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Offline Drayke

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Re: Unfortunatel names
« Reply #18 on: Sunday 09 April 23 05:17 BST (UK) »
Rika Onions.

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Re: Unfortunatel names
« Reply #19 on: Sunday 09 April 23 08:21 BST (UK) »

How about Anna Sasin?  ;D


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Re: Unfortunatel names
« Reply #20 on: Sunday 09 April 23 09:08 BST (UK) »
198 worst names ever that will leave you wondering what their parents were thinking. Theres some real howlers amongst them.

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Re: Unfortunatel names
« Reply #21 on: Sunday 09 April 23 09:58 BST (UK) »
Problems sometimes occur when a woman takes her husbands surname on marriage - I worked with a May May and had a neighbour called Josephine Joseph.

I wonder do Registrars of Births try to deter parents from giving 'unusual' names ?  -- e.g. would they advise Mr and Mrs Kerr not to call their infant son Wayne I wonder?

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Re: Unfortunatel names
« Reply #22 on: Sunday 09 April 23 13:21 BST (UK) »
Or Mr and Mrs Hunt calling a son Michael.  ;) Known as Mike.

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LONDON, Coombs, Roberts, Auber, Helsdon, Fradine, Morin, Goodacre
DORSET Coombs, Munday
NORFOLK Helsdon, Riches, Harbord, Budery
KENT Roberts, Goodacre
SUSSEX Walder, Boniface, Dinnage, Standen, Lee, Botten, Wickham, Jupp
SUFFOLK Titshall, Frost, Fairweather, Mayhew, Archer, Eade, Scarfe
DURHAM Stewart, Musgrave, Wilson, Forster
SCOTLAND Stewart in Selkirk
USA Musgrave, Saix
ESSEX Cornwell, Stock, Quilter, Lawrence, Whale, Clift
OXON Edgington, Smith, Inkpen, Snell, Batten, Brain

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Re: Unfortunatel names
« Reply #23 on: Sunday 09 April 23 13:28 BST (UK) »
A young Asian heritage girl was called "Beauty" - she was, actually. I knew a real "Teresa Green", and my father's friend Mr Button really called his daughter "Pearl".
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Re: Unfortunatel names
« Reply #24 on: Sunday 09 April 23 14:04 BST (UK) »
We once had a disagreement with a company and I asked for the managing director's name.

It was "Robin Banks".
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Re: Unfortunatel names
« Reply #25 on: Sunday 09 April 23 21:03 BST (UK) »
I had a friend whose mum was Annie Boddy 😂.

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Re: Unfortunatel names
« Reply #26 on: Monday 10 April 23 00:50 BST (UK) »
My neighbours surname was NOONE I often read it as no-one
Roberts,Fellman.Macdermid smith jones,Bloch,Irvine,Hallis Stevenson
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