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Worst name combinations you've heard

80 replies

Fibilou · 11/10/2009 02:20

Recently dealt with a woman at work who had called her daughter Beau - all very well but unfortunately this was teamed with the surname Lock.
I wonder sometimes if people think through how names will work together.

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thighsmadeofcheddar · 12/10/2009 17:25

My DH's gran was called Eileen Islip

hupa · 12/10/2009 17:25

I´ve met a Gabrielle Gabriel.

RubyBooBerry · 12/10/2009 17:35

And I 100% promise you it is totally true!!

Wattinger · 12/10/2009 17:52

used to work with a thai lady called Pinky Kok.

Oh dear.

lovemybabyboy · 12/10/2009 17:53

My uncle went to school with....
Annette Curtain and Justin Tyme
no joke!

lovemybabyboy · 12/10/2009 17:56

He also went to school with a John Lennon......but thats not really funny!

IvaNighSpare · 12/10/2009 18:01

A girl in my class was called Heidi Lowe (very unfortunate as at the time, in the 80s, there was a very popular comedy set at a holiday camp....)
Sorry, Heidi, if you're on MN

IvaNighSpare · 12/10/2009 18:01

A girl in my class was called Heidi Lowe (very unfortunate as at the time, in the 80s, there was a very popular comedy set at a holiday camp....)
Sorry, Heidi, if you're on MN

IvaNighSpare · 12/10/2009 18:02

not sure why it double posted. wasn't that funny!

TheCrackFox · 12/10/2009 18:05

Oh, and there was a boy in my class called Willie Dick. Why he didn't insist people call him William or Billy is beyond me.

HeadFairy · 12/10/2009 18:07

There's a bloke who sometimes does Meridian news called Chris Peacock

LadyoftheBathtub · 12/10/2009 18:08

When my mum was a teacher there was a poor woman who taught at her school called Brenda Bottoms.

Imagine.

cookielove · 12/10/2009 18:11

dp knows someone called Gordon Bennett

Tomatefarcie · 12/10/2009 18:11

The local preschool has a little girl called Hazel Nutt.

TheMissingLink · 12/10/2009 18:11

Why would you call a girl Beau?

RubyBooBerry · 12/10/2009 19:15

Chris Peacock -that's a good un!

broguemum · 12/10/2009 19:18

was an uni with a richard head....

Hando · 12/10/2009 19:31

I think Beau is a lovely name for a little girl Themissinglink

I once worked with a man called Wayne King. At first I thought it was a wind up - but it was true!

allaboutme · 12/10/2009 19:40

My brothers old headmaster was called Richard Head. Also went to school with a Nathan Latham

Know a little baby called Albie Back, which has always tickled me

TheMissingLink · 12/10/2009 19:55

Bo is an okay name for a little girl, Beau is masculine. It means handsome. Tis like calling a girl Andrew instead of Andrea.

facebookaddict · 12/10/2009 20:29

This is the best thread I've seen and it has made my day giggling at all of this.

Afraid my only input is a man named Alan Keys

MERLYPUSS · 12/10/2009 20:38

I knew a Wayne Kerr. Poor chap.

redsofas · 12/10/2009 22:13

hahahahaha at shitstreak! that one tickled me i must say!
and boneyard i still find annelius cornelius funnier but then again its because of a long standing joke with my brother!

gingerbunny · 12/10/2009 22:20

anita pratt and paul mycock!!
my friend is mrs p staines!!!!

holytoast · 12/10/2009 22:24

Anus Carney - Irish name, apparently

Darling Dyke (a guy from africa my husband knew at work - chose his first name. no one told him...)

I taught a Luke - middle name 'skywalker'

taught with a Kelly Kelly (married name!)

And Alister Mcalister - why? why would you?