# Swear words used as names **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 6, 2001, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-words-used-as-names/75171 "2001-08-06T20:19:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2001, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-words-used-as-names/75171/81 "2001-08-09T17:52:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RickJay \* > \*\*I cannot believe I forgot this, but as God is my witness in Heaven above, there is actually an entry in the Kingston, Ontario phone book for > > JABLOWMEE, Heywood > > Really. A well-conceived prank. Damned if I know how they pulled it off. \*\* There’s an identical entry in the Missoula, MT phone book (actually, the number is in Thompson Falls, which is a couple of hours away from here). I swear to God; I’m looking at it as we speak. ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2001, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-words-used-as-names/75171/82 "2001-08-09T19:16:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Glenoled \* > \*\*in the Moncton, NB, area phone book, there’s a listing for Kok, Dick Petrus… > \*\* Hmmmm, don’t know about the Dick and Petrus, but “Kok” is the surname of the president of my native Holland. (still doing my utmost to dispel this “country of naughtiness” myth here) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JFMichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@JFMichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JFMichael)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2001, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-words-used-as-names/75171/83 "2001-08-09T20:24:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AWB \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by KneadToKnow \* > > \*\*So one day, I’m out playing in the rain, and my father yells “Dammit, would you get in here!” > > > > And I said, “But Dad, I’m Jesus Christ!” \*\* > > Out of context, this Bill Cosby joke isn’t as funny. \*\* No, but let’s give a hand to **KneadToKnow** , himself, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2001, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-words-used-as-names/75171/84 "2001-08-09T20:56:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\*Hey, **Manhattan** , or whomever finds this first: > > Can you please fix my lists so everyting lines up? Looks like I forgot to close the first two. \*\* Actually, I redacted it. I think it was too long to be covered under fair use, and all the info is right at the link. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2001, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-words-used-as-names/75171/85 "2001-08-09T21:16:35Z")
Oh, well. You could have at least left the part pertinant to jinty’s question. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Topguntommy22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Topguntommy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Topguntommy22)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-words-used-as-names/75171/86 "2003-08-11T14:48:44Z")
We can’t forget racecar driver DIck Trickle. ---
**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-words-used-as-names/75171/87 "2003-08-11T16:34:02Z")
Paragraph 12 of the [Swedish name laws](http://rixlex.riksdagen.se/htbin/thw?%24%7BHTML%7D=SFST_LST&%24%7BOOHTML%7D=SFST_DOK&%24%7BSNHTML%7D=SFST_ERR&%24%7BMAXPAGE%7D=26&%24%7BTRIPSHOW%7D=format%3DTHW&%24%7BBASE%7D=SFST&%24%7BFREETEXT%7D=&BET=1982%3A670&RUB=&ORG=&%24%7BFORD%7D=FIND) outlaws amongst other things: Surnames that are constructed, spelled or pronounced in such a way that they are inapropriate in this country. Given names and surnames that can be considered offensive, or can be assumed to cause difficulty to the person so named. Surnames that can be easily confused with for example railway stations or postoffices. If you have not officially and appropriatly named your child within 3 months, you can be fined. ---
**Author:** ![tarfu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tarfu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarfu)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-words-used-as-names/75171/88 "2003-08-11T16:45:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Floater \* > \*\*I discussed this subject with a couple of friends yesterday and one of them said that she had had a school mate called Ben Dover. 😃 \*\* He is a consumer affairs expert, seen at [http://www.bendover.com/default.asp](http://www.bendover.com/default.asp). Lots of good info. I agree that Dick Trickle is a pretty strange name. What were his parents thinking?!?!?! Sometimes, my kids think their first name is “God dammit”… ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-words-used-as-names/75171/89 "2003-08-11T16:54:42Z")
I once met a man by the name of Studley, whose parents had been foolish (or unthinking) enough to name him Roderick. Way too cumbersome, of course, so he went by “Rod.” I’ve always imagined him walking into a group of people and introducing himself: “Hi, I’m Rod Studley.” and having people roll their eyes and say “Yeah, right.” He was a really nice, unobnoxious type, too, poor guy. No idea if he lived up to his name. Of course, the parents of nineteenth century philanthropist Ima Hogg must simply have been sadists. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-words-used-as-names/75171/90 "2003-08-11T17:52:34Z")
I had a fellow student named Dick Hohl, an accountant named Victor Crapp, and customers with the surnames Outhouse and Brabender (a woman, natch). And then there were Shit Y. Yeung (1911-1994) of San Francisco, and Damn Frazier (1977-2000) of Camden, NJ. ---
