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I hate it when parents do this.
I had a high school friend who's father named him Karl Marx. Thankfully, his mother crossed out the second name on his birth certificate before she signed it. She had to go with Karl, because she had already talked her husband out of Joseph Stalin as the name.
Here in Idaho, an adult whose given name was Marvin Richardson had his name legally changed to Right To Life. No more Marvin, no more Richardson. He's been running for some office or other for 30 years now, and always gets 1/2% to 1% of the vote.
There's nothing new about stupid baby names. During the English Reformation war, one of Cromwells leading generals was a guy named JesusChristOurLordAndSavior Barebones. His younger brother, also a general, was named PraiseGod Barebones. You would think anyone who was already stuck with Barebones as a last name would know better.
Thankfully, his mother crossed out the second name on his birth certificate before she signed it.
Not totally on topic but we planned to legally give one of our sons the name "Andrew" (so as to follow the Jewish custom of naming after a deceased relative) but to call him "Drew." My mother kept on asking "how's Andrew?" I told her that one more time and I'd legally change the name.
When she did I went to the hospital, where the name card still was, and manually used "blue-out" and took off the "An," legally changing his name. The card was not yet a public document since it hadn't been turned over to the applicable Town or City Clerk for filing so alteration was still perfectly legal.
This happened in Wales. The mom is mentally ill and the twins were a product of rape. Thank goodness, someone said 'no'. We should have an overseer of names here along with a spell checker to help those unable to correctly spell their children's names.
Preacher doesn't seem that odd. Deacon is a real name in current use (one of Reese Witherspoon's kids is a boy named Deacon, it's a traditional given name). Booker, Hunter, Archer, Miller, Judge, etc. are all traditional given names. Preacher sounds fine to me.
Cyanide's too much, though. Why not name your child Speedmetal at that rate?
Could of named the girl Cyan with a middle name of Ide and might of been able to pass it.
Preacher could be a cool name......
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