Have you ever known anyone with an Unusual or Funny Name?

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When I was at school there was a boy in my year called Donald McDonald he was always known as Duck...

When my mother was giving birth to my youngest sister in the 60's..the lady next bed to her whose name was Mrs Down had just given birth to a Boy. My mother asked what she was going to call him..she replied '' Neil''...so my mother started to giggle ..the woman shot her a look and mum excused herself and said I'm really sorry but ''Neil Down''?..really? The woman snapped back ...Actually..that's going to be his middle name his first name will be John... my mother collapsed in Hysterical laughter...''John Neil Down''...

I don't think her bed neighbour spoke to her again.. :rofl:
 

At the risk of seeming inappropriate, a friend of mine was dating a spoiled little rich boy many years ago named Drew Peacock. Don't know which was more amusing, the boy 's handle, or the fact I didn't clue in right away. Who knew I was so pure? Lol. What on earth were his parents thinking? Lol.
 
My mother went to school with a girl named Mary Piddlecow.

A friend knew a girl named Margie Cutter. She married a man whose last name was Buttov and became Margie Cutter Buttov.

I knew a man who was unfortunately named Peter DeWetter.

My own given name is unusual in the US except on the northeastern US/Canada border, and Americans seem to be unable to either pronounce it or spell it. It's a very common name among Southern men in the US. I'm often called Audrey, Andrea, Adrienne...and variations thereof.
 
Way, Holly, way. Poor thing. She only used her given name and last name while married, of course. Tthen she got a divorce, and it was back in the days when, if divorced, the "correct" thing to do was to use given name, maiden name, married name. Using the maiden name plus married name meant that a woman was divorced. If I'd been her? I'd have been standing in line at the courthouse to have my maiden name restored as my legal name.
 
I knew of a couple a long time ago who were getting
married, her name was Emma Smith and his name was
Andrew Royds.

I often wonder if the marriage lasted.

Mike.
 
Many years ago, I knew a family named Lehrer (they pronounced it as "leer"). They named their first daughter Chrystal Chanda. Yep....comes out as crystal chandelier. They always claimed they didn't realize how it sounded. We have a dentist here in Orlando named Phuoc Huu Pham. Immature as I am, I still snicker every time I drive by his office.

And there was a guy in California named Weldon Rumproast. I can only hope he didn't start out with that name.

When I was 17, I had a boss named Dewey Beavers. I must have been in my 20's before I realized how funny that was.
 
I used to work with a woman named Welcome Friend. I always thought she had given herself that name, as people sometimes adopted unusual names in the 60s and 70s. Another co-worker finally asked her. Turns out the custom in her family was that the first female of each generation was always named Welcome. She was the seventh generation of Welcome. Then she married a man whose last name was Friend.
 
There was a pilot at Delta and his last name was Fuch. Guess how many times that name got messed up?
 
My mom's dentist when we lived in Hawaii was Dr. Luk Se. I think that's how it was spelled.

Whatsisname, The Father of My Children, worked with a urologist whose name was B. M. Dickey.
 
DoItMyself said:
There was a fellow in town named Vern Tinkle who owned a radiator shop. Tinkle Radiator Shop, and the slogan was "A Great Place to Take a Leak".
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Well that is just too funny!! :)

My husband knew a guy up in Oregon years ago named Larry Derryberry. I am not sure of the spelling of the last name but I'd say his folks had a sense of humor by naming him Larry. :)
 
There is a Chiropractor in Adelaide , I don't know him his name is Doctor. Slaughter .
 

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