Funniest names in family history

[mich b]

Tonight you've brought a smile to brighten my evening. I especially laughed at the "sniggering husband...gravestone...Fanny Slack."

My eight year old was horrified at the fact that there's a Fanny on his Dad's side, he asked me if I knew what one was. What do they teach at that school of his?

Having grown up with maiden name of BINI (pronounced BEANY) and being teased relentlessly with any Bean connection you can imagine, I now have an abnormal abhorence of certain names (not anyone elses, just ones I might get lumbered with) My partner's surname is PERCIVAL, needless to say I wont marry him. I'm with the Mrs Lizzy and the hilarity surrounding Percy.

On a "places angle" what about the Villages of Wetwang or Thwing near Driffield East Yorks. I've got a bit of a lisp so Swing would've sounded about the same.LOL. There's also Little Snoring in Norfolk (they haven't met my ex-husband)

Mich 

[mich b]

Just posted on the wrong thread about a Paul Orridge I was at school with (P.Orridge) and a Richard Head in the Royal Engineers.

I said about offering "no prizes for guessing what the latter was known as". Just hope I didn't offend anyone on there as the "Funniest Names..." weren't exactly appropriate. Whoops!

Mich 

[7igerby7he7ail]

I dug out my notes yesterday.
Found while searching the US IGI.

[looking for Van Der Burg]
Little Henry Funderburk, his father Big Henry Funderburk.

Rosie Bumm
Virginia Birdsh*t
Mary Christmas
and a Bugg marrying a Flye

[Brambletye]

Many years ago now, a former work colleague of mine had some dealings with the American Embassy in London. He had access to a copy of their internal telephone directory, which apparently rejoiced in the following entries:

Mr. Fahrtberger; Mr. Bumwanger; and Captain Limprick.

Give me Smith or Jones any day...

Even more years ago now, we had a teacher at secondary school called Miss Smellie. She had a novel way of getting around it; at the beginning of each new year, as the first-formers filed in and sat down, she would say "Good Morning, girls. My name is Miss Smellie. You may now laugh. God help you if you ever do so again...

[sueky71]

i work on a checkout and recently an elderly lady handed me her credit card to pay for her goods.  her name was:
Mrs A Narse
 

[Steward till I die!]

Oh dear just found another whilst looking for a marriage, 4th quarter 1920

If you had gone through the ridicule of living with a name like

ANNIE SIDEBOTHAM

How could you possibly have let yourself marry

CLARENCE ALLCOCK ! 

You wouldn't think it possible to swap for something worse...lol

T xx

P.S.  Can you imagine the scene in the church when the vicar read out the names...bet there wasn't a dry eye in the house...hysteria all round!

[mich b]

I was telling my friend today about all these funny names on here and he was telling me about his own experiences which despite being 40 he only realised 6-months ago.

He has to sign himself in to a place of work and the girls were all giggling saying that they know him as Ram a butt. His name is R.A. Mabutt. Bless!

And the moral of the story is when naming your children look at the possibilities including the various permutations of initials e.g my niece is J.C.B (not too bad in the grand scheme)

Michelle 

[sueky71]

whilst in hospital after having my first daughter- many moons ago! - i was sat in the 'smoking room' with all the other new mums discussing our new arrivals names. one lady said, rather grandly, my son's called george henry.
all very well until the nurse came in and called 'mrs lee', and up she stood.
there was a few sniggers as she left the room.

[rancegal]

After some years of teaching, I impressed upon my own children that when choosing names for their own children they should write out any prospective names in full and read them aloud, then write the initials and read them out.
      My son and his wife did this, but my daughter got round it by marrying an Indian lad and choosing names the Indian way. I did scrutinise the initials, though.
     I was at school with a girl named D. Day, but she was born in 1942!
 
ps  There is a place in Scotland, the name of which I can't mention on here, but it begins and ends with 'T', with two letters between.