Nigels to become extinct?

Nigels I feel for you. I was blessed in the 60's with the name Keith. A very 1960s / 1970s name, really really unbelievably bland, and thankfully I bet no longer used. Nigels and Keiths suffer very similar problems.

What about the legendary Nigel Tufnel.

I think I can trump all of you with my 'Roderick' moniker. (During what I might call the 'Life of Brian' years, I might even have pweffered Monica as a moniker, probably)

This then gave way to the 'Only Fools and Horses' years, when I got a double whammy of explaining that it wasn't Rodney and I am not therefore a plonker (although I might be a plonker for entirely unrelated reasons).

Of course, the truly erudite accuse me of Spode-u-like facism. Rarely, but sometimes, I get all three in a triple-glazed confection of 'my-name's-Smoke-too-much'-esque hilarity. Honestly, sometimes the joke just takes on a whole new level of side-splitting amusement at the forty-eight thousandth time of asking.

But as I have got older, I realise why my parents - cursed with he name 'Smith' - decided to give me and my brother unusual Christian names to avoid the mundanity of yet another John, or whatever.

And my name is - genuinely - all I really have left of my grandfather and his Celtic heritage (Scottish, but born in Belfast). This even qualifies me for an Irish passport, although he would have detested that, being more orange than Donald Trump bathing in fanta.

And 'Roderick' means 'King of the Mountain', which means I have a Kate Bush song named after me. Sort of.

Nigel. The Gardeners World dog.

Myself having the name Toby, I'm very familiar with having a name popular with pups.      Still names like Nigel, Neville, Norman, Sydney, Basil, Kevin and even Roderick seems endearing for our little friends

I was in the late 60s one of five Alans in the same class. My mother would never tell me why my second name is Clive and I was the only one with a second name so used to get stick for that.

However, I have been in a job where I meet and deal with people from all walks of life. I have met Theresa Green, but the chap I really felt for had been named Donald Cannard!

JamieWednesday posted:

And Nigella?

Wow now that is an attractive woman!

Nearly everyone in our village of Thurlstone is called "Mate" as in "Aye up mate" and practically all the women are named Sue or Julie.

TOBYJUG posted:

Nigel. The Gardeners World dog.

Myself having the name Toby, I'm very familiar with having a name popular with pups.      Still names like Nigel, Neville, Norman, Sydney, Basil, Kevin and even Roderick seems endearing for our little friends

Now that Nigel is very cute.

notnaim man posted:

I was in the late 60s one of five Alans in the same class. My mother would never tell me why my second name is Clive and I was the only one with a second name so used to get stick for that.

However, I have been in a job where I meet and deal with people from all walks of life. I have met Theresa Green, but the chap I really felt for had been named Donald Cannard!

I may be able to top that. In the company I worked for we had a chap named Richard Pullar.

Guy Martin's dog is called Nigel

Best wishes, Nigel

One of our customers when I had my own business was (no kidding here) Rick Raper - imagine how that went when it was time to meet her parents.

There is a chiropractor in Dallas whose last name is Bonebreak.

And when I was at the mortgage bank, there was a loan officer named (first and last name) John John. Always felt his parents should have been horsewhipped.

As I recall someone sang about a boy named Sue......

That 'someone' would be Johnny Cash. 

Hungryhalibut posted:

That 'someone' would be Johnny Cash. 

Yes, that's the fellow

I do recall knowing a boy at school called Nigel, he was heavily into train spotting.... an activity that I thought was somewhat odd....

His surname was Winterbottom.

Many years later, I found out he had changed his name too Dave Winterbottom...... again not what I was expecting..... 

There's alway a Nominative Determinism at play with people. Most who I have met called Steve have always been Steve like. Same with John's , Richard's , Simon's, Barry's and Gary's. Having a name that's slightly different is a great excuse to be slightly different.

What's the problem with the name Nigel and train spotting come to that. Fascinating hobby. 

TOBYJUG posted:

There's alway a Nominative Determinism at play with people. Most who I have met called Steve have always been Steve like. Same with John's , Richard's , Simon's, Barry's and Gary's. Having a name that's slightly different is a great excuse to be slightly different.

And Nigels can recognise grocers’ apostrophes when they see them. It’s a special talent. 

Another Nigel trying to survive:

Ardbeg10y posted:

Another Nigel trying to survive:

 

Go Nige!

Funny, but Nigel's sirname is similar to the sound made by Xabi Alonso's chest cavity as that 'challenge' went in. Possibly a little over enthusiastic I grant you.