A Last Name You Wouldn't Want?

18 years ago

One of my childhood friends last name is "Heine"

I had a friend in California who's last name was "Hyman"

My Daughter's Bride's made was a "Fochs" Pronouced like the "F" word.

If your last name was Butt and you married a Barker. You would have a Butt-Barker Wedding Annoucement. LOL! One of my Clients.

My Son's Pediatrician was Dr. Paine. Had a hard time getting him to go. LOL!

Got one?

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casey_nfld
18 years ago
My niece had a teacher named Harry Butt.
amicus
18 years ago
My cousin's name is Bob Loblaw. When you say it together it sounds like bahblahblah. I once had a customer named Judith Rawass. The first time I had to say it, I pronounced it like RayWass. She promptly corrected me and said "it's pronounced Raw Ass." Don't think I could live with that one!

My DH is chinese and his surname was Yuk, but in chinese it doesn't rhyme with 'luck' because the k is silent, so it's pronounced more like the french word 'Dieu.' However, when he came to Canada at 16, of course everyone pronounced it like Yuck, so he changed it to York. Now it's funny because when people hear our surname, they assume he took mine when we married, since the name York obviously isn't Chinese and I'm of British heritage.
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Happy_Go_Lucky_Gayle
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18 years ago
I forgot, I dated a guy in highschool whose last name was "Glasscock".
foggyj
18 years ago
The football coach at our high school has the name, Dickie Dingle. I didn't believe it at first, but it's true.
There are some pretty embarrasssing names listed here. But ya know, it's all because society chose to use terms for human anatomy, that belong to people, as their names. I would venture to say, the names came first!
jemdandy
18 years ago
One time, I was sent to an extraction specialist to have a tooth removed. The name on their sign board: Doctors Peck and Hurty.

Other last names that are difficult to deal with:

Fouch
Fout
Fuch
Puch
Poisson
Craven
Peck
kacram
18 years ago
I new a Dingleberry!

My brother's first name is Richard, he was known as Dick until he was in the 9th grade! LOL
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18 years ago
I used to work at a hospital and one of the Urologist on the floor was Dr. Urea. How much closer can you get than this!
katclaws_mo
18 years ago
I went to HS with a guy whose last name was Kotek.
It probably was tough if the family ever wanted to send out Christmas Cards signed the Koteks.
lynne_melb
18 years ago
There's an ob/gyn in my town called Dr Zipper.
I recently had surgery by Dr Paine.
An ob/gyn in my previous town was Dr Bloodgood
glenda_al
18 years ago
Wigglesworth

Yep, owner of mattress store, where I bought my last one, had that for a last name.
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18 years ago
The name 'Glasscock' reminded me on when my mom got on a kick about not using profanity when we were growing up. My brothers took it to an extreme and anything remotely 'dirty' was cleaned up. My brothers had a friend with the last name 'Glasscock'. He is still referred to as 'Porcelain Penis'.
ont_gal
18 years ago
Grammahony...my maiden name is "Beaver" as well.(interesting)
redcurls
18 years ago
This name soesn't sound bad on the surface, but I wouldn't like the last name of MISTER. As a school secretary I had to call the Mister's home a couple of times. Think it's fun to ask to speak to Mr. Mister? Or even Mrs. Mister?

We once had a CHILD in our school named Pocahantas....I ALMOST lost it when her Dad came in to register the poor child for school....It was all I could do to keep a straight face.
Jodi_SoCal
18 years ago
I went to school (7th-12th grade) with a nice girl who's last name was Horney. I felt so bad for her. She seemed well-adjusted regardless. :-)

The young boy next door is from the Ukraine. His given name is Vladamir but before they moved here, when he was just a toddler, the parents nicknamed him Vova but they way they pronouce it, it sounds like vulva. I was just commenting how the boy (now 12) looks depressed all the time. Gee, I wonder why. LOL

Jodi-
bearcat_va
18 years ago
I was delivered 32 years ago...by Dr. Harry C. Beaver. I am NOT kidding. See link below! He just retired not too long ago :) He was destined to be an OB/GYN!

