People are strange; and so are their names

We run across lots of interesting names in our search for prospects for subscribers to Vital Speeches. Recently: Packy O'Malley, Kelly McGlumphy and Wyn Hornbuckle.

But I have a public official pal who reads a lot and meets a lot of people and has an eye for strange names. About once a month, he sends me a card like this:

Other names this surname savant has stumbled across since I published his last collection in the spring:

Verity Harte

Izzy Rote

Dylan Cease

Maurice Commander

Equanimeous St. Brown

Amma Whatt

Rosemary Toon ("saw her this morning")

Christie Toot ("haven't seen her in years")

Paddy Ladd

Summer Rio

Blakely F. Bundy

Eric Freyfogle

Becky Lavender

Ebbie Goodfellow

Fieldin Culbreth

Kurt Tidd

Ian Windmill

Jill Boomershine

Giacomo Meyerbeer

Solomon Vault

and Young Chalker