Comments on: Most Unfortunate Names

By: dangerdave777

dangerdave777 — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 21:04:55 +0000

There’s a guy called eric shinn – said fast it sounds like erection

By: Funny

Funny — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 06:08:46 +0000

No joke – there’s a guy called Willie Wanker. bahaha

By: Mamma mia

Mamma mia — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:51:08 +0000

My kids are in class with girls named ABCD (Ab-cee-dee) and La-a (La-dash-a) Yes, you prounounce the “dash”. What is going on with these moms?

By: Gabrielle

Gabrielle — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:54:43 +0000

I used to go to school with a boy who was named Piers Mycock. My parents friends fell in love with the name Tianda, such a shame their surname was Coffee.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:52:32 +0000

Suk Ma Wang.

By: names123

names123 — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:29:28 +0000

worse name guys name was richard dangler (dick dangler) no joke

By: Jorge

Jorge — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 03:36:09 +0000

My sister had a classmate whose family name was Ure and the parents gave her the name Jasmine. The poor kid’s nickname at school was Dung.

By: BABBYGURLZZ

BABBYGURLZZ — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:30:49 +0000

My dad wanted to call me treasure and my last name is hunt,, get it treasure hunt lol x

By: chris

chris — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:18:42 +0000

i once met a girl called biz marking. what were her parents thinking..

By: donna

donna — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:02:08 +0000

Worst one I ever heard was a friend of my sister in law’s named April Showers…

By: Miss Appropriated

Miss Appropriated — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:23:25 +0000

I knew a woman whose baby was delivered by, no lie, Dr. Harry Beaver. His practice was in Manassas, VA, but I believe he may be retired now. He is still found by googling, however: http://www.healthgrades.com/directory_search/physician/profiles/dr-md- reports/Dr-Harry-Beaver-MD-FD3B8B34.cfm?tabphysprofile=phy_inf&tv_lid= btn_physprof

By: TwoDragons

TwoDragons — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:22:46 +0000

In school I knew a Dusty Day and his sister, Happy. Poor kids…

–TwoDragons

By: Chris Lewis

Chris Lewis — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:56:43 +0000

We have seen Kim Yoo Suk at the olympics.

By: BeX

BeX — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:16:36 +0000

How about “Li Sum Kok” for a name? Encountered that one at work!

By: splatman

splatman — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:27:11 +0000

How ’bout those Swedish kids named Ikea?
Another one is another young Swede got named Lego. Never mind Zack the LEGO Maniac, it’s Lego, the LEGO Maniac! (if he does the LEGO thing, that is.)
I was told by my 6 grade teacher that she once had kids named Rusty Bolt and Barbie Doll.
But, I’d say Ikea would be the worst of these. Particle board, anyone? Flat Pack probably wouldn’t be quite so bad, instead.

Give it a Splat!

By: Steven H.

Steven H. — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:48:56 +0000

I just found out there was a baby born with the name Pink Areola.

By: Chris Lewis

Chris Lewis — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:35:44 +0000

I can think of worse ones
Peter File
Les Behan

By: jmk816

jmk816 — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:16:01 +0000

In high school I knew a Ben Jurken. I still think that’s one of the most unfortunate ones I’ve heard yet.

By: sadtomato

sadtomato — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:13:36 +0000

I have taught a Danse Shu, Wendy Pan and her little brother Peter. Also, Vanity (a boy) and Zeus.

By: 1hen2ducks

1hen2ducks — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:13:30 +0000

In Sunnyvale, CA Justin Casebeer. Sorry Justin.

By: Evilbeagle

Evilbeagle — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:47:28 +0000

@Gail Pink

While it’s easy enough to change one’s name, there are to big reasons I did not change my name, as much as I hate it:

1. No one in my family would ever use the new name if I had changed it. It would have been a major point of conflict, especially with my mother. Ultimately, not worth the hassle.

2. By 18, unless your name is REALLY awful, you get used to it. I hate my name, but getting used to a new one is just not something I would find very easy to do.

That doesn’t mean that when it comes up, I don’t remind my mother what a stupid name I have. And that sort of ammo is priceless. And yes, I have a good relationship with my mother.

By: violet

violet — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:06:45 +0000

Girl in junior high: Precious Battle.

By: EEM

EEM — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:53:59 +0000

my dad toyed with the idea of naming me Chris or Pete and my last name is Maas Yeah….VERY CLEVER DAD.

By: Gail Pink

Gail Pink — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:31:35 +0000

It isn’t hard to change your name, so there is no excuse for complaining once you are past the age of, say 18.

By: The Other Parker

The Other Parker — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:05:10 +0000

My fiance is a recovering Southerner who has the habit of referring to her female friends as “Miss Jessica” or “Miss Tiffany”… One of our friends has the unusual name America (I do wonder if there’s a story behind that one) that’s led to a foot-in-mouth situation for my fiance on more than one occasion. Still none of these are as bad as the Keene, NH code enforcer Richard Head.

By: netchicken

netchicken — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:57:12 +0000

Of course people know of the famous bishop of Singapore?
Cardinal Sin ….

By: John

John — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:38:46 +0000

I’ve worked with people named Retunja and Niptheria.

When my wife and I were thinking about babynames for our daughter, I suggested Ursula. You know, the strength of a bear would be a good name to live up to. She nixed it firmly.

By: J-

J- — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:17:46 +0000

I worked with a woman named Dusty Boner. Pronounced just like you would expect it to be. I’m surprised she didn’t end up in jail later for killing or maiming her parents for that, actually.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:17:33 +0000

You know there is a place and time for humor. Choosing someone’s name that they will be forced into for at least 18 years isn’t the time.

I feel for whoever was named Justin Case. Whenever someone says that, or says “Just in time”, I always turn my head thinking they are talking to me.

By: Scooter

Scooter — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:02:28 +0000

I was in line at the grocery store the other day and I hear a lady calling to her Daughter, her name was Genesis.

When we left I asked my Wife and we were both like WTF!

By: SWFL guy

SWFL guy — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:52:40 +0000

Our youngest born in 1975 was named Pepper. My wife watches a lot of TV and liked the name from the Angie Dickinson ploice show when she played Pepper Anderson.
Her friends all thought we were hippies or something. I always told her that if she was in a crowd with a thousand people and someone yelled “hey Pepper” it would be for her, unlike if someone yelled “hey Debbie”.

By: Gadget Sleuth

Gadget Sleuth — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:46:31 +0000

That’s almost as bad as some of the silly 70′s names people were using; Moonbeam, Chastity, Justice, etc.

By: artbot

artbot — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:41:59 +0000

A former coworker’s wife was named Lee Vallone. At least she married into that instead of getting smacked with it at birth.

By: Skipweasel

Skipweasel — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:36:05 +0000

I was at school with a Justin Kayse. What on earth were his parents thinking of?

By: Evilbeagle

Evilbeagle — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:22:21 +0000

These are hilarious, but very cruel and unfortunate. I thought I had it bad with my unusual name, but it doesn’t even begin to compare to these. I wonder about parents who do this sort of thing, if they do it on purpose at all.

That said, when I was a kid, some of my neighborhood friends had the last name Ho. Their mother was named Ida. We all called her Spud. She was apparently fine with this as she took her husband’s last name and had a good sense of humor about her nickname. She even began introducing herself as Spud.