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Unfortunate or odd first name / last name combinations

43 replies

FannyPriceless · 04/04/2011 11:28

Real people I have known include:
Wayne Carr
Candy Lane

I am still pmsl at the mention of the Fanny Fidler gravestone on the other names thread. I can only assume that one was through marriage.

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NoWittyName · 04/04/2011 14:15

One of my mum's lecturers was called Cary Hunt!...don't get it mixed up.

DELHI · 04/04/2011 17:15

My dad once knew someone called Willie Large - I don't think the combination ever struck him as ..er..unfortunate

purepurple · 04/04/2011 17:19

I knew a Phil Hole at school (Pee Hole as he was always known as).
DH has a boss called Mike Hunt
My mum had a friend called Theresa Brown.

KnitterNotTwitter · 04/04/2011 17:23

My dad is called Joe King

A friend of my sisters is called Tracey and married a Mr Wacey (must have been love)

BikeRunSki · 04/04/2011 17:26

My sister went to school with Theresa Green.
I had a teacher called Richard William Fallas.
I know a Miss Pratt who married a Mr Wright and their children are double barrelled.
My married name is that of an infamous rock singer/pro celebrity golfer.

befuzzled · 04/04/2011 18:28

My parents knew an olive black who married mr green. There is a Turkish billionaire called mustafa coc (not sure of spelling).

EsmeWeatherwax · 04/04/2011 18:45

My friend is called Richard Edward...Dick Ed...registrar was under threat of death not to use his full name at his wedding!

plymouthmaid · 04/04/2011 18:51

I taught a Jenna Taylor.

notsweatingthesmallstuff · 04/04/2011 23:35

Nursed a man called Sidney Harbour once, and was told his wife REALLY WAS called Pearl!

JollySergeantJackrum · 05/04/2011 09:20

I know a Kiel Hauley.

I also went to primary school with a Jenna Taylor and honestly didn't notice that it could be amusing until now Blush

darleneconnor · 05/04/2011 12:10

May Bee

autobahnbismark · 06/04/2011 01:17

I went to school with a girl called Iona Gunn

madhattershouse · 06/04/2011 01:20

My next door neighbour was...Gordon Bennett, my mum had to bite her tongue all the time (this was the phrase she used to avoid swaring!).Grin

SilkStalkings · 06/04/2011 09:22

Arthur Shilling
Anyone considering the name Tyler should bear in mind it sounds an awful lot like toilet in many parts of the UK.

DriverDan · 06/04/2011 09:24

I saw an electrician's van the other day with "Simon Borg" on the side- I think I'd quite like to be Si Borg Grin

Slightly different but my late great grandma was called Alice Cooper and didn't get all the references to 'some musician', she would most likely have been horrified to share her name with the glam rocker!

MsChanandlerBong · 06/04/2011 18:28

I had a teacher at school called Wendy House.
She was a Miss, so didn't have the excuse of it being a married name.

littlemisslozza · 06/04/2011 18:31

I taught a Roger Boyes, always felt quite sorry for him!

freesias · 06/04/2011 21:36

holly day
Anette curtin
ds has a friend called prestyn lancashire

knew a family whose dcs were holly , ivy and rowan ,bryony laurel , bill and logan unfortunately their surname was berry

tallulah · 06/04/2011 22:19

We were sniggering this afternoon when the Radio 2 news was read by Julia Caesar. Still on R2- Fenella Fudge.

freesias · 08/04/2011 09:35

met a toni hippey just hope she never becomes an orthopaedic surgeon

Newjobthankgod · 08/04/2011 11:16

I knew a Poppy who married a Mr. Corn. I also new a Cherry who married Mr. Pye.

Kelly Kelly
Dick Wilt

Also knew of a Dr. Greybush who was a gyneacologist and saw to the Nursing Home patients.

titchy · 08/04/2011 11:30

My old dentist was Mr Allgood and his partner was Mr Shone.

My mum is called Wendy and she had an old boyfriend with the surname Bottom. So glad she didn;t marry him!

rockinhippy · 08/04/2011 11:44

Our plumber friend is a Mr Leak :)

& as a Kid I knew a boy named Orson - surname of Carte - really not sure what his parents were thinking thereConfused

rockinhippy · 08/04/2011 11:45

Oh & DHs Great Aunt - by marriage - became - Lilly Lilly :)

surprise · 08/04/2011 11:55

Some people I know

Henrietta Lamb (maiden name)
Alison Allison (married)
May Gray (married)
Jilly Jelly (married)
Kerry Kerry (married)