How does a person get two first names like Ron Paul? Better yet, how does a family get a first name as its last name (The Paul’s). Did some ancestor, with a name like Paul Wackowitch, just drop his last name and start using his first name as his last name. I know that some slaves took the names of their masters, but I don’t think Ron Paul has any slavery on his branch of the family tree (I might be wrong though).
It’s just difficult to trust somebody with two first names. When you read their name, it makes me wonder if I read it correctly. Is it really Paul Ron? Am I looking at one of those last-name-first things? Did somebody just forget to type the dude’s last name and it’s really “Ron Paul SomethingorOther?”
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idiotdetector, you should turn your detector inwards.
Would two last names be better? How about “Anderson Cooper”? Does that seem more trustworthy?
Honestly, idiot… detector, try this: base your trust on someone’s actions and not their name, not their color, not their sex, not their religion, not their nationality and most importantly not their political affiliation.
I suppose your post is really just a shot at Ron Paul so I’m not taking it that seriously. But if you want to take a shot at Ron Paul, come up with something better than not being able to trust him because his parents had a last name that is also a first name.
lastnamefirst on October 12th, 2007 at 5:37 pm | Link
John Adams … how is that for a patriotic two-first-namer?!? Or Patrick Henry? Or Benjamin Franklin. They all had first names. Could you imagine somebody that had the same name twice, only with an ’s’ at the end of the last name? Well that was William Williams — can you believe that? It’s not fair to any of the Presidential Candidates with odd names such as Mike Huckabee, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barrack Obama, Sam Brownback, John Edwards (another first name twice!) or Rudy Giuliani to judge based on goofy name…
I. L. Ike Truth on October 12th, 2007 at 8:50 pm | Link
You are taking my complaint a bit too seriously.
As for Anderson Cooper, I don’t really trust him just because he’s on TV, if that’s what your suggesting. And I should point out that one, or both, of his names could be first names, too.
Actually my comment about not trusting people with two first names was tongue in cheek. It’s really not political, even though you want to frame it as a democrat vs republican. All I’m saying is that people, most likely, do a double-take when they hear the name Ron Paul or names like Ron Paul or Jim Dave, Carol Ann, and Joe John.
It sounds like you guys are Ron Paul fans. You do realize that you could really pump this for some name recognition, don’t you? Everybody needs name recognition.
mary jane (aka idiotdetector) on October 12th, 2007 at 10:07 pm | Link
Now you seem to be backtracking, mary jane the idiot… dector. Detect this for me, if you will - you went from “difficult to trust” tagged alongside of a presidential candidate name to “tongue in cheek… really not political…” within the span of three comments. Did you pick your name? Did your parents pick their name? And why wouldn’t I take your complaint seriously in the first place? I’ve read a great deal of complaints on this site and most are entertaining and, believe it or not somewhat educational. They offer insight into what pisses people off and I didn’t detect many idiots in any of the ones I read. In fact, the complaints I read seem to have one common bond - each complaint seems to be about something that someone else has control over but has used that control to screw something up. 90% of the complaints I read seem to about manners or poor taste, good, legitimate complaints. And then you complain about someone’s name. Worse yet, you tie it to a political figure and then try to untie it. Maybe you ought to browse this site for some of the manners complaints I was talking about and see what you “detect’.
lastnamefirst on October 12th, 2007 at 10:48 pm | Link
I never even thought about it lol, Makes me now want to think about my friends names lol.
cool thread.
ron paul money bomb on December 19th, 2007 at 8:32 pm | Link
i just saw ron paul’s name and that brought up the “can’t trust a guy with two first names” thought…. so I googled “two first names” to see what others felt about a guy with two first names…
in this day and age, someone like that should always make fun of it,
like say, please, call me by my last name… or something
smoke and mirrors 2008
boogeriquage on February 5th, 2008 at 2:35 am | Link
lastnamefirst
You have some issues to get past. Way too negative and defensive. If I use someone or some people’s name as an example, i.e.Mike Annette who is married to Annett, and don’t trust him or her, it doesn’t mean that I can’t live with them in my life. Hang Loose!
