Sometimes, parents just don't really think too hard about the names they give their children.

Here's the place to nominate the most unfortunate names you have seen.

I have to say....I know 2 Michael Hunts (see Porky's for anyone who doesn't know what I mean) however......one of them has a wife called Patricia (Pat). They insist on being called "Mike and Pat" cos the alternative....Pat N Mike.......is just too wrong....

Pattin my what??? :eek:

Oh dear, I could name a lot for this one!

But before I start.. some names seem okay for some people, but not for others. I guess I gotta remember that we're all from different cultures and backgrounds, and different names mean different things to different people. These are the terrible ones based on my personal opinions:

Apple
Sunday
Dick
Adolf Hitler

Hmm. I suddenly can't think of anymore, lol. O_o

The American name 'Randy' always makes me chuckle.

'Hi, I'm Randy'
'And what do you want me to do about it??' lol

I went to school with a Daly Bus. No joke.

Lol :|

That reminds me.. when I was in school we had a teacher called "Ms Hordyk" (pronounced as whore-dyke..). Ah, kids were so immature about it ('cause she happened to be gay too). I remember getting to college, and a few of my friends from my old school went there too. We were having a conversation about her once, with a few other people listening in (who didn't go to our school, so they didn't know her). When we said her name, they were like, "you guys are so rude! Calling your teacher names like that".. We were like.. but that's what she was called! lol *sigh*

The American name 'Randy' always makes me chuckle.
'Hi, I'm Randy'
'And what do you want me to do about it??' lol
hehe I know an American called Randy
*waves to you know who you are* ;)

I think Fifi Trixabelle is up there with the all time cringes though.
Gawd Bob, couldn't you think of something that wouldn't embarrass the hell out of her every time someone said her name?

I didn't know this person, and I know I will not be able to spell the name correctly, but my old roommate had a relative with the name Omelia Kreckelburgersteinawychikowski! Need I say more?

And there is an old joke around the US, don't know if it was true or not. A young mother was looking for an original name, and a devious nurse suggested a name that would be pronounced shi-THEE-ad. Sounds pretty, but when you spell it... um.... sh*thead?

The Wright Stuff did a piece sort of on this topic last week.

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Downside - it was one of the weeks with the incredibly annoying Lowri Turner.

Haha, love this thread... When I first started uni I had (and still have) access to every student's name :twisted: I remember procrastinating so badly that I went through the list of names to find some to laugh at....

A. Arsene
D. Boobyer
J. Bumba
R. Bumbliauskas (a dinosaur I reckon)
C. Bumpus
P. Bumstead
Oh-so-many-people-called Cockburn
Dick Dykes :|
M. Forskin
Four called Hore
R. Moobola
A lot called Prat(t)
L (female names) Prickett
A. Sex
T. S***ta-Bey
M. S***o
A couple called Slapper
A few called Smellie
M. Titt
D. Tw**t
K. Vagina
A. W***iiri
D. W***lyn

Initials mainly given in case someone hunts me down and I get told off :p
Honestly, they're ALL real! :|

Lol this thread is fun.

My sister has a friend who works as a labor and delivery nurse and she told my sister that the worste name she has ever had someone name their child was a foreign lady who insisted on naming her daughter Meconium! She asked the lady if she knew what that was and the lady told her yes but she thought it sounded beautiful! Ok, so you named your daughter "dark green tar like infant poo?" cause it sounds beautiful?!....:eek:

I knew someone who named their little boy Tree. (Maybe he should get together with Apple...lol)

I knew a family with the last name of Glass and they named their daughter Crystal.

I had a teacher with the last name of Doverbich (pronounced dover ♥♥♥♥♥). You can just imagine what fun the kids had with that name!!!

There was a girl with the surname Shufflebottom in my year, but everyone thought it was pretty cool, actually...

Great thread :razz:

We had a Mr D'eath at school (and had about as much personality lol) and also a Mrs Button (whose unfortunate first name was Pearl XD.. that did crack me up).

A girl who I was friends with at juniors went by the surname Packman (I also work with an unrelated colleague who has that surname too).

