real names real people

Yesterday, I was discussing with my son some possible names for his first child. Being the helpful man that I am, I would like to post this for his benefit. These are a few names from the book, Real Names of Real People by John Train:

• Noway Near White, Shoe Salesman, Columbus, Ohio.
• Odious Champagne, Paper Mill Employee, Winslow, Maine.
• Oldmouse Waltz, Federal Writers Project, New Orleans, Louisiana.
• Offty Goofty Bowman, Shakespearean Actor, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee Standard).
• Pafia Pifia Pefia Pofia Pufia da Costa, Brazil (Financial Times).
• Rosey and Dewey Butt, Sister and Brother, Peru, Indiana.
• Rosey Vice, Multiple Larcenist, Great Glemham, Suffolk, England.
• Dr. Safety First, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
• Serious Misconduct, Welwyn, England.
• Solomon Gemorah, Brooklyn, New York.
• Tarantula Turner, New Orleans, Louisiana.
• Taura Loura Goldfarb, New York City.
• T. Fud Pucker Tucker, Bountiful, Utah.
• Urban Shocker, former Pitcher, New York Yankees, New York City.
• Urinal McZeal, Washington County, Florida.
• Kitty Peed, Cape Coral, Florida.
• Professor Verbal Snook, Chairman, Mathematics Dept., Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
• Vile Albert, St Johnsbury, Vermont.
• Void Null, Schoolteacher, San Diego, California.
• Wambly Bald, Reporter, New York Post, New York City.
• Zilpher Spittle English parish record, Maclean's Magazine.

and... some other real people my family has known:

Haley Whaley
Harry Butz
Crystal Shanda Lear
Cash Coin

Have you known anyone with an unusual name? Leave me a comment...

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