What's in a name?? Does your name match something about you?

I met a funeral director called Mr Stiff, I worked with a P Ennis. And a school I once visited hadn’t put much thought into the nameplate on the head’s door - Mr G Roper.

I can’t remember where I read it, or who said it, but someone said that if he wanted a daughter to grow up beautiful and graceful (or words to that effect) he’d give her my name (a classic, ‘royal’ one,)

Alas I can’t say hand on heart that it worked in this case!

The Transport Manager in the local authority I worked for was called Rick Shaw!

It was an American I read of in an American mag, so with a name like Randy Ponce I certainly thought it was a good job he wasn’t born a Brit.

Phil McCann who was reporting on the petrol shortage (for BBC I think)

On a flight once, our pilot was called Randy Holiday - some names just don't travel well.

Head teacher at my first school was Mr. Cain. I’m fact he used a leather strap on miscreants.

When my children were at school the cook was Mrs Cook.

There's a wood and timber yard in our town owned by the Twigg family.

My sons had a teacher called Mr.P.Nutt.... who apparently was married to Hazel. Not sure I ever believed it.

I think I have already mentioned on another thread that my grandmother as a young woman, went to a December wedding where a Mr Winterbottom married a Miss Frost and the service was conducted by Rev Christmas Jones!

When I was filing once in the civil service {customers based in the London area} I was amused to see there was a Mr Albert Hall, and Mr Collie lived in Shepherds Bush.
There was a surgeon who once checked my fractured skull called Mr Block.

We came across some brilliant names on a work database many years ago amongst which were Shitlaxtif Patel and Fat Cow Chow.

Many years ago when I was a receptionist my bosses name was Mr Couch, I used to take calls from Mr Ouch and when I put him through would say 'Mr Ouch for Mr Couch'.
Also in our year at school we had boys with surnames Love and Darling - bet the teachers hated registration ??

My solicitors are called Wright Hassall. When I worked in a building society a long time ago, one of our members was named Fanny Peasgood.

The Tax office contrived to ‘lose’ all the paperwork submitted after my Dad died. I had to get a local firm of accountants to sort it all out They were called Swindle & Gentry

The family surname and the trading name of the Undertakers near me is Box.

My friend Olive married a Mr Green.

When we lived in South Africa, our next-door neighbour was Judy Moody. Along the same road was Carol Farrell and one of the mothers at our son's school was Hester Bester. Absolutely true!

My doctors'surgery is on a street called the Butchery! I absolutely love my Butchery Surgery...
Just after the War, when housing was at a tremendous premium, my mother assures me tat she saw and estate agent in London called "Waite, Waite and Hope"!

The only thing my first name matches about me is my age.

It was a fashionable name at the time I was born. I am not Doris (who was probably born in the 1910s, Shirley (probably 1930s) nor am I Karen (1950s) or Tracey (likely to have been born in the 1970s). I am younger than Doris and Shirley and older than Karen and Tracey. I will leave you to guess.

Linda or Christine, varian?
Lots of both of those at my senior school in the 60s.
Ditto Judith and Jean, now I come to think of it.

I used to have a lovely friend, she was Phyllis Stein!

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I used to have a lovely friend, she was Phyllis Stein!

That’s even worse than the name of someone a dd used to know - Polly Esther Cotton!
What possesses these parents??

One of my consultants was called Dr Hair and he definitely lived uo to his name!

Two of my dentists from years ago were Mr Pullar and Mr Bridgeman. OH’s Consultant is Dr Who - but I don’t think it’s spelt like that!.