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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I remember there was an older woman in my hometown (NRW, germany) and her name was Frau Kaakschiess - which means Poo-shit. I dont know if shes still alive or has any relatives who kept the name. My dad once told me that she wanted people to pronounce her name in a different way, so that it sounds more adequate.

btw. marco bode is a german football player

now bring on some more cool names;)
Posted by roland  on  Mon Jan 03, 2005  at  08:04 PM
In reply to Jules Sep,19 2004. There was a story going around that my father's first wife was called Lettuce. I went to a funeral a few months ago and walking around the creamatorium while having a smoke (oops no pun intended) I found my father' plaque and right next to it LETTUCE PEARCE RIP 1937.
Posted by Peter Pearce  on  Mon Jan 03, 2005  at  08:47 PM
No joke - although it sounds like one:
While we were at Bible College in Saskatchewan, Canada, there was a teacher named Mr. Dyck (pronounced as if it were a part of male anatomy). His daughter, Jennifer, married a young man with the last name of Harder.

It was listed in our paper and our college newsletter as the "Dyck-Harder" and "Harder-Dyck" wedding, respectively.
Posted by Maureen  on  Tue Jan 04, 2005  at  04:59 PM
I was watching the news once and there was this lady talking and the caption under her said her name was India Dick. I was laughing so hard I was rolling on the floor, that was the best newscast ever!
Posted by kurtis  on  Tue Jan 11, 2005  at  11:58 PM
Knew a kid growing up whose last name was Guzzler. Unfortunatley, he joined the Navy. For 2 years his rank was "Seaman." Don't think he enjoyed his time at sea.
Posted by Mac  on  Wed Jan 12, 2005  at  06:01 PM
I used to work retail, and one of our regular customers was Harry Heine (pronounced hairy hiney).... he really was a butt.
Posted by BrookeLyn  on  Thu Feb 03, 2005  at  11:00 AM
there was loads of people i my school with hilarious names such as Ima Dick,Ben Dover,Dick Banucha, Mary Iza Focker and there was a german proffeser called Mr Clit Focker
Posted by gillian fae scotland  on  Thu Feb 03, 2005  at  11:43 AM
"I used to work retail, and one of our regular customers was Harry Heine (pronounced hairy hiney).... he really was a butt.
Posted by BrookeLyn on Thu Feb 03, 2005 at 10:00 AM" ... I don't get it. Was it a drug store? Did you sell butt stuff? I'm confused
Posted by Hairy Houdini  on  Thu Feb 03, 2005  at  12:22 PM
Reading through the Caterpillar library list of available technical papers, I noticed a publication authored by Amad Fukker.
Posted by Gene Dentino  on  Sat Feb 12, 2005  at  11:28 PM
A square dance caller in Wisconsin has the name Clayton Pidgeon. Thus: Clay Pidgeon
Posted by Gene  on  Sat Feb 12, 2005  at  11:56 PM
I went to school with a kid named Rusty Anchors... and I didn't 'get it' until I told my sister. *sigh*
Posted by Erynne  on  Sun Feb 27, 2005  at  03:18 PM
MY DAD WAS BUILDING A HOUSE FOR A FAMILY OF RIA'S, HIS WIFES NAME WAS DIANE BUT SHE TOLD ME TO CALL HER DIA. I ALMOST BURST OUT LAUGHING, DIA RIA.
Posted by ty  on  Tue Mar 01, 2005  at  07:45 PM
I knew somebody in Elementry named Kris Azhul... She said it was from Brazil
Posted by Iras  on  Thu Mar 03, 2005  at  08:46 PM
My friends sisters friends name is Rusti Nail
Posted by April  on  Thu Mar 10, 2005  at  05:16 PM
I work for a tech support for a medical website company and deal with many many people every week. I come across some interesting names all of the time. I actually just got off the phone not too long ago with a Susan MyCock, who I actaully have to call back later today. It is spelled with a capital M and a capital C. Also had to help a doctor locate a patient in the database the other day named Sandi Cucci. I will definately post more when I come across them
Posted by Rob G  on  Fri Mar 11, 2005  at  07:08 AM
harry weiner
Posted by me  on  Fri Mar 11, 2005  at  08:52 PM
When i was a warehouse supervisor some time ago we had a guy who worked for a company named Square D, they make electrical boxes and such well i got to know the sales man fairly well but not that well his name was Dick Lipps and he didnt go by Richard either he said his name helped him sell his product, oh well !!!!
Posted by Bud  on  Fri Apr 08, 2005  at  08:49 AM
My friends cousin knows a guy named Phil M'arriere (Fill My Rear) 😊
Posted by Jacob  on  Sun May 01, 2005  at  02:44 PM
Yes, my name actually is Candace Barr. It's actually kind of common from my searches of the name. I hate being called Candy, Candy Barr, and the like. My aunt says I should like it b/c that's why I got the name, but I feel that they had no way of telling that I would like it, so naming me by that assumption was a mistake, and I'm not budging. My mom worked with someone by the name of Candace (or one of its variants) Cain (or one of it's variants--I never me tthe woman myself) who went by Candy Cane. Hey, whatever makes you happy, do it, but I am NOT trying to be known as Candy Barr. At least I'm not Robert Robinson (my younger brother)--horribly repeptitive.
Posted by Candace Barr  on  Tue May 03, 2005  at  02:20 PM
I just wanna say that this is a hell of a lovely thread!:-)
Posted by Roland  on  Fri May 06, 2005  at  02:41 AM
I used to process resumes for a Temp Company & ran across:
Hunter Green, Sea Foam, & Autumn Mist
as applicants.
Posted by Chris Howland  on  Mon May 30, 2005  at  12:27 PM
I know someone named john Gay. the last name Gay is very unfortinate because everyone says he is gay before they even know him.
Posted by mina  on  Tue Jun 07, 2005  at  03:58 PM
When I was in the USAF there was a girl there named Michelle Infinger. I just ran into an old client named Richard Boner, AKA Dick Boner, Rich Dick, Rich Boner or whatever you choose. I also recently ran into an executive at a company called Trianz in CA, Sanjay Shitole, AKA Mr. Shitole. Take your pick which name you like best, or would hate to have.
Posted by Ben  on  Tue Jul 12, 2005  at  06:44 AM
A woman who was/is the director of a local arthouse cinema (The Filmhouse) whose name is Gay Cox.
Posted by Cowpat  on  Fri Jul 15, 2005  at  08:19 AM
These examples arn't funnny, but I found out my name means "the man" and I'm a girl. Gee, my friends got a laugh out of that one.....

