Baby Name: Nude

I can’t play a prank on you for April Fools’ Day, but I can give you a list of personal names that seem like pranks.

Except, they’re not.

All of the below are legit first & last names that belonged to real people — often multiple people. (In parentheses I’ve added rough estimates of how many instances I’ve come across so far.)

1. Alma Mater (several)
2. April Showers (dozens)
3. Bear Trapp (one)
4. Candy Cane (several)
5. Cliff Hanger (several)
6. Constant Agony (two)
7. Constant Craps (one)
8. Crystal Ball (dozens)
   • There’s also Krystal Ball, who ran for office in Virginia a few years back.
9. Death Knox (one)
10. Gettysburg Battle (one)
11. Gold Mine (two)
12. Green Bean (several)
13. Hazel Nut/Nutt (dozens)
14. Ima Hogg (one)
15. Jed I Knight (one)
16. London England (dozens)
17. Mud Brown (three)
18. Never Fail (two) — father and son
    • The son’s headstone offers context for the name by referencing 1 Corinthians 13: “Love never fails.”
19. Norman Conquest (two)
20. North West (hundreds)
21. Nude Mann (one)
22. Orbit Moon (one)
23. Orchestra Harp (one)
24. Paris France (several)
25. Preserved Fish (several)
26. Pullman Carr (several)
    • One had the middle name Palace, as in the Pullman Palace Car Company.
27. Rainy Day (one)
28. River Bottom (one)
29. Rocky Mountain (dozens)
30. Sandy Beach (dozens)
31. Sea Shore (several)
32. Seymour Butts (two) — not just a Bart Simpson prank call!
33. Shanda Lear (one)
34. Silence Bellows (one)
35. Soda Popp (one)
36. Strong Beer (one)
37. Tell No Lyes (several)
38. Ten Million (one)
    • He had a daughter named Decillian Million.
39. Timber Wood (one)
    • He has a sister named Drift Wood.
40. Truly Wright (several)
41. Tu Morrow (one)
    • Daughter of actors Rob Morrow and Debbon Ayer (read: debonaire)

Which one do you think is the best? Or should I say, the worst?

Sources:

• Find A Grave
• FamilySearch.org
• Lipton, Mike. “All Adding Up.” People 18 Apr. 2005.

Image: Falstaff (1921) by Eduard von Grützner