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I realize this is off topic, but I just have to say… that is a pretty awesome name. One joke we had in grad school is great roboticists had interesting names…

I realize this is off topic, but I just have to say… that is a pretty awesome name. One joke we had in grad school is great roboticists had interesting names… one of my favorite examples was Howie Choset (How he choose it). One of the many interesting/colorful folk I have met on my journey. I sometimes wonder that by having an “unusual name”, by making you “stand out”, further promotes you to deliberately stand out.

7373737373 5y ago
I randomly encountered one of the works of Kelly Kosmo O'Neil, an astrophysicist: https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Kelly-Kosmo-ONeil-2154743170 https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Kelly-... :)
- InitialLastName 5y ago
  The Philadelphia police commissioner's name is Danielle Outlaw.
- anonydsfsfs 5y ago
  Sounds like an instance of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism
- antognini 5y ago
  When I was in astronomy one of the authors on a seminal paper in my subfield was named Aristotle Socrates. I think he left astronomy, but he had a number of well cited papers: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/fq=%7B!type%3Daqp%20v%3D%24fq_database%7D&fq_database=database%3A%20astronomy&q=author%3A(%22%5Esocrates%2C%20a%22)&sort=citation_count%20desc%2C%20bibcode%20desc&p_=0 https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/fq=%7B!type%3Daqp%20v%3...
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astrange 5y ago
I still think Ransom Love is the strangest name in tech, but this one's a close second.
heavyset_go 5y ago
I was convinced for the longest time that her name was just an alias investigators used, but I agree, great name.
thamer 5y ago
You mean like the Austin urologist named Dick Chopp, who specializes in vasectomies? He even offers a t-shirt to his patients that reads "I was 'chopped' at the Urology Team." (all of this is true)
- elp 5y ago
  There is a urologist at my local hospital by the name of Dr Hardon
  - swader999 5y ago
    Not going to Google for this.
- skunkworker 5y ago
  I've also had a doctor and surgeon with the last name Slaughter, but that's a much more common surname.
  - gonzo 5y ago
    There was a cardio surgeon in the 70s in Las Vegas named Slaughter.
- chiph 5y ago
  He retired last November. I had a coworker who used his services (but never wore the t-shirt to work)
- gnat 5y ago
  My urologist in Colorado was Dr Peter Standard. https://www.md.com/doctor/peter-standard-md https://www.md.com/doctor/peter-standard-md
  - bondolo 5y ago
    My wife's urologist in Berkeley was Dr. Piser: http://www.goldengateurology.com/md-joel-piser.html http://www.goldengateurology.com/md-joel-piser.html
crawfordcomeaux 5y ago
I legally changed my name to Peacefully Revoking Consent To Be Governed/ For You/ And For/ All (/'s indicate name breaks). It definitely encourages me to deliberately stand out.
- failwhaleshark 5y ago
  I'll let you incur the wrath of the desk name placard makers and business card printers.
bingidingi 5y ago
Doug Bowser is the president of Nintendo of America. Surname usually isn't exercised as a choice... but he probably got slightly more attention for it at Nintendo. Maybe that was enough! I think there's something to the name theory, though it's probably ~1% of the equation. Someone with a colorful name probably has colorful parents, which would be the other ~99%. Somewhat related, check out Nominative Determinism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism
- Clewza313 5y ago
  These is, inevitably, a subreddit devoted to it as well: https://www.reddit.com/r/NominativeDeterminism/ https://www.reddit.com/r/NominativeDeterminism/
killingtime74 5y ago
Reminds me of a race horse lol
Clewza313 5y ago
Many HN readers aspire to someday be Zeus Engineer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zeus-engineer-83b4111b/?originalSubdomain=nz https://www.linkedin.com/in/zeus-engineer-83b4111b/?original...

7373737373 5y ago

I randomly encountered one of the works of Kelly Kosmo O'Neil, an astrophysicist: https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Kelly-Kosmo-ONeil-2154743170 https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Kelly-... :)

InitialLastName 5y ago
The Philadelphia police commissioner's name is Danielle Outlaw.
anonydsfsfs 5y ago
Sounds like an instance of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism
antognini 5y ago
When I was in astronomy one of the authors on a seminal paper in my subfield was named Aristotle Socrates. I think he left astronomy, but he had a number of well cited papers: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/fq=%7B!type%3Daqp%20v%3D%24fq_database%7D&fq_database=database%3A%20astronomy&q=author%3A(%22%5Esocrates%2C%20a%22)&sort=citation_count%20desc%2C%20bibcode%20desc&p_=0 https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/fq=%7B!type%3Daqp%20v%3...

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astrange 5y ago

I still think Ransom Love is the strangest name in tech, but this one's a close second.

heavyset_go 5y ago

I was convinced for the longest time that her name was just an alias investigators used, but I agree, great name.

thamer 5y ago

You mean like the Austin urologist named Dick Chopp, who specializes in vasectomies? He even offers a t-shirt to his patients that reads "I was 'chopped' at the Urology Team." (all of this is true)

elp 5y ago
There is a urologist at my local hospital by the name of Dr Hardon
- swader999 5y ago
  Not going to Google for this.
skunkworker 5y ago
I've also had a doctor and surgeon with the last name Slaughter, but that's a much more common surname.
- gonzo 5y ago
  There was a cardio surgeon in the 70s in Las Vegas named Slaughter.
chiph 5y ago
He retired last November. I had a coworker who used his services (but never wore the t-shirt to work)
gnat 5y ago
My urologist in Colorado was Dr Peter Standard. https://www.md.com/doctor/peter-standard-md https://www.md.com/doctor/peter-standard-md
- bondolo 5y ago
  My wife's urologist in Berkeley was Dr. Piser: http://www.goldengateurology.com/md-joel-piser.html http://www.goldengateurology.com/md-joel-piser.html

crawfordcomeaux 5y ago

I legally changed my name to Peacefully Revoking Consent To Be Governed/ For You/ And For/ All (/'s indicate name breaks). It definitely encourages me to deliberately stand out.

failwhaleshark 5y ago
I'll let you incur the wrath of the desk name placard makers and business card printers.

bingidingi 5y ago

Doug Bowser is the president of Nintendo of America. Surname usually isn't exercised as a choice... but he probably got slightly more attention for it at Nintendo. Maybe that was enough! I think there's something to the name theory, though it's probably ~1% of the equation. Someone with a colorful name probably has colorful parents, which would be the other ~99%. Somewhat related, check out Nominative Determinism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism

Clewza313 5y ago
These is, inevitably, a subreddit devoted to it as well: https://www.reddit.com/r/NominativeDeterminism/ https://www.reddit.com/r/NominativeDeterminism/

killingtime74 5y ago

Reminds me of a race horse lol

Clewza313 5y ago

Many HN readers aspire to someday be Zeus Engineer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zeus-engineer-83b4111b/?originalSubdomain=nz https://www.linkedin.com/in/zeus-engineer-83b4111b/?original...