Barr.
I had an uncle named Jack Frost.
My boyfriends name is Michael litras lmao like actually. We went to high school together and years later I was telling my flat mate that I went to school with a dude named mike litras and she didn’t believe me so I hunted him down on Facebook and we started talking again and well the rest is history. Also went to school with a guy named Steele Cox. And my grandmothers name is Fanny Claw.
My friend growing up had a babysitter named Candy Kitchen.
I once worked with a woman named Coral Beach. She had a sister named Sandy.
there was a well known stripper named candy barr, famous for being jailed for 3 yrs for weed. also made a porno film
I met a sadistic murderer ( he was the one in prison, I was an outside advisor) named Major Majors, How could you not have issues with a name like that.
Should have joined the armed forces😂😭 Major Majors
Did his parents read catch 22?
I ran across a child named Major Hooker once somewhere in the south. It stuck with me for obvious reasons. How could you be such an awful parent to name your SON "Major Hooker"
@@Potacintvervs That's how he went from private to Major. Major Major Major. The punch card system kicked him upstairs.
A lot of these trendy names even Americans hadn't encountered until the last generation.
Very true !
I cringe when I hear some of the names bestowed upon youths these days.
Woman I used to work with whose last name was Winters, had two daughters Summer and Windy (not Wendy, def Windy). I met her as I was taking over her job when she was on maternity leave with her 3rd, and she had a whole bunch of names in this vein for a 3rd daughter.and shared them with me. Turned out to be a boy, so he got named Stom Edward (Storm E Winters).
Me, I would never have inflicted that type of name on any kids of mine, because I knew how thoroughly they would be teased and humiliated by their classmates once they hit school age.
@@adriennegormley9358 I named my two girls Toni and Tommie. They didn't appreciate it as grade school kids but ,had advantages in high school. Mothers near me had a rule no talking to girls after 8 pm. They'd just say I'm talking to Toni.... She's in her 40s now and swears she got job interviews because people thought she was a man. She's a county health manager in one of the most populous counties in the Pacific Northwest and she thinks her name got her on that path.
A lot of these names are pretty common in Britain now too, but as you say only in the last generation. My own grandsons are Kyree ,13 & Talis ,11. Pretty much all the family was dumbfounded by my daughter's choice of baby names , but her friends didn't bat an eyelid 😊
If you've ever seen "The Evil Dead", the main character, "Ash" is actually named "Ashley".
Ashley Wilkes from "Gone With The Wind" also comes to mind.
I prefer Ashley on a man. It was one of my middle names and I dropped it when I got married. My other middle name is also male, but rare for any sex.
Dewey .... I know him well! He works for the prestigious solicitors: Dewey, Cheatam and Howe...
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The only one I know is one of Donald Duck's nephews. They were Huey, Louie & Dewey (following the rhyming trend).
I always heard "Howe, Dewey, Cheatam, and Wynn"
Dewey was the original youngest brother in "Malcolm in the Middle", until the family added another baby.
My grandpa's name was Dewey. There have been three more Deweys in our generation.
Once meet someone called “Princess” in middle school. It was her actual name, not some nickname. As a child, it is probably fine. But imagine introducing yourself as Princess to a boss.
Or Prince Jackson: Michael Jackson's son.
My husband went to high school with brothers Timber and Grey Wolfe.
Wolf and Fox in my graduating class. They were not related.
From Caldwell, Idaho?!?
I had a friend named Randy that spent about a year in the UK, he quickly got tired of the strange looks and snickers when he said , "Hi, I'm Randy!" So he started going by Randall, which was not actually his name (his birth certificate said Randy), but since Randy is, or used to be, considered short for Randall he wasn't exactly lying.
No lie but several years ago my cousins tight group of friends were Randy, Candy, Mandy, and Sandy! 🤦🏼♀️
That's amazing!
Ha ha I went to school with a Randy, Candy (both brothers), Brandy, and myself (Mandy) ha ha
I knew a guy named Brad with an older brother Tad and younger brother Chad. Dreadful. 😂
That sounds dandy😁
No Andy?
Imagine being a female Jamie visiting the U.K. and Ireland with no warning about the name situation. I broke people’s brains. If I ever go back, I’ll go by Jane.