**Author:** ![alimarx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@alimarx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alimarx)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-words-used-as-names/75171/91 "2003-08-11T18:19:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bughunter \* > \*\*And in the [WWII Aces thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=81195) we are regaled with the story of **Maj. Dick Bong** , P-38 ace. \*\* Hey, my dad flew under him… no, really… ---
**Author:** ![mogiaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mogiaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mogiaw)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-words-used-as-names/75171/92 "2003-08-11T18:30:57Z")
not on topic at all really but apparently Irish talkshow host, Gay (as in Gabriel) Byrne was touring the United States in the 60s (i think it was the 60s) and his PR guy took him aside and said that perhaps going around calling himself Gay would not go down too well. The PR guy suggested they call him by his middle name. His middle name is Mary. Mogi BTW i know a girl called Hedda Dick. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-words-used-as-names/75171/93 "2003-08-11T18:36:13Z")
Here in the tiny little city of Cumberland, MD. The Chief of Police bears the actual last name of Dick, making him, yes, Police Chief Dick. On a related note, funny, but not dirty, I went to school with a girl by the last name of Peper. It was pronounced just like the spice. Her father was the minister of the local Baptist church, and had a doctorate in theology. This made him, I kid you not, Dr. Peper. hehehe. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-words-used-as-names/75171/94 "2003-08-11T18:59:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AvhHines \* > \*\*IOf course, the parents of nineteenth century philanthropist Ima Hogg must simply have been sadists. \*\* Twentieth century (1882-1975). Ima was named for the heroine of a Civil War poem written by her uncle. Her father was governor of Texas. And no, folks, she did not have a sister named “Ura”. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-words-used-as-names/75171/95 "2003-08-11T19:58:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\*There’s a “Bingbang, TTWW” listed in the Denver white pages. > \*\* Shoulda been in the Walla Walla directory. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-words-used-as-names/75171/96 "2003-08-11T22:04:49Z")
Topkok is a common Eskimo name. I went to school with Herb Topkok and later worked with his uncle Cliff Topkok, who after a few beers loved to do a little dance and gleefully shout “I’m the best cuz I’m the TOP COCK!” ---
**Author:** ![Padmaraga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@Padmaraga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padmaraga)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-words-used-as-names/75171/97 "2003-08-11T22:34:00Z")
I went to high school with **Anne Dick** (don’t know her dad’s name), and **Dawn Glasscock** (always thought that sounded painful!). Not to mention, in the not dirty but still funny category, **Fawn Deer** (and they tell me her dad was called Buck, though I don’t know). And my **brother** is named Richard Johnson, but he’s always gone by Rick, and I don’t remember anyone ever making jokes referring to “Dick” (for that matter, I never heard “johnson” used to mean _that_ until I was in my late 20’s). One more I have to mention (again, not dirty but still funny): I used to work at a bank that had a customer named **Donna Duck**. ---
**Author:** ![sunfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@sunfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunfish)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-words-used-as-names/75171/98 "2003-08-11T22:53:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by City Gent \* > \*\*I checked and Dikshit is actually his last name as listed. > > Mukesh K. Dikshit. Turns out he lives right down the street from me. I think he’s legit. I may drop by later tonight. \*\* **City Gent** , Dikshit is a legitimate Indian surname (sometimes spelled Dixit). There is a famous Bollywood actress by the name of Madhuri Dixit, and an Indian politician named Sheila Dikshit. I admit I did a double-take the first time I saw a paper written by Brazilian geologist \*\* Reinhardt A. (R.A.) Fuck\*\* (I think he pronounces it “fyook”). And then there was that lawyer named **Robert P. Dickover** , and a fellow dentist patient whose name was **Silke Busch.** ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-words-used-as-names/75171/99 "2003-08-11T23:32:28Z")
There is a former politician in my town named Dick Woods. He was a regular customer of the diner where I used to cook. Being a Richard myself (though I go by Rik) I’ve noted that his (and my parent’s) generation is pretty much the last in the USA to use the nickname “Dick” for “Richard”. Back in junior high school, before I started calling myself “Rik”, I really hated being named Richard. “Hey, dick!” “Shut up!” “It’s just short for Richard!” “Shut up!” Some of the funniest names can be found on the children of immigrants. Their parents come to the USA and want to give their children American-sounding names. And unfortunately, they’re completely unaware of the consequences. And so the former local community college President was an Asian man named… Woody Ahn. ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-words-used-as-names/75171/100 "2003-08-11T23:33:12Z")
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