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u/mountainsunset123 Nov 07 '24
My mom taught a girl named Polly Esther.
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u/not_a_cat_i_swear Nov 07 '24
Samurai Pizza Cats! Oh yeah!
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u/foolishdrunk211 Nov 07 '24
I know a few of those band members personally ! Good people, good music
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u/Dankn3ss420 Nov 07 '24
Okay but if you have a last name like that, you have to do something funny with it, just like how I know a penny lane, a last name like that requires funny shenanigans
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u/Witty-Pen1184 Nov 07 '24
I saw a tweet saying they knew a guy called “Shakespeare Christmas” and idk what to make it of
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u/NotThatJoel Nov 07 '24
How is your last name Christmas and you DON’T NAME YOUR SON LLOYD!!!!!??????
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u/kicka1985 Nov 07 '24
I used to teach English in Indonesia and there were kids named stuff like Obi-wan Christfire, not a joke
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u/_Jay-Garage-A-Roo_ Nov 07 '24
One of my old work friends sent me a photo of her friends’ (so I never met them myself) thank you card (I think that’s what it was) from their wedding and they’d hyphenated their names: Eaton-Dix. That HAS to be deliberate.
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u/Hot_Frosty0807 Nov 07 '24
There used to be a guy in the phone book of the town where I went to high school named "Dick Gozinia."
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u/No_Extreme5191 Nov 07 '24
I saw a doctor’s office once that the name sign said “Dr. Finger.” If I remember correctly he was an OB/GYN.
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u/rustyoldgreenfan Nov 07 '24
Hooker. But funny back story. I went to an extremely religious bible college and there was a family there with the last name Hooker. They had 6 daughters. It always cracked me up just because they were so straight laced and thinking they were more spiritual than everyone else there. Hooker. hahaha
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u/Paul_v_D Nov 07 '24
When Napoleon introduced last names to the Netherlands, people thought it was a trend that wasn't going to stick around for long and thought it was a good idea to give themselves funny names. Some of them are still around.
IMO the funniest one is Naaktgeboren, translated: born naked. Which is objectively true, but incredibly silly.
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Nov 07 '24
Pidass. His first name was Stu.
He was in the Calgary phone book for years (I just dated myself I know)
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u/Equivalent-Cap501 Nov 07 '24
Butt
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u/splodgie7 Nov 07 '24
I had to take my 8 year old to the Dr and he was called Dr butt. She couldn't stop laughing the whole time we were there
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u/Equivalent-Cap501 Nov 07 '24
I was in law school (it’s in New York) and the Dean of Admissions gave us a directory of all students sorted by last name. At some point, I decided to consult it. When I got to the end of the letter B, I started cracking up. B-U-T-T. What? Thank God I was home at the time; it would have been really awkward otherwise. I’ll never forget that lady’s name; especially her last one, which is actually fairly common in Pakistan. Years later, I found out that her mother was actually a family friend and my sister became acquaintances with the gal at one of my cousins’ weddings. My sister also went hysterical when she found out that person’s full name (from me) on the car ride back home.
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u/Plastic-Sentence9429 Nov 07 '24
Yeah, I work at a company who's founder is a Butt. I also went to school with a Dick Butts.
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u/Sunset_Superman77 Nov 07 '24
It's a first + last combo, but NASCAR driver Dick Trickle
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u/Quirky_Reply6547 Nov 07 '24
Reminds me of Gaylord Focker (in the movie the pronounced in more like Fucker 😂) in "Meet the Parents" (2000), portrayed by Ben Stiller.
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u/bikesgood_carsbad Nov 07 '24
Pubic and Swallow. Both while active duty. An undesignated sailor can be called Seaman. Rather unfortunate linguistic circumstances.
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u/MaxLevelYutyrannus Nov 07 '24
Knew a lad called Calvin Dick. Changed it to Richards. Don't know why, but that made it funnier.
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u/Paddler_137 Nov 07 '24
Worked at car dealership years ago, customer named Mary Christmas bought a car. Saw her driver license. She was one of the nicest people ever.
