In December 2005 I listed some of the wonderful names I had seen and heard in the months since I moved to NC and I just found the list again. One name stands out from all these unkown and minor celebrities.........
Jas Gabbidon
Wes Goforth
Sharon Laughinghouse
Zain Verjee
Csaba Csere (male)
Barack Obama
Besa Tafilaj
Tempestt Bledsoe
Dick Butkis
Tahmoh Penikett
Dick Schnot (my favourite!)

Fancy calling a son Barry O'Barmey!

You forgot Dick Trickle. Surprising, considering your location.

Actually I forgot the black policewoman in Bristol called Adora Dick. She had a brother called Ivor.

You are making this up!

On my babby's life it's all true!

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Yeah, one caught my eye immediately -- "Dick Butkis" -- come on now -- you should spell it correctly -- it is Dick Butkus. Can you spell Ray Nitschke correctly?

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When I lived in Echo Park, there was a doctor's office at Echo Park Blvd. & Sunset -- of Dr. E.X. Reyes. Dr. Reyes has since retired.

When I lived in San Francisco, the late Herb Caen would often have what he called "namephreaks" in his column. He always swore he would stop doing it and never did.

I work with a woman whose family is originally from Iran. She was born in the US in the 70s. Her name is Nazi Sultana.

not quite in the same league but there was a Swedish bloke in my wife's office in London called Urban Person

I worked in a company with both a Randy Horn and a Randy Johnson.

Wirelessly posted (SAMSUNG-SGH-I617/1.0 Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows CE; IEMobile 7.6))

Rusty Kuntz. Last I saw he was a coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates

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Sounds better in Farsi than it reads in roman characters -- It is pronounced Nah-[t]see.

[the "ts" sound is not used in English -- besides Farsi, I know it exists in Hebrew and is usually transcribed as a "Z."]

The name is not pronounced as Not-see.

I've know some lovely Iranians with that name. They are tired of explaining, but they like the name.

No kidding - when she says it it sounds beautiful.

In the same company but in different offices we had 2 guys - one called Dick Locke, the other was called Willie Clamp.

Lots of schoolboy giggling - when somebody came in and asked to see Willie Clamp we would always say no but we do have a Dick Locke if that helps.