# People with unfortunate names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 19, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092 "2003-08-19T01:10:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![penny\_dreadful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@penny\_dreadful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penny_dreadful)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/1 "2003-08-19T01:10:24Z")
[This](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=182520&highlight=unfortunate+name) has been done before, probably several times. But I know ressurrecting months old threads is frowned upon, and I just had to share: Today I had to fill out some paperwork for a guy named Peter Shaver. (And while I’m at it, I went to high school with a Richard Head.) ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/2 "2003-08-19T01:17:13Z")
Knew someone in highschool called M. Handcock. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/3 "2003-08-19T01:20:17Z")
Former NASCAR driver Dick Trickle. ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/4 "2003-08-19T01:50:14Z")
Mike Hunt. Nice guy, unfortunate name! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/5 "2003-08-19T02:04:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by if6was9 \* > \*\*Former NASCAR driver Dick Trickle. \*\* Did he retire? Usually at every second or third pit. Happy, one-man comedy team ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/6 "2003-08-19T02:20:05Z")
Two teachers at a friend’s school had… Interesting… Official titles. Master Bass and Master Bate. Yeah. ---
**Author:** ![jesleigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@jesleigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesleigh)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/7 "2003-08-19T02:21:51Z")
My best friends last name is Smelley (pronounced smelly). ---
**Author:** ![TeaRoses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@TeaRoses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaRoses)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/8 "2003-08-19T02:23:44Z")
Butkis is a fairly common name but that didn’t stop us from giggling a lot at Father Butkis in the Catholic school. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/9 "2003-08-19T02:32:42Z")
Yeah, we had a Ms. Butkis. He he. ---
**Author:** ![rostfrei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7bcc69/32.png) [@rostfrei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rostfrei)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/10 "2003-08-19T02:33:48Z")
I used to work in a hospital where a certain Dr. Dick Hard would be paged on the Intercom a dozen times per day. Gave everyone a chuckle. ---
**Author:** ![nitroglycerine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nitroglycerine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nitroglycerine)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/11 "2003-08-19T02:40:41Z")
I worked with a guy once named Dick Stiffler, and yes, he WAS a dick. Jon ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/12 "2003-08-19T02:56:15Z")
Hee Hee! Dick Butkis will be mad, and will track y’all down… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![skeptic\_ev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@skeptic\_ev](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skeptic_ev)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/13 "2003-08-19T03:35:49Z")
Well, this isn’t exactly along the same lines as Mike Hunt or Dick Head–but it’s still unfortunate, and it’s saddled on a little baby I know of: Magnus Otto (last name left off for purposes of humanity). ---
**Author:** ![Catsmeow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Catsmeow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catsmeow)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/14 "2003-08-19T04:03:42Z")
During the course of my hospital career I’ve run into: Green Lipps Red Bush Stirling Silver Cindy Rellie Lemonjello and her twin Limejello (really!) Snow White and her daughter Beauty We used to keep a book of strange names…hmmm…I’ll have to go look for it… ---
**Author:** ![benthames](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58f4c7/32.png) [@benthames](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/benthames)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/15 "2003-08-19T04:05:27Z")
Mark Skywalker. Someone always asking you, “Any Relation?” You’d have to have the patience of a Jedi for that. ---
**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/16 "2003-08-19T04:07:06Z")
I grew up near a family that named their children in order: Rocky, Sandy and Dusty. God knows, what they would have come up with if they had had another child… What if you were named Bruce Wayne, or Sarah Conner? Can you imagine the sheer number of prank calls you would have to endure? ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/17 "2003-08-19T04:08:37Z")
There was a shop teacher in high school named Harry Pennis. I swear. ---
**Author:** ![Triss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Triss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triss)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/18 "2003-08-19T04:09:05Z")
Perhaps less unfortunate than comical: Patty Cake 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/19 "2003-08-19T04:18:42Z")
My dad had a secretary named Ms. Wiener. ---
**Author:** ![Freiheit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e8c25b/32.png) [@Freiheit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freiheit)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/20 "2003-08-19T04:20:39Z")
A client (or something) of my Dad is named Dick Long. Yeah. In the palm pilot, it’s Long, Dick. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092.md?page=2)