A teacher at my daughter's old school was Mrs Dick :eek: All I can say is.. thank goodness she taught infants as I am sure she would have been in for a hard time at a High School (please don't twist that sentence around, you dirty beggars) :razz:

I am sure more will come to me - so will no doubt repost later lol

Awww, I was just twisting it around nicely and then you had to lay down the law... :P

That video Hints posted was interesting. I don't really agree with Turner that it's old-fashioned to change your surname when you get married. I couldn't wait to change mine! I felt I'd done my time with the less-than-exciting 'Jones'!

My form tutor in school was called called Mr Bates... some people called him master.. Not me though!!

Also found an E. Pimp in uni

Ohh that just reminded me..

There's a teacher I know of called Mr Cumming...
Hmm I also had a teacher called mr tidball. Similar to titball Eh.

Lol, great thread!
I also had a Michael Hunt at school. I didn't know him very well, he was a friend of a friend.

I worked with a Richard Head and a Richard Whittington.
One was obviously open to more ridicule than the other.

Yes, lol, it must have been difficult going through life with a name like Whittington.......

I knew a guy called Chris Peacock.

i had a music teacher named mrs chordio in middle school it was awesome

Hmm I also went to school with someone with the surname Hancock. :P

Oh and Someone with the surname scrutton... Which can be changed into a certain male body part...

so i have an aunt whos name is Ima Jones... well that wasnt that bad, until she got married to Bill Fox... her name now is Ima Fox. lol.

oh the possibilities--
I had a friend whose degree was in Forestry, as was her husbands. They named their children Birch and Spruce (boys) and Cedar (girl).
My music teacher in Elementary School had the surname Grandstaff
An equestrian judge that I showed under many times as a teenager had the surname Clapsaddle.

One of my dear friends in the equestrian world name is Robert Roberts. You think his parents could have selected a different first name.

My uncle's initials are DAM.

But who am I to talk- my son Taitorsalad's intitials are TNT!!!

lol... ShinyPenny!! My sister had the unfortunate initials VD :razz: She couldn't get married quick enough.... bless her :twisted:

Oh man.. just when you thought it couldn't get worse...

Baby nerdy's initials.. ARS :|
And if we had a girl.. it would have been ASS :S

The actual names are fine. it's just the initials that aren't. Apparently I have a liking for um.. bottoms? :|

/me blames Mr Nerdy for having a surname beginning with 'S'
'cause that's just the easiest thing to do ;)

so i have an aunt whos name is Ima Jones... well that wasnt that bad, until she got married to Bill Fox... her name now is Ima Fox. lol.

Reminds me of my old Year 7 head of year. Her name was Mrs Hore and she once bought her daughter in cookery class . . ahhhhh Ima, such a beautiful name . .

I went to school with a T.Ree, which I always thought was a pretty cool name to have. I've also come across a P.Rivett (who got dubbed Privet by the kid's team I worked for - brought to an abrupt end after one colleague called the child that in front of his parents one day).

Hmm, also went to school with a Ramsbotham (pr. rams-bottom) and a Mike Haycock (which usually ended up as Mike's a cock in the playground).

Can't think of any more right now, but I'm sure more will come to me. :)

Nice thread, Saff!

There was a woman at my church named Minnie Berger. I also know an Indian guy at my school named Hardik.

Some of the names i know are... mind you I'm not sure on some of the spellings but i do know how to pronounce them.

J. Horner - went to school with me
E. Husingay (pr. who's a gay) Went to school with me
Mr. Eitrim (pr. Eye trim) This was my English teacher in my Senior year at high school
J. Hurshburger yep.. reads just like it sounds. lol also went to school with this one

Can't think of anything else right now.. But if i do, i'll be sure to post more

Ahah, there's also this guy I know of called Jake Badcock.

He has fun with that one. :P

Also have you ever tried spelling ilana backwards? :P

another one i just thought of... thanks to Sorsie (and yes you may take the credit) lol

Josh and Nikki Babcock

My x had a very long name and it always made us both laugh here it is.
Adrain sylvester augustas thomas nice eh lol.

lol Budden.

I know a Johnathan Thomas. We call him John :twisted:

I also know an Indian guy at my school named Hardik.
Me too (at uni).

I have family with the surname Longbottom, and there's a Mrs. Green in the village, her first name is Theresa.....

Haha, Theresa Green. That's a good one.