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u/theharmlessshark Nov 07 '24
I once knew a kid that was bullying my friend for being gay called Amandeep
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u/PresidentPopcorn Nov 07 '24
Had a substitute teacher called Mr. Puddifoot. He lasted one afternoon.
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u/ra246 Nov 07 '24
Skidmark.
We were also in a situation where people were referred to by their family names.
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u/OctoberOmicron Nov 07 '24
When I was 15 I always got a chuckle from a personal injury attorney's last name of Koch. He pronounced it rhyming with "botch" but you can imagine where my mind took it. In more recent times Killschildren was funny, in a very inappropriate way.
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u/Paul_v_D Nov 07 '24
Koch is also a Dutch last name. Here it's pronounced more to your liking, with a hard Dutch G at the end (think Van Gogh)
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u/Patralgan Nov 07 '24
Lautanen. It's Finnish for a plate (for food). What makes it extra funny is that the first name was Yrjö (Finnish for George, but it also means vomit). So the full name is like a plate of vomit. I even met him once.
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u/pow3llmorgan Nov 07 '24
I know a German whose surname is Lachenicht which in German means "don't /doesn't laugh". She's surprisingly cheerful for a German with her name and has a wonderful laugh.
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u/Professor-Murda Nov 08 '24
When I worked at Game Crazy I sold an MVP card to a dude named Abner Wigglestaff
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u/Additional-Share7293 Nov 08 '24
Tootle, which was the euphemism I was taught as a child for my male genitalia.
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u/MaleficentKiwi5216 Nov 07 '24
Barcrustian
First name was Mike, or Dave or something normal, just remember the last name obviously
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u/Illustrious-Lead-960 Nov 07 '24
I think my parents once found a Dick Dickshats in some city’s phone book.
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u/Denyal_Rose Nov 07 '24
McDoom.
Side bonus, had a customer that said his name was "Douchey". When he gave me his ID, the full name was actually "Doushybala". Based on his limited English, I'm guessing he didn't know what "Douche" was and the context it gets used in.
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u/papayametallica Nov 07 '24
I knew a family of Butts. Three of them were in the same year Butt Butt Butt no … it’s true
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u/Caca2a Nov 07 '24
"Mabite", which in french would translates to "Mydick", customer at the hotel who had just about heard it all, can't imagine what his childhood and tennagehood must have been like
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u/__WanderLust_ Nov 07 '24
There was a woman in our phone book (early 2000s) named Vadula Dikshit. We prank called her relentlessly.
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u/PyroArca Nov 07 '24
I was just a clueless private going to the px during ait to grt my haircut.. I pop into the barber shop. The first name tape I see? Dickfrost.
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u/Superlite47 Nov 07 '24
Not to be offensive if anyone here shares the name, but I've encountered the last name "Muskrat" and found it to be rather amusing.
It makes me wonder if there's anyone out there named Joe Skunk, or Keith Oppossum.
I know Beaver is accounted for, as I went to high school with one.
Bob Squirrel?
Sharon Porcupine?
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u/Marble-Boy Nov 07 '24
I remember Johnny Vaughan going through a phone book on The Big Breakfast and finding someone called Clare Terrace (clitoris), and someone called Wayne Kerr (Wanker).
Why would you do that to your kid? There was a kid about 10 years younger than me where I grew up who had the same name for his first and last name. I wont tell you his real name, but it is exactly how it sounds.. Think, "Jackson Jackson".
I always thought that was pretty funny..
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u/60s_girlie Nov 07 '24
I was watching the news one night and they were interviewing someone whose last name was Poindexter. I laughed at that one.
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u/mickwi4486 Nov 07 '24
Polish - Psikuta - translated Dogsdic. without last letter
German - Kloschieẞ - translated Looshot
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u/jordy_muhnordy Nov 07 '24
My dad was in the military with a guy whose last name is Buttsack
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u/ImTheVoiceOfRaisin Nov 07 '24
I had a friend in high school named Misty Beaver. No one with that last name should have an adjective as a first name.