Here is a link that might be useful: Dr. Beaver
nola_in_aus
18 years ago
My friends daughter married a man named Crap,gee did
their kids cop it at school,I think I would have changed
it by adding an "E" at the end or dropping the "R" in the
middle. :-)
msmarion
18 years ago
Dh has a friend Harvey P Hogg. Great guy. When they were in jr high the guys kidded that he had a sister Ophelia. Ugg. Jr high boys. LOL
Dh's step siblings are Higginbotham's
Cherryfizz
18 years ago
When I was a kid I would have given anything not to have my last name. I don't think any kid would want the word "bottom" in any part of their name. LOL Now I wouldn't change it even if I got married.

Peck, Poisson are names of families I grew up with in my neighbourhood. I used to play in Peck's Orchard - instead of saying pick a peck of peppers we would say pick a peck of apples. My SIL was a Pratt, my other SIL was a Lemon. My Dad used to tease my SIL and say my brother married a lemon. LOL

Everytime I hear the name Noseworthy I always wonder how that name came to be. Did they have long noses or did they use their noses in a perfumery, etc.

I know some Winterbottom's and Sidebottoms.

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vicki_lv_nv
18 years ago
We have a customer with the last name of Woodcock. His first name is Richard. Wonder if he goes by Dick? I would change my name. Seriously.

How did they ever get Dick out of Richard anyway? I've never gotten that.
nola_in_aus
18 years ago
LOL,Anne my son has a friend whose name is "Longbottom" :-)
I wonder how they came up with that one. LOL
joyfulguy
18 years ago
My name is Baker ... but didn't get "half-baked" in school enough for me to remember it.

Dad was Richard - and everyone called him Dick.

No one paid any attention to it, as far as I know.

Brother the same, but called "Richard" through school.

ole joyful
intherain
18 years ago
My FIL's heart surgeon was Dr. Slaughter.

My dad's friend's name was Dick Short.

I, too, wonder where they got Dick from Richard.
Bill from William?
Jack from John?
liira
18 years ago
I worked with a young girl with the last name of Dickout.
There is a well to do family in our city with the last name of Hole and one of the son's name is Harry.
I also work with a guy who's last name is Noseworthy. Also there is a guy I work with who's last name is Aspol but when we page him it sounds like A$$hole, so we just page by his first name only. A girl I went to highschool with married a guy with the last name Cocks. I think I would have changed the spelling to Cox.
cheryl_ok
18 years ago
Our dentist is Dr. Slice
I know of a Harry Dick...also a Cleanpeter but forget his first name. So many weird and funny ones listed.
mcmann
18 years ago
I worked with a lovely woman whose last name was Fincke. When she was pregnant she joked that she would name her children Ima or Anita. The irony is that everyone else in her husband's family changed their last names to the much prettier sounding Finch when they came to the US from Germany.

I knew a Dr. Lemongelli - not a bad name but I'm sure he was teased that his name was pronounced lemon jelly.
Mickey15
18 years ago
Dd has a girl in her class whose last name is Frankboner.
I always have to supress a giggle when I hear that! LOL!
softball_80
18 years ago
I girl I knew had Buzzard as a maiden name. She used to tell people it was pronounced Buz-ZARD, but didn't fool anybody.

I worked with a girl who's last name was Butts - she married a guy named Chandler. They divorced; she kept his name. No surprise.
softball_80
18 years ago
I was in basic training with a guy who was named Guess. A drill sergeant asked him:

'What's your name, recruit?'

"Guess."

"WHAT???????????"

Thought he'd get his head bitten off!
softball_80
18 years ago
I keep remebering new ones. We kept a list of funny named customers who applied for phone service.

