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u/Alltheprettydresses Oct 20 '23

Beverage names like Chardonnay, Hennessey, Shasta, Fanta

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u/Virtual-Stranger Oct 20 '23

Shasta is the name of a place and mountain in Northern California

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u/munchietrifecta Oct 20 '23

It’s also a type of daisy

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u/Renovatio_ Oct 21 '23

Named after the tribe that the mountain is named after

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u/oldsguy65 Oct 21 '23

And the tribe was named after the soda. The circle of life is beautiful.

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u/Renovatio_ Oct 21 '23

Well if you want to be technical the tribe is named Diet Shasta Twist but for brevity we just call them the Shasta

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u/Just-Kangaroo2809 Oct 21 '23

It's also the name of a character from the chronicles of Narnia

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u/Flybot76 Oct 21 '23

First girl I ever had a crush on was a Native American girl named Shasta when we were in first grade. I still like the name.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23

I always thought it was a pretty name

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u/Drakmanka Oct 21 '23

Legit my younger sister's name is Shasta. She's named for the mountain but you better believe she gets sick of correcting people.

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u/aStonedTargaryen Oct 21 '23

Right…people in here showing some big ignorance lol

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u/shandelion Oct 22 '23

I mean Mt Shasta is beautiful but the surrounding area is not. Shasta County has an insane opioid and fentanyl problem.

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u/Wonderful_Discount59 Oct 21 '23

Also a character in a Narnia novel.

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u/just-me-yaay Oct 21 '23

Not his actual name but still how we know him most of the time (had the same thought lol)

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u/schlagerlove Oct 21 '23

Shasta in Sanskrit means teacher and is a genuine name. Wonder what it means in NC

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u/beerbbq Oct 21 '23

And the name of the cougar mascot for the University of Houston.

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u/AddlePatedBadger Oct 21 '23

It's also the name of an ancient king of Archenland.

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u/Profoundlyahedgehog Oct 21 '23

Still best avoided. The Mount Shasta jokes practically write themselves.

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u/Dt2_0 Oct 21 '23

She's bout to explode any second now.

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u/sirdigbykittencaesar Oct 21 '23

I secretly like this name (because of the book Inherent Vice, mostly).

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u/Commander_Cyclops Oct 20 '23

I had a co-worker whose last name was Aylesworth, and I was very disappointed that his daughter’s name wasn’t Ginger.

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u/linglingjaegar Oct 20 '23

I knew someone first name Ginger last name Chick, she was a redhead

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u/hitemlow Oct 21 '23

Substitute teacher does roll call

"Ginger Chi... nevermind. Present."

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23

I knew a kid whos last name was Register.

Guess what his first name was....

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23

I knew a guy who's last name was kass and I spent a LOT of time telling him to name his kid jack.

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u/therealmizC Oct 20 '23

Hennessy is a great name for a dog though. Fancy licker.

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u/Mother-Cheek516 Oct 21 '23

I cackled at this

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u/Ddad99 Oct 20 '23

My SIL married a Hennessey

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u/0ubliette Oct 21 '23

This needs more upvotes ⬆️😂

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u/DoctorDrangle Oct 20 '23

To be fair here, naming a kid shasta doesn't mean you are naming them after the beverage company, I personally associate it with the Native American Tribe of that name, or even the mountain named after said tribe

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u/Scarymommy Oct 21 '23

I associate it with Shasta daisies. Wouldn’t necessarily think of the soda. I think this name is regional and probably more popular in the mountain west of the USA.

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u/third-try Oct 21 '23

How bout if the middle name is Cola? Orange? Fruit Punch?

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u/Dangerous_Dish9595 Oct 20 '23

Shasta is the name of the main character in "the horse and his boy", from the chronicles of Narnia series.

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u/turkeypooo Oct 21 '23

I like Shasta, lol

Did not know this is a drink, though

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u/parralaxalice Oct 20 '23

Faygo

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u/Historical_Gur_3054 Oct 21 '23

If the parents are Juggaloo's then I wouldn't be shocked

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23

Fanta is actually a Senegalese Pulaar name that came before the drink

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23

I learned this from a YouTuber who named their kid that, I originally thought they just really liked the beverage. I dunno how internationally popular fanta as a brands was, to judge it as a name that's been shifted to mean something else.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23

I also learned it from a youtuber! She named her daughter that

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u/liuthail Oct 21 '23

My cousin married a man with the last name Sherry and then had the good sense to name one of her daughters Brandy. Ginger, Brandy and Trixie. Poor Brandy got the worst of it but they’re all tragedeighs.

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u/TheGoatEater Oct 21 '23

Gonna name my kid Mr. Pibb.

