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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By coincidence, I recently received an email containing a snippet out of 'The Sun' newspaper in London quoting the story of a Mr Russell Peacock who named his baby son 'Drew'. He didn't realise his mistake until he entered the name into an internet search engine in the hope of finding someone famous with that name and instead, was asked: "Do you mean Droopy C**k?". Amusingly, his work buddies also, soon began calling him "droopy's dad!"
Posted by Alex  on  Sun Nov 07, 2004  at  11:14 PM
My 6th grade social studies teacher was named Richard Burns...
Posted by Elizabeth  on  Mon Nov 08, 2004  at  10:11 PM
While reading up on the topic of add-on digital storage I recently discovered one of the researchers who first described the concept of RAID was named Randy Katz.
Posted by john  on  Tue Nov 09, 2004  at  08:00 PM
I once visted an office and met with a guy named
Ken Tucke. At another office with the same group was a guy whose last name was Titzman. I inquired there was a Legman around.
Posted by Bunky  on  Wed Nov 10, 2004  at  03:21 AM
my sister had a teacher named mr getoff..and i worked as a telephone operator and had a call for a fred p. outhouse.......
Posted by kwit  on  Wed Nov 10, 2004  at  11:21 PM
I once worked for a help desk. I had a user that needed a name change in our system. She was getting a divorce. Her first name was Abbot. Her married last name was Costelo.
Posted by David Corby  on  Thu Nov 11, 2004  at  07:43 PM
My brother once told me about a guy he knew in Civil Air Patrol named "Daily Bug". I thought that was pretty funnny.
Posted by Matt U  on  Sat Nov 13, 2004  at  03:11 PM
We have a dentist here in Florida named Dr. Fang. Nothing made up there.
Posted by Adam  on  Tue Nov 16, 2004  at  11:33 PM
in grammar school there was a girl named Penny Cashdollar.
Posted by john  on  Wed Nov 17, 2004  at  10:47 AM
In Austin, TX the mayor's name is Will Winn. He sure did win the race.
Posted by AAB  on  Fri Nov 19, 2004  at  05:11 PM
How about Professor Chew?
SHIT FUN Chew?

http://mirrors.meepzorp.com/chew-shit-fun/
Posted by MG  on  Sat Nov 20, 2004  at  03:07 PM
A former employee who worked for my father is named Mike Hunt, Dad never got why the rest of us insisted on calling him Michael and not just Mike. Inlaws have a renter on their ranch named Harry Love.
Posted by Heather  on  Sat Nov 20, 2004  at  05:00 PM
I forgot this one....one of the accountants in my office is named Rich Nickels.
Posted by Heather  on  Sat Nov 20, 2004  at  05:06 PM
We have a local doctor called Im Hong. (I have never looked closely) Also, Timber Wolf and Sandy Beach.
Posted by KO  on  Sun Nov 21, 2004  at  06:32 PM
I knew someone named Robert Marley... But we called him Bob
Posted by Ranesha  on  Mon Nov 22, 2004  at  04:46 PM
I know sb called Marta Pfahl -thats how the indianics called their place fo Tortoure

My best buddy is called James Bond...

I also found a chinese Name pronounced like: roof on fire
Posted by Shiit Ass  on  Tue Nov 23, 2004  at  02:32 PM
I have a friend whose neighbor is named Harry Beaver (no joke it's really his name). And no, Harry is not short for Harold.
Posted by Linda  on  Tue Nov 23, 2004  at  07:51 PM
Who doesn't know the actor of Buffy the vampire slayer

Anthony Stuart Head
A.S.Head

😉
Posted by John  on  Wed Nov 24, 2004  at  06:08 PM
I used to know a girl named Special Edwards.
Posted by Michael Boren  on  Thu Nov 25, 2004  at  12:12 AM
A friend of mine goes by the last name Damm.
So there are two possible ways of pronounciation in english. "Damn" or "Dumb". Both not very lucky.

Additionaly if called in french "Monsieur Damm" it is pronounced like "Monsieur Dames" which means "Mister Madames".
Posted by cocinero  on  Fri Nov 26, 2004  at  05:47 AM
My aunt married a man whose last name was "Raper." The bad thing is she teaches high school English, so they had to call her Mrs. Raper. They have long since divorced... I wonder why.

