# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![JWT\_Kottekoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@JWT\_Kottekoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JWT_Kottekoe)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/41 "2015-06-04T00:31:55Z")
The archbishop of Manila was named Sin, thus known as [Cardinal Sin.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_Sin) P.S. In Catholicism, a Cardinal Sin is an especially serious one. ---
**Author:** ![Nefario](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/59ef9b/32.png) [@Nefario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nefario)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/42 "2015-06-04T15:07:07Z")
I once knew of a gun show dealer named Outlaw. Of course his display table had the bumper sticker, “When guns are outlawed only outlaws will have them”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/43 "2015-06-04T18:31:34Z")
When I was young, our family dentist was Dr. Achen. (And, yes, he did pronounce it with a long “A”.) His office was in the same building as an obstetrician named Dr. Love. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/44 "2015-06-04T19:25:57Z")
I’m sure I’ve posted this before. We used to have a couple veterinarians around here who worked at the same office, they were Dr. Bone and Dr. Howell (Howl). A long time ago, when I was in High School we had a unique class situation where we met in a huge room for American History but that room was divided into 4 sections and had 4 instructors. One had the last name White and was black, one had the last name Black and was white and one had the last name Green and they were not green. The fourth instructor was forgettable, they didn’t fit the theme. ---
**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 4, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/45 "2015-06-04T23:22:22Z")
The girls’ gym teacher at our rival high school was Miss Lust, which was more than apt; those thighs are burned into my brain. I know a guy with the last name of Feller, and another guy with the last name of Mann, and a third friend’s last name is Beu (with the German pronunciation “boy”). ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/46 "2015-06-05T04:25:59Z")
The famous poker player, [Chris Moneymaker](http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Moneymaker). ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/47 "2015-06-05T07:32:49Z")
I went on a bee keeping course last year given by Jeff Bee. [http://www.mumbleysfarmhouse.co.uk/thelecturers.html](http://www.mumbleysfarmhouse.co.uk/thelecturers.html) ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/48 "2015-06-05T07:45:39Z")
There is a term for all this by the way, which is “nominative determinism”. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/49 "2015-06-06T02:28:35Z")
A hand surgeon [Dr. Nalebuff](http://www.bostonhand.com/about-hsa-physicians/#Edward1) ---
**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2015, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/50 "2015-06-06T10:42:17Z")
I knew a practitioner of electrolysis named Mrs. Beardsley. ---
**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 6, 2015, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/51 "2015-06-06T20:08:16Z")
I know a pharmacist with the last name of Erb. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/52 "2015-06-07T02:41:19Z")
Never met him, but there’s a NASCAR driver named [Lake Speed.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Speed) Would’ve been better if he raced boats. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/53 "2015-06-07T02:50:51Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Never met him, but there’s a NASCAR driver named [Lake Speed.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Speed) > > Would’ve been better if he raced boats. Not to mention [Dick Trickle](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Trickle). ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/54 "2015-06-07T19:52:14Z")
I know _about_ a researcher on sex roles in child development named [Beverly I. Fagot](http://65.54.113.26/Author/2711910/beverly-i-fagot). ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/55 "2015-06-07T22:41:48Z")
When living in Fremont, California I saw a dentist named Dr. Chew. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/56 "2015-06-07T22:59:05Z")
Though I never saw him personally, when I was in school in Madison, WI in the 1980s, there was an orthopedic surgeon who was frequently featured in ads for the local hospital: Dr. Bonebreak. ---
**Author:** ![funky\_little\_lee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@funky\_little\_lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funky_little_lee)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/57 "2015-06-08T18:20:20Z")
In the town I grew up in, there was an M.D. whose last name was Sickman. Also a lawyer whose last name was Case. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/58 "2015-06-09T02:04:44Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Of all those listed so far, this one is the most difficult for me to believe. Don’t be so sure, though. A local gynocoligist here is named Dr. Finger. A banker two counties over has the last name Money. ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/59 "2015-06-30T02:32:00Z")
Olympic gold medalist (4x100 relay) [DeeDee Trotter](http://https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeeDee_Trotter). ---
**Author:** ![ashtayk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@ashtayk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ashtayk)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-youve-known-whose-names-are-oddly-apt/721434/60 "2015-07-01T21:22:35Z")
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