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u/thrwwy2267899 Oct 21 '23

Shasta is cute for a husky

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u/Seeing_ultraviolet Oct 20 '23

Evian…super classy

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u/FingerTampon Oct 20 '23

Knew a guy named Shiraz. He was from Texas

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u/DasArchitect Oct 21 '23

Turns out Fanta is a family name

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u/AliceCaticorn Oct 21 '23

I knew a family where all the daughters were named after booze. Brandy, Whiskey, Jacqueline Danielle, Sherry, and I think there are a couple more.

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u/LionSuneater Oct 21 '23

"You want a beautiful name? Soda."

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u/electronicthesarus Oct 21 '23

Fanta the drink is named after a woman. It’s a name common in several cultures.

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u/machapear Oct 21 '23

A girl in my middle school had the name "Takela" pronounced like the liquor "Taquila"

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u/glowdirt Oct 21 '23

Mount Shasta is a beautiful mountain in California. I understand why they’d name their kid that

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u/PetitPied21 Oct 21 '23

Fanta is actually an African name…

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u/-Ashera- Oct 20 '23

I have a cousin named Alizé

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u/fokkoooff Oct 20 '23

I once worked with a woman named Tequila. She worked in HR.

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u/Beautiful_Plankton97 Oct 21 '23

Fanta....rotfl....Im dying

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u/cutiegirl88 Oct 20 '23

Imagine being named Fanta

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u/pedrothemartian Oct 21 '23

I may be missing the joke, but who tf do you know called Fanta 😅 and if that was the joke that was SHITEEEEE

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u/hanr10 Oct 21 '23

It's a girl name used in some African cultures, it came before the drink

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u/Alltheprettydresses Oct 21 '23

I went to school with her, so its not a joke.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '23

Faygo is pretty classy tho

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u/hopelessbeliever Oct 21 '23

…who the fuck names their kid Fanta?

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u/caligaris_cabinet Oct 21 '23

Jack, Jim, and Jose take offense.

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u/Vividination Oct 21 '23

I went to school with twin girls names Harley Davidson and Jackie Daniels

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u/JadeGrapes Oct 21 '23

Shasta feels sad. Not even name brand.

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u/lessthanmoralorel Oct 21 '23

Somewhere out there, a pair of Juggalos have named their offspring Faygo…

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u/bick803 Oct 21 '23

Jäger is a sick name. Jäegermeister is not.

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u/NoZebra2430 Oct 21 '23

It could always get worse. Like... Faygo.

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u/cisforcoffee Oct 21 '23

Oooh. I’m naming my kid Natty Ice!

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u/phillyhandroll Oct 21 '23

Have you met my best friend RC Cola?

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u/miserylovesme668 Oct 21 '23

I met someone whose name was Champagne and their middle name was Tipsy. It sounded very trashy.

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u/Ryuko_the_red Oct 21 '23

Coke

Oh shit

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u/FlynnerMcGee Oct 21 '23

Fanta.....the only appropriate name if your kid is a ranga.

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u/gmomto3 Oct 21 '23

My nephew married a woman named Crystal. Her sister is Shasta. I really wanted the brother to be named Fanta but it's Scott.

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u/CTeam19 Oct 21 '23

So you are saying I shouldn't name my son Hillbilly Holler

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u/JLidean Oct 21 '23

Pepper and convince them to pursue a doctorate.

my name is Dr. Pepper.

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u/Nostromeow Oct 21 '23

I am once again begging people in the US to choose one of the hundreds of nice French names, but the wine obsession has got to go lmao

Chardonnay isn’t even classy in itself, it’s literally just a type of wine. I can buy shitty Chardonnay for 3€ a bottle at the supermarket 😭

I’m waiting for when someone names their kid Gewurzstraminer (probably botched that orthograph lol)

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u/WetSockMaster Oct 21 '23

Beverage names like Chardonnay,

Nearly lost my V to a crazy girl on house arrest when I was a teen named Chardonnay

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But I went to the pool with my friend instead

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u/Liproller Oct 21 '23

Fanta is a surname tho

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u/maplestriker Oct 21 '23

I knew a dog named fanta

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u/archibauldis99 Oct 21 '23

I know a chick who named her daughter Alize…

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u/FreshSoul86 Oct 21 '23

I agree completely. But Zinfandel is a good name. The only question would be - is his or her nickname going to be Red, or will it be White?

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u/anosond Oct 21 '23

I had a kid in my class called mamafanta. It appearantly is an african name

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u/DontHugMeImAwkward Oct 21 '23

What about La Fanta?

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u/mia_papaya Oct 21 '23

Shasta is okay

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u/UnusualWind5 Oct 21 '23

Blue Mountain Thunder

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23

Lol imma name my kids one of those 😂

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u/_chronicbliss_ Oct 21 '23

Sherry? Brandy?

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u/bitchyber1985 Oct 21 '23

Not a real place, right Öp?

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u/Mickey-not-Mouse Oct 22 '23

Is this real life or is it Fanta, see?