My mom is also a teacher and a parent of one of her kids is named Crystal Ball.
Posted by Kara  on  Sat Nov 27, 2004  at  01:16 PM
Went to UNC-Chapel Hill. Had an instructor (female) with the last name DeLong-Woodcock.
Posted by Joe  on  Sat Nov 27, 2004  at  03:18 PM
One of my friends knows a boy named Harry Butts... how pathetic is that? I've also run across a Clay Potts
Posted by Ange  on  Sat Nov 27, 2004  at  04:42 PM
Here's a couple:
-Filthy McNasty (she was a stripper and had her name legally changed)
-Christmas Candy
Posted by Amanda  on  Sat Nov 27, 2004  at  06:31 PM
When I lived in holland, my dad worked with a guy named Fokker Fokkerman. in dutch that translates as "Fucker Fuckerman".🐛 :cheese: 😝 And I went to school with Vicky van der Broek(= "of the pants")
,Sofie Knipscheere(= Cutshave)
Dutch people picked the funniest names!
Posted by Carmen  on  Mon Nov 29, 2004  at  09:36 PM
When I lived in holland, my dad worked with a guy named Fokker Fokkerman. In dutch that means "Fucker Fuckerman." I went to school with "Vicky Of the Pants, Sofie Cutshave, and Eric Mould." Dutch people sometimes used to name themselves after their jobs...
Posted by Carmen  on  Mon Nov 29, 2004  at  09:50 PM
A woman I met through my sister some years ago was named Candace Barr. Yes, she went by Candy. Yes, she was a babe.

A woman I once worked with was named Mary Christmas.

A boy I went to junior high school with was named Peter Long.
Posted by Shell  on  Tue Nov 30, 2004  at  02:26 AM
One adress on my paperroute was of a mr Willem Cornelis Bril, so the sign on his door spelled "WC Bril", which means toiletseat in Dutch.
Posted by X  on  Tue Nov 30, 2004  at  12:58 PM
I've got one.... I once knew a woman named Candy Barr. Her parents named her that on purpose because they thought it was "clever". They also purposely did not give her a middle name.
Posted by Jess  on  Tue Nov 30, 2004  at  03:47 PM
Here in Augusta Ga. there is/was a Dr. Peter Dick!
Posted by Joe  on  Thu Dec 02, 2004  at  10:43 PM
If you go and look at the records for college hockey, specifically in the CCHA conference I believe there was a Western Michigan hockey player named Bryce Cockburn.
Posted by Charley  on  Thu Dec 02, 2004  at  10:58 PM
I lived in Chula Vista CA for several years and we had a dentist there whose name was Dr. Speedy Nutz. I don't know where it came from but it has always stuck in my mind.
Posted by Jack Gorman  on  Sat Dec 04, 2004  at  04:29 PM
There was a Japanese Prime Minister called Noburu Takeshita

It was reported in a British newspaper in the 1970's that a university was trying to persuade a German student to change her name to avoid embarassment (to them, not her) - her name was Fraulein Fucker, and they were trying to persuade her to change it to Ducker.

My brother's neigbours were the Kurten family - they had a daughter called Annette
Posted by Chris Quinn  on  Mon Dec 06, 2004  at  05:08 AM
I don't get all the Annette Curtains. Oh, well. My German teacher said there was a restaurateur named Kackebart, which means "shitbeard". Unfortunate names we know are real are Mia Hamm (good thing she's not an actor) and Dick Van Dyke. A friend of mine worked in a call center and once took a call from a Miss Thunderpussy. It's possible that such names are like "Chenandeler Bong" on Friends--things people do to track the selling of their personal information.
Posted by Matt  on  Mon Dec 06, 2004  at  05:01 PM
The Japanese prime minister's name is pronounced Tak-esh-ta.
Phuket is in Thailand and pronounced Pu-ket.
In Birmingham, UK, there was aleading city councillor called Albert Bore, election slogan:"Vote A Bore."
I saw a story in Private Eye once about a guy in New Zealand called Trevor Itchyanus.
Posted by Wendy Templeton  on  Tue Dec 07, 2004  at  12:24 AM
A guy I went to school with ended up with 2 kids the boy was William and the girl Hannah, surname Ball. Willy Ball? and Hannah Ball. The father is a vet
Posted by Neil  on  Tue Dec 07, 2004  at  05:15 PM
this is a real news story from the french press:


Crazy Horse lives ... but airline wants proof

Sat Dec 4, 8:17 AM ET

LONDON (AFP) - Jeremy Brown from Northern Ireland may rue the day he decided to change his name to Crazy Horse Invincible, partly because he did so after one too many drinks, but mainly because his new identity is causing more hassle that it may be worth.

