Great last names

[shadowpanda]

I used to babysit for a boy called Matthew Matthews (parents diverced and his name was changed to his mothers maiden name)

I have a deceased family member whose gravestone has his first name, middle and surname on it. They are all the same name and too unusual to put on here, as it's the same as my surname

[Mondestrucken]

When I was brand new to the state, I once got a call, "Hello, this is Dick Tracy in Enforcement." Riiiiiiggggghhhhttttttt. Sure, mess with the new person.

Except that was his name, and he did work in the Enforcement division of my department.

[MoonCat]

Crapo is pronounced cray-po. I knew someone by that name once. She was a nice girl.

There really was a woman named Ima Hogg. In Texas, I believe.

I've seen Booze as a last name.

Worst name I ever came across was Slutsky. Yes, it really someone's last name. Imagine the jokes at school.

[dog_mu]

At one point when I was filling out government forms for medicare, I came across a woman with the name "Angela Christmas".

[XCashier]

One last name that stands out is a guy whose last name is Fagg.

The reason it stood out to me is not so much the name, but that he was friendly and cheerful. I mean how do you have an unfortunate last name like that and still manage to be pleasant.

Heh. Once had a customer with the last name of Schmuck. He was pretty nice, too. I guess if you have an unfortunate name, you have to be nice to try to make up for it.

[Can I Help Your A$$?]

Box office put this on a post-it on the wall. She's a long-time subscriber. Her name is Kitty Titcomb.

[dalesys]

Math professor at Utah State University (with his own line of textbooks)

Riddle

[Shalom]

Heh. Once had a customer with the last name of Schmuck. He was pretty nice, too. I guess if you have an unfortunate name, you have to be nice to try to make up for it.

Means "jewelry" or "ornamentation" in German. Nothing wrong with that, is there? (I leave you to figure out how that meaning got transformed into what it means in Yiddish. Think "family jewels"...)

Worst name I ever came across was Slutsky. Yes, it really someone's last name. Imagine the jokes at school.

That's a perfectly ordinary eastern-European name (means someone from Slutsk). Of course I grew up with people with such names, so it's not so strange to me. Just happens to have four unfortunate letters in a row, like someone I knew whose name was Koshitsky. Imagine going through life called that. This just means someone from the town of Košice (Koshitse) in Slovakia, but to an English-speaker it sounds funny. Kind of like that French soda called Pschitt...

I knew someone who had to change his name before he could get married... his birth name was Јerkowitz. Another perfectly ordinary eastern-European Jewish name that sounds funny to outsiders.

[MoonCat]

There are a lot of names that sound funny to those who are not acquainted with them. I hope I didn't give anyone the impression that I think those names are stupid or something.

I'm fascinated by names and their origins and meanings. My own last name is pretty short, and was supposedly shortened sometime in the past, though from my genealogical research I suspect that's not true (or it happened much longer ago than I was told it was). There is actually a Japanese name spelled the same, but my heritage is Polish/German. So it can cause a little confusion.

[Victoria J]

2 new ones :

A man who is apparently a 1920s matinee idol - Rexford Valentine Ryan

And my new favourite - Eros Balls

Victoria J.

[Chromatix]

I've worked with at least two people named Ruotsalainen. In Finnish, this means "Swedish".

[Andara Bledin]

I've worked with at least two people named Ruotsalainen. In Finnish, this means "Swedish".

One of the customers my company shipped to this last month was named Suomanen.

We actually have a pretty high percentage of Finns buying optics items from us.

^-.-^

[VicSilver]

My mom's obstetrician was Dr. Wei-Wei. That's always good for a giggle.

Also, my maiden name is Brown. I have an uncle named Charles.

Yes, we call him Charlie.
Yes, he has a huge round head.
Yes, he got super pissed the year his brothers gave him a yellow t-shirt with black jagged line around it.

[Lala]

my maiden name is Brown. I have an uncle named Charles.

Yes, we call him Charlie.
Yes, he has a huge round head.
Yes, he got super pissed the year his brothers gave him a yellow t-shirt with black jagged line around it.

My fiance is friends with a Charlie Brown. He has the Great Pumpkin patch tattoed on his upper arm.

There's a urologist in Austin named Dr. Richard Chopp. He does perform vasectomies.

[Bandit]

Came across some paperwork for a new start the other day.

Guy Stryker.

Sounds like he should be in an action movie.

Also have a Dr Mullett.

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