# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/21 "2003-08-19T04:21:39Z")
My father went to school with a girl named Lauren Kunce. And Debbie Fuchs. I’ve seen them in the yearbook. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/22 "2003-08-19T04:23:16Z")
Oh, we have a teacher named Mrs. Butt (yes she has a huge ass). ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/23 "2003-08-19T04:23:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SkyBum \* > **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…** Maybe Tawny? (knew a girl with that name in high school… not sure she got teased, though) I know of a couple of girl kids named Ocean, and a man named Ocean. (he was the MC at my friend Susan’s wedding last year) F\_X ---
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/24 "2003-08-19T04:27:08Z")
My mom loves to tell of the girl she went to school with – Sue Pigg ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/25 "2003-08-19T04:35:01Z")
My dad knows a woman named Joan who married some dude with the last name Jones. She wound up being Joan Jones. That count? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/26 "2003-08-19T04:57:18Z")
There were once three Filipino brothers, surname Silva, who lived in Hawaii. Their names were Sterling, Quick, and Hiyo. I never believed they were real until one of them (I can’t remember which) was in a Street Fighter II tournament I happened to be watching. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/27 "2003-08-19T05:24:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jesleigh \* > \*\*My best friends last name is Smelley (pronounced smelly). \*\* In a 1970’s commercial for a chicken-frying aid, a woman named Toppie Smellie was interviewed, and declared that she could describe Oven-Fried-enhanced poultry in [two words](http://www.kungfugrippe.com/archives/2002/03/26/index.php). ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/28 "2003-08-19T05:31:21Z")
Anna Likapantis Dick Hacking Chuck Flood Roland Stone Richard Face Amber Foster (you may need to be Australian to appreciate that one) ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/29 "2003-08-19T05:38:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aesiron \* > \*\*My dad knows a woman named Joan who married some dude with the last name Jones. She wound up being Joan Jones. That count? \*\* I know two people with similarly unfortunate names, one by marriage and one had it inflicted on him by his parents. The first is a woman named Shannon who married a guy whose last name is Shannon. Yes, she goes by Shannon Shannon. The other is a good friend of my father, named Donald McDonald. I understand the poor guy came in for a lot of teasing in school. ---
**Author:** ![malkabat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@malkabat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkabat)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/30 "2003-08-19T05:46:44Z")
My friend’s sister married a man named Richard Holder. Yes, he’s heard _all_ the jokes… Recently met a girl named Candida Bologna. To be named after a yeast infection and a luncheon meat…the horror. ---
**Author:** ![cajela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cajela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cajela)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/31 "2003-08-19T05:59:22Z")
Heidi Hai Valda Reeh Truly. Valda is the mum of a friend, she got that name by marriage. Heidi works with my partner. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/32 "2003-08-19T06:11:32Z")
Around elementary school, I met two twins a few times through one of my friends. The name of the twins’ father: Lucius Butts. Often mispronounced “luscious”. ---
**Author:** ![straykat23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@straykat23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straykat23)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/33 "2003-08-19T06:18:16Z")
Airline passenger names: Eino Onka Hugo Rabbit Stella Fellacio Mimi Beaver ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bee\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e480ec/32.png) [@Queen\_Bee\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bee_1)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/34 "2003-08-19T06:35:55Z")
Went to high school with a guy named Charlie Brown (and yes, he truly was a “Charlie Brown” kind of guy). Worked for a basketball coach named William W. Williams. Three guesses at what the “W.” stands for, and the first two guesses don’t count. First job outta’ college, hospital. Several doctors: Dr. Butts (proctologist) and Dr. Winkle (urologist). Currently play hockey with another doctor: Dr. Payne. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/35 "2003-08-19T07:17:00Z")
[Paige Turner](http://www.ns.msu.edu/acrc/quick_guides/resumes/business_resume.pdf). ---
**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, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/36 "2003-08-19T07:25:11Z")
My father had a surgeon named Dr. Gouge. ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/37 "2003-08-19T07:35:39Z")
Dr. Buttram Richard Hair The Pissy family. ---
**Author:** ![Mgcklmoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Mgcklmoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mgcklmoon)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/38 "2003-08-19T07:40:53Z")
I know a mother who named her child Blessed A Miracle. My only thought is if that girl grows up and marries a man with the last name Whip 😃 ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/39 "2003-08-19T07:41:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TeaRoses \* > \*\*Butkis is a fairly common name but that didn’t stop us from giggling a lot at Father Butkis in the Catholic school. \*\* Oh, good. Then I don’t have to be embarrassed to admit that we laughed at Father Heiney’s name behind his back, when I was in second grade. Unfortunate name for a really nice guy. Come to think of it, we got a lot of mileage out of Monsignor Dinkel’s name, too. And Father Gross’. And, uh, that was the whole crew at the rectory, actually. Makes me wonder if the bishop had a weird sense of humor… ---
**Author:** ![fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzygoodmakefeelnice)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092/40 "2003-08-19T11:51:32Z")
In our mahs department at school Miss Tickle and Miss Pink worked together. In the French department Mr Gore And Mr Slashe worked together. Happy times. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-unfortunate-names/196092.md?page=3)