what do you think, the worst surname ever is ? can anyone top pratt?

[beachlover]

not my surname btw !

Girl at work had surname Cox. Got married and replaced it with Dix.

Furminger.

An old colleague had this name and it always raised a few eyebrows.

Machiter is a funny one too, especially when the couple in question were called Pat and Phil.

I had a teacher called Mrs Gotobed (pronounced "go to bed"). Apparently it's a regional name - Westcountry, IIRC.

I used to have to deal with a Fanny Buti.
Dad worked with Dick Head.
Have had teachers called HisCox and Purves (pronounced Per-vess).
Dh had a friend whose surname is Hogg. He was very fat.

I haven't read the whole thread but I met a woman once with the surname Freak. Which was bad enough but her baby in hospital after birth was referred to as Baby Freak and baby of Freak. Why would you not change it?!

I have no idea how true this is but someone I know claims she knows a girl called Amaia Heffer. Her mother re-married and hyphenated the names together so she became Amaia King-Heffer. I can't believe anyone would be that dense so I don't believe it's true but it's amusing nonetheless.

Through work I have met a Mr Gotobed?!?! Mrs Nibble and a Mr Cockburn.

Hansom-Willey.

The parents were called Hansom and Willey so they hyphenated it for their child!

I went to school with a Dick and a Hore

We have a Ms crapster at work, makes me snigger

I went to uni with an Onions and a Bucket.
DH works with a Pearl Nicholas

Grocock

hansom-Willey, that just can't be true?

A colleague swears he taught a girl called Jenna Taylor.

Boocock and Adcock are relatively common names here.

I must say if I were called Death I would just go for it, none of this De-ath nonsense, never did Peter Death Bredon Wimsey any harm

My surname is sooooo dull and everyday. I used to live in Whitby and there are some fabulous names there. My favourite was Argument, Mrs Sarah Argument, excellent

I taught a lovely boy from Thailand whose first name was Panaporn.

And as a teenager I lived on the same road as a lady called Merlin Wankiri.

Clary, I we to school with a Jenna Taylor!

Arsic

The end c is pronounced as tch

Shittu

Our priest growing up was called father hoare, unfortunate for a catholic priest but very amusing to us!

I don't get the Jenna Taylor thing?

Jenna Taylor = genitalia.

I know a girl with a surname of schitter. Pronounced shitter.

Oh no, never noticed that, I have a friend called Jenny Taylor, crikey that sounds wrong now!

Re Hansom-Willey: yes, I'm afraid it's true. I really had to bite my lip hard the first time the child told me his name. Unfortunately, I was surrounded by a group of other children all of whom burst into hysterical laughter!

On a completely separate occasion I was introduced to a lovely old Indian gentleman called Mr Dixit. I wrote his name down, whereupon he corrected me saying "No, it's spelt D-I-C-K-S-H-I-T". I'm guessing it sounds fine in his native language.

I know a Dr Condon

Butchers

Bacon

I am descended from a long line of Tart's !