'Most unfortunate names' revealed.

[Beorn]

'Most unfortunate names' revealed

What do you call some of the most unlucky people in Britain?

Justin Case, Barb Dwyer and Stan Still.

It sounds like a bad joke, but a study has revealed that there really are unfortunate people with those names in the UK.
Joining them on the list are Terry Bull, Paige Turner, Mary Christmas and Anna Sasin.
And just imagine having to introduce yourself to a crowd as Doug Hole or Hazel Nutt.
The names were uncovered by researchers from parenting group TheBabyWebsite.com after trawling through online telephone records.
Retired airman Stan Still, 76, from Cirencester, Gloucestershire, said his name had been "a blooming millstone around my neck my entire life".
"When I was in the RAF my commanding officer used to shout, 'Stan Still, get a move on' and roll about laughing," :laugh: he said.
"It got hugely boring after a while."
But 51-year-old Rose Bush, from Coventry, West Midlands, said she loved her name.

"I always get comments about it but they are always very positive," she said.

Implications

Researchers also scoured phone records in the US and found some unlikely names there too.
Spare a thought for Anna Prentice, Annette Curtain and Bill Board the next time you sign your name.
A string of Americans also have very job-specific names, including Dr Leslie Doctor, Dr Thoulton Surgeon and Les Plack - a dentist in San Francisco.
A spokesman for TheBabyWebsite.com said: "When the parents of some of those people mentioned named their children, many probably didn't even realise the implications at the time.
"Parents really do need to think carefully though when choosing names for their children.
"Their name will be with them for life and what may be quirky and fun for a toddler might be regretted terribly when that person becomes older or even a grandparent perhaps."

Source (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk/7909561.stm)

[Treffie]

Before she was married, my grandmother's name was Edna Hole (Head in a hole).:thumb001:

[Heimmacht]

The most unfortunate name I ever heared about was Claudia, wich means the cripple one :confused: now WHO wants to name his/her daughter like THAT? :eek:.

[Gwynyvyr]

I had a OB/GYN doc named Dr Goodfelt many years ago...I asked him if they gave him grief when he chose his specialty. He said they did. I told him not to feel bad, there was a gynecologist in Northern Virginia named Harry Beaver! (I was working as a long distance operator at the time).

Later, working as a telemarketer, I ran into names that nearly made me fall out of my chair. A few of the better ones:
Harry Butz (loads of them)
Harry Balls (lots of them, too!)
Adora Hogg


I once had a name come up on my screen at that job I couldn't believe. A quick call to company headquarters (I was working for a large charge card company) and we got the correct pronunciation.
SHEE-THEE-ED. A Pakistani name, apparently.
Unfortunately spelled : (I'll remove the vowel from the first part) Sh*thead.

I also called several Native (American Indian) people.
A common Crow surname is "Sisterprettyontop". It is the shortened form of "Sisterprettyontopofmountain". I thought it was a joke---until I moved to Montana and the local sheriff had that last name! The deputies last name was Walkingbear.

I saw a newspaper article recently where the parents of a newborn had picked the childs name with exquisite care. A little boy. First name-Drew. Nice, easy name. Middle name--Peacock. That's a bit original and will make him stand out in a crowd.
Now say the names together.
Yeah. They didn't realize what they had done until the little lad was about 2 months old and a co-worker of the father was snickering about it.:laugh2:

[SwordoftheVistula]

Funniest names encountered on invoices at work:

Dick Sacks
Rob Faggot

I also know a guy named 'Gene Disorda' who in fact has some kind of disorder, possibly genetic.

[Brynhild]

I once had a gynaecologist named Philip Cocks... :D

[Absinthe]

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Fanis Mpampoulas - Funeral Attendant

* Mpampoulas = "Boogie man" in greek.... :swl

[Atlas]

I once have encountered a "Jack Mehoff" on the internet. I guess it was just a joke.

[Lady L]

There's a black girl on American Idol this season named Lil Rounds :D

[Loddfafner]

I once saw a billboard for "Moses Peter Insurance". I realize that a comma belongs between "Peter" and "Insurance", but I can't help wondering if it was a business that has been rendered completely obsolete with the invention of viagra.

[Sigurd]

I recall that somewhere in Germany there was some Rosa Schwein, nee Ferkel (pink pig, born piglet). :tongue And in Linz there are two gynaecologists with odd names to fit their profession: Dr. Spreitzer and Dr. Möseneder. :D Landeck, Tyrol has a Mr. Adolph Hittler --- and some place in Germany had a "chamber decoration service" run by a Mr. Rudolf Hess. ;)

In my first year of grammar school my Chess teacher's surname was "Schoißwohl" ("sh*t well" ... his colleagues called him "Gagabene" ) ... and I have an acquaintance with the surname Fickerle (ficken = to *ahem* fornicate) - and in school one of my class mates' surname was Vögele (vögeln = well, same as ficken). :rolleyes2:

Finally, one of my class mates' surname (later) was Croft. His sister was born in 1990 and ever since nursery (i.e. age 3 = 1993) she was nicknamed Lara (for Lorraine). Well, big wonder what happened when Tomb Raider came out in 1995. :wink

In Innsbruck, we also have a Prof.-Ficker-Weg (Prof.-F*cker-Drive). He actually wasn't a professor but instead had a doctor title (Dr. Julius von Ficker)- they added the Prof. on because they were fed up with all the tourists who took a picture of the road-sign "Ficker-Weg". :D :D

...Addendum: I again forgot to mention that I have an ancestral line whose surname was "Schluckebier", which translates to "drunkard" --- what a nice and subtle name for my ancestor. Suppose the love of good cheese, good beer and good women is genetic after all. :wink

[woody]

OK, I gotta add a few here. I got halfway through the first page, and I was laughing. My girlfriend loved it. Her OB/GYN for her second son was named Dr Beaver. There is also an OB/GYN from her hometown named Dr Knuckles.

My Reiki teacher several years ago was Horace Bush. His father was Harry Bush.

Horace and I worked at a Metaphysical center. The owner was Mike Love, and Horace Bush and Woody (me) worked there. Harry was a massage therapist that used to come hang out. When the 4 of us were around, there was Woody, Love, Harry, Bush. We got several miles out of that one.


OK, that's all for now. It's sad...now, I'm going to go back and finish the earlier posts in this thread. It's not helping my neck...I twisted it earlier, and then had to sit through Race to Witch Mountain in a theater.

[LouisFerdinand]

The most unfortunate name I ever heared about was Claudia, wich means the cripple one :confused: now WHO wants to name his/her daughter like THAT? :eek:.

A local mailman whose first name is Claude and his wife have a daughter. The daughter is named Claudia after her father.

[Thot Whisperer]

Funniest last name I’ve ever heard was “Mankiller” lol, seriously I don’t think Native American last names can outdone in terms of funny names