# Odd Family names?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-family-names/301612>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 28, 2005, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-family-names/301612 "2005-04-28T20:36:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-family-names/301612/81 "2005-05-19T05:07:09Z")

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Two teachers from my junior high: Mr. Dicks and Mr. Capstick.

I recall reading about Satan playing on the Cape Breton Oilers when I was younger. The headline read, “SATAN LEADS OILERS TO VICTORY”.

I was very confused and then my dad set me straight.

My dad also told me that Satan played on a team with someone with the last name of Pope. An unlikely pairing!

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**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-family-names/301612/82 "2005-05-19T06:16:08Z")

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Oh yes. I had a coworker named Richard Peter. Dick Peter to his friends. Can you imagine what his grade school years must have been like?

Parents - think before you name.

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**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-family-names/301612/83 "2005-05-19T06:21:10Z")

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> [@Gymnopithys](#):
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> Just saw on TV a Frenchman by the name of Dieu (God). Is it a burden or a glory to bear such a name ? I can’t imagine all the gibes he must have endured when in school. You know how nasty kids can be.

My surname is Gott, which means god in German. I heard jibes in high school, too, but they were really imaginative ones like “gottrocks” or “goat.” Guess nobody thought I was godly. They were right. 🆒

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**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-family-names/301612/84 "2005-05-19T06:30:50Z")

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Oh, the United States Attorney General under Nixon was Richard Kleindienst, which name in German means “small service.” Tough name for a politician, no?

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**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-family-names/301612/85 "2005-05-19T07:29:12Z")

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I work at a living history village. The baptismal font in the chapel was paid for by a woman named Freedom Butter. That’s a pretty cool name.

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