The Belfast office of low cost airline Jet2.com recently refused to accept one of his bookings on line, deciding that someone calling himself Crazy Horse Invincible must be up to no good.

"Crazy Horse's name raised an eyebrow with the bookings team, so we had to double-check," said Steve Lee, Jet2.com's director, of his decision to request that Crazy Horse made a personal appearance at the airline on Friday to prove his identity.

Crazy Horse, 26, decided to officially change his name one night in 2003, after celebrating the victory of his favourite football team, English club Middlesbrough, in the company of a pal and several drinks.

"It was one of those nights - I think Boro (Middlesbrough) had won - so me and a mate were celebrating. You have a few too many and you come up with crazy plans. Mine were quite literally Crazy", said Crazy Horse.

When the airline staff finally satisfied itself that all was in order, Crazy Horse received his ticket and will now be able to travel to the Czech capital where he and his friend, who now answers to the name Spaceman Africa -- who apparently had no trouble getting a plane ticket -- intend to spend their Christmas holidays.
Posted by Richard Hedd  on  Tue Dec 07, 2004  at  08:57 PM
I attended church with the Burkhardt family. Their twin boys, Buck and Brock Burkhardt. Their oldest son - Burke Burhardt.
My step-siblings are all "Loveless".First names: Taber, Toby, Tammy, Tawna and Trevor.
Posted by Rick  on  Tue Dec 07, 2004  at  11:54 PM
The infamous name Rick Head has surfaced again. In the latest issue of Hot Rod Magazine, somebody by that name won a racing event the magazine was putting on. You should see the photos - they had a gag prize that looks a lot like a Burger King crown, and the Camaro that Mr. Head drove featured one of the strangest paint jobs I've seen.
Posted by Matt  on  Wed Dec 08, 2004  at  12:50 PM
I dated a girl back in '93 named Candy Sue Good. heh heh "good" stuff. I heard she got married, ruining a perfectly "good" name.
Posted by Buck  on  Wed Dec 08, 2004  at  05:26 PM
In Fremont, NE where I grew up there is a plumbing company owned by the Rump family. Yes, it's Rump's Plumbing, and the owner's first name is Harry.
Posted by MARY Jo HOWE  on  Wed Dec 08, 2004  at  05:53 PM
You know the guy who invented the bra was mr. titslinger? Im serious.
Posted by MEGACHEESE  on  Wed Dec 08, 2004  at  08:40 PM
:lol: i used to know someone named mr. turdlicker!!
Posted by jason  on  Wed Dec 08, 2004  at  08:40 PM
:lol: i used to know someone named mr. turdlicker!!!
Posted by jason  on  Wed Dec 08, 2004  at  08:42 PM
i used to know someone named mr. turdlicker!
Posted by jason  on  Wed Dec 08, 2004  at  08:44 PM
oops :red: sry i did that 3 times, i thought it didnt work!!
Posted by jason  on  Wed Dec 08, 2004  at  08:45 PM
oh, about the titslinger thing, its very true, and also, the dude who invented the tiolet was named mr. crapper!!
Posted by jason  on  Wed Dec 08, 2004  at  08:54 PM
There is a Cook County prosecuter named Dick Devine. He's a dignified, respected man, but for the life of me I can't figure out why he doesn't go by Richard (a common theme on this page). Anyway, I think that would make a great porn name.....
Posted by Jo Chapman  on  Fri Dec 10, 2004  at  09:28 AM
Ben Wang took a picture of two planes that look like they're touching each other when they're not.
Posted by John  on  Fri Dec 10, 2004  at  03:35 PM
I used to know a Candice Cane, but she went by Candy. Candy Cane. Not joking. I'm a second hand source for the following, though: Dusty Porch, Icy Rink, Tom Thompson... pretty brutal.
Posted by Cameron  on  Sat Dec 11, 2004  at  11:31 PM
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