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TrendyNannie6 Mon 16-Dec-19 08:11:15

I went to school with a girl named Nicola Tipple the boys rearranged her name and called her Ticola Nipple she was relieved to change her name when got married,

BradfordLass72 Mon 16-Dec-19 08:05:49

Yorkshire has a lot of great names.

The Headmistress of our primary school was Mrs Winterbottom/

The local Anglican vicar was Rev Arden Constant.
Do you know, it just didn't click at all until I was 45 years old when my mother said something about dodgy names and mentioned his.
I suppose I was so used to it, the dodginess passed me by.

The lovely man who injects Avastin into my eyes every now and then is Dr Squirrel.

A Senior Lecturer at one of NZ's leading universities and a woman I've worked closely with is Dr Cat Pause.

Cumberbatch is just a little funny and in my own family, one of the boys changed his name by deed poll because his surname was causing him genuine distress - it was Nutter.

Not too far away from Nora Batty

Being a keen herbalist from my youth, I like Culpepper; very apt.

Poor old Max must have become used to By-graves.
And one of my first boyfriends was John Under-wood.

When I was 8 years old, a Miss Clattworthy showed me how to make miniature dolls furniture from old matchboxes.

I'm going to lower the tone because my friend in Canada sent me this info and it's too much to resist.
A man named Popadick from Mooney Bay, was arrested for indecent exposure. grin

SpringyChicken Mon 16-Dec-19 08:00:45

I worked with someone whose surname was Beaglehole

downtoearth Mon 16-Dec-19 07:41:40

Rubin Mycock I kid you not was the name of one of our clients...
I had to hide whenever he appeared.

Marydoll Mon 16-Dec-19 07:37:57

The name Smellie was quite common in our town, but to be fair, it was pronounced Smiley.

CocoPops Mon 16-Dec-19 07:01:50

A lawyer called Rupert Bear.

Bernieellen Mon 16-Dec-19 06:48:15

There were two lads at school, Nicholas Wally and Michael Pilcher.

Grammaretto Mon 16-Dec-19 06:46:18

When my dentist retired his replacement was a Mr Ow
(Dr Au)
Time to change.
He was Chinese and very kind but the practice had gone private - the real reason - but the name helped my choice.

Nortsat46 Mon 16-Dec-19 06:45:18

Bluebelle now I am actually crying at Dr Aldous Balls ...
(I am so grateful I am alone in the room).

Nortsat46 Mon 16-Dec-19 06:41:59

Framilode, it’s 6.35am, it’s dark outside, I am still in bed, thankfully my partner is downstairs ... and I am in fits of giggles about your clients called Clisshole.
I can’t even type the name without giggling ... I think I must have the emotional maturity of an 8 year old.
Also, if there are any Clissholes reading this, I sincerely apologise.

Oldandverygrey Mon 16-Dec-19 06:41:13

My sister Olive married a Mr Green

BlueBelle Mon 16-Dec-19 06:29:24

I was in a maternity hospital with my first child, the consultant was a Dr Aldous Balls known by the ‘girls’ on the ward, waiting for our babes, as ‘old conkers’
This is totally true, don’t some parents ever check the Christian name with the surname perhaps the generation before ours didn’t have the same use of the word balls

Framilode Mon 16-Dec-19 06:26:15

When I was working we had a client with the surname Clisshole. Juvenile I know, but it always sent us into fits of laughter.

gmarie Mon 16-Dec-19 03:31:50

At 17 I was a teacher's aid in a first grade class and one sweet little 6-year-old was named Tammy Screws. I distinctly remember feeling dreadful thinking about how much verbal abuse she would surely receive from the kindness-challenged as she got older.

annep1 Mon 16-Dec-19 03:14:37

Mum had a friend with surname Fullalove.

welbeck Mon 16-Dec-19 02:35:12

there was a dental surgeon called Dr Fang. honestly. I saw the brass plate in his front garden.

also I once worked somewhere where Mr Freshwater was in charge of public lavatories. took a bit of persuading when callers asked who was responsible.

by the way have just googled and found at least 2 dr fangs who are dental surgeons, one in California, one in Finchley.

rosecarmel Mon 16-Dec-19 00:59:23

Hurlingham smile

fatgran57 Mon 16-Dec-19 00:51:44

Years ago we had Dr Smellie (scottish name I think) who lived in Hogg Street!

Friends of ours later purchased this house, by then it was a rectory.

This is in Tasmania by the way.

TrendyNannie6 Sun 15-Dec-19 23:24:06

I also went to school with a Richard richards

TrendyNannie6 Sun 15-Dec-19 23:22:13

I will start by apologising as don’t want to upset anyone, it’s really a lighthearted post, but I have to smile when I hear certain surnames, in the town where I grew up we had some funny ones namely lol excuse the pun, Gotobed. Bearcock . Bowcock. Babcock, Higginbottom .the funniest was two males one was Ivor Wright and the other Ivor Whitehead honest to god it’s true,