Went to Hong Kong a few weeks ago and one of the waiters at a restaurant, a really cool guy, was named Ohno Cheng. And yes, you pronounce his name as o no.

Not that funny, but I had a message to phone Sue Glue. When I apprehensively called the number and explained I had a message to call Sue Glue, a woman said "Yeah that's me I married the wrong guy."

There was a young man on the USS Ingraham with me when I was in the Navy. His name was Jay Sample. Poor kid worked in deck department, which is populated by Seaman. He was in my watch section, and it gave me no end of pleasure to say "Seaman Sample" over the 1MC (PA System) while standing quarterdeck watches.

Here's a news article about him, he never grew up.

Local News | Young veteran celebrates Memorial Day the Alki-American way | Seattle Times Newspaper

When I worked at Solar Turbines, we had a woman in the finance department named:

Helen Fry

So yeah, if you needed help from finance, you could go to Helen Fry.

Amused me to no end...

Oh and we had an Korean engineering intern at GE around 1993-94: Dung Lam

In Korean, the last name is first. So properly in engrish...his name was "Lam Dung".

Haha... That's funny.

Let us not forget Governor Hogg of Texas from the late 1890's. He named his daughter "Ima".

Ima Hogg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

She became quite accomplished. Her family was instrumental in creating "River Oaks", which is still "the" neighborhood in Houston, and probably all of Texas.

An old friend was a tire dealer. He named his first daughter Michelle Lynn.

A frind of mine was named Rhoda. She married a guy named Ralph Rooter. She started using her middle name.

I know a guy named Dick Shaver.

When I lived in Arlington some years ago, my girlfiend's qyno was named, wait for it, Dr. Harry C. Beaver.

I know the last name is problematic at best, but his Mom and Dad had to be sadists: I had a flight instructor named Richard Dick.

Grew up with a buddy who's last name was Rick, first name Richard. Everyone knew him as Rick Rick.

There is a guy at work who is Richard Burns, goes by Dick.

I went to school with a girl named Kim Morrow.
Nickname: Camaro

Went to basic with an Airman Fagg and we have a road in town named after an esteemed city official....Harry S Bush

Peter Holder was Richard Holder's son, he prefered Dick for short.....

I have an aunt named Kathy. She married Ken and they have 3 children. Kelly, Krista and Kody.

And I have a sister named Debra that married Dan. Their kids are Danika, Devin and Derek.

Then my other sister is Terri. She married... Jerry. No kids.

I've purposely avoided women with names beginning with D. However, I did go out with a woman named Dawn a couple times.

Man! What a great thread! Thanks for starting this one.

When I worked for Rockwell International back in the 90's, our Director's name was Harry Weiner......must be a family name.

My BiL worked with a Rusty Pipe who had a brother Lead when they lived in NC.