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Truly awesome names

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lucysnowe · 24/04/2017 11:39

I have just come across someone who proudly bears the name of Buckmaster de Wolf. It is the awesomest name I have ever heard! Does anyone have any similar awesome names?

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PlummyBrummy · 24/04/2017 23:14

Hereward Proops (at school)
And Donna Dinnah (at college)
Jimmy Riddell (at uni)
Windy Pfau, Coloneand a Fuchal Dikstrap at work
Roger de Tempest (northern aristo)
Penelope Perfect (DD's lovely friend)

QuimReaper · 24/04/2017 23:11

I love the RE teachers on this thread! Grin

QuimReaper · 24/04/2017 23:05

I also had a maths teacher at school called Rosy Winkle.

She had terrible rosacea Blush

QuimReaper · 24/04/2017 23:03

I was at uni with an Olivia Grace Le Breton which I thought was just gorgeous.

missslev01 · 24/04/2017 22:59

Confusedso many strange names out there.

TomaytoTomahto · 24/04/2017 22:57

I know a boy named Neptune. He was a fantastic swimmer.

LionsTeeth · 24/04/2017 22:55

The two RE teachers at my school were called, I shit you not, Mrs King and Mrs Wiseman

Zoflorabore · 24/04/2017 22:47

I went to school with a Mahoney Knobb, pronounced Marnie Nobb Grin

witsender · 24/04/2017 22:45

I know a young Hercules. He has a lot to live up to.

fatshitcrazy · 24/04/2017 22:29

For famous people - Isambard kingdom Brunel is one of the fanciest names I've heard, there's a producer on programmes like SVU and Chicago PD called Dick Wolf which is an awesome name.
I know a Jacqueline Hyde who shortens her name to Jacqui to limit the name association and a Polly Wood in real life

ALemonyPea · 24/04/2017 22:28

I worked with a lady called Zena, who had a brother called Napoleon. Her other brother had a plain name, like Jeffrey or similar, but I wish I could remember their DC names as they all had dc with amazing names.

marriednotdead · 24/04/2017 22:26

A psychiatrist called Dr (Paddy) Power, before the bookies association was as big as it is now.
DS (11 at the time) told him that Doctor Power was such a cool name!

pineappleeyes · 24/04/2017 22:26

'Miss Adcock' always makes me wince.

TroysMammy · 24/04/2017 22:22

Barney In my previous job we had a Holmes, a Watson and a Moriarty.

I had a French teacher called Mrs France.

EmmaWoodlouse · 24/04/2017 22:20

Not someone I've met, but a lovely name I once saw on a war memorial (WWI, so I've always imagined he was born around 1890): Tempest Crabbe.

Sadik · 24/04/2017 22:20

"A welsh lady called Wolf Blaidd"
Even more bizarre given that Blaidd is the Welsh for wolf . . . (which brings back happy memories of small dd coming home from school creeping up behind me reciting "beth y'wr amser, Mr Blaidd Grin )

Not me, but a friend did cold calling in the States as a holiday job. He said he really, really struggled to keep a straight face while talking to Mr Randy Pecker.

I'm sure it's an adopted name, but there's a rather cool artist who goes by Ming de Nasty (say it . . .)

ElizabethLemon · 24/04/2017 22:12

Ursula Goodenough-an American scientist. She's a very interesting lady and what an awesome name!

HeidiSpeidi · 24/04/2017 22:08

I've got a Dr Tickle at my GP surgery. DS loves it

Mulberry my mum once spoke to a lady called Mrs Dickshit who pronounced it Dicks Hit Grin

My personal all time favourite is Poppy Buttons. If you're reading this Poppy I have genuine name envy

ShatnersBassoon · 24/04/2017 22:05

I knew a Jo King. As a child, I used to wonder why she didn't stick with Joanne to avoid people thinking her name was funny. With hindsight, WTF were her parents thinking?!

LumelaMme · 24/04/2017 21:59

A friend taught a kid called Wayne King. Just don't say it quickly.

I think my surname is a pita, then I meet people called things like Woodcock, Glasscock and Lillicrap, and count my blessings.

badhotfanny · 24/04/2017 21:50

Kyle Klingsick

Johnny Monument

Snooky Wang

ammaismyhero · 24/04/2017 21:48

In a similar vein to Iona McIntosh, I know an Iona Swann.

And then there's Dr Peeper, a gynaecologist (what else?) in the US.

imip · 24/04/2017 21:44

I worked with a lady called Joocy Lam and our regional head was Mama Yoda.

CoffeeAndOranges · 24/04/2017 21:42

Tricky Harsh Kak is my favourite so far!

I know of an Edryd Goodspeed which sounds incredibly epic, like a knight on a trusty steed.

pineappleeyes · 24/04/2017 21:39

I knew someone called prince commander