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Weird Personal Names

One of my clients is a lady named 'Supaporn Sukdol' from Bangcock
We also have a Wayne Kerr
 
And you also have Wayne Carey at the moment, don't you? In South Australia, that is.

You probably need an Australian accent for that one to work properly.

And if you know a little about his personal history, it's even worse.
 
Yes Wayne Carey AFL aussie rules player
I remember Chris Peacock was a TV presenter in UK when I was a kid - always sniggered when he said his name
 
I've collected names for years now--it's fun finding patterns (katherine black, katherine brown and catherine green, all in the same batch of paperwork)
I've always believed people should be licensed before becoming parents. I encountered these at work: last name Silver--children are Crystal, China and Sterling. Also, last name something benign, but the children are named Canyon, Forrest and Savannah.

Mr. Cheetah Childers (from Levelland, Texas)
Virginia Real (an american civil war era set dance)
Forrest Greene
Forrest Grunewald (greenwood)
Dr. Akey (my son's first pediatrician)
 
You might like to know Chinese parents have to take great care naming their children. Humiliating possibilities abound. Our language is tonal, that is, depending on the tone, one word can mean many different things (now you know why Chinese language students go "Ma ma ma ma ma" like billygoats).

For example, doting parents named you Fang Bi - Fragrance Jade, but if your surname happens to be Li, your whole name will sound like "You farted!" (ni fang pi!) :eek:

Or they fondly named you Shi Zan - Most Praiseworthy, but your surname is Yu, and people end up calling you "Lump of cowdung!" (niu shi dan!) :eek!!!!:

I know a girl whose 3 character name means "Most beautiful in the World". There is quickly stifled laughter whenever she is introduced because she is short, fat and very ugly, poor lady :(
 
A solicitor assured me today that she had a client recently who's first name was Kevinthefruitbat. :eek!!!!:
 
I used to work for the DSS many moons ago (well somebody has to do it) and we had some claimants (sorry customers) with fairly amusing names.
We had a Korean customer called Lo Hung Kok.
We also had one called Robin Hood, now I know you won't believe this but I swear it's absolutely true, his wife was called Marion!
 
Has anyone noticed the Ice Cube film, Torgue, he plays a character called Trey. :D
Do Americans not call them ice cube trays? Or is it supposed to be funny?
 
The name that stopped us all in our tracks yesterday:

Thorsten Quackernack.

German apparently.
 
That would have been my guess.
 
ringwraith said:
We also had one called Robin Hood, now I know you won't believe this but I swear it's absolutely true, his wife was called Marion!
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It's fairly common for migrants from Asia to take on Anglo names when they arrive in English speaking countries, or even if doing a lot of business with them.

(For instance, in this very city I reside in, Sheng Liung was dubbed "Jackie Chan" by the foreman on the building site he worked on while visiting his parents back in the 70s. But I digress.)

My father used to run a school, and his secretary took a somewhat dubious pleasure in working out how the parents of some prospective students came up with them. Like the father called Bing, who's wife used the same name as Bing Crosby's wife. (I don't know what it is, but she went on about it.)
 
I thought it sounded Dutch/Flemish. I suppose they do have a common border. The solicitor who gave me the name suggested he might have Quaker ancestry, although it is pronounced quack as in duck.
 
Browsing in an old record magazine, I found a review of a disc of
trumpet concertos. They were played by a Soviet trumpeter with
the charming name of Timothy Dokshitser. :rolleyes:
 
That's a point. It does look Dutch.

It's certainly from that area of Europe. Or somewhere else. What do I know?
 
A few years ago there used to an american motor racing driver by the name of Dick Trickle...
 
there was a lady who lived in Worcester a few years ago who changed her name to Alucard! (Reported in the Evening News when she died).

Years ago I worked for a medical eye specialist one of his patients was called Theodore Theophanous - It took me a fair bit of practice to get it right, but my boss never could. I can still hear him now desperately trying to get the poor mans name right.

There is a place in Sussex (I think it is Sussex) called Upper Dicker!

A friend of my fathers was called (first name) William (surname) Boot, (middle name) Wellington!

And a client we had a few years back called Scarlet Crew (S. Crew on her cheque)
 
cathcariad said:
There is a place in Sussex (I think it is Sussex) called Upper Dicker!
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Isn't there a "Prat's Bottom" in Kent?
 
My wife's Grandad went to school with a Leonard Curd.

My sister went to school with a Vicky Duffy.

My wifes brother worked in the post office & used to give out the pension to a very old lady called Fanny Tickler.

In 1997 my wife & I went to compete in a rowing event (as in boats on water, not arguing) in the USA (Iowa) & all the British crews & ourselves delighted in getting the race commentator to page over a very loud Tannoy for people with made up names.

'Is there a Mary Hinge in your crew ? Do you have a Mary Hinge ?'

You can substitute Betty Swollocks in there, Dick Scratcher, Wayne Kerr or his Spanish cousin Juan etc etc. You think of it & we tried it.

Dozens of bemused American athletes were watching their competitors rolling about the lakeside in stiches. How mature.
 
Robotman said:
You can substitute Betty Swollocks in there, Dick Scratcher, Wayne Kerr or his Spanish cousin Juan etc etc. You think of it & we tried it.
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You missed out Mr Michael Hunt. There are often announcements asking if anyone has seen Mike.;)
 
Leaferne said:
Call me thick, but "Mary Hinge" eludes me... :confused:

I know, I know, how embarrassing
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Think Spoonerisms ....
 
Driving through some other backwoods areas, I notice that Rodney Dicks and Peter Cox roads are adjacent to each other.
 
forget to mention that a friend of my hubbys is going to have a baby (well his mrs is) and said friend is a big Dr Who fan, mainly of Tom Baker.

He always promised that if he ever had a son then he would call him Tom (first name) Baker (second name) and their surname is Scarfe.

Now we wait to see if his Mrs will let him!
 
Someone I know worked with a bloke called Hunt who was granted the nickname Warwick. Cruel.
 
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