Strange Surnames

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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.

There's a Dick Soper (pronounced soaper) round here. He used to be a customer of ours, and a very nice man too.

In a different place of work, in a different area, I came across a Mr Page-Turner.

I had lecturers called Dr Money and Dr Valentine. It was like being at the University of Carry On.

I’ve also met Wright-Pratts and a Mrs Green-Gray.

Then there’s the infamous cricketing commentary “He batsman is Holding the bowler’s Willey”.

Not that unusual but in the context of their professions I was rather amused by Doctor Grave and Doctor Harm.

Old acquaintance -Mrs Goodhusband. Old music teacher-Mrs Bag. Cousin-Schwank. Work colleague-Mr Kok (who nearly called his son Breanus, no word of a lie! We pointed out the unfortunate association...)

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)

DH used to have an American client called Randy Bumgardener ...

Shatwell!!!!!! I couldn't believe it when I heard it for the first time

I once worked in a retailer where for certain items it was law to take name and address. Surname given as - "Tart", asked for the postcode, popped it into the database and imagine my surprise when the street name "Slag Lane" appeared,..... if only she had lived at number 69!

DF knew a police officer called Sargent Sargent.

I know some called Tickle but apparently it’s pronounced Tick-el.

My brothers friends surname is Vankdhoff

I went to school with someone named Shufflebottom. Poor girl!
I once worked with A. Pratt.
I work at Imperial college and love the fact that the Head of surgery is Professor Kneebone.

I know of a Wayne Carr and a Mr Dickslot..

Cockburne pronounced koe burn

I thought of this thread just now when I looked up a Humphrey Bogart film. I clicked to find out when died and in doing so I learned his middle name was deForest!

I had a colleague at my old workplace called Gordon Bennett...why would you do that to your child?!?

A teacher at my school was called Alan Partridge, unfortunately for him this was in the 90s when the show was massive. Also Mr Niskin, nothing to see here until they did the door signs with initials and his was P. P Niskin.

I've always quite fancied having a name like Drinkwater or Gotobed.

NC for this one for obvious reasons.
My DC has is at school where the teacher is Mr Butt and the TA is Mrs Dicker.

I once spoke to a lady who’s surname
Was Wardrobe. It just seemed very random.

And my absolute favourite one is I donated to a charity walk for someone I worked with. He’d linked to the JustGiving page and the person who he was doing the walk with had the surname Tortoiseshell. I’d marry that man in a heartbeat

justgeton we must be from the same place, my friend used to play with Annette!

I was once part of an amateur drama group with two couples in it called Pratt and Dick. We met up once in a theatre to watch a play, and one of our group said loudly as they entered, "Here come the Pratts and the Dicks! "

OP I can vouch for those 3 surnames as I’ve seen them too from when I worked on a hotel reception!

I also add:
Mr Ovary
Mr Chicken
Mr Christmas
And anything with bottom in it!

Cakebread
Drinkwater
Ramsbottom

Dp knew a man called Mr onion but pronounced ' o nine'

An ex-colleague was Cockshutt, pronounced Coh-shutt of course
I also came across solicitors in a previous job, Oliver Giner (soft G) and Roger Mee!

Once met a German girl called Fanny Likker.

A friend who is a primary teacher has taught a little girl called Robyn Hood... And another called Versace MacLachie.

Not rude but interesting surnames i’ evkme across

Bracegirdle
Monument
Toogood
Featherstonehaugh (fanshaw)