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Indiana Jones

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BarryBarryTaylor · 07/06/2019 07:39

Just watching Milkshake with my dd and the presenter was reading out the birthday cards and one of them was for a girl called Indiana Jones, even the presenter giggled. I think it’s a great name.
Unfortunately we have a really long unusual surname, but has anyone else known or named their dc after someone famous?
I would love to hear!!

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BarryBarryTaylor · 07/06/2019 18:45

diana 😂😂

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DianaBlythe · 07/06/2019 17:54

I know a Jayne Eyre and lots of Tom Joneses. It’s not unusual here.

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BarryBarryTaylor · 07/06/2019 17:48

Ooo I do love Harry Potter but I can appreciate how once that book appeared there must have been endless supply of jokes!

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BookWitch · 07/06/2019 17:44

I used to work with a 50 year old Harry Potter (in a school) - he had 30 years of normality before JK Rowling ruined his life!

Lexilooo · 07/06/2019 16:43

But in terms of fictional characters there is a pretty well known family lawyer called Rupert Bear, he's used his unusual name to his advantage though as part of his business name.

anitagreen · 07/06/2019 16:41

@BarryBarryTaylor Ooh maybe I've no idea lol

Lexilooo · 07/06/2019 16:38

I know someone who shares their name with a murderer. He would have been about 10 when this EXTREMELY high profile murder happened.

It is two fairly normal and common names, just an unfortunate combination. First time I met him he made a joke remark about how he "didn't do it". I bet he had a hard time as a teenager.

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BarryBarryTaylor · 07/06/2019 16:29

William Hare = pubes Grin😂 oh lord

These names are fantastic!

If my surname was Disney I would have to use Walter/Walt also.

Wouldn’t pick Reggie and Ronnie if my surname was Kay though 😆

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GlitterPixie · 07/06/2019 16:22

I know James Bond Jnr and the theme from the cartoon is all I can think about every time

Quintella · 07/06/2019 16:10

The guy behind the Guido Fawkes website is called Paul Staines.

P.Staines.

He deserves that name.

Soubriquet · 07/06/2019 16:02

I knew a William Hare.... his name was shortened to Willy..his nickname was pubes

ItStartedWithAKiss241 · 07/06/2019 15:56

My daughters name is Indie and our surname is very close to Jones so she likes to call herself Indiana Jones x 😂

Shadow1234 · 07/06/2019 15:47

My daughter had a boy in her class called Jack Daniels.

mumsiedarlingrevolta · 07/06/2019 15:42

I went to Uni with Walter Disney Grin

Dollywilde · 07/06/2019 15:30

Ah, too young for the one I know then OP - which means there must be two Confused

@anothernotherone the ones I know were an... interesting pair.

NetballHoop · 07/06/2019 15:18

I know a Lee Harper

Isthebigwomanhere · 07/06/2019 15:15

Dd2 went to school with a
Aston Martin and a Dean Martin also
Ronnie and Reggie Kay

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BarryBarryTaylor · 07/06/2019 15:11

Isn’t Danny a Michael Jackson song? About a rat? Hmm

Goodness (Jenny) Taylor Blush

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weebarra · 07/06/2019 15:08

I had clients called Paul McCartney and Isla Whyte

notacooldad · 07/06/2019 15:05

Near enough quintella
Just need a letter change on the y, I kid you not.

beansonbread · 07/06/2019 15:04

A few years ago, before the new Suicide Squad film came out but after the comics and previous film versions, I met a young Harley Quinn.

Sophronia · 07/06/2019 15:03

I went to school with a Tom Jones.

Quintella · 07/06/2019 15:03

Jenny Taylor?

ILoveDaveGrohl · 07/06/2019 15:02

@TurquoiseAndPurple I know a bob Marley and a James Bond too!!

notacooldad · 07/06/2019 15:01

We have a female relative whose surname is Taylor. Her first name is a nice fairly common for a young woman but should never under any circumstances be put with the second name.
I'm not making it up and I was shocked when I was introduced her.