Crazy Names

The Philippines is a country where it is possible to be called pretty much anything. There seems to be little conventionality about naming people and little consistency of spelling. All of which means that the Philippines has some of the best named people in the world. In Britain we really aren't trying compared to the Filippinos

The following are all genuine first names

Among the Salesians there are

Fr. Bong, Fr. Dong, Fr. Randy (Yes, Really!) and Fr. Boni,

Some of the names are religious in origin:

John Paul I, Jenesis, Baltazar, Jomar (Joseph + Mary) or Jejomar (Jesus, Joseph and Mary).

others are variation on famous people, historical characters or just creations made by joining two exisiting names together:  

Jimboy, Freday, Rejanmel, Glenric, Admund, Renson, Terrece, Dondon, Larry, Jeff-Mari, Romel, Romeo, Butch, Kevinlie, Rell, Welfer, Dax, Elbert, Edison, Alvin, Wahren, Bryl, Chan, Retche, Jeric, Melfee, Jarlene or Macartney.

Among these great names a few stand out from the crowd, so if any of you are expecting a baby and have yet to think of a name perhaps one of the following might do:

Lucky-Rey, Jolly-Boy, Jiffy or Jello.