Hang Loose on November 13th, 2008 at 12:16 pm | Link
Shut up “lastnamefirst” He was just using Ron Paul’s name as an example of people with first names. You are a bitch trying to put people down with your stupidity! It’s his opinion and let him have it. Don’t be an ass and try to be all smart over the internet and put people down.
Firstnamefirst on December 9th, 2008 at 2:13 pm | Link
Putting all foolishness about trust aside, it’s not hard to figure out how someone got a first name as a family name. Look at names like Johnson. Get it? John’s son. Now think of shortening that to John’s. Okay, there are few people with the family name Johns, but Jones is the same thing (probably a shortening from Jonathan instead of John, but it’s the same difference). Now think about anyone with the family name Peters, Michaels, Edwards or Richards, and it shouldn’t be hard to see how someone could have a first name as a family name.
I hope this helps.
P.S. For what it’s worth, Rudy Guiliani also has two first names, the second however is Italian. If it were completely English he would be Rudy Julians.
Nomen est. on January 11th, 2009 at 6:21 pm | Link
what’s it called when somebody has two first names ie. one as a surname?
jim on February 20th, 2009 at 5:57 pm | Link
like les paul
jim on February 20th, 2009 at 5:58 pm | Link
Jacob Ryan Paul
Wayne Arthur Paul
Tryson John
Matthew Adams
David Daniel
Alex Kelly
Tara Amber
Ariel Blair
Gabby Blythe
Nicole Courtney
Zoe Ray Travis
Edward Ryan
Sade Abraham
Samantha Bruce
Andrea Caroll
Kelly Cassidy
Casey Howard
Jess Lewis
Monica Martin
Amanda Mason
Matthew Murray
Kim Murphy
Eddie Murphy
Liana Wilson
Peter Adams
Regina Alexander
Kristie Alicea
Hope Morgan Allen
Jason Avery
Felix Claudio
Ethan Craig
Simone Denny
Jeremy Francis
Sasha Andres
April Frank
Kim Frank
Anne Frank
Tiffany Frank
Paula Grant
Jason Harris
Nick Hyde
Philip James
Bill Kelley
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Rachel Levy
Colinn Marie
Briana Mark
Robyn Martin
Shaleah Marshall
Shaun Michael
Yana Morgan
Akil Noel
Griffin Randolph
Jason Patrick
David Thomas
Dylan Tucker
Lizabell on March 5th, 2009 at 10:06 pm | Link
Look, you NEVER trust a person with two first names; end of story!
Worse yet are people with their names reversed:
LeBron James (Should be James LeBron)
Carmelo Anthony (Anthony Carmelo, you get the picture…)
Or people with two surnames:
Wentworth Miller
LaDainian Tomlinson
Marty McSuperfly on April 19th, 2009 at 9:52 pm | Link
[…] find a source for it so you are just going to have to trust me. So, that was Minnie’s rule. My Biggest Complaint has some issues with the two-first names thing too, and despite the comments I do not think it is […]
The Name Game. « No, THIS is how you do it… on June 13th, 2009 at 9:02 am | Link
What about superhero secret identities??? Clearly this is a way to hide true identities.
Bruce Wayne
Peter Parker
Clark Kent
Steve Rogers
superheronames on October 8th, 2009 at 8:37 am | Link
What a stupid reason not to trust a person. Ever heard of Anne Frank and her diary?
How is it more difficult to trust people with two first names, than to trust a person with black hair, or brown eyes, or pink nipples.
The most and least trustworthy people on the planet didn’t decide their own names anyway; their parents did. So how does it say anything about their character?
You are a moron, and you should be ashamed by how stupid you are.
Dave on November 10th, 2009 at 10:58 am | Link
I’ve got a feeling poor dave has a first name for a last name hahaha silly Dave way to serious.
Trust no one.
urdad on December 16th, 2009 at 9:54 pm | Link
Chris Paul
Regina George
Elton John
Mark on July 6th, 2010 at 10:53 pm | Link