Same with Randi, in the UK I'll just go by Marie... I don't have time to explain WHY
It confused them that much? I've met boys in college with names I never knew are used as boy's names until then. It's a thing that happens. I've met two male Sashas from example.
Whats wrong with jamie in scotland? Im confused.
@@awesomelyshorticles Jamie is a boy's name there.
my friends mom is named jean which is not a particularly common name in the us but it’s definitely not unheard of. in france however she found this to be quite different 😂
My name is Leilani, which is a Hawaiian name. This was a strange choice because I’m mainly of Irish decent, I was born in New Jersey, and neither of my parents have ever gone to Hawaii. Interestingly enough I work in education and I’ve met thousands of kids throughout the years and on a weird name scale of 1 to 10 mine is maybe a 5. I’ve met a lot of little ones recently named Navaeh and Gage and I seriously had a kid named Daquiri.
Did Daquiri have siblings named Sherry and Brandy?
Could be worse you could have been named Diedra. Which is a Irish Name that real Irish people would never name their kid
Yup, I made the list. Love this channel. Absolutely hysterical.
You will probably never see an American named "Benedict".
TroxlerJ True! I didn’t think of that one when I was brainstorming my list. Good one!
Probably will now, thanks to Dr. Strange
How about Benefict Arnold.. not American?
joanna kennedy he was born in 1741 when there were a lot more old school British names in use. Maybe that’s why he became a traitor and went back to Britain, because he had such an English name! LOL
Actually, an American wouldn’t name their child Benedict because the name is associated with disloyalty.
@@joannakennedy6005 he's why benedict isn't popular in the US
Named my first boy Ethan and my second Alan. Went to call them inside one day and realized I was calling Ethan Allen.
My two sons "accidentally" have the initials P.R. and B.S. When I realized what I had done, I dreamed of them growing up and starting a marketing agency. (They didn't.)
@@robinmills8675 the one named Alan has the initials ARF, which he thinks is dumb. He leaves out the R and then it is just AF and he thinks that is super cool. He tags everything.
@@suzieseabee Haha, my husband always wanted a dog named Arf so he could call the dog by yelling Arf, Arf.
Neighbors had daughters named: Jeanine, Maureen, Kathleen, and Colleen, then they finally had a son, and thankfully broke the trend and named him Joe (Joseph).
LOL! That family has great sense of humor!
They probably adapted it from their first choice, Jolene.
An old friend of mine, named Eileen, has three sisters; Cathleen, Colleen, and Christine. She says her father used to joke that if he ever had a son they'd have to name him Gasoline! 😆
Irish Catholics?
I worked in a call center as well for 6 years and we (our team) kept a running list of some pretty weird and cool names. One of my faves was Beau Peet (Bo Peep) I almost busted out laughing when that one popped up on the screen.
You videos are getting me through the quarantine. Thank you!
In my daughter's pre K class, there was a Hayden, Aidan, Brayden, Jayden and Kayden. Two of them were twins. I do not remember which.
That is gawd-awful
"Wife, can we name our daughter 'New Hampshire'?" Is there something you're not telling us??? 😯
From stage right. . . "Absolutely!"
I noticed that...
"We named the *dog* Indiana."
I think I saw/heard him refer to the one and a half people he lives with. Not sure if it was an insta post or a video, though. Or he means the cat.
@@thebitterapple11 I noticed that the other day in a video as well.
Actor Rob Morrow named his daughter Tu.
So at a Broadway performance of the musical Annie, Tu stood on her seat and demanded "Stop singing that! It's MY song."
-- Tu Morrow
I found your channel through RUclips shorts and now I'm binge watching (binge listening to be precise) all your videos!
So ridiculously excited to hear my name (Kaylie) on the list - growing up, I only knew a few other kids with the same name, and NEVER found it on any giftshop souvenirs. I also have 3/5 of my cousins also have K names. Also, fun family story about the name "Candy": I was an adult when I learned my great aunt wasn't actually named Candace/Candy - when my grandfather was little he couldn't say her actual name (Andrea) but he could say "Candy", and that's been her name ever since.
I think the reason Spring isn't a girl's name is that April and May are girl's names, and March is sometimes Winter.
