Things you were shockingly old when you learned

I once met a guy who's a IV and went by Ivy.

Which was weird for me because at the time, my daughter was named Ivy.

Never knew a Chip, never met a Muffy, never ran into a Thurston or a Lovey

Y'all know I'm a Tre. I'm also a III. But trust me, we don't have any class.

I did recently mention something to a co-worker about my actual government name, and she was all like "Waaahhh? Tre's not your real name?" And I was all, Why would anyone name their kid "three" in the first place?

It's kinda like being named Junior, Jr. I dunno. You all can just keep calling me plains, if you like.

Heh, was trying to remember if there was somebody with that name on the borad but couldn’t. Another Senior Service moment!

I have met people literally named Junior before, so there's also that.

Technically I'm a III (at least), so am considering a name change to Trip D.

Wait, so Trey Cool from Green Day is actually Trey Cool III?

I have met people literally named Junior before, so there's also that.

I was one acquainted with a Quint. And yes this was in Virginia.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/816XJe-jzZL._SL1500_.jpg

Wait, so is Quint the nickname for someone who is Something Something the V?

I was one acquainted with a Quint. And yes this was in Virginia.

Keep going until you get a Sext or just don't even bother

Tré Cool = Frank Edwin Wright III

Picturing a version of the Pixies led by a guy named Ivy Thompson.

I've also mentioned this before: most of the other Tre's I've run into have been African-American. Not sure how much of a class marker those dudes are pulling.

My paternal grandparents started a thing that I don't know is an actual thing outside of my family where the first-born sons inherit the initials of their father, so I guess I'm sort of a Trey in a way that no one else would ever consider valid.

My initials share my father's (obv.), but so does my sister's!

Also knew these two brothers back in the woods who had the same middle name — their dad's first name.

I knew that pplains was a Tre but I didn't realise that was a nickname!

You really don't want to get into Sixtus territory, mind you.

Wow condolences to the baby.

I had never heard the Tre thing before either! But, yeah, Trey Anastasio = Ernest Joseph Anastasio III. I knew his full name, but never put that together.

two r&b singers from different eras came to mind: Trey Lorenz - real name Lloyd, so maybe; and Trey Songz - he’s a Tremaine

Randolph Severn Parker III

Trey Azagthoth's real name is George Michel Emmanuel III

in the US “Trace” and indeed “Tracer” also means III, fact fans

Oooh

Tracer Wainwright.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEil2e_bUvg

Tre Mccartney

Name your kid something different, jeez

a popular UK politician called one of his many kids Sixtus, which shows a lack of imagination (similarly my current laptop appears on the network as 'six')

Isn't Una the absolute lack of imagination though, you'd think that at least the first would get a name specific to themselves.

not if you're aiming for the Paloma and Blanca follow ups

sixtus and septimius/septimus are REAL old school names which i associate with Romans, Popes, and also really large Victorian families running out of name ideas for the nth son.

You've just very accurately described the family of the current Leader of the House of Commons.

Although he is more Catholic than most Popes.

kathleen hanna and ad-rock from the beastie boys are married

Marc Maron tells a funny story in one of the WTFs four or five years back where he was invited to some sort of private celebrity function at Horovitz and Hanna's designer craftsman house in Pasadena and awkwardly being the last to know any of this.

Taylor Swift was, apparently, named after James Taylor

James Taylor Swift III

Thought it was Graham Taylor?

Both of their Wikipedia articles mention it. Perhaps it is erroneous but it is a piece of information that I just heard about today, so.

Baseball HOFer Rickey Henderson was named after Ricky Nelson. (His full name being Rickey Nelson Henley Henderson.)

the kathleen hannah thing was in the documentary about her, The Punk Singer (2013) which is worth a watch.

and Don Henley's family changed their surname in honor of anticipating Ricky Henderson's future greatness?

Well, yeah.

I didn't learn, but recently realised of my own proud/mildly ashamed accord, that the wee icon for the clock app on my phone displays the actual current time and isn't just a static generic analogue clock image.

it's even got a fancy sweeping second hand ooooooh

oh shit!!

I remember when I finally noticed that

If it was a snake it would have bit me.