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

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beachlover · 24/02/2008 21:31

not my surname btw !

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Ledodgy · 29/03/2008 13:27

People named Mike Hunt make me snigger and when I worked on a museum info desk we always got new starters to do a tannoy:

'Could Mike Hunt please come to the information desk that's mike Hunt.'

Ledodgy · 29/03/2008 13:27

We also got a genuine request once for a Mr snowball.

dotvicky · 29/03/2008 22:21

My husband worked with someone called

William Richard Cock.

Oh. Dear.

Lumley · 30/03/2008 09:12

Our neighbours were Mycock and the poor mother was Pat.

Anna8888 · 30/03/2008 09:14

I've know an English family called Cock, and a French Monsieur Pénis.

ProfYaffle · 30/03/2008 09:22

At school I knew a Burke and an Allcock. Burke had to give a false name when ordering pizza as they always thought it was a hoax when he gave his name and refused to deliver.

My dh's surname is also awful (won't say what it is as it's v unusual and googleable) suffice to say I kept my maiden name when we married.

AuldAlliance · 30/03/2008 13:33

One of my former colleagues has the surname Tosser.
She's French, though, so I think it arouses little comment where she lives. Makes me giggle childishly, though

pidgysmum · 30/03/2008 14:03

went out with someone once - his surname was Nutbrown!

At work a colleague won't marry her boyfriend as he is called Winterbottom..........and ny maiden name was awful - kept married name when I divorced

solo · 31/03/2008 18:02

I new a chap called Dave Cocks once.

Ex SIL married a Bumstead.

A union rep once gave me his card....

DICK POLE..and he was such a KNOB

MiMao · 31/03/2008 18:04

Iver Biggin

ggglmpp · 31/03/2008 18:07

There was a Frenchman on tv here the other night (think he was a politician but have no desire to google); his name was Paul Tits.

ggglmpp · 31/03/2008 18:09

PS I knew a Pratt at school who was titled.

beaniesteve · 31/03/2008 18:15

I had a friend whos surname was Totty and a teacher called Mrs Clutterbuck!

ComeOVeneer · 31/03/2008 18:16

Had a head teacher (many moons ago) called Miss Bossomworth!

ComeOVeneer · 31/03/2008 18:16

bosomworth

mum2sons · 31/03/2008 18:21

We had a maths supply teacher called Mr Wankling (in an all girls school)!

mum2sons · 31/03/2008 18:22

oh I knew a boocock once

anita64 · 31/03/2008 19:12

Had a colleague called Annette Curtin and another called Excellent Sithole.

hothunixx · 31/03/2008 19:16

hey think yourself lucky i got married and became a hoare!!!!

Fxckedmywayuptothetop · 03/02/2015 23:29

My sister married someone with the last name Hunt (which is decent yes) had two daughters ~ Chloe and Katie. Anyone's kids every played that game where you switch the first letters of your names over? They have a Hatie Kunt and a Hhloe Cunt... Not good

TheNewStatesman · 04/02/2015 02:00

Threads like these make me really, really wonder why some people INSIST on giving the father's name, no matter how silly it is.

If everyone just chose the surname that is the nicest (out of the mother's and the father's), then all the hideous surnames in the world would gradually die out....

itsveryyou · 04/02/2015 02:20

I used to know of a guy called Mr Moister. And a chap called W. Ankers. His first name was Wayne. Oh, and friend of a friend knows a Wanko too.

DropYourSword · 04/02/2015 03:01

Choking on my lunch over Ruby Screwbie and Basil Bigcock. I really hope they're true.

I know a Mrs Tickle, a Mr snowball and a urologist called Dr Winkle!

Also know someone with the surname Dire, but it's pronounced de-ray!

Canyouforgiveher · 04/02/2015 03:12

There was a meterologist on our local channel here in Boston for years called Mike... Wankum

Didactylos · 04/02/2015 03:33

Smellie
once met an old woman called Fanny Smellie