What's the strangest surname/last name you've come across?

[Armando Esteban Quito]

What is the strangest, funniest, or weirdest last name that you've seen in your language and region?

I've met a guy once with the name 'Shawn Drinkwater', which I thought was a bit strange and comical. Other than that I can't think of any names that have made such an impact in my memory.
http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Drinkwater

[Sikeliot]

Spottedcrow. :lol:

And this is not THAT funny but I still get a kick out of the Sicilian surname Spiteri. It's just funny to say out loud.

[Caismeachd]

Not the strangest last name but along those lines

http://www.fausports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/morgan_yourhighness00.html

[American_Hispanist]

Deogaygay (Filipino guy from my high school. he was the butt of the jokes from my classmates because of his surname, lol).

[alfieb]

I was going through financial records at work, and saw a recent credit card transaction that had gone through. The name on the card read "I. M. FISHBERG"

I nearly pissed myself.

[Armando Esteban Quito]

One of my close friend's name is literally Perfect. His full name is Alejandro Perfecto- quite interesting in my opinion.

[Armando Esteban Quito]

Not the strangest last name but along those lines

http://www.fausports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/morgan_yourhighness00.html

Did you actually come across this person?

[RussiaPrussia]

I was going through financial records at work, and saw a recent credit card transaction that had gone through. The name on the card read "I. M. FISHBERG"

I nearly pissed myself.

thats actually german, the guy is either jewish or german.

it means fish hill or fish pile

[Han Cholo]

"Walter Overdick", "Elma Madero", "Rolando Mota del Campo", "Ulises Carapálida", "Armando Casas", "Jorge Negrotte", "Jeremías Canijo", "Giovanni Verga", "Moctezumo Cacama y Pipitztli", "Roberto Cabeza de Vaca", "Luis Gerardo Canicas", "Madd Twatter", "Tao Long Dong"

[Sikeliot]

"Walter Overdick"

:lol: :lol: o.0

[AlexandraD]

i knew a guy once named "jesus del toro". i always find the name 'jesus' to be strange on modern people. when i heard the name i thought of a cross between jesus and benicio del toro with a little halo over his head and giggled a little :P

[alfieb]

thats actually german, the guy is either jewish or german.

it means fish hill or fish pile

I later met the gentleman. He's the model for "Der Ewige Jude".

And, I thought in German it was fisch, not fish?

[Sikeliot]

And, I thought in German it was fisch, not fish?

I know someone whose last name is Fisch, too.

[Armando Esteban Quito]

"Walter Overdick", "Elma Madero", "Rolando Mota del Campo", "Ulises Carapálida", "Armando Casas", "Jorge Negrotte", "Jeremías Canijo", "Giovanni Verga", "Moctezumo Cacama y Pipitztli", "Roberto Cabeza de Vaca", "Luis Gerardo Canicas"

http://www.snarksquad.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/MauryLaughing.gif

[RussiaPrussia]

I later met the gentleman. He's the model for "Der Ewige Jude".

And, I thought in German it was fisch, not fish?

german or jewish people often anglicize their surname in america.

[Gauthier]

Cabeza de Vaca ( Cow Head), hilarious surname.

[Bobby Six Killer]

Perez-Gay

[AlexandraD]

Perez-Gay

if you are talking about perez hilton, yes what an awful name :$ terribly annoying name for a terribly annoying person aha

[Methmatician]

Cockram

[Gospodine]

Longbottom is a surname I've encountered more than once in Australia.

I also had a Croatian teacher in Australia whose last name was Perica. Normally Perica is pronounced Peritsa in Serbo-Croat but this being Australia everyone called him Mr. "Perika". Perika coincidentally means "wig". And he was bald. :laugh:
He hated me after I explained that to everyone.

I also think the Irish surname Fitzgibbon is retarded. Some of the original non-Anglicized Irish surnames are actually incredibly simple to pronounce but spelled in such a way that you could never figure that out for yourself.

For instance the very simple surname of O'Haggerty is actually spelled O'Heigceartaigh, lol. Another one is O'Maoilmhiadhaigh which is just O'Malvey. You get my point.

