Unfortunate Last Names

I've always thought my last name was pretty bad. And I mean that in the literal sense. 'Boese' means 'bad' (or angry) in German. But its meaning wouldn't matter much if only English-speaking people could pronounce it (it's 'burr-za', as if it had an 'r' in it... not 'boose'). But I shouldn't feel too sorry for myself, because this guy in Brazil, Mr. Reinhardt Adolfo Fuck, has me beat hands down. As far as I can tell, that really is his name. He must get endless jokes about it.

Identity/Imposters

Posted on Thu May 20, 2004



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Posted by Paul Farrington-Douglas  on  Wed May 26, 2004  at  09:39 AM
I used to work with a guy whose name is Richard Weiner. He does not like to be called Dick!
Posted by Wally  on  Wed May 26, 2004  at  01:44 PM
I worked with a guy named Matt Morrow. He has a brother named Tom.
Posted by Tim  on  Wed May 26, 2004  at  01:48 PM
I used to work for Hertz Rent-A-Car and we rented to a man whose last name was "Pussey". He pronounced it Poo-say. It took everything we could do to control our laughter when he arrived at the counter.
Posted by B. Shields  on  Wed May 26, 2004  at  04:34 PM
I knew a guy named Harry Wolf.

Oh, and we can't forget the racecar driver named Dick Trickle.
Posted by Jen  on  Wed May 26, 2004  at  06:31 PM
Here are a few names I have run across:

l) Harry Ball
2) Dick Handworker
3) Dickie Quick
4) Bob Glasscock

Honest - none of these were made up. Parents should be ashamed!
Posted by SUSAN  on  Wed May 26, 2004  at  10:51 PM
I knew a girl named Megan Passwater. Also, my mother's friend was named Richard Dick Dickinson.
Posted by The Armani Ninja  on  Wed May 26, 2004  at  11:48 PM
:roll: I have a client at the bookstore I work at her name is Honey Poole. She is a teacher in one of the local school systems.
Posted by Eric  on  Thu May 27, 2004  at  07:41 AM
Here are a few good ones. My grandpa's coworker was named Harry Boddom pronounced bottom. My friend's stepmom named Fanny married into the Weiper family (Fanny Weiper). A girl I went to highschool with was named Ada. Ada Cok. She pronounced it "coke" but everyone knew how you REALLY say it.
Posted by Andy  on  Thu May 27, 2004  at  02:40 PM
There was a Japaneese foreign exchange student in one of my college classes named Kimiko Takeashita. I'm sure it wasn't actually pronounced take-a-shit-a. But I had to do a double take when I saw that name on paper. She was a very cute girl by the way.
Posted by Aaron  on  Thu May 27, 2004  at  04:51 PM
I work in a tradeshow office and one of my exhibitor's last names is Ahrenhoeresterbaeumer. My boss laughs at me all the time because I refuse to type it more than once. I always copy and paste.
also, my bf used to work w/ a guy named Harry Woodcock. no joke.
Posted by Kristen  on  Thu May 27, 2004  at  05:02 PM
At my hometown, one of the local radio stations decided to haved "Weird Name Wednsday." A nurse who worked in maternity called in and spoke about twin girls whose mother had named them Syphilis and Gonorrhea(pronounced Si-phylis and Ganaria). There was another little girl named Pajama, pronounced Pa-ja-may. I feel especially sorry for the twins, though.
Posted by Missy  on  Thu May 27, 2004  at  11:44 PM
A VERY OLD WESTCHESTER COUNTY FAMILY IS NAMED OUTHOUSE. WHEN I WAS YOUNG THE PHONE BOOK HAD A LISTING OUTHOUSE, A PURDY
Posted by RICKK  on  Fri May 28, 2004  at  10:31 AM
In Pennsylvania, the past president of the state financial aid agency, PHEAA, was named Richard Willey. He went by Dick, so he was known as Dick Willey...talk about a double phallic name. Kinda like Peter O'toole.
Posted by Mike  on  Fri May 28, 2004  at  10:41 AM
a friend of mine is a nurse at a local hospital and had a patient who didn't speak english and named her new-born baby Shithead pronounce (sha-theed)
Posted by Fezzik  on  Fri May 28, 2004  at  11:40 AM
I work with a guy named Jack Hard. And his fathers name is Dick Hard. My grandparents introduced me to a guy named Richard Cum, he pronouced his last name cuum
Posted by Tyler  on  Fri May 28, 2004  at  01:06 PM
I worked at a place where one of our frequent clients was Proctor Coffin. My niece's name is Mia Mann. We don't know why, and my sister STILL doesn't understand why this is bad. My grandfather's name was Zenas (and used to get mail addressed to everything from Zena to Zenith to Jesus), I had a great grandfather named Magnus and the woman living down the street from me growing up was named Casio. Better than all this was a girl I went to school with called P.J. or Jane. I asked her why she was called P.J. sometimes and Jane other times, and she said her actual name was Probably Jane, due to a clerical error at the hospital where she was born.

