Active discussions

Help protect children from gaming harms.

Take our survey

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

Original poster

What are the funniest names you've heard of?

278 replies

starsandstuff · 10/05/2018 18:44

I once worked with a person who'd gone to school with a girl called Myrtle Turtle. I have never stopped loving that.

Any others?

(Not in the spirit of taking the piss out of people's choices, more in the sense of acknowledging parents' genius)

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Set a reminder
Keepittenten · 13/05/2018 02:07

Worked at a job contacting young people about education/work/training.
Always raised a chuckle when any of us working the same lists got,
Candy Lane
Lee Attard
Read Shakespeare
Outing but, my first name begins with ‘X’, surname Hale. Always joke about giving any future child the initials ‘I.N’ or ‘E.X’ .

ABitOTT · 13/05/2018 01:47

Growing up my GP was named Dr. Wellbelove. She really was a wonderful Doctor.

Also went to school with Teresa Green so presume theres plenty out there.

Momadream · 13/05/2018 00:48

Tuesday for a girl. Mum was lovely though and the girl herself. Just found it a strange choice of name...

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 13/05/2018 00:14

Mortality - saw it on a waiter's name badge in a hotel in Lagos (Nigeria).

A dd used to know a Polly Esther Cotton

EvilTwins · 11/05/2018 23:02

I am a teacher, with a little 6th form group of 11. In that class, we have Mary, Joseph, Angel & Gabriel. Obviously they were too cool to do a nativity, but we could have. Also, my drama studio was (back in the Regency period) a stable.

Littlejayx · 11/05/2018 22:48

Sally lally and a Darell Hannah (boy)

Velvetbee · 11/05/2018 22:37

Sonny Bumsted.

TellerTuesday4EVA · 11/05/2018 22:28

There was a boy called Ben Dover in the year above me at school.

Also I once worked with a lady called Tanya Watt, our emails were initial & surname with no .'s honestly chuckled every time an email came through from twatt@

FesteringCarbuncle · 11/05/2018 22:27

I worked with a bloke who called his son Axle Hoyle
We lived in a place where people typically dropped the H so the poor kid became Axle Oil

TheScottishPlay · 11/05/2018 22:25

Until recently the head of our local council was Richard Stiff.

catattack123 · 11/05/2018 22:16

My partners middle name is Miles, because he was born on the road a mile from the hospital 😂

brimfullofasha · 11/05/2018 22:13

I know someone called Basil Sage

user838383 · 11/05/2018 21:30

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

katseyes7 · 11/05/2018 21:27

l worked with a man whose dad was called Horace Norris....

twirlywho · 11/05/2018 20:29

Sorry someone beat me. Hope it was the same bloke.

twirlywho · 11/05/2018 20:26

Ronald McDonald

Passmethecrisps · 11/05/2018 20:17

I knew a David Davidson

Belindabauer · 11/05/2018 19:44

I knew a David Davis.
There was a travel book written by Timothy Timsway.
My ex had a friend called Paul Ness ( P Ness).

x2boys · 11/05/2018 18:57

I knew a Mavis Davies.

MrsCatE · 11/05/2018 16:29

I think we should vote for best, unfortunately have no idea how votes could be counted! Perhaps limit to best Nominative Determinism (name applicable to job e.g Plod for police person)?

My favourite overall (not under above parameter) is whoever put forward "Pearl Nicholas"!!!

However, I am incredibly puerile.

EnormousDormouse · 11/05/2018 16:29

I also did a couple of shifts with Liv and Di.

BobbinThreadbare123 · 11/05/2018 15:17

I've known a Dr Tickle - he did not last long as a teacher!

Also Prof. Zeppelin and Dr Argonne. Most of these are chemists.

There were the unoriginal names at school; boys called Richard Richardson and so on.

pallisers · 11/05/2018 15:09

our local tv weatherman was called Mike Wankum

EnormousDormouse · 11/05/2018 14:52

Hugh Cumber.

elQuintoConyo · 11/05/2018 14:47

Russet56 they may be my favourite names on the thread! Mrs Furniss the RE teacher is just brilliant!

Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.

Join Mumsnet Log In

This thread is closed and is no longer accepting replies. Click here to start a new thread.