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Strange Surnames

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Backtoblack1 · 19/12/2020 23:20

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.

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PhilCornwall1 · 20/12/2020 00:15

My favourite overall name was a colleague called Preston Hazzard.

That is a shit hot, don't mess with him name!!!

TreesoftheField · 20/12/2020 00:18

Lilicrap and Crappy are Cornish surnames

SageRosemary · 20/12/2020 00:19

My nephew's friend is nicknamed Chilli.

Because his father is Con Kearney.

CeibaTree · 20/12/2020 00:21

I once knew someone who was dating an American with the surname Bumgardener (that was the spelling he used - which I assume was a corruption of the German surname baumgartner)

Aquamarine1029 · 20/12/2020 00:22

There was a Dr. Foote near my town. He was a podiatrist.

80sColourfulChristmas · 20/12/2020 00:24

Gary Windass on Corrie!

SecretWanker · 20/12/2020 00:24

I live in Preston. I’m a big champion for my home town. Don’t diss Mr Hazzard!

I used to work with a PC Tickle. We called him ‘the long arm of the law’😂

PhilCornwall1 · 20/12/2020 00:24

We had a Mrs Hoare who was the heads secretary when I was at school.

SecretWanker · 20/12/2020 00:25

@80sColourfulChristmas Gary Badass as he’s known in our house

YouKnowItsTrue · 20/12/2020 00:25

I would never date a Mr Bumgardener. I’m way too shallow.

YouJustDoYou · 20/12/2020 00:28

Dr D'eath..that was always a good one when I worked for the NHS

Utterlyexhausted · 20/12/2020 00:28

I know of a Chastity Harness & a Randy Harness..although they are related by law, sadly not married to each other.

PhilCornwall1 · 20/12/2020 00:29

@YouKnowItsTrue

I would never date a Mr Bumgardener. I’m way too shallow.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
LindaEllen · 20/12/2020 00:38

My childhood dentist was called Anthony Dick - by the end of my teenage years I giggled every time and gleefully announced that I'd had 'A Dick' in my mouth 😆

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Backtoblack1 · 20/12/2020 00:50

These are brilliant! 🤣🤣🤣

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Handsnotwands · 20/12/2020 00:52

@thatonesmine

There's a local tradesman with Godbehere for a surname.
I work with a .., Godbehere

Brilliant name

Having been cursed with a totally common name I love an usual one

GrimDamnFanjo · 20/12/2020 00:54

Locus at my surgery. Dr Crippen.

GrimDamnFanjo · 20/12/2020 00:54

Locum!

StormBaby · 20/12/2020 00:55

Had a customer recently with the surname Kunt

Handsnotwands · 20/12/2020 00:56

Our headmaster was mr trebelcock

He said it trebeeeelco

Of course none of us did 😂

PastMyBestBeforeDate · 20/12/2020 00:59

Relative is P Slowley.

BikeRunSki · 20/12/2020 00:59

@SageRosemary

My nephew's friend is nicknamed Chilli.

Because his father is Con Kearney.

That is brilliant
BikeRunSki · 20/12/2020 01:01

@thatonesmine

There's a local tradesman with Godbehere for a surname.
There’s a Godbehere family at DS’s school too.
OptedForSome · 20/12/2020 01:02

@EvilEdna1

What am I missing ?

Mr and Mrs Handyside

MasterOfCaffeine · 20/12/2020 01:03

Mrs Ramsbottom used to work with me, all I could ever think of were goats arses when I thought of her name 😂

My local boy's secondary school made the pupils call the male teachers by the title Master, and one of them had the surname Bates so was Master Bates 😆