How come you don't hear of anyone having the name Delano?

[therob]

Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Why is nobody ever named Delano? FDR is like the only person whose first or middle name is Delano. People just don't name their kids Delano anymore.

[TehSpoopyKitteh]

It’s a surname.

From a surname, recorded as de la Noye in French, indicating that the bearer was from a place called La Noue (ultimately Gaulish meaning "wetland, swamp"). It has been used in honour of American president Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), whose middle name came from his mother's maiden name.

https://www.behindthename.com/name/delano

[chiefputsilao✖️ping]

OP, perhaps you've never been in the philippines where you see people named:
mercedes
toyota
honda
minica
chrysler
ford
kia
khaleesi
afril me (misspelling of april mae/may)
junior
delano
jolens
etc

[therob]

Originally posted by Miss Ann Thrope:

Originally posted by chiefputsilao✖️ping:

OP, perhaps you've never been in the philippines where you see people named:
mercedes
toyota
honda
minica
chrysler
ford
kia

Ever met a person named Volvo?

I think Volvo was in the Soul Caliber games.

[PiggyTheAstro]

Originally posted by chiefputsilao✖️ping:

OP, perhaps you've never been in the philippines where you see people named:
mercedes
toyota
honda
minica
chrysler
ford
kia
khaleesi
afril me (misspelling of april mae/may)
junior
delano
jolens
etc

Back in 7th grade I had a classmate called junior. The irony was in the fact that he was the smallest one in the class.

[whatamidoing]

Originally posted by chiefputsilao✖️ping:

OP, perhaps you've never been in the philippines where you see people named:
mercedes
toyota
honda
minica
chrysler
ford
kia
khaleesi
afril me (misspelling of april mae/may)
junior
delano
jolens
etc

Sounds like the American colonization was effective

[L1qu1dator]

Originally posted by Miss Ann Thrope:

Speaking of former American presidents, do you know what the "S" stood for in Ulysses S. Grant's name? Nothing at all. It was just "S."

http://blog.nyhistory.org/ulysses-grant/

So you can say it was useless grand S?

[Goose]

My friends last name translates to "a jewish coin of small value"

you'd be surprised what names are out there

[Xite >X< 👁️👁 🇦🇺]

Odd names be odd, kids these days are lucky not to be named after video game or movie characters or actors.

Mababy Pingu... like what?
I thought Orson Cart was bad.

[Doc J]

Quick question, is it specifically pronounced Del-uh-no or De-lay-no? Anyway, it does sound kind of funky to me as a first name, but as a last name it definitely sounds cool.

[whatamidoing]

Originally posted by Doc Joricko:

Quick question, is it specifically pronounced Del-uh-no or De-lay-no? Anyway, it does sound kind of funky to me as a first name, but as a last name it definitely sounds cool.

I always pronounce it De-la-no

[Ⓥenom Ⓢnake 🐍]

This made me remember Lincoln Ford Mercury from the postmaster. When the world ends I'm going to change my name to that.

[Goose]

Originally posted by Xite >X< 👁️👁 🇦🇺:

Odd names be odd, kids these days are lucky not to be named after video game or movie characters or actors.

Mababy Pingu... like what?
I thought Orson Cart was bad.

>implying my first born son isn't going to be named Baldur

[JobeGardener]

I will get a goldfish and name it Delano,
just for you.