Benjamin Bugg
Reverend Welcome
Ilona Ventilator
My personal favorite: Hiawatha Calhoun (p.s. My FIL knew him!)
Nita__AZ
18 years ago
We had neighbors in Texas with the last name of Looney.
Mickey15
18 years ago
Oh yeah, we had a customer named Gaye Coffee.
I thought that was pretty funny!
caroline1947
18 years ago
In high school we had a Sidebottom,Titsworth,and a guy named Brad Crouch...They called hin Broad Crotch of course...
Vique_Pa
18 years ago
I wouldn't want the last name Fudrucker. My oldest daughter went to school with a girl named Ruby Cabbagestalk.
adoptedbyhounds
18 years ago
Went to school with a very nice guy named Pat Butts, and several kids from the Longanecker family. When we moved, our new neighbors were the Faggs.
cherbo
18 years ago
When I was a kid we had a Pastor with the last name Pugh.
There are a lot of Pratt's in my area, I never knew it was an insulting word.
Some years ago my mother-in-law had open heart surgery on valentines day by a Dr. Heart.
foggyj
18 years ago
There's a chain of Fudrucker's restarants. What a name!
There's a reporter on our local news with the last name..Buck. She's says it loudly.
jannie
18 years ago
I went to a gynecologist named Dr. Cherry, and I worked with Jennifer (Jenny) Penney and Helen Stellin.
dollydolots
18 years ago
A few years back when we were traveling,
I would look at names in the phone directory to see if there were any names we knew.
One stood out when I was looking through the A's.
That was "Athole". I felt sorry for the Guy with that name.

.Dolly
redcurls
18 years ago
I know someone with the last name of Cowshick. Honest.
dorothy_oahu
18 years ago
When I was a kid through my teens my dentist was Dr. Crook.

I went to a podiatrist (foot doctor)a few years ago named Dr. Foote and his office was on Foote Ave.

I saw lots of strange names when I worked at an insurance company. I think the worst was Penis. It was French doncha know and pronounced Pee-Nay.

When I had my kidney out the Dr.'s name was Wei. My doctor said we call him Dr.Wee Wee in urology. It is actually pronounced Way.
bearcat_va
18 years ago
LOL..."Pee-Nay" really got me laughing!!:)

Kid I knew in high school: Woodrow Dick. He went by Woody.

I had surgery by Dr. Jabs a few years ago.

My sister has a friend whose last name is Hunsucker.
grammahony
18 years ago
My mom has a friend whos last name is Fankboner
LOL at Dick Short. In the phone book it would be Short Dick.
Leslie
dirt_yfingernails
18 years ago
I am working on data entry for a marriage certificate index and just ran across a bride with a maiden name of Rumphol. Bet she was glad to change her name.

I mentioned before about customers with the names of Longerbone and Dicklitch. Always makes me laugh.
dirt_yfingernails
18 years ago
Forgot to mention, an ancestor in the 1600's was named Innocent Butts.

And my dad's doctor was Dr. Shin.
foggyj
18 years ago
grammahoney, OMG. Now I have to clean the coffee off of the monitor! That's funny!
socks
18 years ago
Thanks for the chuckle, everyone. I needed it.

Susan
Happy_Go_Lucky_Gayle
Original Author
18 years ago
I lived in Apt. #69 on Wunderlich Drive in Houston.

Really, I kept my Drivers License for a long time. My zip code ended in 69, too!

Gayle
grammahony
18 years ago
Is that where your screen name comes from Gayle???
smile247
18 years ago
These are so funny.
When my family went to my youngest sisters graduation a couple years ago, Amanda Crapper won just about every award you can imagine. After they would call her name we all would chuckle. I'd hate to have crapper as my last name. At least she can marry outta it. I went from Zaragoza to Pyles. Oh well- Smile247
fourangelsmommie
18 years ago
My last name is ''Large'', just like the size. I try sometimes to pronounce it ''Large-a'' long A sound, but it isn't french, it is just stupid. I tried to make my hubby take my last name, but he wasn't having it.

My ob/gyn is a nice woman named dr. cave, my foot doctor is a nice man named dr. handcock, and I had a former employee who married a man with the last name of ''head'', his first name was Richard, so you know his nickname. No joke. One friend of mine had the last name of ''Bugg'', and another co-worker of mine is ''Small''.

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