In 4the grade I had a friend who was named April but was born in May. Lol
You forgot June.
I knew a Spring in Elementary school.
Spring was a name often used during the early 20th century. Actress Spring Byington is one example.
I know a Spring whose maiden name was Ball.
When I was in the USAF I was stationed with a guy whose first name was Smith. Also in Texas I worked with a guy (civilian) whose first name was General.
Charity here....lol. My sister’s name is Hope.
I often watch your content and don't expect to laugh as much as I do. You are witty and hilarious and I hope you'll do tv as well one day.
Dobie...1959 tv show "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" Used to watch it on Nick at Nite way back when.
0:01 and 10:38 I made it twice! As my name is never used in lists or found on gift shop trinkets, I’m taking everything I can get!
I LOVE this! As an English teacher in China, I'm obsessed with making sure my students are using a REAL name and not Optimus Prime, dinosaur, Snow White, Cinderella, Happy, Sunshine, Fairy, Cuckoo and more. This shows me that Americans, as a whole, prefer to be more creative with our names. Thank you!
We also don’t have laws about it. You can name your kid Adolf Hitler if you want (this has happened). Many (supposedly “liberal”) European countries, and I assume others, have laws. Denmark and I believe Germany, for instance have a list you have to choose from. You can’t name a boy a girl name and vice versa. You can’t use an alternate spelling. You can’t name them an object. Shit like that.
JB P yes we have laws to prevent demented parents to name their children weird things that may traumatize them, which I understand it is quite restrictive and makes us all have similar names but I am totally okay with that. In the USA they name twins usarmy and usnavy. Yes just like that!!!
I used to teach English in China a few years ago and it wasn't uncommon for the kids to have 'English' names that were either random words like Lemon or 'old people' names like Hank (both students I remember)
@@devonlass1967 And Hank is a nickname for Henry... Who knew? :)
Randy is a nickname for Randall. My Nephew's oldest son is Braylon, and his Mother-in-law is Autumn. I went to school with a Lathum (male).
I have a cousin named Aislyn. I also have a friend named Keely.
Interesting video. When I read American books I was always confused at the names, lol
when I moved to the uk I fell in love with the name Gemma. after a few months, I couldn't believe how many gemmas I encountered!!!
The old timey actress Spring Byington.
My daughter has a boy named Cash in her class at school... There are also a dozen Masons and Jacksons (alt: Jaxon).
Cash my little cousin Mason is my nephew.
J.C. Penny's full name was James Cash Penny
I went to school with a family. The names were
Rainy
Rocky
Wendy
Stormy
And Sandy
Best thing is the last name is Park
Dena Natho Those all sound like pets names.
😂
@@samanthab1923 Since when is Wendy a pet name?
@Penultimate Hortator You assume all their kids hate their name but they might not. I remember reading recently that a kid was named Dovahkiin (a character from Skyrim, in case you aren't aware) and even though his parents only named him that on the idea that they'd receive games for life because their son was born the day the game came out, the boy has stated that he actually LOVES his name. Not every kid will grow up to hate the name they've been given, some embrace it. At the end of the day, if stuff like bullying gets to them, there's always legal name change or simply going by a different name. It's not THAT bad. Certain names, however, are inexcusable, and for examples of those, a quick Google search will inform you.
@@samanthab1923 They sound like conditions at Yellowstone, Miami Beach, or Catskills. I knew a Wendy, a very sweet lady. I would also, short of Wendy and Sandy, love to have any of those names for a first.
I was expecting more of the names on the list to be uncommon. My friend 's name is Abcde. That would have been a great name for the list.
Is she in El Paso, Texas per chance??
I’ll never forget (Doctor Who) Donna’s friend Neris.
Funny thing about Girl names - April, Mae & June, granted not common but getting that spring or summer vibe.
Oh, I met a girl named August who was a cashier at a Piggly Wiggly!!!
October is defiantly a guys name
@@bland9876 based on what?
"Randy" means the same thing in America, though it's not something you hear very often, at least in my personal experience.
I think it's going out of fashion in the UK. Made a good tabloid headline back when Prince Andrew was a bit younger: "Randy Andy"!
