What names do you look at and think of something totally different from what it sounds like or looks like?
Here are some of mine!
[name]Avery[/name]~Water
[name]Jonathon[/name]~Kid who likes sandwichs
[name]Eva[/name]~[name]Christmas[/name]
I can’t think of anymore, but there are more!
I will have to think of some in a while, but wanted just to say, this question and your examples made me laugh!
[name]Brad[/name] - I always think of those little golden metal things to attach papers together.
[name]Cole[/name]* - I think of coal. But I love the name [name]Cole[/name]. I will star any other names I like.
[name]Neal[/name]* - I think of kneel.
[name]Paige[/name]* - I think of a piece of paper.
[name]Lou[/name] - I think of the song that has the phrase, “here we go looby loo!”
[name]Joe[/name] - I think of coffee.
[name]Ralph[/name] - I think of a huge grocery store chain called “[name]Ralph[/name]'s” in [name]CA[/name]. Some of the stores have great produce. In [name]Colorado[/name], the same company has stores called “[name]King[/name] Super’s”. They are very nice stores.
Oh, I have a horrible one:
[name]Catherine[/name]/[name]Katherine[/name] – I think of Catheter.
Also, I really like [name]Ellery[/name] except it sounds too much like Celery.
Me too, actually.
[name]Shiloh[/name] - farms, I guess because of the word “silo”
[name]Annabelle[/name] - ice-skating
[name]Conrad[/name] - walking sticks
[name]Mason[/name] - chalk
[name]Bristol[/name] makes me think of Bris
[name]Tracy[/name]: Is a little turtle to me
[name]April[/name]: It’s the turtle issue again, but this turtle is sitting in a garden…
[name]Dolores[/name]: Is lunch meat for me…
[name]Felix[/name]: Is a kitty, but a cool kitty…
[name]Mary[/name]: Is a floral bonnet to me
[name]Bruce[/name]: Is a boxer dog…
[name]Greer[/name]: Is a chalkboard ([name]How[/name] random is that?)
[name]Homer[/name]: Is a little boy who drinks [name]Welch[/name]'s grape juice
[name]Lettice[/name]-lettuce
Oh and
[name]Lucretia[/name]-secretions
[name]Adelaide[/name] - Lemonade
[name]Finn[/name]- a dolphin
[name]Rosalie[/name]- [name]Rosalie[/name] [name]Hale[/name], as in Twilight, you know the evil witchy one?
[name]Ophelia[/name]- suicide
[name]Isis[/name]- ice
[name]Susannah[/name]- the girl in legends of the fall, although she did get to have some [name]Brad[/name] [name]Pitt[/name] ;D
[name]Pandora[/name]- Panda
Lelani- [name]Hawaii[/name]
[name]Ursula[/name]- ocean
[name]Iris[/name]- eye
[name]Tatiana[/name]- Titanic
[name]Iseult[/name] - Assault
[name]Violet[/name] - Violent
Those are the two I’ve noticed, but I’m sure there are more… ^^
[name]Sophia[/name] - Sofa
[name]Emery[/name] - [name]Emory[/name] board (nail file)
[name]Isla[/name] - Island
[name]Iris[/name] - iris of the eye
Eee-yew, that makes me not like [name]Lucretia[/name]!
Eee-yew, that makes me not like [name]Lucretia[/name]! Ha-ha…sorry [name]Susan[/name]!
It is a shame for me because it is actually the name of one of my gr gr grandmothers and it would have been nice for me or one of my children to honor her but I really can’t get past that mental image!
[name]Julia[/name]- pasta
[name]George[/name]- monkey
[name]Avery[/name]- it sounds masculine to me
[name]Vincent[/name] - the kid in my 3rd grade class that threw up all over the floor
haha! I have a few of those…
[name]Morgan[/name] - the kid who ate his paper book cover
[name]Madison[/name] (actually his last name) - the kid who picked his nose
[name]Amy[/name] - the kid that peed her pants
its amazing how long you retain those images!
I just can’t do [name]Ursula[/name] - she will forever be an evil octopus-woman!