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I see lots of posts about anxiety over changing last names because they hate their FI's last name, or they have made fun of it previously, or it doesn't mesh with their first names. Although that's a topic all on its own, today I am wondering
What are some real-life funny/bad/unfortunate/silly names you have heard?
i dont want to give my name out on the internet. but just to describe let's say i have a very traditional korean first name, with a very common 3 lettered korean last name.
FI is polish/german with a 12 lettered VERY POLISH last name.
2 syllable korean first name (separated by a space or hyphen) + 12 lettered polish last name? i'm just BEGGING to get weird looks from ppl! LOL
Hehe, one of my friends was Richard Simmons - and yes, he was born AFTER Richard Simmons became famous so his parents knew what they were doing.
My brother had a friend named Tyler Beiler. He was absolutely adorable in 3rd grade too -- nerdy glasses, funny, sweet little guy... aww...
There was a kid that went to my elementary school who's name was Happy. He was new to the country so I think he (or his parents) just picked a word they knew in English and called it good. I thought that was pretty adorable.
My neighbour was an ESL teacher and she used to help new students pick out their Canadian names (if they were choosing to change their name). One student really liked the name "Semen" because it was very soft sounding and sort of rolled off the tongue. She had to work really hard to convince the kid it was not an appropriate name, but he was very young (like 6 or 7) so she couldn't really tell him why. Oh goodness. His name is probably Chris or something now ;)
Chris Christopher. . . I mean, how confusing is that?!
Oh and I also know a family who's last name is Ratz (which is actually pronounced Rots, but you can imagine it always gets pronounced Rats). The father is Pat, the eldest son is Mat, and the youngest son is Pat Jr. Apparently they like rhyming.
My cousin is Thomas Thompson. I also had an old coworker who was Sue Soo, and apparently her maiden name was Siu (which was also pronounced Soo)... Had another old coworker named Ham, and I had said something about his name to one of my friends and she said, "OMG I have a coworker named Bread!" We cracked up.
There was a man from my province who had 15 minutes of fame because his name was Dick Assman. Hahaha. Poor guy.
Ok - I definitely laughed at the title of this thread (LOVE that movie!).
A lady at church when I was younger was named Rose Rose, which I always found strange. Her husband's last name was the same as her first name!
My fiance's dad's name is pronounced "Frank Shank." LOL. Obviously, the last name (and my future last name, huzzah!) is spelled differently...but still. It's hilarious.
Another good one... My grandparents named their 4 children so they all had the initials JDG (Duggars anyone?) My dad John married Gina (starts with a G, but is a J sound). The only 2 cousins I have on that side of the family both start with the letter J, my brother's name starts with the letter J, OMG my DOG's name even starts with the letter J. My dad's sister (starts with a J) just married somone whose name starts with the letter J and now I am marrying someone whose name starts with the letter J. And there is me... Tina... no J sound at all.
Wow.
There was a guy that I worked with who had a long (I believe it was asian name) and it started with an A. So he just used to tell people his first name was A, but his last name was Ho. He wasn't in this country for very long and he was going around telling people his name was A HO. Poor guy.
@Adnama54- I think it's from Wedding Singer.
My guy's last name is pronounced Hoagie. Like the sandwich. And he introduces himself like that. He wants to run a sandwich shop when he retires. The man is obsessed with both bad puns and sandwiches.
Also, my last name sounds like a Kodak product from the 90s. It took over a year to persuade my foster sister we were not named after cameras.
Future MOH (who calls the guy "Sarnie", as in British slang for sandwich) married into the name Crawley. No surprise EVERY kid in their family ends up being called "Creepy."
I also know a Colette Collett.
I have a friend named Jennie Craig. Luckily she's a very petite girl. Otherwise I'm sure kids would have been very cruel to her.
I knew a lady names Penny Nickle... Nickle was her married name but if I were her I think I would have kept my maiden name!
LOL this thread is great! Dick Swett had me rolling! i dont know any funny names, so sorry i can't add to the fun :)
My BF got married this summer, her husband's last name is pronouced Bone (it's spelt in a French way) making her Amanda Bone. Yeah, she decided to hypenate.
One of the firefighter's that worked with my dad for years was Upson Downs.....he said it was a family name!
My ex's boss was Vietnamese. I don't know how his first name was spelled, but I can tell you that his last name was Nguyen, and the whole name just sounded like "We Win."
When my dad was a kid, his dentist was named Dr. Toothacher.
Candy Cane Lane - yep. what a bad combo to start but to marry someone with the last name Lane is just out of this world! This was in the UK where Candy was more popular!
@ChantelleyLace: I remember Dick Assman. He was on Letterman.
My mom met a guy in Montreal named Joe Fuch (yes, pronounced like "f*ck.)
@cyneswith: When I read yours I thought rather - "the man loves bad puns and 12 inch buns" hoagies..get it? It rhymes! heehee
I know a girl named Anita Laye. That's her maiden name...her parents named her that.
A good friend of mine was engaged to a guy whose last name totally rhymed with her first name! It was totally Julia Goolia-ish. Luckily they broke up and she married a man with a MUCH nicer last name.
I'm alright with my new name. My old initials were ABC, which was a lot cooler than ABZ, but oh well.
I work in the medical field so I'd get in big trouble for saying names, but some of our patients have the funniest names. One man's first and last name together is a euphemism for oral sex. I almost died laughing when I saw it.
I once got an email from someone named Eroica Drugg. Thought it was spam and deleted it immediately. Turns out it was a legit work email from a real person 
My last name is now the same as a family in a popular sitcom from the 80's/early 90's. Not as bad as a lot of things you guys have heard... but still it gets annoying when people say things.
Oh and I once met someone whose last name was Head-Dick. Now why would you hyphenate that??? At least she didn't do them in the reverse order.
Haha this is making me laugh so hard. I had a lunch lady in elementary school with a rather large bottom side named Mrs. Heine (prounounced Hiney) Poor woman.
And... a married family friend named Melody Musick.
My step mom's name was Rose Rose too!! Her name was Rose then she married my dad Mr. Rose...I love that someone else has the same name!
One of my friends works at a hospital and a lady came and she said her name was "female" and proceded to tell the story of where her name came from. When her mom had her she didnt know what to name her, looked on her daughters wrist band and saw the word female so she said she wanted to name her "female" but sounded out like temale(like a hot temale) but with a F. haha
A local policeman was recognized recently for a heroic act, and I was just reading about it in the paper. His name? Uppsen Downes.
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