Randy's almost always short for Randall. Similarly, my proper name is Richard.
It's used a lot in farming communities, a randy goat as an example.
More likely horny than randy.
@@richmcgee434 unless it is a girl's name. Randi isn't normally short for anything. I've been asked if it is short for Miranda, but the two other Randi's I have met were also just Randi.
I spit tea all over my phone when he said, " Why don't they name somebody pretty good"?
Pretty ( first name)
Goode ( middle name)
@@faeryedark 🤗
The worst part is, Randy means the same thing here in the US. We just name people that anyway. Though people don't actually use the term much, everybody knows what it means.
It fascinates me that people have continued to use the name Dick as well. And that word absolutely still sees regular use here, lol
Some British people do use many of those delightful american names you mentioned... It's usually indicative of a person of a certain type known for wearing Adidas. There are many in the north of England. Lots of Jaydens, Caseys, you name it. My personal favourites are Logan (usually pronounced 'Lurgen' around here) and for a girl, Mckenzie (Or Mckenzeh).
Delightful.
Being struck by the preponderance of first names that could also be last names is an odd thing to be shocked by from someone named " Lawrence"
*Laurence.
@@LostinthePond That name has multiple forms.
At least I do believe it is as such.
@@LunaBari True. I have to admit that, without checking, I can't say for certain which one my dad uses (most people call him 'Larry', and I call him 'Dad').
@@LostinthePond which can STILL be a last name!
@Lost in the Pond, Well, nau I knau you're just yanking my chain!
I know a guy named Randy Sailor. Imagine the looks he'd get in Britain
I can think of one or two tattoos he might consider...
My grandfather’s name is Brayton and we have a few Brayton’s in our family going all the way back to the late 1600s... all in what is now the U.S.
I’m a Brayton too. Last name though
Hey... made your list!! 😄 I'm almost positive that my son's name... Kawika... isn't one that is heard in Britain...
My favorite Dirk is the one from Verstablium. Good channel.
April is a common female name. May used to be a fairly common girl's name.
Rose Hagood YEP! One of my classmates is named May!
Also Mae. I know a lot of seniors whose middle name is Mae.
As is June.
June was popular years ago. As a child I thought Julie was spelled July.
@@bob_._. June Lockhart, June Allyson.
Me taking someone’s information over the phone: your name is Cheryl? Common spelling? Caller: yes, Share-Elle. Me: I give up.
My mom goes through the same thing. Hers is Sherrill though.
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@@agoogleuser4443 My uncle's name is Jerrel.
And I knew a girl named Marr Lynn.
I work with someone named Jena. It's not said jenna, it's Gina. Rena in the south can be Rinna, REEna, or Renee.
I can never find my name on key chains, or tacky souvenirs because Mandy is a diminutive of Amanda. Except my name really is just Mandy. Ha ha. Thanks for mentioning my name.😊
My name is Kiri, no key chains for me either. I'm never on a list.
Oh how you've suffered. Ah well, we're all in this together, except for Nancy P. who is home guarding her ice cream from the great unwashed.
Mae here no trinkets for me either. lol
Same but my name is Matthew and every key chain i look at either doesn't have my name or spelt with one t.
Same with Candy. It's short for Candace.
My granddaughter, who will be 18 next month, was named Precious.
She was born at 26 weeks, zero days and came in at a whopping 875 grams!
She is perfectly healthy and have so much appreciation for all of her doctors, nurses, and caretakers for giving her life!
I made the list! Representing Anderson here Laurence, stop in for a beer next time you come through town.
I remember a girl in my school, Candy Cravens. Odd, every time i remember that name, i get a hankerin for something sweet.
Two of my boys made the list! Carter and Mason! 😂😂 my two other ones should have though! Ayden and Hudson. ❤️❤️
You actually named two of my sisters' names, Kennedy and Kirsten (though she spells it Kiersten). They both got excited when I told them😊
Kennedy means “ugly head”. Nobody would name their kid that in Ireland
I went to school with a girl whose first name is Sunshine and her last name was Burns, "Sunshine Burns." There is also a family in the next village over whose name is DePotty and they named their son Phillip, "Phillip DePotty."
Phil DePotty? Those parents oughta be ashamed of themselves....
