There appears to be a contestant on this week's Brain of Britain called 'Mr By-The-Way'. Which is surely a character in a Dickens novel, not a real name?
As you yourself indicated, this is a hyphenated name. He must be the son of Mr. By, The-By - formerly U Ba-Thet-Ba (= Thursday, Calm Thursday) of Myanmar (http://www.myanmars.net/myanmar-culture/myanmar-naming-system.htm), - and of Miss Reta Way, probably of the US (http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Reta).
By the way, did you catch his first name? Is it Scott, btw?
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Date: 2008-09-15 07:19 pm (UTC)By the way, did you catch his first name? Is it Scott, btw?