I think Rob Morrow's wife also has a pun name -- Debbon Ayer or something like that -- so it's a family thing. But still, Deb or Debbie are at least passable nicknames, whereas there's really nowhere to go from Tu.

I went to elementary school with a female Mikel, and I don't remember her being teased about her name. But she was rich, pretty and athletic; I'm not sure how kids would have reacted to it if she'd been poor, homely and a klutz.

And welcome to the world to Isaac, with congrats to Burrell, Mr. Burrell and Franny.

I went to elementary school with a female Mikel

So did I, but she was MIH-kel, not pronounced like Michael.

Katie, I was waiting for someone to say it! But nobody did! What's wrong with these people?

Loved that Rob & Amber got knocked back to third place by Rob's big fat mouth. 'Cause that's just funny. Want Joyce & Uchenna to WIN!

I've knew a few girls named Michael growing up. Most of them went by Micky. Didn't seem to cause them any problems. (Or at least, no more than my apparently unspellable last name did. It was always much more a problem for the teachers to deal with than the students.)

Went to highschool with:

Pride Ayn Joy LastName

and

Melody Musik.

My only rule for future childrens' names (of which I will most likely never use) is that they need to be good hollerin names. Good hollerin names in my family include:

David Wayne, Ellen Kaye, Cade McCoy, Mark Allen, Rebecca Lynn

Bad hollerin names:

Taylor Nicole, Mason Wyatt, Jennifer ELizabeth, Joe Bole, Douglas Murray

Expedite! Was he overdue, or something?

Uh, don't know. It's Newfoundland, anything is possible.

I remember my dad once telling a story about his hometown to a old friend that started out. "Remember Flippy Saunders? The old one, not the young one." I couldn't stop laughing long enough to ask if Flippy was a family name or if they just nicknamed all the Saunders men Flippy.

My parents went to great lengths to make sure our names matched no known unpleasant words, our initials didn't spell out anything, and they were easy to spell. That didn't short-circuit all the creativity of grade school savages, but I appreciate the effort.

I'm sick and tired, though, of being asked if I spell my name with a K or end it with a Y. "Is that one N?" "It's Connie! How hard is it to spell Connie!" "You might have an H in it somewhere."

My only rule for future childrens' names (of which I will most likely never use) is that they need to be good hollerin names. Good hollerin names in my family include:

Another reason I t heart msbelle. Adorable!

Hey Khany -- were you named after the Star Trek villain, by any chance?

Hey Khany

Who are you talking to? Do you mean Qonnaee?

t baps amych

Nah, the Egyptian god Khoni. (who I just made up)

t baps stehfi, too