Unusual surnames.

[RuthTopp]

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 ?

Worked with a Waghorn many years ago.

My neighbours The Lushes who do enjoy a g&t or few
O'nions - insisted it wasn't onions
Bytheway
Crimp
Dooda (misspelling from Duda)

Another one with a maiden name that is exclusive to our family only.

My surname is unusual, I have to spell it every time I’m asked for my name. It also occasionally causes people to stumble over it and pronounce it incorrectly 😬

I’ve been researching my family tree recently and have gone back as far as the 1500’s on both sides and have seen some unusual surnames, such as ‘Buggs’, ‘Trumpess’ and ‘Rainbird’.

I've known a Mr Answer (who was a teacher!)
Mrs English
Mr Speak

Mrs Payne, our school nurse.

Winterbottom - is that unusual? I went to school with a girl with that surname, it used to make me chuckle (any mention of bottom when you are a kid!)

I always chuckle at the name of the film director Michael Winterbottom - to me, he will always be Mickey Windybottom

Topliss
Tiplady

I once knew a man with the surname Brothwell, who insisted that the 'w' must be pronounced!

Ah i remember when I worked in retail signing a customer up for a store card. Her form of ID was her driving license. Her surname was Peniston which meant her driving license number was PENIS122445

I once knew a person with the surname Jolly which I thought was nice.

My surname is very unusual, I haven't ever met anyone with the same name unless they were related.

I’ve gone from one rare surname to another even rarer surname.

everyone with the same surname as me come from the same family, there isn’t many of us at all.

I know someone with the surname Marvel. How cool is that?

I also know someone called Mrs Snowball

@scrivette I once knew a firm of undertakers called Jolly. And another firm of funeral directors who went under their family name of Box.

Oooh apparently there are 642 people in the world with my surname and it’s the 509,000+ most common sun and in the world

Well, my maiden name anyway but I double barrelled when I got married and there are absolutely no others with that name anywhere in the world

Our previous NDN was Howgego. We also know the Ockleshaws.

Tongue and Diaper stand out as unfortunate ones, Miss Tongue was training alongside me to be a teacher and I always wondered how that would go down in the classroom although I didn’t know her well enough to ask!

I was on an Early Shift Christmas Day many moons ago and my best friend was on the night shift. She handed over a new admission called Mr Christmas l I fell about laughing because I thought she was taking the piss !! So this lovely chap was real and now 40 years later we still laugh…she is still one of my besties 💕

My maiden surname is very unique…bloody wish I had kept it !

I worked at a place with a Bracegirdle, a Kneebone, and a Merryweather, and lived next door to Longbottoms.

Worked with a man at my old job whose surname was Tortoiseshell. Always thought it was strange!

DH once came across a Mrs. Wardrobe. In a furniture shop.

I had an English teacher called Mrs. Batty. Worst part was, she did look a bit like the grampa in the Munsters. Unfortunate.

I knew a Frood once as a child.

This is a great website. Only 90 people in the world have my surname.

Worst surname I’ve known is Dick.
There’s a Dr Love in Belfast.
I like surnames with Van in them such as Van Zanten

I know a Butter, a Lemon, a Lawyer and a Power.

Had to work professionally once with Mr Sexe. I truly do not understand why he didn’t change it.