# Funny Name Alert **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 17, 1999, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691 "1999-10-17T20:55:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 1999, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/41 "1999-10-19T06:05:00Z")
At the hospital where I work, we have a physician, Dr. Richard William Beaver. Yep, he goes by “Dick.” Nothing like having to page him over the p.a. system, “Dr. Dick Beaver, please report to Women’s Health.” Why in the world did he not choose “Bill?” Not much better but at least not a double-whammy! * * * Born O.K. the first time… ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 1999, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/42 "1999-10-19T07:02:00Z")
Well, for starters, Cabbage is my real name. I know of people with the names Dick Shaker and Billy Billiards, and I went to school with a girl named Stormy Love. ---
**Author:** ![pmh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@pmh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pmh)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 1999, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/43 "1999-10-19T08:01:00Z")
Jenn: > [@](#): > > My mom’s dentist is Dr. Payne. There was a dentist w/ the same name here. He shared office space w/ a surgeon named Carveth. ---
**Author:** ![Moonshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Moonshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonshine)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 1999, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/44 "1999-10-19T14:00:00Z")
I went to school with a guy called Nicholas Schiettecat, apparantly its pronounced differently in French, hmmm. * * * It only hurts when I laugh. ---
**Author:** ![okatym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/76d3ee/32.png) [@okatym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okatym)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 1999, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/45 "1999-10-19T15:40:00Z")
I swear this really happened. Last year around X-mastime, I was at the mall and over the loud speaker I heard, “Jack Meeoff, please meet your contact the information booth. Jack Meeoff…” Then it stopped abruptly, and EVERYONE around me burst into hysterics. Reminded me of Bart Simpson. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![StrTrkr777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@StrTrkr777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StrTrkr777)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 1999, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/46 "1999-10-19T15:56:00Z")
When I was in college there was a dean there that was the Dean of Arts and Sciences. His name was Richard Dangle, and he truly went by Dean Dick Dangle. I also knew a girl that had the first name of Leigh and married a guy whose last name was Lee so she became Leigh Lee. I think it took her a couple of years to figure it out and they got divorced. Jeffery ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 1999, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/47 "1999-10-19T15:57:00Z")
I forgot one, A used car salesman I meet years ago with the last name - Funderbunk. I don’t know why it strikes me funny but it does. * * * Ayesha - Lioness * * * I’m out of my mind, but, feel free to leave a message ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 1999, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/48 "1999-10-19T16:14:00Z")
Wow, what a coincidence. I’m back to add my very own first cousin’s name to the list. Before she got married: Stormy Winters Apres le marriage: Stormy Funderburk No kidding. * * * Men are from Mars, women are from Venus, dogs are from Pluto. - Anonymous ---
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 1999, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/49 "1999-10-19T16:21:00Z")
You guys made all that shit up. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 1999, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/50 "1999-10-20T05:49:00Z")
Someone from here got Jack Meoff into the phone book!True. They took it out and got all flustered. ---
**Author:** ![AuraSeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AuraSeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuraSeer)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 1999, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/51 "1999-10-19T18:34:00Z")
When I applied to college, I talked to a woman in the admissions office named Ronnie McDonald. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 1999, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/52 "1999-11-06T22:28:00Z")
There used to be a dentist in Redondo Beach, CA, named Dr. Chu. ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 1999, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/53 "1999-11-06T23:16:00Z")
I use to work for an answering service. We had quite a few doctors on our service. One of them was named Dr. Gohel (pronounced just the way it looks) ## I mentioned this in another thread a while back, but I work with a lady named Rose Bush. Shadowfox “Most people would succeed in small things, if they were not troubled with great ambitions.” - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) ---
**Author:** ![Imthecowgodmoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Imthecowgodmoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imthecowgodmoo)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 1999, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/54 "1999-11-07T00:04:00Z")
Used to know a man named “Dat Ho”, his voice sounded like Kermit the Frog and was about 5 foot tall. Very cool guy. * * * “I’m not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.”-- Calvin and Hobbes (\_\_) `\/-------\ `| |-----| | …c.c…c.c… ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 1999, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/55 "1999-11-07T07:12:00Z")
I’ve known both a Mike Hunt and a Candy Kane. (Real names) Playing the phone book game with a friend of mine, I came up with what I still feel is a classic. _Carol Nazelrod_ ---
**Author:** ![saraam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@saraam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saraam)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 1999, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/56 "1999-11-07T15:33:00Z")
I picked up a fax at work the other day from a “John Gotobed”. Asked the recipient if it were a joke. He said “no, but it’s pronounced Got a bed”. I want to marry him. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 1999, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/57 "1999-11-07T15:38:00Z")
There is a real estate agent in the area with who’s name is Jim Upthegrove.It’s pronounced exactly as it sounds. Now a great combination for a married couple would be Mary Upthegrove-Gotobed. I attended a wedding in Columbus last weekend and met a guy ( I did’t hear his last name because his real name blinded me, so I’m making it up.) His nick name was Bucky, but his real name was Conway Twitty Smith. Dear God, what parent would do that do their own child? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 1999, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/58 "1999-11-07T15:41:00Z")
How could I have missed this as a funny name /fantasy marriage combo: Mary Whynot-Gotobed? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 1999, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/59 "1999-11-07T15:45:00Z")
Ohhh, another great married fantasy name combo: Dat Ho-Gotobed. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 1999, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691/60 "1999-11-07T16:39:00Z")
I’m stunned that no one has yet mentioned that the fella who plans to clone humans is named Dick Seed… As for unfortunate names, and ex of mine had a female friend whose first and middle names were Donnie Marie. Oh, the pain… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-name-alert/10691.md?page=4)