And my sister's name means "Judged by God". Shee took that one pretty bad.
Posted by Recea  on  Thu Jul 21, 2005  at  01:26 PM
I DON'T HAVE AN UNFORTUNATE LAST NAME AT LEAST I DON'T THINK I DO BECAUSE MY LAST NAME IS LOWERY
Posted by Eric David Lowery  on  Sat Jul 30, 2005  at  11:20 PM
Throughout high school I had classes with a kid named Gavin Soras (pronounced by the teachers as "gav-in sor-az" but to the rest of the school said it differently. "gave-in sore-ass") we were so terrible...
Posted by Steph  on  Sun Aug 07, 2005  at  11:16 PM
Please don't contact me. My sexy last name is pravite. I have a friend whose name is Berney Asscrack. You can write about him. OKay? :p
Posted by Jenn Dickhard  on  Wed Aug 17, 2005  at  06:15 PM
I work in a hospital there have been a lot of patients with funny names. The only one I can think of right now is Harry Johnson, We had two different patients with that same name.
Posted by Karen  on  Sat Aug 20, 2005  at  01:52 PM
I know this is mostly about the names of people, but I think I have one from the local area. Inhabitants of Brisbane, Australia, ought to be able to confirm that, up until a couple of years ago there was a second-hand car dearership called "Mike Hunt's Wholesale Cars" that was in Acacia Ridge.

Worse, the dealership was diagonally across the road from "Beaver Packaging".

While, sadly, Mike Hunt has moved on, Beaver Pagkaging is still there, albeit without the same degree of visual entertainment.

