Please say it’s Albus Dumbledore.
In the final Black Adder series, set in World War I, my wife was highly amused that there was a character surnamed Darling. So you can imagine her delight that the current British chancellor of the exchequer is named Alistair Darling.
Phước is a Vietnamese name that rhymes with “look” and is spoken with a rising tone. When spoken by a native it doesn’t sound at all like our naughty f-word. I’ve seen Yu as a Chinese first name but never Vietnamese.
I wouldn’t be surprised to hear that some of these have been selectively heard or creatively spelled in a way that will yield maximum entertainment value.
Harold Butz. Now there’s a classic.
Or Ima Hore.
I want to meet a Cherry Dip.
Oh, I’ve known plenty of Osnats. And “Penis” - generally spelled “Pines” - is also fairly common. There’s a very well-known Israeli television personality whose name is pronouced “Guy Penis”; he had an entertainment news show, and he loved getting foreign celebrities to say his name.
There is an LPGA Thai golfer by the name of Pornonong Phatlum.
I have cousin whose name is Peter Burns.
There’s a NASCAR driver named Dick Trickle. (He has won a lot of races — read: money.)
Maybe it was a mixed marriage?
Rather superbly, he was also a hero to C.S. Lewis, who immortalized him in Prince Caspian as Clodsley Shovel, the Head Mole, who was responsible for planting the apple orchards of Cair Paravel.
There was a woman in college (I didn’t know her) named Thankful Vanderstar. I always envied such a great name.
Where I work I have run across the name Young Bang- middle initial ‘A’.
She did not have very much English at all.
Asian college girl.
Also knew a family with the last name Day.
There was a Rainy Summer, a Happy Spring, and a Cloudy Autumn.
Mirickle Fingers. Apparently used to work in my office before I started there.
This website (for a urology clinic, for those who don’t like to click) features Dr. Richard (Dick) Chopp, whose motto appears to be “There are more vasectomies to be done.” Also on staff is Dr. Lester (Les?) Wang, who despite his named shortcomings apparently has 3 children.
When I was in the Navy, I knew a man whose title was IC2 (Interior Communicationman, second class), and his last name was Dixx. Poor guy. People used to call him to the quarterdeck over the 1MC (ship-wide intercom) just to be able to say his name to the whole ship. I also knew another gentleman, an Electronics Technician who had made Chief, whose last name was Putz. I just called him Chief, because there are some things you just don’t want to say to a nice person.
A friend of mine once encountered a woman whose last name was Rautenkrach.
Sadly, it isn’t.
TODAY I learned that one of the new students in my school shares a name with a character from Firefly. Hahaha!
We just elected a Putz to the School Board.
Actually, we’ve elected many a putz to the School Board. But this is the first person named Putz.
I love unusual names but I always worry about nicknames. I knew a Kalani, and you could go with ‘Kay’ or ‘Lani’ - but there is simply no diminutive of the name ‘Thankful’!
My aunt had a neighbor whose name was Gladys Hapibotem.
Glad-Ass Happy-Bottom.
I have met people with the surname Bottom.
I’ve met people with these names:
Smiling
Weeping
Protoss
Squall
Sandy Beach