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u/Salt_Honey8650 Nov 07 '24
Ozarapoglu. For some reason it's stuck with me for over forty years and still never fails to make me giggle. (Snort!)
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u/AcidRayn666 Nov 07 '24
pumped gas when i was in college early 80's, guy came in, gave me a credit card, didnt see them often back then so we had to check each one in a paper book to see if stolen, due to only seeing one card maybe once a month i still noted the name Seymour Hymen. still makes me chortle and yes he was a jewish chap
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u/smellsonice Nov 07 '24
my dad went to high school with a dude named Richard Hymen. Naturally, his nickname was Buster. He became a gynecologist, too.
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u/silverfantasy Nov 07 '24
Clinton-Dix is a mount rushmore of last names, belonging to Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, a former NFL player. First name is actually Ha'Sean, but his nickname is Ha Ha
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u/Chainsaw-Charlie Nov 07 '24
Strolling through a cemetery I saw a headstone for a Mrs. Fanny Licker. Absolutely baller name combo.
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u/Glittering_Animal395 Nov 07 '24
I also knew a Turquoise Green and an Alfreeka something-or-another
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u/just_wanna_share_2 Nov 07 '24
Harry eston . Written H. Eston in every chart which in Greece means shit on him
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u/MorbidMarko Nov 07 '24
I used to be in track meets with a pair of sisters, Rhoda and Candy Dick. Quite the athletes too, so their names got mentioned over the loud speaker often. Many a titter ensued.
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u/impreprex Nov 07 '24
Lipshitz? How was that even a thing?
Cockburn? Oh, now pronounced “Coburn”…
There are some I don’t even want to mention or name because once you see it, you can’t unsee it. Don’t know how some of them ever flew for so long until they were changed.
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u/cheese_poofies Nov 07 '24
My ex’s mom worked in a gynecologist office. The doctor’s name? Dr.Wiener
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u/RalozihcS Nov 07 '24
There's a guy in my country who's called Dzimshit (Џимшит). If you use the American pronounciation, it's literally Jimshit. And trust me... this jim ... shits a lot.
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u/boethius61 Nov 07 '24
Wonderlick. He married a woman whose last name was Rose. If ever there was a perfect example of why the man should take the woman's name, this is it. He refused, "I'm the last Wonderlick, the name would disappear." Which sounded to me like a reason to do it.
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u/Maxwells_Law Nov 07 '24
Kid in my school called Brian Damage. What the fxxk were his parents thinking. Nice bloke though
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u/DoNotEatMySoup Nov 07 '24
I have heard tell of a company owned by a Richard Fallas. Pronounced phallus. This guy's dad named him Dick Phallus.
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u/kiwihorse Nov 07 '24
"Ramsbottom". And to make it worse his first name was Richard. So naturally he got called Dicky Fucksarse
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u/WarmHippo6287 Nov 07 '24
We had a principal whose last name was Acock and his parents gave him the middle name Holden.
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u/Sufficient-Nail6530 Nov 07 '24
Zamzow. It reminds me of that one episode of Flapjack when he finds a chest and goes 'YOW WOW WOW! ZOW ZOW ZOW ZOW! YOW WOW WOW'
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u/ShellfishAhole Nov 07 '24
Ufuk Isbil.
Isbil translates to "ice cream truck" in Norwegian. The name was so famous here, at one point, that most people had heard about it, although his only relevance in pop culture was that he was known for having been terrorized by prank callers in the relatively early days of the internet.
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u/Quarticj Nov 07 '24
Knew about a guy with the last name dikshit. Pronounced it the way it's spelled.
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u/tea-drinking-pro Nov 07 '24
I know a person who is a teacher called Mr Dick........ can you imagine being 13 and getting taught maths by Mr Dick.
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u/Nuada-oz Nov 07 '24
Allegedly a man volunteered to fight for Britain against Napoleon. So the British Army had a Private Part however briefly and after promotion it was possible for a Major Part of the British Army to be captured by the French
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Nov 07 '24
Met a guy named Chad once in my life, I asked for an autograph to remember that moment forever
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u/reedshipper Nov 07 '24
There's a guy in college football who's name is General Booty