# Unfortunate names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 18, 2001, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141 "2001-10-18T03:08:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pharoah\_chromium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@pharoah\_chromium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pharoah_chromium)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/1 "2001-10-18T03:08:52Z")
Rude and immature, I know. Still… I’m extremely glad that I am not named, as was a recent client at my place of business, Dick Lady. Which brings to mind a couple of others. (Personally verified by me, not “friend of a friend” stories.) -A list of available babysitters in my neighborhood listed a girl whose first name was “Armpitta”. Undoubtedly a beautiful name in the mother tongue, but… -The woman in front of me in line at the drugstore, whose name was (I saw her driver’s license) Ammonia Hyman. ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/2 "2001-10-18T03:11:17Z")
My best friend from high school was named Joe Budy. Pronounced “booty.” He never lived it down. The kid convinced me he had real psychological trauma from the time he was playing basketball in gym in sixth grade, and the coach yelled out “Joe Budy’s too hot to handle!” ---
**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:** [October 18, 2001, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/3 "2001-10-18T13:41:39Z")
Welcome to the SDMB, pharoah. You’ll find more unfortunate names in a thread titled [“You named your kid WHAT!?!”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=91928). ---
**Author:** ![H8\_2\_W8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c77e96/32.png) [@H8\_2\_W8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/H8_2_W8)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/4 "2001-10-18T13:50:46Z")
and I now it can be important for a professional woman to keep her identity after she’s married, but what was this woman thinking? Maybe her maiden name was pronounced more like “faylin” but it sort of looks likes “feelin” also. She is: Connie Phelen-Peters I swear on my mother’s grave this is true. (Disclaimer: my mother isn’t deceased, but she has pre-paid for her cemetary plot.) ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/5 "2001-10-18T14:05:14Z")
I just puchased an item off eBay from a gentleman named Frank Hiscock. Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/6 "2001-10-18T14:08:08Z")
In the town I grew up in, there was the Popp family. Their son was Soda Popp and their daughter was Lolly Popp. I actually met Soda. Not Lolly, tho’ ---
**Author:** ![toshirodragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e68b1a/32.png) [@toshirodragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toshirodragon)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/7 "2001-10-18T16:18:47Z")
I went to High school with a real sweetheart named William Doe… or Bill as he was generally known… One of the chiefs of police in this area is named Marlin Balls… I think Roy City… maybe Ashtar knows… I used to work with his wife Linda…she was a secretary and was IMMEDIATELY on first name basis with everyone! “Good Morning Mrs Balls” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Amazing\_Magic-Gro\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@Amazing\_Magic-Gro\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazing_Magic-Gro_Monster)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/8 "2001-10-18T18:17:11Z")
Went to high school with Carlotta Bush. How long do you think it took for the “Car” to become silent? ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/9 "2001-10-18T22:27:19Z")
My mother went to schook with someone named Dick Peters. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/10 "2001-10-18T22:32:56Z")
I once worked with a Paige Blank (parents thought it was _really_ funny when she had to put her last name first) ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/11 "2001-10-18T22:34:11Z")
My public speaking teacher’s last name is Tryanski. He has a limp. The limp is a result of an old injury that wrecked all the tendons in his leg. The injury took place when he decided to try an’ ski. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/12 "2001-10-18T22:48:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JavaMaven1 \* > \*\*I once worked with a Paige Blank (parents thought it was _really_ funny when she had to put her last name first) \*\* I was browsing my employer’s phone lists for one Ron Moore today, and nearly killed myself from laughter when I found him listed last name first. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/13 "2001-10-18T22:51:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pharoah chromium \* > **-A list of available babysitters in my neighborhood listed a girl whose first name was “Armpitta”. Undoubtedly a beautiful name in the mother tongue, but…** There’s a kid at my school named Arpitt. At my school in fifth grade, there was a teacher named Mr. Dick. Supposedly his name was Harry and his wife’s name was Ima, but that’s more than likely just a kid joke. My friends know a girl named Crystal Vylette. Now, if that doesn’t sound like a porn star’s name… ---
**Author:** ![Billy\_Rubin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billy_rubin/32/3622_2.png) [@Billy\_Rubin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Rubin)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/14 "2001-10-18T23:02:51Z")
Gohard Erection. I’m really not making that up, it’s a patient of a doctor friend of mine. Then there’s Dick Long, Dick Small, Dick Head, and Dick Gross, all people with whom I have worked. b. ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/15 "2001-10-18T23:26:41Z")
I worked with a guy at my last job named Reinhard Dyck (“Dyck” being pronounced “Dick.”) ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/16 "2001-10-19T00:41:53Z")
Okay, there’s this guy. He’s actually in the Baltimore phone book. His name is _Peter P. Turdo_. It really is. He used to be just P.P. Turdo, then he changed it one year to “Peter Paul Turdo”, and now it’s just “Peter P. Turdo”. Oh, yes. I’ve been watching Mr. Turdo’s listing for some time… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MisterThyristor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@MisterThyristor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MisterThyristor)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/17 "2001-10-19T04:58:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FireUnderpantsBoobs \* > At my school in fifth grade, there was a teacher named Mr. Dick. Supposedly his name was Harry and his wife’s name was Ima, but that’s more than likely just a kid joke. Not necessarily. As I mentioned before in a similar thread, I knew both a Harry Dick and a Harry Ball. Of course, for some reason both of them preferred to be addressed as “Harold”! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Philosophocles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Philosophocles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philosophocles)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/18 "2001-10-19T05:07:34Z")
Dick Trickle ---
**Author:** ![Joyfulgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f04885/32.png) [@Joyfulgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joyfulgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/19 "2001-10-19T10:14:57Z")
There was a neighbor of mine named Ada Cherry. She never really understood why people found her name amusing. For a short while I did phone surveys for extra money (I know, I know, but I wasn’t selling anything!) and I heard some pretty bad names, usually along the lines of Dick Something. But the worst name I’ve ever heard was my mom’s first boyfriend. Very popular and nice guy, and he was never really teased about it. His name? Beaver Hedgecock ---
**Author:** ![Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazing_Tiki_God)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/20 "2001-10-19T10:31:25Z")
There was this girl, back when I was in elementary school, named Anita Dick. I still remember the look on the poor girls face when the teacher said everyone’s name the first day and made us introduce ourselves. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141.md?page=2)