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Worst surnames?

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smother · 16/02/2011 15:28

So we've had a thread recently about the best surnames, and I was wondering what the worse ones you've come across are.

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lucymegan · 29/05/2019 12:25

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goose1964 · 29/05/2019 10:37

I went to school with some D'eath s

LouiseMiltonSpatula · 29/05/2019 06:37

I was taught by a Mr Hoare which I think is pretty bad.

HersheyKisses101 · 29/05/2019 02:00

My last name is Odd.

Underachieving · 20/02/2011 16:16

I know a whole family of Gays.

starterfor10 · 20/02/2011 15:55

I was at school with a girl from a Salvation Army family called Harlot.

LovestheChaos · 20/02/2011 15:31

Went to school with a girl whose surname was raudenbusch. Pronounced as rotten bush. And she was the town bike.

IBlameThePenguins · 20/02/2011 10:47

He's actually Adcock..not sure why that H crept in!!!

IBlameThePenguins · 20/02/2011 10:30

My partner is Mr Hadcock...his initial is B, so he's Badcock...His bro's initials are DE, so he's deadcock!..DD and I have my surname!

Noblet · 20/02/2011 02:40

My friend worked with a Mrs Shatwell. If memory serves, her first name was Shirley. Hmm

snice · 19/02/2011 22:36

used to know a 'Wooff' at uni

tallulah · 19/02/2011 22:32

We knew a couple named Smellie. The man always said if it was good enough for his father..

I worked at a wedding where the groom's name was Whiffey. Never did find out whether the bride took his name.

Aero · 19/02/2011 22:24

Osemwegie - a friend's dds go to a school with a teacher of this surname - sounds like 'aweome wedgie'! It's certainly not one you forget easily.

I also once knew a girl whose surname was Shufflebottom. I honestly didn't believe her when she first told me. Quite unfortunate!

Notnowcato · 19/02/2011 22:04

Willey. The new teachers at school tried to pronounce it Why-ley but the girl in question always corrected them and watched them blush Grin.

SherbetDibDab · 19/02/2011 22:02

And there's 22 Kunts on that website.

SherbetDibDab · 19/02/2011 22:00

There are 3 people on the electoral role with the surname Cuntz - see here

www.yournotme.com/default.aspx?forename=&surname=Cuntz

marriednotdead · 19/02/2011 21:56

Kunt

A customer where I used to work.

chipmonkey · 19/02/2011 21:22

Dh had a colleague called Mr Hoshite.

poodlerockin · 19/02/2011 21:16

I knew a girl whose surname was Hore.

CuppaTeaJanice · 19/02/2011 21:08

I had a teacher called Dr Burchett - obviously he was referred to as Dr Birdshit. I also know people with the surnames Balls, Bogg, Coxhead and Bender, and went to school with a Sarah Willey!

melpomene · 19/02/2011 21:03

I had a flatmate with the surname Cockhead.

Next one isn't quite so bad - in the Guardian today there was an interview with shoe moghul Tamara Mellon - her young daughter is named Minty Mellon, which is a rather unfortunate combination I think.

BodyUnknown · 18/02/2011 19:59

I hate my surname! Rhymes with gobbling, cue lots of jokes at school... goblin, boffin, nobbin etc etc.

I had a PE teacher called Miss Cockshott - pronounced "co-shot" apparently.

Hogg
Panter
Moane
Balls

And who can forget actor Benedict Cumberbatch? It's awful but wonderful at the same time.

MarioandLuigi · 18/02/2011 08:15

I went to school with a family of Bogeys.

SecretNutellaFix · 18/02/2011 08:14

Bater, for a boy at any rate.

BalloonSlayer · 18/02/2011 08:10

I knew someone whose surname was Hooker and when he got married he changed it to his wife's name.

I also worked for a traditional family firm where the bosses were always Mr, and one of the families were called Rotter. They were really nice people so it was quite a cute ironic name, except the father and son were both Richard and called Dick and Dickie. They both sounded like some unfortunate venereal disease.