Unfortunatel names

[Jilly-Bean]

I worked with a lady once whose surname was Hertrick and she confided to me one day that she dreaded her only daughter might want to marry a guy called Mr Hiscock - she dreaded putting that Engagement notice in the paper!

[coombs]

I always thought the middle name of Noel was very exceptional, even for December births but the middle name Noel is very common for births around Christmas. Type into FindMyPast for example in the death indexes for "James Noel" or "Paul Noel" with no surname, there are many entries, and the DOB's seem to be December, or late September (conceived around Xmas probably). Kim Kardashian has Noel as a middle name and she was born October.

[Roobarb]

For any fans of Doc Martin, listen when he calls the patients' names, the latest one that made me giggle was Helen Highwater. 

[Erato]

Helen Highwater and her companion, Helena Handbasket.

[DianaCanada]

My kids' grandparents lived in a village called Highwater.  There were plenty of local jokes combining that with "hell".

[ValJJJ]

I taught a Chinese international student with the unfortunate name pronounced F**k.  Tricky.

[mare]

Bill Lear, the American most famously associated with LearJet, also started Motorola, and later introduced the 8-track cartridge.
He must have had a sense of humour. He named his daughter SHANDA.

 

That's a bit cruel though in a way, an OK name on it's own but up for ridicule from peers even if she was the 'highlight' of his life at the time !!

[coombs]

Shanda Lear.

Bill Lear must have been one of the few American fans of Only Fools & Horses. 

[PaulThommo]

When I worked in a bank, many years ago, one of our customers was called Carey Hunt. Fine if you say it correctly but!!!!!