# Same name as job **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 5, 2022, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-name-as-job/960489 "2022-03-05T00:45:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-name-as-job/960489/61 "2022-07-02T14:20:11Z")
There is a urologist in Ohio named Dr Dick Tapper. Heard that on the radio a while back. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-name-as-job/960489/62 "2022-07-02T20:10:14Z")
Remembered another. Here’s a streetview of a bakery in Ardingly, Sussex, England. [Google Maps](https://goo.gl/maps/JwFp31zjvLLdKKVx9) If you check out the circular engraving on the window, you’ll see that at the bottom it says “D Bunn Proprietor”. Mr Bunn the baker. Sweet. j ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-name-as-job/960489/63 "2022-07-02T21:01:42Z")
There was an ornithologist at McGill named David Bird. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-name-as-job/960489/64 "2022-07-02T23:13:41Z")
My sister retired from being a music therapist. Her married named was Mrs.Singer. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-name-as-job/960489/65 "2022-07-03T03:30:49Z")
On channel 7 down here in the greater metropolitan (Los Angeles) area, the weather guy is Dallas Raines. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-name-as-job/960489/66 "2022-07-03T03:46:29Z")
We had a Sherrif named Justice in my hometown growing up. Sheriff Justice. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-name-as-job/960489/67 "2022-07-03T03:50:25Z")
My father’s initials were HAO. The one phrase he learned when he was stationed in China (pilot in WWII) was “ding hao,” which meant _very good._ Because of his initials, he insisted they had to be talking about him. But his post-military-retirement career was working for the State of California Department of Public Works, Division of Highways. His job was Highway Administrative Officer. HAO So he was HAO HAO. _Ding hao_ ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-name-as-job/960489/68 "2022-07-03T04:11:33Z")
Last night I watched a fencing demonstration by someone whose last name is Perry. Took me a while, but when he repeatedly talked about how you “parry” a thrust, the connection finally came to 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:** [July 4, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-name-as-job/960489/69 "2022-07-04T18:20:17Z")
The former Portland police chief and now Philly police chief is [Danielle Outlaw](https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2022/02/20/former-portland-police-chief-danielle-outlaw-now-navigating-politics-in-city-of-brotherly-love/#:~:text=Now%20Danielle%20Outlaw%20runs%20the,highest%20marks%20she%20could%20receive.). The head of Friends of Animals is Priscilla Feral. She changed her name to Feral legally. My dentist in Anchorage was Doctor McClean. ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-name-as-job/960489/70 "2022-07-05T11:07:18Z")
Back in the mid-80’s all the women I worked with used the same gynaecologist, Dr. Beaver. Near me now is an orthopedic surgeon who specialized in hip replacements called Mr. Chisel. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-name-as-job/960489/71 "2022-07-05T12:10:32Z")
My Driver’s Education teacher in high school was Mr. Karr. He joked around about it–when discussing the possible occurrence of some rare set of circumstances in driving he might punctuate his sentence with “I mean, what are the chances of having a Driver’s Ed teacher named Mr. Karr?” ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-name-as-job/960489/72 "2022-07-05T16:34:28Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > My neighbor had a testicle removed by a surgeon named Kutznutzoff. This is my favorite so far! A famous anti-example was Jaime Cardinal Sin, cardinal for Philippines. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-name-as-job/960489/73 "2022-07-05T16:50:25Z")
> [@audiobottle](#): > > When I was an intern I had a senior resident with last name of Doctor. I didn’t know who he was at the time so when I asked a patient who his doctor was and he kept insisting it was “Dr Doctor” I’d then ask his patient "PLEASE tell me that, when he walked in with your test results, you said _Doctor Doctor, give me the news!"_ ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-name-as-job/960489/74 "2022-07-05T16:58:39Z")
In High School, my homeroom teacher was also an English Teacher. Her name was Mrs Grammer. Yes, Grammer was spelled with an “-er” at the end. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-name-as-job/960489/75 "2022-07-05T23:40:16Z")
I had a roommate named Bonebrake. He was in med school at the time, and yes, he is now Dr. Bonebrake. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-name-as-job/960489/76 "2022-07-05T23:43:42Z")
> [@digs](#): > > I had a roommate named Bonebrake. Is his brother the drummer for X? I was surprised to find that D.J. Bonebrake is the only member of the band that _doesn’t_ use a stage name. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-name-as-job/960489/77 "2022-07-05T23:54:49Z")
My dad’s cousin married into the family name of “Sexton” and, yes, her husband did become a Sexton in their church. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-name-as-job/960489/78 "2022-07-06T14:27:05Z")
I just saw a police officer with the last name “Stopper”. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-name-as-job/960489/79 "2022-07-06T15:44:08Z")
Watched an episode of Seth Meyers last night. The musical guest was bluegrass player Billy Strings who plays a guitar along with a bunch of others playing stringed instruments. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-name-as-job/960489/80 "2022-07-06T16:21:21Z")
Alas, it’s a stage name. Wouldn’t it be cool if it became common for people in occupations outside of Entertainment to create pseudonyms for themselves? At the grocery store, I’d always go to the checkout aisle manned by the guy whose nametag says “Speedy Checkerman”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-name-as-job/960489.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-name-as-job/960489.md?page=5)