Carrie is simply short for Caroline. In my family (Irish) we have Kathleen, Michael, Patrick, Kristine, Declan, Brandon, Kevin and more. Lots of K's. My son is named after his grandfather, Dionicio. I have nieces Kim, Kenrda, Kate, Shannon, Shawn and more.
Heck, I never heard "Kendra" until I moved to Tennessee!
im in ny i know 2 kendras
J. M. I am in Alabama and know 3 Kendall but I best there are 50 at my kids school
I have a cousin named Kendra.
I know a Kenna
It's a fairly popular porn star name.
Talk to Kanye West's kid, North West.
Gweneth Paltrow named her daughter, Apple. I was waiting to see if the next kid would be named Orange but no, he is called Moses. Smh.
That'll be interesting when he is playing sports:
"Go North, Go North!" 😄
@@riada4996 If he goes to East Tennessee State University as an undergraduate, he'll be playing in the Southern Conference. And if he plays basketball, he might be the center. He might even get to play in overtime. Somebody PLEASE stop me!
@@riada4996 North is a girl.
Cassis, Myrtille (Myrtle).
My cousin is named Clémentine.
I swear, my parents didn't know the British meaning of Randy when they came up with my name!
...and then there are the names I didn't hear until I got to England; Phillipa, Nicola, and my favorite, Leonie. I need a grand daughter named Leonie
Leona here
American
I used to work with a Nicola here in America.
My very American cousin is Nicola.
The one and only Leonie I ever met was Jamaican.
J male names are a problem in the UK too. I'm 28 and there were 5 Joshua's in my year at school, 4 Joseph's. And we've not even started on the Jake's, James's and Jordans. There was only 60 boys in the year!
I must say my daughter Auburn loves her name, and met another Auburn in the city we live. 🙂
Roll Tide. Go Tigers.
Auburn is the county seat of Nemaha County, Nebraska.
Kritikitti War Eagle!
Girls aren't named Spring because they're named after Spring months instead: April, May, and June.
And even sometimes August.
Klffsj I grew up with a girl named Spring
I knew a girl at church named Spring and a girl at school named Autumn here in the states.
So it has nothing to do with the moment of conception?
I had a friend that wanted to call her daughter April and their last name was Frost. I almost got named June. But, I was born in early July. So my parents named me Julie.
i had a great aunt named Goldie Jewel. And my grandfather's name was Loyal. do those count as aspirational ?
Though there are a couple of last name “Howards” at my university, out of 4,000 students, I’m the only first name “Howard,” and my friend is the only first name “Everett.”
I may be wrong, but I suspect that Ashley was once primarily a boy's name here, too, as in Ashley Wilkes, from "Gone With The Wind." I'm also pretty sure that naming babies (and dogs, for that matter) became a big thing after the movie "Splash" came out.
Shannon, Lindsey, Courtney, Vivian are also men's names overseas. Jane Austens books had a bunch of men with what we consider female names.
Hardly anyone was naming their daughter Jaime until the mid-'70s when the Bionic Woman made it popular.
Do you mean "Jamie"?
@@rinatail7248 No. It's pronounced the same, but the name of the title character in The Bionic Woman was Jaime. That led to a bunch of girls born in the 1970s being given this name.
@@caulkins69 It's wierd that "Jaime" (jay-mee) is spelled like "Jaime" (hi-may). Why do people do this to their kids? People are just gonna spell their name like "Jamie" (jay-mee).
I tried 6 times to name a daughter Gemma. Yes, I have that many daughters. I did get to name a dog Gemma though.
This would have been tricky had you married a man named Mr Pell and your daughter moved to France (or Miquelon)
My dog's name is Gemma! 😊
I can guarantee here in the US people will mispronounce her name. They will mispronounce it as Gemma and not GEM-uh
When my grandson started kindergarten, he asked his mom why many of the kids in his class had Pokémon names.
Laquisha! I choose you! LMAO
I LOVE THIS: I will use it to annoy my family, which include folks named Bryce,Jasper,Cash, Penelope and my mother, whose maiden name is Henry. She is a kind woman so she made Henry my middle name. I am a female born in 1976. Thanks,Ma! A Girl Named Henry,huh?
