I have come across a great many unconventional names while researching my genealogy.
At one family reunion I met some cousins whose father's name was R O [Lastname]. Those were not initials, those were his first and middle names. As they put it, "R O was all the name he ever had. R O was his legal name. He named himself 'Roger Olen' [Lastname] for purposes of enlistment when he turned 18."
I never found anyone who knew any of the backstory.
Aww, the name plurality discussion takes me back to TT and one of the first threads and Dana declaring, "There are too many Davids in this thread. I therefore declare each David shall be known by a different name." This is when Manservant Hecubus, Knut Hoarfrost, and...um, memfaulting on the others...came into being. Good times, good times.
Like Harry S Truman but more
That is some true facts, Matt
My grandpa did change his name to his nickname - Weed.
Your grandpa was legally Grandpa Weed? That is AWESOME.
Right? It was just his name when I was growing up but looking back it was amazing
There are too many Davids in this thread. I therefore declare each David shall be known by a different name."
I read that post as a lurker, and remembered it when I finally registered here to de-lurk.
He owned a ranch as a tax shelter so he needed a brand and he wanted the rocking WC but someone else had already registered that so his was the W C half-circle.
He was a pretty cool grandpa
I read about the Davids in the FAQ, I think? I still think of DavidS as Hec a lot of the time.
my mom saw to it that I got my very own name and that's the name I was called, by everyone.
I remember how unsettled you were at your first Buffista F2F at people calling you Jay Zee. I made a point to address you by your first name after that.
In my family we've had aunts Maud Eliza, Lula Mae, Johnsie, Effie, and her daughter Effie June, and my mom Lillie Belle. Dad Lonzo, renamed Arliss Ewell at a year old. And of course, all the Ukranian names on DH's side. It was only luck and fierce resistance that kept StY from being named Wolodimir. It was made a little less difficult by the culture of no middle names. DH went through the army as Firstname NMI Lastname. His younger brother, Ihor, chose an Americanized first name and used Ihor as middle.
My grandpa’s sister was nicknamed Babe, which is what he called her, so I grew up with an aunt Babe. The best part is that her married name was Darling, so she was Babe Darling! Oddly enough, she outside of the family she went by her middle name, Annabelle, not her first name, Edna (her mother’s name). Her sister went by Francis, but her given name was Lulu.