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Lucky escape - unfortunate name blunder, anyone realise too late?

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loler · 11/06/2013 17:47

Ds2 is Euan, we nearly spelt it Ewan.

He was just writing his name doing the flicky bits so that the U looked more like a W. He's not the only Euan in the class, so followed it with surname initial. Finger spaces need working on.....

I was quite shocked to see Ewank on his picture.

Anyone made a complete blunder and not realised until it was too late?

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Meringue33 · 14/06/2013 12:41

There was a William Dick in my class at school. True story.

DC1's initials are MESS. We knew this but liked all the names so much we kept them anyway. Hope it doesn't turn out predictive!

SorryMyLollipop · 14/06/2013 12:39

I have know people called:

Dick Mold
Hugh Janus
Megan Bacon
Liz Behan
Joe Kerr

My friend nearly called their dd1 Yarrick but their surname was Hunt, luckily they realised in time.

SlumberingDormouse · 14/06/2013 12:31

Oh, I'm giggling at the possibility of Long-Johnson. That cat on YouTube is hilarious so it's a funny connection, not rude!

LifeIsBetterInFlipFlops · 14/06/2013 11:21

I know a child called Hurricane and his surname is Snow. He sounds like an apocalyptic weather forecast.

flakjacket · 14/06/2013 11:07

I know a Kitty-Lou...

Lulabellarama · 14/06/2013 11:06

I have a friend who double barelled her surname with her husbands to become Green-Pepper

quertas · 14/06/2013 11:02

Works with sibsets too, unfortunately. In the part I heard a lady call her children over the other day. Both lovely names but when called across a playground but a baby brother for Eva should not have been called Lucien. I expected to see a mother walking upright with varying degrees of stooped over children behind her Grin

MrsTerryPratchett · 14/06/2013 02:03

I had a lovely teacher at 6th Form College who knew kids well. He ran all the names past us to check if we could fuck with them see any issues. His last name was Pitt. He tried a few then thought he had struck gold with Sam. Sand Pitt then. In a Saaaf Laaandon accent. We saved him. We suggested Cecily for Cess Pitt and Snake but he wasn't having any of it.

If you read MN Mr Pitt, thanks for being such a great teacher.

amazingmumof6 · 14/06/2013 01:34

and a friend named Sophie narrowly avoided her name sounding a bit like an STD!
she wanted to take her husband's surname, but someone pointed she would have become Sophie Lees.

she went for double barrelled instead

amazingmumof6 · 14/06/2013 01:28

the ones I've heard so far:

Dick Rash

Helen Back

Chris Peacock

Ophelia Kok

Sue Doku

Sophie Hu

all real people, first two on tv programme about strange names

and of course Mary Christmas, Mary White-Christmas

pinkr · 14/06/2013 00:38

Can't be many of them about surely? !

BlueSkySunnyDay · 14/06/2013 00:08

that was meant to be Grin

BlueSkySunnyDay · 14/06/2013 00:06

Ahh yes I didn't go to that school Pinkr but I was reliably informed the door said Mr Dick - Head grin

SomeDizzyWhore1804 · 14/06/2013 00:04

Oh and I knew a girl at school called Amber-Sky. Probably totally outed myself there as I doubt there are many of those around, but it always struck me as a bit odd!

SomeDizzyWhore1804 · 14/06/2013 00:02

We don't have any DCs yet but DH and I were discussing this a while ago and he said he liked the name Evan. I wasn't convinced by it and I said "Evan OurSurname sounds a bit like a gay porn star" and then when I googled it sure enough the very first hit was for a gay porn star Grin DH now thinks I have a working knowledge of homosexual adult actors I think, but it just proves its always worth googling to check there isn't already someone with that name.

WildThongsHeartString · 13/06/2013 23:55

My DS has a Ewan Kerr in his class. True!

MissOtisRegrets · 13/06/2013 23:53

One of my teachers was Harry Kroch.

I also know a Thunda Anne Raines. Honest to God, that is really what her parents actually named her!

RNJ3007 · 13/06/2013 19:18

Not quite...trying to avoid it!

We're avoiding B names for that reason...

And if I'd double barrelled, we'd be Long-Johnson... cringe

PoppyWearer · 12/06/2013 21:13

I know a Euan K!

pinkr · 12/06/2013 21:07

I knew a Mr A Dick,,, headteacher. The sign on the office door always brought me a giggle!

ChippingInWiredOnCoffee · 12/06/2013 20:55

Minnie - please don't worry, if I google my name I'm a page 3 girl model (if only I had the body to go with it!!), a lawyer, a politician and an artist....

I'm not any of the above Grin

loler I'm sure it will catch up with DS when he's a teenager - no matter how you have spelt it, but don't worry, if it wasn't that it would have been something else!

LalyRawr · 12/06/2013 20:53

If my MIL had double barrelled her surname she would have been Mrs Blows-Hawes.

I still maintain she should have done it.

Though clearly I would not marry Oh or give his surname to our children Grin

gaggiagirl · 12/06/2013 20:50

In Florida in discovery cove there was a bloke called mike hunt who worked with dolphins

FriskyHenderson · 12/06/2013 20:49

I went to school with a C.R.Oakes.

EverybodysStressyEyed · 12/06/2013 20:45

i've known two Ewan Kerrs!

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