Unfortunate Christian & Surnames.

[mawnansmiff]

The current commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police is called Cressida Dick. Made all the more hilarious when you know she is openly gay!

Cressida Dick - Wikipedia

Regards,

Jay.

 

[pappymac]

A radio talk show years ago asked the same question. One nurse phoned in saying that when she worked in a clinic in the Deep South years earlier a mom came in with an adorable little boy and girl. On asking their names, the proud mom said her boy's name was Typhus and the girl's was Diptheria. The nurse, rather taken aback, asked where she got such interesting names. She said "Oh, I just heard them somewhere and they sounded pretty." I personally met a lady some years back named Eva B. de Wolfe, as well as several interesting name/rank combinations, including Captain Grenade, Captain Savage, Sergeant Major Minor, and Major Missle (Field Artillery branch).

I hadn't even thought about the names of people I met in the military with funny names.
i even worked for a lieutenant Peter Seaman. I also met a young officer with the last name Ng (pronounced Ing) while he was on a training cruise with us. The more senior officers would make jokes about his name.

 

[anotherbob]

I think some parents in naming their kids don't give enough thought to what they're saddling their kids with. Back in the early 70's had a pot head philosophy prof who named his kid cowboy buckeroo. sheesh.

when I hear shit like that I always think, have these parents not heard of nicknames? Put down John or Tim on the documents and then call him cowboy.

 

[Country Bladesmith]

…and then call him cowboy.

Or playboy! ?

 

[anotherbob]

Or playboy! ?

one of the guys at work calls me cowboy. I'd prefer playboy. It be more in line with my activities.

 

[mawnansmiff]

Here we have a solicitor with a possibly fitting name given his occupation....

Value of estate at death of FREDERICK THOMAS CHAMBERS was £2,601 8s 6d to son Ernest David Chambers (progress clerk) & John Panayoty Ballachey (solicitor).

Regards,

Jay.

 

[condorlover1]

We had a client called Mr. Sithole. I used to refer to him as Mr. Shit Hole and surprisingly he never did pay his bill! I remember a dear friend in the U.K managed to get The Times to publish in their Births section..."Mr and Mrs Rection are delighted to announce the birth of their son Hugh G. Rection".

 

[jpmcwjr]

Better than Shoreham "Shorty" E. Rection!

 

[LikeDadDid]

My grandmother hated her name - Ola Belle - and swore to give her children ordinary names. Uncle John got by okay. Johnny Ray was his full name. Kinda cool. And Aunt Judy did alright. Uncle Otis' full name was Merwin Otis - small wonder he went all his life by Sam. And my mother is Tomalta. Seriously. Tomalta. Thank God her mother was so determined to avoid strange names.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Shirley, she must have had a nicer nick or two! I hope!

 

[elessar]

Then there is always the (not a true story) gay couple that lives next door...... Neil and Bob.... not really their names. It's just what they do.

And their neighbors, Patrick Fitzgerald and Gerald Fitzpatrick...

 

[weezell]

The wife taught a kid whose first name was "LaDon Corleone"...