Strange Surnames

[Backtoblack1]

Used to work in customer services. Three surnames have never left my brain:
Mrs Wildgoose
Mr Gotobed
Mr and Mrs D’eath.

Please share the weird and wonderful surnames you own or have heard. Apologies if your surname is one I’ve listed.

Knew a Mr B Day

@Hepzibar

De'Ath is a local name to us, so are 'bottoms' Longbottom, Sidebottom, Ramsbottom, Shufflebottom.

I worked in a bank years ago and we had a customer called Wayne Anker, he was a reporter on the local paper, maybe that's why he didn't change it?

Am guessing he never signed his name as W. Anker

I know a Cockshott ( she’s a teacher)
I also know Wayne Ankers the reporter.

Ah yes, let’s laugh at people’s names like playground bullies, not at all like they’d have had enough piss taking it school is it

@Backtoblack1

This was Bristol area - I can still picture the old lady now. She actually did look a bit like a wild goose bless her x

How bizarre! I am in Bristol area and know two sisters named Wildgoose!

[quote custardbear]@AintOverUntilTheCatLadySings - I had a Mrs Willy teacher too - she wasn't Scottish teaching in Hampshire by any chance was she? Primary school [/quote]
I can't remember if she was Scottish, but she was teaching in Surrey at this time

@FairytaleofBykerGrove

Best surnames I ever met:

Policeman named Constable Constable

Mrs Strong-Onion

Mrs Box

Dr MacWeenie

Mr I. Ball

Our music teacher (school in Bristol) was I. Ball (first name Ian)

I knew a guy with the surname Deadman. He wanted to become a doctor. I remember telling him it would not inspire hope in anyone ti be treated by Dr Deadman. He need to go into pathology.

DH’s great great grandmother or something like that was Fanny Raper. Back in the 1800s that was probably a totally reasonable name.

I also know a family of Dicks. They refer to themselves as the dicks all the time. And say things like ‘well, I am a Dick, you know’. I guess you have to have a sense of humour about it.

I've got an "embarrassing" surname. It's not been mentioned yet but it has come up a couple of times on these types of threads as "a surname I would definitely change" . I love it although I must admit, when I first met DH, I laughed my socks off at the name.

The best one I've come across has been Mr Cant.

We also had a teacher at school called Doctor Hunt, known as Doc
(Say it out loud)