I used to know two people with the surnames of Slaughter and Savage respectively. They both played sports (football and rugby); I always thought it looked awesome to have SLAUGHTER and SAVAGE on the back of your jersey in capital letters.

[Smaug]

Thomaz Turbano
Armando Tenda
Jacinto Pinto

Only neo-Latin speakers will get these ;)

[Partizan]

Leziz Hakan

(delicious Khagan for a lady?!?!)

[Graham]

Deogaygay, poor lad. Haha.

[Sikeliot]

I also think the Irish surname Fitzgibbon is retarded. Some of the original non-Anglicized Irish surnames are actually incredibly simple to pronounce but spelled in such a way that you could never figure that out for yourself.

The funniest Irish surname in the world has got to be "McGillicuddy". I once didn't believe it was a real name and assumed it was made up but nope. There is an Irish woman in my town who has it.

[Äike]

Seawitt, it's a German surname. Also Seavitt.

In Estonian it literally means "pig's cunt"

No Estonian has such a last name, though.

[larali]

I had to give a telephone survey to a man named Boogar or Boogard.... I couldn't stop laughing and had to hang up on him.

[Gauthier]

Pickles & Pepper.

[Methusalem]

Seawitt, it's a German surname. Also Seavitt.

In Estonian it literally means "pig's cunt"

No Estonian has such a last name, though.

Seawitt is not a German surname.

[Äike]

Seawitt is not a German surname.

It's not common, but it's a German surname. I've only seen Germans having that surname.

[AlexandraD]

Longbottom is a surname I've encountered more than once in Australia.

I also had a Croatian teacher in Australia whose last name was Perica. Normally Perica is pronounced Peritsa in Serbo-Croat but this being Australia everyone called him Mr. "Perika". Perika coincidentally means "wig". And he was bald. :laugh:
He hated me after I explained that to everyone.

I also think the Irish surname Fitzgibbon is retarded. Some of the original non-Anglicized Irish surnames are actually incredibly simple to pronounce but spelled in such a way that you could never figure that out for yourself.

For instance the very simple surname of O'Haggerty is actually spelled O'Heigceartaigh, lol. Another one is O'Maoilmhiadhaigh which is just O'Malvey. You get my point.

I used to know two people with the surnames of Slaughter and Savage respectively. They both played sports (football and rugby); I always thought it looked awesome to have SLAUGHTER and SAVAGE on the back of your jersey in capital letters.

looooool, reminds me of the reason i am too scared to go to irish/english pubs and get irish/scottish anything... i ordered a drink once and pretty much EVERYONE there was yelling "thats not how its pronounced you dummy!"

[Geni]

Tonyfivebeers..

[bella1407]

His last name sounds horrible in Russian language.
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[Colonel Frank Grimes]

I had to give a telephone survey to a man named Boogar or Boogard.... I couldn't stop laughing and had to hang up on him.

A hockey player who passed away last May was surnamed Boogaard.


Derek Leendert Boogaard[1] (/ˈboʊɡɑrd/BOH-gard; later /ˈbuːɡɑrd/ BOO-gard; June 23, 1982 – May 13, 2011)[2] was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played for the Minnesota Wild and the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Boogaard

This is a Galician surname that shows up in Ourense: Boo

[gregorius]

Naaktgeboren means born naked
Constant Lam Means Always drunk

[Roy]

His last name sounds horrible in Russian language.
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In Polish as well

My mother knew a lady who had a surname Kiełbasa-Krakowska. In translation to english it means ''Cracovian Sausage''. Kiełbasa Krakowska is also a common name used for some type of sausage in butchers. Her surname derive from a popular habit of receiving husband's surname as a second part of yours or your new. In her case it came out funny.

[undergroundninja]

there are a lot of arabian surnames that sound funny in croatian,serbian and bosnian
like ''Al Jebali'' which in these languages literally means ''they fucked'' (Oni su Jebali),and also i saw surname ''Al Usrah'' ,Usrah means ''Shit''.

[Arbërori]

As a fan of Olivia Wilde, I always found her real surname Cockburn hilarious. :lol: