What is the most unusual surname you have heard.

[Noidea2114]

I'll start.
I went to school with someone called Crumplehome.

Poo.
He was from South Africa.

Goldfingle.. A lad at school. First name St John...

Fanny farmer

Cockhead.

I seriously struggle to know how he survived school.

Dd teacher was Mr Meaney
I also know a Mr R Stiff
I also knew an Mr A Pratt

@booearing

Dd teacher was Mr Meaney I also know a Mr R Stiff I also knew an Mr A Pratt

I knew a Meany! She married a Pie and double barrelled it. Meany-Pie always reminded me of something a toddler would shout if they couldn't get their own way 😂

I went to school with a guy called Strongitharm. Good northern name if you say it in a Lancashire accent.

Bathmaker. Doesn't sound so unusual now!

Not me but someone employed at the same company I used to work for. Surname was Rakshit and her first name began with C, so her work email address was Crakshit.

I knew a Jerreat. Huguenot ancestry, apparently.

I knew two unmarried sisters named Pratt. Poor ladies.

As a teenager I had a part time job doing outbound sales calls. We had to go through a directory of names addresses and numbers. Among other names we (the telesales office) used to another at the following in our books:

Mr Titman
Mr Lay
Miss Cock
Mr Cockman
Ms Gay

Shitta (Nigerian name). Looks ok in writing, but when you say it.

I actually had a customer call me once whose surname was spelled Shite.

I tried to get round it by saying 'oh hello Mrs...Sheetay...

Nope. Pronounced as you'd expect.

I’ve worked with both a Mrs Topliss and Mrs Mann and used know know a Belch family

A Lithuanian lady I know is called Bogshiner. Her first name is Ooma.
I used to work with a man whose surname is Goal. I always had to suppress a giggle when someone on the phone asked for Mr Goal.

Woodcock.

His first name was William.

I was always baffled.

Snowball

Dr DeAth (dentist)

Argument.

Bates.. He was addressed as "Master Bates".

My favourite one is

‘Christmas’

I work with a Christmas. She chose it after a horrid divorce and wanted something light and frothy.

The most unfortunate names I have come across were Pants, Bastable (used to get called Bastard), Cuntell, Smelt, Whiffen.

Also just remembered my dad employed a husband and wife team once. He had changed his name legally to Darth Vader and she was Annie Vader

@Rainyrain

I know a Crapp family

It was a Mr Crapp who invented modern toilets.

Thomas Crapper, not Crapp, but near enough.

Tickinbottom! She's a teacher!

My favourite surname of a friend is Valentine.

Sadly, Thomas Crapper didn't invent the modern toilet, though he held various patents on WC improvements.

Two married friends of friends.

French - Cheese

Bender - Haugh