Unfortunate surnames of the past #2

[Sharon01]

Thanks Nick,

My Stewart was born in Cumberland but there are probably Scottish roots somewhere.

Sharon

[mare]

Sometimes it is just the combinations of names that make them unfortunate and I was reminded again of that with your post Mike, especially your own surname where parents have unwittingly given a daughter the name Helen, causing much derision!  ... difficult with marriage combinations to choose, though many women of course keep their own now, e.g Faye who didn't think it was wise to take the surname King!... one of those everyday names you have to be careful with

[Alexander.]

Polly Gammie

I checked that her husband was only ever married once. Why she didn't choose any of the other nicknames for Mary, I don't know. 

[GMCT_archivist]

Iknew a guy called Crapper, who was in his 40s.  He announced that he wasn't having his children brought up with a name like that, so he was changing it to Brown.  Couldn't help thinking there wasn't much difference....

[Serge]

I went to school with a chap named Les Brain,but he was always known as Brain Les.

[genjan1953]

When I worked for the DHSS (National Insurance Office) about 30 years ago (crikey, was it that long ago?!) a name I remember from my client records is Grabzebalski.  Honestly.  Think the chap was Polish.  It was a source of great merriment in the office at the time - can't think why 

A name from my own ancestry is Mary Fairy (also spelt as Farey).  It always tickles me when I read it.  She became Mary Branson when she married which is much more boring!

[rachelralph]

i have just come across a walter wall, its not so much an unfortunate name but i did think to myself that its a bit mean of the parents 'wall to wall'

[suey]

Just found in Nuthurst Sussex baptisms - 1729 William Piseyfull   

[stonechat]

For a day or two I though a Moses Daffy was in my tree, but I corrected an error

Pity