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Unusual surnames.

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RuthTopp · 04/08/2023 18:11

For some weird reason I have heard two unusual surnames today , Younghusband and Gotobed . Which ( in a light hearted way ) could be used to formulate a sentence -
" Gotobed younghusband !
What unusual ones do you know ?

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Keykaty · 04/08/2023 20:14

There was a bloke on Gardener's World I think, called Bob Flowerdew, very apt. Anyone remember?

AppleDumplingWithCustard · 04/08/2023 20:16

I once met a Howgego.

LadinLee · 04/08/2023 20:20

PerspiringElizabeth · 04/08/2023 19:00

There was a girl at school with the surname Cockburn which she insisted was pronounced co-burn… don’t blame her!
And a Higginbottom which we had to pronounce -botham apparently.

I like Popadec and Pendergast but not sure how unusual they are!

It is. Cockburn street in Edinburgh pronounced Coburn

fireflyloo · 04/08/2023 20:22

Not unusual in the name, it actually must be a popular enough name but my best friend and her fiancé have the same surname. Will work handy when they marry as neither will need to chance their name.

LadinLee · 04/08/2023 20:24

ClinkyWotsit · 04/08/2023 20:09

Mr and Mrs Wanke, my parents next door neighbours when I was a child. Pronounced Van-key.

Oh this made me laughGrinGrin

SingingFaLaLa · 04/08/2023 20:28

I once had dealings with a Mrs Sithole through work. I honestly think i'd have changed by deed poll if it were me.

Icequeen01 · 04/08/2023 20:30

My surname (by marriage) is incredibly rare and I can usually see people trying to smother their laughter when they hear it 🥴

haveyouopenedyourbowelstoday · 04/08/2023 20:31

I love these threads as I have an unusual surname and it's always mentioned.
It's already been said on here.

imadeitnice · 04/08/2023 20:31

I know a Cockhead who pronounces it Co head
And also Wanklyn

Gratedpotato · 04/08/2023 20:35

I've met a Turtle, a Bananaman and an Oldman-Pratt

mraladdinsir · 04/08/2023 20:37

Bytheway, always sticks with me. A lovely family I met on holiday in Llandudno!

JaninaDuszejko · 04/08/2023 20:37

I worked with a Clutterbuck which is an excellent old English name.

But everyone from Orkney or Shetland knows a Twatt (pronounced Twot).

Whatsthesituation · 04/08/2023 20:39

RuthTopp · 04/08/2023 18:11

For some weird reason I have heard two unusual surnames today , Younghusband and Gotobed . Which ( in a light hearted way ) could be used to formulate a sentence -
" Gotobed younghusband !
What unusual ones do you know ?

I've met couple called Younghusband, originally from Newcastle area.

midsomermurderess · 04/08/2023 20:42

There is a solicitor in Scotland, MacSporran. I don t know if there are many of them, but it is so, almost comically, Scottish.

mháthairtalmhan · 04/08/2023 20:42

I have an unusual surname and I love it. Anyone with the surname is related to me. I joined a large organization and within a month I received an email from a fellow surname bearer, thus discovering another relative😃

Seasideanticscanleadtosandybuckets · 04/08/2023 20:42

Our neighbours were Batty.. Imagine!

BellaTheDarkOverlord · 04/08/2023 20:43

Longcake

StopFeckingFaffing · 04/08/2023 20:46

@Seasideanticscanleadtosandybuckets

Did she have wrinkled stockings?

tillytoodles1 · 04/08/2023 20:47

I've met a Mr Dick and a Mr Chicken.

BearSoFair · 04/08/2023 20:47

Makepeace - she was very calming and level headed, it really fit! She'd often comment that we'd never met her brother who by all accounts was a little...lairy.

Seasideanticscanleadtosandybuckets · 04/08/2023 20:47

Just a scowly face!

midsomermurderess · 04/08/2023 20:48

As with someone up thread, I too have known a Polkinghorne.

Snowtrails · 04/08/2023 20:49

LadinLee · 04/08/2023 20:24

Oh this made me laughGrinGrin

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Is it German?

PrincessHoneysuckle · 04/08/2023 20:49

Dh knows someone with tinycock as a surname

warblingwater · 04/08/2023 20:50

My old English teacher was a Mrs Horsey.

I like the surnames Rose and Love.