# People you've known whose names are oddly apt **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 2, 2015, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434 "2015-06-02T12:33:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/21 "2015-06-02T19:05:10Z")
My academic advisor in college was Prof. Wiseman. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/22 "2015-06-02T20:36:19Z")
I’ve posted this one before. My father-in-law’s urologist, one of the leading urologists in Austin, a guy who performs vasectomies all the time, is named… Dick Chopp I have to provide a link or you won’t believe me: [http://www.urologyteam.com/dr-richard-chopp](http://www.urologyteam.com/dr-richard-chopp) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/23 "2015-06-02T20:39:21Z")
Years back, I knew a guy with an absolutely TERRIBLE name for his profession. He was a Naval fighter pilot named Andrew Coward. He must have heard every joke imaginable, but it didn’t hurt his career much. Last I heard, he was an instructor at Top Gun. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/24 "2015-06-02T20:46:24Z")
In my college dorm there was a guy named Putz. He lived up to it. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/25 "2015-06-03T08:31:32Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Can’t say I know him, but I have met him a few time. > > [Igor Judge, former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Judge,_Baron_Judge) I always thought that [**Learned Hand**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_Hand) was a pretty apt name for a Circuit Court Judge. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/26 "2015-06-03T12:19:41Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I once lived near a gynecologist named Dr. Seymour Kuntz. I don’t know which came first, his name or his profession. Of all those listed so far, this one is the most difficult for me to believe. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/27 "2015-06-03T12:29:50Z")
> [@Fubaya](#): > > I know a black guy with the last name Blackman. My sister had a black teacher also named Mr. Blackman. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/28 "2015-06-03T20:09:28Z")
I once had a dentist named Dr Gassman In Hong Kong I saw an office for a Gyno named Dr Poon ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/29 "2015-06-03T20:40:11Z")
There was(maybe he is still practicing?) an OB/GYN in my home town named Dr. Babay. The minister who baptised my son was the Reverend Parsons. My phys-ed teacher who was highly competitive but also emphasised sportsmanship (Sportswomanship? ) was Ms Goodwin. I also knew a fencing contractor with the last name Post. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/30 "2015-06-03T20:51:26Z")
My last dentist was Dr. McClean. And I’ve posted this one before: the handyman for our condo association, who also trimmed dead branches off the green space trees was Les Sapp. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/31 "2015-06-03T20:52:34Z")
When I was in college in Wisconsin, I had an appointment with a Dr. Docter. He had two daughters who were Olympic speed skaters. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/32 "2015-06-03T21:09:08Z")
A friend of mine used to see [Dr. (Harry) Beaver](http://health.usnews.com/doctors/harry-beaver-784569), OB-GYN. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/33 "2015-06-03T21:16:05Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I once lived near a gynecologist named Dr. Seymour Kuntz. I don’t know which came first, his name or his profession. Cite? It’s not that I don’t believe you…well, actually it’s exactly like that. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/34 "2015-06-03T21:27:31Z")
Quite a few, actually. A pediatrician named Dr. Childs. A lawyer named Dennis Law. Best of all were the judges I worked with: Judges Money, Hammer and Ream. No word of a lie. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/35 "2015-06-03T21:30:49Z")
Didn’t know him, but there was a doctor in Edmonton by the name of Sneezewell. If he wasn’t an ear, nose, and throat man he should have been. ---
**Author:** ![Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/do_not_taunt/32/2968_2.png) [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/36 "2015-06-03T22:07:42Z")
A top hurricane researcher is [Christopher Landsea](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Landsea). ---
**Author:** ![Marion\_Wormer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Marion\_Wormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Wormer)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/37 "2015-06-03T22:19:06Z")
I’ve met a Sergeant Sergeant. I’d been in the AF about 6 weeks and I gave that name tag a long, slow stares. Was this something I’d slept through in OTS? Were ranks on name tags now? Nope, just the universe playing tricks on me. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/38 "2015-06-03T23:49:10Z")
> [@Marion\_Wormer](#): > > I’ve met a Sergeant Sergeant. I’d been in the AF about 6 weeks and I gave that name tag a long, slow stares. Was this something I’d slept through in OTS? Were ranks on name tags now? Nope, just the universe playing tricks on me. I worked with a Chief Major in the Navy. Clearly joined the wrong branch. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/39 "2015-06-03T23:58:54Z")
> [@Marion\_Wormer](#): > > I’ve met a Sergeant Sergeant. I’d been in the AF about 6 weeks and I gave that name tag a long, slow stares. Was this something I’d slept through in OTS? Were ranks on name tags now? Nope, just the universe playing tricks on me. I have a cousin, now retired who was in the police force. Senior Sergeant Constable. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/40 "2015-06-04T00:19:19Z")
> [@Marion\_Wormer](#): > > I’ve met a Sergeant Sergeant. Me too although on the Army side. Last name of Sixx but on a junior enlisted Soldier. His name just begged for a commission and a company command so his callsign would end with six. I met a Captain Abrams who’s branch was Armor. He did happen to be related to the tanks namesake. Captain Reimer. His name mostly wasn’t apt… unless you pronounced it like reamer instead of RYE-mer. In that case, you did get reamed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434.md?page=3)