You had a friend named Cornelious?
Yes and mainly because on his first day at school, (he was a newcomer), the school bully decided to sort him out. About a hundred onlookers were of the opinion that that was a very bad decision on his part. He did what the teachers couldn't do and more or less stopped the bullying there and then. Incidently, I dont know if he was proud of his name but he certainly wasn't embarrassed about it..
Can believe it!
Big Daddy was Shirley Crabtree,
John Wayne was Marion Morrison and
Johhny Cash was supposed to have been called Sue!