Worst surnames?

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So we've had a thread recently about the best surnames, and I was wondering what the worse ones you've come across are.

Willey. The new teachers at school tried to pronounce it Why-ley but the girl in question always corrected them and watched them blush .

Osemwegie - a friend's dds go to a school with a teacher of this surname - sounds like 'aweome wedgie'! It's certainly not one you forget easily.

I also once knew a girl whose surname was Shufflebottom. I honestly didn't believe her when she first told me. Quite unfortunate!

We knew a couple named Smellie. The man always said if it was good enough for his father..

I worked at a wedding where the groom's name was Whiffey. Never did find out whether the bride took his name.

used to know a 'Wooff' at uni

My friend worked with a Mrs Shatwell. If memory serves, her first name was Shirley.

My partner is Mr Hadcock...his initial is B, so he's Badcock...His bro's initials are DE, so he's deadcock!..DD and I have my surname!

He's actually Adcock..not sure why that H crept in!!!

Went to school with a girl whose surname was raudenbusch. Pronounced as rotten bush. And she was the town bike.

I was at school with a girl from a Salvation Army family called Harlot.

I know a whole family of Gays.

My last name is Odd.

I was taught by a Mr Hoare which I think is pretty bad.

I went to school with some D'eath s

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I had a teacher called Richard Hardon

I had a teacher at school called Mr Raper. His first initial? I. I Raper. I kid you not.
No one really cared though, he was the best teacher I have ever come across!

I knew a boy at school who's surname was Peacock.

So far so good but his first name was Drew.

Drew Peacock...

Anything with cock in it. Girl I loathed in secondary school married a man with the surname Cockshaft or something ridiculous, made me immaturely snigger.

A girl in school had the surname Pratt which she understandably hated.

I knew a teacher called Mr. Nobbs. At least the kids didn't have to think of a nickname.

I grew up as an expat brat so I’ve encountered some crackers on my travels. My favourite was a teacher I had at school called Mrs Poopenbach.

Crapper - there's an estate agent around here with that name.

Of course, in the past and in fact for hundreds of years, most of these surnames did not have the connotations we put on on them today. Other nicknames that became surnames were quite rude but the spelling has altered and/or the meaning become obscure. Eg Topliss is a corruption of Tup lass — farmers still use the term tup when they put the ewes out to be mated. Bog wasn’t a toilet but merely a piece of wet land. Mr Crapper’s family were proud of him when he developed the modern flushing loo, never suspecting their surname would become a subject of fun.
Who knows what current inoffensive surnames will be reviled in the future as meanings etc change.

My inlaws know someone called Dick Smallie

Crapper

There were 3 girls at my secondary school with the surnames Willey, Dickie and Cox - they were really good friends too!

Then in my class we had a Spittle, a Moorcock and a Mould.

I’ve also worked with a John Thomas!