Daft names

I know of someone called Dickon Head. What were his parents thinking!

I worked in a doctors surgery for years and we had some really corkers. One of them was Annette Curtain, Another was was Donald Dack, Charlie Chaplin (a 2 weeks old baby) and many many more.

There was a lad called John Parts, who joined the army as a Private.........

There was (or maybe still is) an antique dealer in Plymouth called Robin Bastard. I used to work in the motor tax office and when we had written the tax disk we had to go to the front desk and call out the person's name. Thankfully I never had to take his disk, I don't think I could have called that out.

At my school there was a Russell Sprout but I still think my favourite is a work colleague of my dad's from many years ago called Mr Sorearse. Apparently he pronounced it Sorryahsay but l can't imagine many others did....

I remember meeting someone, in the US, years ago called Candy Barr.

I went to school with Noleen Alphet
( No lean - all fat) Poor girl. She suffered !

A few months back I started reading a medical paper, it was 102 pages long and quite repetitive, it was written by a man called Evan Longor.

I was at school with a girl called Crystal Dimond. She had sisters called Ruby and Pearl.

First names here in Spain, females, Pains (Dolores), Mountain (Montaña), Valley (Valle), Immaculate (Inmaculada), Trinity (Trinidad), Olvido (I forget) and a long etc.

A friend has the surname Bate so you can imagine the comments when at school for her husband and his brother when young ..... master b....!

I had a friend from a very large family; one of her aunts was called 'Girl' . Evidently the parents had run out of ideas so she, the youngest baby, became 'Girl Evans'.

A child I taught was called Tess Tickles

My father worked with a lady called Ruth LeSerge (it was her married name so no fault of her parents). However it's best to remember that marriage can cause havoc for us ladies and, if your name is Emma, do NOT marry a man called Royds!

During my family history research I came across a family of Reynolds who names their children, Major, Baron, Bent and Scutt. I couldn't believe anyone would call their children the last two strange names but as they belonged to a well known family of gunmakers it was easy to check out and Bent and Scutt they were!

Can't stop laughing!

Love it - Jumbo Wang! But Florence - isn't that a well established girls name and nothing to do with Florence in Italy? My grandma was called Florence. I do wonder why the Beckhams gave their only (so far) daughter a name like Harper. You'd think they would have chosen a more feminine name after having three boys.

I once had to make out a cheque to a John-Thomas Cock!

In a posh hotel in Cape Town, we were served a fine selection of wines by a sommelier whose name was Medicine.

Florence Nightingale was the first recorded with that as a first name. It became popular when she became famous. I can’t remember whether she was born or conceived there.

catladyuk I knew a guy in school with the surname Bater ....I Know what you mean.

When I was working, I answered the phone to a voice saying "we have Evidence for you". I said, "what do we need Evidence for you?" The voice of the staff agency at the other end said, "That's her name!"

When I was a child there were twins who lived just up the road. Surname was Edwards. Boys were called Edward Andrew Edwards, and Andrew Edward Edwards!

I knew a man called Mike Hunt. It's actually true

I think those people with odd names have parents who looked in a book and chose a word.
Prince, Devon, Immaculate, Precious etc.
The old Mr Getty had 14 names, one of which was Gramophone.