One of my friends growing up was named Maxx Passion, which I always felt was right on the border between ‘that poor girl!’ and ‘how cool is that?!’.
I can’t decide whether this one is unfortunate or kinda cool: Strap Dancer.
Johnny Dickshot - major league baseball player in the 1930’s. His nickname was “Ugly”.
Dick Swett - politician from New Hampshire.
My dermatologist has an associated named Dr. Payne.
My sister-in-law worked with someone with the first name Shithead, pronounced Sha-thayed.
Obit for a member of the Cancer family. That’s one of those names (another one is “Kuntz”) that I might consider changing if I had been born with it.
The name of one of my current coworkers translates as Angel Fatman. Many people who hear others address him by lastname at first think it’s a nick; he’s best described as petite.
I’m all in favour of modern couples opting to bestow the mother’s surname on the child as well as the father’s, but you’d think Ms Swallow and Mr Koch would have thought twice before giving my son’s classmate Benjamin those two surnames in that order, hyphenated.
However, on the “boy named Sue” principle, he should grow up to be the biggest badass for twenty miles, easy.
Randy Baumgardner, which I think is funnier for Brits.
I knew a podiatrist named Dr. Toesie.
I knew a young lady named Anita Hickey.
I knew an Asian man named Duc Wing.
I was just watching the Orioles game, and the commentators were talking about the upcoming series against Toronto, and how the Blue Jays had already set up their rotation for the three games as follows: Dickey, Wang, and Johnson.
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Pro wrestler Bulldog Brower’s real name was Richard ‘Dick’ Gland.
I do some database work (typing names into databases and such.) I saw that one of the people I was entering into the database, someone from the Philippines, has the unfortunate last name of “Dumdum.” I kid you not! Though I imagine it’s pronounced differently and has a different meaning in the Philippines.
And yes, I know this is an older thread, but I felt like sharing that.
I married a gal whose brother’s name was Dick Swisher, and we bought a new car from Rusty Hymen. The car dealer in Berrien Springs Michigan. That was in 1967, Don’t know if he is still there. But Dick is still swishing.
Remember that one college golf team that got suspended for posting that picture of themselves standing naked with their um, “golf equipment” over their junk? The team captain’s name was Jack Hiscock.
Gah! I was so gonna answer that.
Met someone named Darwin Charles but I actually think that’s an awesome name.
Albert Brooks’ birth name was Albert Einstein. Really.
My Grandmother went to school with a girl called Fanny Drips. In Australia Fanny is not a word for bum but rather another of the many names for female genitalia.
My Brother went to school with a Shawn Dick.
Years ago, while working retail, I once took a credit card from a Cosmo Uttero.
I once had to make a phone call and ask to speak to someone with the unfortunate first name of Supaporn.
I tried not to laugh, I really did. It didn’t go so well.
Ms. Supaporn, wherever you are, I apologize.
A guy I knew back in high school. Rusty Koontz.
UCLA’s University Research Library (renamed Young Research Library) had a big plaque on the first floor dedicated to early campus librarian Hugh G. Dick.