Do you have an unfortunate name? Or know someone else that does?

[DrMadelineMaxwell]

It's been drawn to my attention by DH this week, that because of my habit of trailing the end of the word away to a squiggle when I'm signing my name, I've been signing everything as TWat_ for quite a while. He found this hilarious.

And I can't even blame him for his unfortunate surname beginning as I was another name beginning with Wat...before I married.

Bottom is not an unusual name here.
When DD began school all 3 TAs in YR were called Bottom much to the DC amusement ( they were related)

A lawyer in a place I used to work had a last name which contained the letters TWAT in that order. Emails frequently blocked.

Oh I also worked with a Mustaf Abed. Always used to make me giggle

My parents named me after a sexual act unintentionally. They didn't realise until I went to secondary school and I was bullied. My first name is slang for female genetailia and my surname finishes the job!! They were upset when I changed my name via deed poll but can understand why now! Bless them!! 😁

@fairydustandpixies haha bless this made me laugh .

I always sniggered as a teen when the credits to various programmes (inc Buffy) showed Brian Wankum as being on their list.

A nearby church has a bench dedicated to Dick Glew. Surely you’d go by Richard, wouldn’t you?

There’s also Fanny Hands Lane in the area; I think it’s named after a local landowner’s wife, but googling Fanny Hands didn’t go well.

@fairydustandpixies I have a filthy mind but you’ve completely got me stumped!

@hoppinggreen that's the name I was going to add 😂

The Mike Hunts of the world haven’t got it easy

A teacher at my high school called Mr Raper. Honestly why you would choose to teach high school kids with a name like that

I went to school with a girl called Linda Crumplehome.
And recently I was introduced to a Mrs Crump (never gave the first name)

My mum used to teach a Dwayne Pipe

I taught someone called Roger Boyes

@StayClosePooky yeah but imagine someone with that surname and the first name of Joanna.... and every time they call out the register the boys say no thanks....

I once answered the phone to a Dick Staines, and it wasn’t a joke, it was an internal call in our organisation.

Met her at uni. Her name was Nicola Proctor , doesn't prob seem so bad. However she was a medical student.
She ended up failing her first year exams twice. So she had to leave the Uni. In the end she may have ended up in a job where it had no relevance.

Used to work with a Teresa Green and he brother was Winston Green -both from Birmingham.

[quote cricketmum84]@StayClosePooky yeah but imagine someone with that surname and the first name of Joanna.... and every time they call out the register the boys say no thanks.... [/quote]
Joanna Raper Christ alive ha!

These are hilarious, but I genuinely found it difficult to breathe properly for a good couple of minutes at Pooja Pantts

It sounds like a couple of PPs went to school with Wayne King. You'll be pleased to know that he's doing very well for himself and has actually become a famous musician.

If anybody has ever wondered why Fish from Marillion decided to go by that rather strange stage name, it's clearly to detract attention from his real name: Derek Willey Dick!

A long time ago, I was in communication at work with somebody from another company called Terry Leavett. Every single time his name popped up in the email inbox, I couldn't help reading it out loudly in my best, broadest, most aggressive Eastenders accent and adding " 'E ain't worf it!!!!"

I knew someone at work with the surname Lydiatt and her first name was Ria!

Met her at uni. Her name was Nicola Proctor , doesn't prob seem so bad. However she was a medical student.

And tell me, did Dr Proctor specialise in colo-rectal surgery?!

I don't know why, but Ria Lydiatt has me giggling even more than some of the really rude ones!

You don't even have to have a dirty mind when thinking about what to avoid calling your baby, as you would with Jenna Taylor or Richard Head - it's just right there, staring you in the face!!