Names, Names, Names....

Throughout life, you hear some pretty weird names. I have a weird thing with names. They help define who you are and what you're associated with. I don't know where this is going, so I'm just gonna list my favorite names here.


There's really no point to this post, but it's up anyways....




MY FAVORITE LAST NAMES: [Who They Are]
van Bommel: Mark, Dutch footballer.
Falcone: Frank, L.A. Don in the novel The Godfather.
Marciano: Rocky, the greatest boxer of all time.
Bergkamp: Dennis, Dutch footballer.
Reeve: Christopher, SUPERMAN.
Vercetti: Tommy, character in the Grand Theft Auto game series.
Kuszczak: Tomasz, Polish footballer.
Doucette: John, Lourdes alum.
Sheen: Martin, American actor.
Shearer: Alan, English footballer.
Vennegoor of Hesselink: Jan, Dutch Footballer.
Overmars: Marc, Dutch footballer.
Keane: Roy, or Robbie, Irish footballers.
Carruthers: Donald, character in the film "Smokin' Aces".
Kromkamp: Jan, Dutch footballer.
Kennedy: John, president.
Krstajic: Mladen, Serbia & Montenegro footballer.

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MY FAVORITE FIRST NAMES:

Boys:
Mark
Haley
Beau
Elliott
Rocco
Dallas
Jackson
Ryan
Brennan
Reeve
Keanu
Aliaksandr
Henry
Charlie
Lysander
Gunnar
Bernardoooooooo!!

Girls:
Aleyna
Lana
Lourdes
Alisse
Jennifer
Amberlynn
Lidianna
Evelyn
Lois
Belle
Lena
Summer
Leia
Juliet
Di Anna


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Weird Words Or Names I'd Put In My Kids' Names: [Like, Just Stick It In The Middle Or Something....]

Cougar [BOY]
[It's a sweet animal, and Cougar was the best pilot before Maverick "slid" in.]

Camaro [BOY]
[Pretty much the sweetest car ever, French slang for "companion".]

Artemis Entreri [BOY]
[Assassin from some book series John Kelsey was really into.]

Montolio [BOY]
[Another character from John's books.]

Arturo [BOY]
[Arturo Gatti; Canadian boxer of Italian descent.]

Avanti [GIRL]
[A car made by Studebaker. An ugly car, but a sweet name.]

Valenti [GIRL]
[Album by Korean pop star BoA.]

Arielli [GIRL]
[An Italian city.]


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THE SWEETEST NICKNAMES EVER:

The BOSS
[Bruce Springsteen--Do I need to explain?]

The Little General
[Dick Advocaat--Famous Dutch football manager whose mentor was "The General".]

Bugsy
[Pat Carr.--From his dad]

Big Chief
[Pat Carr Sr.--Just because.]

The Italian Stallion
[Rocky Balboa--THE American underdog.]

The Roadrunner
[Marc Overmars--because he was quick as hell.]



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SWEET FULL NAMES

These are the sweetest full names I've ever heard. They are either really awesome or really weird. First is the name, then the pronunciation [as far as I know], and who they are.

• Marco Boogers [Mahr-koh Boh-gers]--Dutch footballer from the '90s
• Milan Mandaric [Mee-lahn Mahn-duh-rick]--Serbian business tycoon
• Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink [Yahn Vehn-egg-ore uhf Heh-seh-link]--Dutch footballer
• Artavazd Karamyan [Ahr-tahv-ahz Kah-rahm-yuhn]--Armenian footballer
• Jiri Jarosik [Yeer-ee Yahr-oh-sick]--Czech footballer
• Jussi Jääskeläinen [Yoo-zee Yahs-kehl-ein-uhn]--Finnish footballer
• Zlatan Ibrahimovic [Zlah-tuhn Ee-brah-hee-moh-vich]--Swedish footballer
• Eric Djemba-Djemba [Eh-rick Jem-bah Jem-bah]--Cameroonese footballer
• Obafemi Martins [Oh-bah-feh-mee Mahr-tins]--Nigerian footballer

Yeah.... So they're almost all footballers.... Isn't that neat....