# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![meyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@meyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meyer)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/21 "2001-10-19T11:02:15Z")
There was a guy I went to school with who’s name was **Maboob**. I’m sure this was quite a fine name in his native tongue, but playing the ‘Maboob game’ always had my friends and I falling all over ourselves. Examples: Maboob has fallen down! When was the first time you met Maboob? etc, etc. It never got tired. ---
**Author:** ![sirjamesp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@sirjamesp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirjamesp)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/22 "2001-10-19T13:05:26Z")
Peg Legg. ---
**Author:** ![Jimson\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@Jimson\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimson_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/23 "2001-10-19T14:07:36Z")
I once dated a girl named Happy Easter. I met her at a party. When she told me her name I made her show me her driver’s license. ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/24 "2001-10-19T14:11:20Z")
I once worked with a customer named Dick Booth. Sounded like something you’d find at a Porn Convention. In my local phone book, there is a listing for Elmer Fudd. ---
**Author:** ![stofsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@stofsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stofsky)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/25 "2001-10-19T14:29:36Z")
Another personal verification–I even saved the roll sheet. First day of class, I always called out by last name & asked the students their preferred appelation (saves pronunciation hassles). As I’m going through the list, one young lady states that her name is (phonetically) Tah-shane. I look back down at the sheet. I look at her. I try not to react as I write that phonetic spelling over her name: (ready?) Towchain. ---
**Author:** ![Mystery\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Mystery\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mystery_Dog)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/26 "2001-10-19T14:44:16Z")
I once met a married couple with the last name Cupp. Now think about it for a moment: What would be the absolute worst name for them to give to their son? Go ahead, think about it. I’ll wait. Yep, that’s right. And they went ahead and did it. They named their boy Stanley. ---
**Author:** ![jack\_ss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c77e96/32.png) [@jack\_ss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jack_ss)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/27 "2001-10-20T03:33:32Z")
Did Stanley Cupp have a sister named Dixie? 🙂 I served in the army with these guys so I never knew their first names: Seargent Miracle. Major Fochop, pronounced Fock-op. Being that he was an officer everyone held a straight face when his name was mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![MisterThyristor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@MisterThyristor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MisterThyristor)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/28 "2001-10-20T04:12:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jack@ss \* > \*\*Did Stanley Cupp have a sister named Dixie? 🙂 > > \*\* Could be worse if they named her Dee. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/29 "2001-10-20T04:26:16Z")
[This guy](http://members.tripod.com/~GenNB/mayor21.htm) sounds like fun. So does [she.](http://www.mommydoll.com/birthinfo/) The [Dick](http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Rapids/9713/dickcarl.htm) on this page is the son of a guy I worked with in Vancouver. (Also named Richard. How can you go through school with a name like that and then give it to your son?) ---
**Author:** ![eirroc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f1d935/32.png) [@eirroc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eirroc)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/30 "2001-10-20T11:52:18Z")
My husband works with someone called **Ivor Mciver** which always cracks me up. But he also knows someone with the same name, pronounced Ivor Mciver, but spelt like this: **Eoabhairdh Maceoabairdh**. Its gaelic, and he’s not completely sure of the spelling so any gaelic people feel free to correct me 😃 But man, what a handle :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/31 "2001-10-20T16:06:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jack@ss \* > \*\*Major Fochop, pronounced Fock-op. > > Being that he was an officer everyone held a straight face when his name was mentioned. \*\* Why am I picturing the ‘Biggus Dickus’ scene from _Life of Brian_? A girl I knew in college was listed in the yearbook under the following name: C. Rebecca Suk Unfortunately, I never did. ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/32 "2001-10-20T17:33:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*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) \*\* There’s a radio station in Detroit that has a weather lady named Paige Turner…but I don’t know if it’s her real name. Oh, and my dad works with a guy named Dick Assendelft. I’ve never met him, which is probably a good thing. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![eBathory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@eBathory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eBathory)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/33 "2001-10-20T18:00:44Z")
We have two **Harry Weiner** s in the Cleveland phone book. ---
**Author:** ![Halfpint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f0a364/32.png) [@Halfpint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Halfpint)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/34 "2001-10-20T21:54:52Z")
All this talk of unfortunate names reminds me of my _favourite_ (I’m lying) member of staff in my previous job … Ivor Dick Blewitt. And I once knew a boy called Matthew Matthews. I really want to know what on earth the parents were thinking of. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/35 "2001-10-20T22:43:38Z")
My wife’s high school guidance councilor’s name was **Judy Judy Judy**. I once worked with a woman named **Candy Dish**. Then there’s our old friend **Spring** who married a guy with the last name of **Green** … ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/36 "2001-10-20T22:47:28Z")
The president of Wawa convenience stores is Dick Wood. I have no idea why him or any of the other “Dicks” in this thread don’t call themselves Richard. ---
**Author:** ![Spink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7c8e57/32.png) [@Spink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spink)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/37 "2001-10-20T23:03:32Z")
I know a guy called Paul Dick (which quickly turns to ‘pull’ of course), and his brother is called ‘Chase’ of all things…Mean, mean parents. I also know a guy called B.Archer, and saw someone called P.Enis in the phonebook once. ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/38 "2001-10-20T23:04:43Z")
At work the other day I ran across a client named Annette Curtain. ---
**Author:** ![psychogumby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@psychogumby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychogumby)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/39 "2001-10-21T21:11:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MisterThyristor \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by jack@ss \* > > \*\*Did Stanley Cupp have a sister named Dixie? 🙂 > > > > \*\* > > Could be worse if they named her Dee. 😃 \*\* Or Beatrice. They could have called her Bea for short. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DarkPrince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@DarkPrince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkPrince)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141/40 "2001-10-21T22:13:27Z")
I was once served in a restaurant in Los Angeles by a guy named (I kid you not) Pedro Demitrius Wong. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names/88141.md?page=3)