Octothorn
Posted by Octothorn  on  Wed Aug 31, 2005  at  04:30 AM
In high school we had a substitute teacher who told us his name was Mr Kuntz, then proceeded to tell us that for lunch that Friday we were having fish sandwiches
Posted by Vonshain  on  Thu Sep 01, 2005  at  10:37 PM
I used to work in a coffee shop on the lower east side of NY, the manger there was...... wait for it......... IVOR BONER !!!!!
Posted by I Felchmen  on  Sat Sep 03, 2005  at  09:56 AM
That's nothing I worked in a bank in Miami, and the Manager was Mike Oxlong....(my cocks's long)!
Posted by Warwick Hunt  on  Sun Sep 11, 2005  at  04:39 AM
Hi all.... I live in the same apartment block as a Mailman called Phil Pantz !!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Ima Felcher  on  Thu Sep 15, 2005  at  01:27 PM
My personal favorite is a voice actor by the name of 'Dick Smallberries Jr.' I can imagine he'd envy 'Hugh Bauls'.
Posted by Anonymous  on  Sat Sep 17, 2005  at  07:07 AM
:red: There was a police officer in L.A., some 30yrs ago. His name was Harold Cherry. His wife's father's name was Buster. So, guess what they named their son? You go Buster Harry Cherry
Posted by Jennifer Bies  on  Thu Sep 29, 2005  at  11:12 PM
At school here in Mexico City, i have a classmate with the surname "Jardon". The fun is lost on most non-english speaking friends.
Posted by Garp  on  Mon Oct 03, 2005  at  12:37 AM
Harry Ball was my high school janitor.
Posted by NewYawka  on  Wed Oct 12, 2005  at  01:03 PM
There was a guy at my high school by the name of "Lucius Pusey" pronounced: "LOOSHUS POO-SAY" and the worker on the school loudspeaker had run off a list of student names [for an important school activity], yet she was unsure of how to pronounce Lucius's name, so she ended up sounding like "lus-cious p-*-s-s-y." And everybody in the whole school was cracking up laughing so hard hearing it. I'll never forget that one.
Posted by Ashley  on  Sun Nov 06, 2005  at  06:15 AM
My friend's last name is Grossman.

I'm sure you've all heard the celebrity name of Rider Strong.
Posted by Jennifer  on  Sun Nov 06, 2005  at  06:39 AM
My friends were about to name their newborn child Aaron Sean Schulman... Do they realize that his initials spell A.S.S.?!
Posted by Kyle  on  Sun Nov 06, 2005  at  07:03 AM
I share an apartment with a dude called Wilma Dikurt (he's German)...... "WILL MY DICK HURT"
how funny is that.
Posted by J Donovan  on  Fri Nov 11, 2005  at  02:23 PM
I used to work at a diner in Hollywood, FL with a girl called Jo King & her husband was called Wayne King!
It must be an English thing (Wayne King = Wanking (Jerking Off)). She didn't realise until she was talking about her husband with some tourists from the UK and they saw her name badge.

We laughed about that for days and days.
Posted by Tony Grunnill  on  Tue Nov 15, 2005  at  04:23 PM
I was on a plane from Dallas to JFK and the pilot was called Captain Ivor Biggen.
Posted by Timothy Claypole  on  Mon Nov 21, 2005  at  03:25 PM
there is this kid whose name is "marty grawe"
Posted by pth  on  Wed Nov 23, 2005  at  06:48 PM
I DON'T HAVE AN UNFORTUNATE LAST NAME BECAUSE MY LAST NAME IS LOWERY
Posted by Eric David Lowery  on  Fri Nov 25, 2005  at  05:48 PM
I know a guy named Randy Muchmor. haha, what an awesome name.
Posted by emily  on  Sun Nov 27, 2005  at  09:24 PM
There is a coach for the Arkansas State University Indians basketball team, Dickey Nutt he is well known around the world, if you don't believe me go to http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/2005-10-20-nichols-shoes_x.htm?csp=34
Posted by J Beal  on  Mon Dec 05, 2005  at  03:04 PM
There's a politician in Australia called Richard Face (Dick Face)..
Posted by Tronno  on  Thu Dec 08, 2005  at  04:14 AM
Worked at a hospital and had a patient by the name of Latrina Johnson
Posted by Stacey  on  Wed Dec 14, 2005  at  03:25 PM
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