Under bizarre spellings, I went to school with a girl named Kjellander (pronounced Shellanda) and another girl named Kaijsa (pronouced Kai-sah).
Posted by Ga  on  Fri May 28, 2004  at  01:26 PM
Went to school with Merry & Melody Tune. At my company (at another branch) there's a Dick Likeness. And also a Mai Ho.
Posted by Doug  on  Fri May 28, 2004  at  04:05 PM
My ex-boyfriend's name is Stoney Walls. His two younger brothers are Adobe and Brick. I fell especially sorry for Brick because he really is big an not too bright.
Posted by Lesley  on  Fri May 28, 2004  at  05:00 PM
Had a science teacher in high school. His name was Dick Pew! Students used to come into class singing the Skynard classic The Smell: "Ewww..that smell. Dick, where'd ya get that smell?"
Posted by Dave  on  Sat May 29, 2004  at  09:19 AM
There's a urologist in Toledo named Richard Tapper.
I met someone named Eric Shen in college.
Posted by Phil  on  Sat May 29, 2004  at  02:30 PM
a teacher at my school is mrs. dickie. her husbands name is harry. also, my dad works with someone named dick smalls.
Posted by Lauren  on  Sat May 29, 2004  at  04:15 PM
A FRIEND OF MINE CALLED HIS DAUGHTER JUANA MARIE WHICH AS IT STANDS IS QUITE A NICE NAME BUT IF YOU TURN IT AROUND ITS MARIE JUANA.
Posted by D.DOIDGE  on  Sun May 30, 2004  at  05:58 AM
I once worked for a guy named Dick Eaton.
Another woman I met at a trade show introduced herself as Fonda Peters. All I thought was
" I bet you are... "
Posted by C.  on  Sun May 30, 2004  at  10:27 PM
I went to school with a girl named Susan Ridge.... uh huh!! people called her Sue ... we have a client at work who's name is Richard Cumming :-X
Posted by Tony  on  Tue Jun 01, 2004  at  05:48 AM
For the last few years I worked for a large data warehouse and we had a derogatory name flag in the database which is essential to avoid liability. I remember seeing the surname Christmas and it turned out that there are a few with the firstname of Mary.
Posted by Jo  on  Tue Jun 01, 2004  at  08:01 AM
I currently work for Ingersoll rand and in there email address book there is an employee called Backflush KRACK.
Also when i worked at GEC we had an employee named Gordon Bennett.
I also have a friend whos mother knows a lady called Annette Curtain.
Posted by Damian Walker  on  Tue Jun 01, 2004  at  09:48 AM
My husband informs me that he works with a man named Cliff Ball. When Cliff's son was born, Cliff thought he had it all worked out so that his son would never be made fun of. Apparently, Cliff was wrong. He named is son Zachary, which the hospital shortened on the baby's ID bracelet to "BALL, ZACH." Think about it.
I also know some boys with weird names: Coco Choctl, Sudro Brown, Jr. (yes, it would appear there was more than boy named Sue), and Huckle May.
Posted by Ga  on  Tue Jun 01, 2004  at  12:30 PM
I went to elementary school with a guy Named Mike Hunt....I swear, no joke.
Posted by j cardenas  on  Tue Jun 01, 2004  at  12:36 PM
I went to college with a Christine Hordyke. She got
married and now her last name is Ix.
Posted by Mark  on  Tue Jun 01, 2004  at  03:49 PM
There's a dude in Las Vegas named Richard Bonar who ran for office serveral years back, about 1994. His signs all said "Dick Bonar for...". I don't remember the office. He didn't have to clean up his signs after the election because college kids stole them all.
Posted by Phil Teo  on  Tue Jun 01, 2004  at  06:42 PM
The Principal of the high school I went to was named Mr. Hunt. He named his son Michael. Poor Mike.
Posted by Daniel  on  Tue Jun 01, 2004  at  08:37 PM
I went to work with a girl whose name was Chris Carriage but hew name tags and notices always appeared without her Given initial as Miss Carriage