Look at Abraham Lincolns wife. Todd. John Adam's wife and daughter also I believe. It has been very common for people during certain periods to give girls a family surname as a middle name, and boys a family surname as a first name. I have been doing my own genealogy since 2005 and have been to several forums and meetings etc over the years. I have met people with ancestors whose names were doozys. Orange Couch 3rd was one elderly ladies dad. The first one ended up with his moms maiden name as his first name. Snively Steinman, grannys maiden name. So any surname you can think of was likely some kids first name in the past. Upjohn is another one I remember hearing.
When I was in college, I knew guys with the following names, and I constantly got them confused: Marvin, Marlon, Myron and Melvin. Try to say that 10 times fast. I don't know how popular these names are anymore, but what you said about rhyming names, made me think of it. Even though, they don't, in fact, rhyme.
Chase as a verb reminded me of the movie “Johnny Dangerously” and the line “do you know your last name is an adverb?”
I thought the "using verbs for names" was hilarious!
Names that as an American I only experienced after the last 10 years.
I’m in Texas and I know a Gemma!... um but her mother is British 😂.
Gemma Holt?
The only gemma I met in the US had moved from England lol
I used to work with a guy named Randy Cox. He had a good sense of humor.
And Americans have never heard of Nicola either (they know Nicole and perhaps think Nicola is a misspelling of it?), and think Fiona is exotic.
7:57 "Penelope" Seriously? That's well known from Greek myth. And anyway I bet most Penelopes will introduce themselves as Penny.
9:09 Americans think Aubrey is a girl's name? someone should tell 'em of Aubrey Beardsley.
10:09 I expect some parents who chose these names for their daughters were following the Puritan tradition.
Gemma and Jemma were names in the US, but they fell out of favor like Betty and Wilma. Something that you didn't mention is that when parents name their children, especially girls, they often come up with spelling variations to try to make the name more distinctive. One of my favorite jokes I tell to my customers because it has a large grain of truth to it is that (in the USA) if you get five women into a room at the same time who all have the same name... every one of them will spell it differently.
That's so true. For example my name is Morgan but it's spelled Morgaan
I used to work with a Jennifur.
Betty and Wilma remind me of the flinstones
I met a Jexiqa at a window when I was buying a train ticket. I said oh, that's interesting -- how do you pronounce it? She rolled her eyes and said, "Jessica. My mom wanted to be unique."
I remember reading in a newspaper about someone whose arrest was announced. His full name was Christ Christ. I kid you not.
So is that pronounced Chryst Crist?
and there's the classic convention of spelling names with ey/ie as ee - karlee, charlee, ashlee....
Armadeus The kids will spend their lives correcting people.
Coming up to 37 years ago we named our daughter Anastasia. She has hated it ever since. Her husband loves it. Most folks just call her Ana, and she tried Staci for a few years. Her sister is Amanda, grew up Mandy, and now goes mostly with Manda.
I have nieces named Arwen and Galadriel. The parents’ wedding bands are engraved with Elvish writing. My nephew is called Maddox
I have a friend from high school named Mithril
I hope they didn't spell Galadriel like that... Blasphemy.
11:04 I've been called out! Autumn here. I'm 31 and it's pretty rare in my age group, but more common among younger women. Are weather names a thing in England? I have a (female) cousin named Stormy who has a daughter named Misty. And my sister's name is Wendy {windy] if that counts lol. I have another (female) cousin named Dusty, and went to school with a boy named Dusty Couch. XD
Kristen shot JR. She was Sue Ellen’s sister I think.
Deneen Torkelson That’s right, played by Mary Crosby.
Spoiler or what? I still hadn't got round to seeing it! 🤺😜
and was it Pam's sister who shot Bobby
Kristen is derived from Christine which is derived from Christ.
I thought muliple women shot JR. But it was a while ago.
There was an actress named “Spring Byington”.
Gemma Dolenz sister of Micky Dolenz of the Monkees.
Oh, and Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues from Swindon.
And other than Dirk Benedict, there's Dirk Pitt, the main character in many Clive Cussler books
4:04 Did Lawrence just...laugh? Like ACTUALLY freaking laugh?? 😂😮😮