Posted by Marten Busstra  on  Wed Jun 02, 2004  at  03:26 AM
When I worked in California, there was a little Vietnamese gal that worked in assembly, her married last name was Ho....her first name was Myy.
Posted by darren mcewen  on  Wed Jun 02, 2004  at  08:54 AM
Doug you work for horiba don't you...I know mai ho and dick likeness
Posted by darren mcewen  on  Wed Jun 02, 2004  at  08:59 AM
In Deadwood, South Dakota, there is a "Caput Funeral Home".
Posted by Dave  on  Wed Jun 02, 2004  at  09:37 AM
Askold is a common slavic and perhaps scandinavian name. There's an immigrant ukrainian handyman in upstate new york with a last name of "Kulas" (not a particularly unusual last name). Put it together you get Asskold Kulas - pronounced (correctly) "ass cold, cool ass".
Posted by AC  on  Wed Jun 02, 2004  at  01:07 PM
Had a girl who worked for me named Shelly Long...she introduced me to her father...Richard Long... he was a car salesmen....he grabbed my hand shook it and said "Dick Long" at your service.....i thought... no thanks but said Good for you Dick!
Posted by steve dunn  on  Wed Jun 02, 2004  at  11:52 PM
i dont get it.....mike hunt....what?
Posted by rachel  on  Thu Jun 03, 2004  at  09:24 AM
My mother used to tell me about a shoolmate she had back in the 30's - Ophelia Pratt. I once server in the Air Force Reserve with a SSgt Dick Hunter. I also lived in Amarillo, TX where there is the Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home.
Posted by Tom Davidson  on  Thu Jun 03, 2004  at  10:36 AM
Rachel, mike hunt = my cunt
Posted by Julien  on  Thu Jun 03, 2004  at  02:43 PM
The instructor in my German class used to call on the students by as Mr. or Miss. "Herr Lipp" used to regularly invite class chuckles at my expense.
Posted by Dana Lipp  on  Thu Jun 03, 2004  at  07:39 PM
Well, I know a czech girl whose name is Andrea Kocka. Her father's name is Raimund Kocka... Now, since we speak french around here, we first took it as 'coca', but when we learned english, we found another funny meaning to it...
Posted by Mathieu Lavigne  on  Thu Jun 03, 2004  at  08:22 PM
My best friend's name is Terrilynn Dyck (pronounced "dick"). Her older brother's name is Harry.
Posted by Kaylyn  on  Thu Jun 03, 2004  at  09:45 PM
Slightly tangential remark: There's a football player for the University of Wisconsin named Joey Boese; his last name rhymes with "Jos̩". I also know a Boese family who pronounce it to rhyme with "daze". Hooray for America the melting pot, I guess....
Posted by yellowyarrow  on  Fri Jun 04, 2004  at  01:03 AM
I used to work with a guy named Richard Best. Otherwise known as Dick Best. I always wondered if he liked dick best, but i'm sure he was a dick.
Also knew a woman named Honor Roll. (no joke for this one)
Posted by sam  on  Fri Jun 04, 2004  at  01:43 AM
I knew a girl called Ann Al. She was very tormented.
Posted by Ella  on  Fri Jun 04, 2004  at  07:31 AM
In Denmark there are several families called Hundsballe. In Swedish it means dog testicles. I also read about a Chinese family who decided to name their newborn son after that year's most important events. They named him Saddam Sars.
Posted by Ella  on  Fri Jun 04, 2004  at  07:37 AM
There is a local radio personality in Dallas named Richard Hunter, who goes by the name "Big Dick" Hunter on the air--no joke.
Posted by mark  on  Fri Jun 04, 2004  at  06:17 PM
In the late 1960's I worked with a man named Richard Bone, but of course every body called him Dick.
Posted by David  on  Fri Jun 04, 2004  at  06:19 PM
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