If you had an awful name, wouldnt you change it?

[cashflyer]

As a kid, one of the neighbors was named Mike Hunt.
Went to school with a girl named Kim Morrow.
We called her....

[R K T]

I knew a guy a few years ago named Dick Beaver.

High school teacher named Melvin Mothershead.

Old boss named Paul Gethard.

[vash]

Or Ilya.

[mreid]

There's a Dick Skinner at work and Ann Jobs is a friend of my wife's.

[varmint]

I have an incredibly ethnic name. It is what Swedish hillbillies name their kids. Sort of their equivalent of Cletus Buford Scruggs.

Growing up in the Midwest at least people understood the concept. In Los Angeles I was constantly being met with blank stares, as if I had just coughed in stead of giving my name.


When I was younger I wanted to change it. Now I'm just indifferent.

[masraum]

I work for a large, global financial company. We've found lots and lots of whacky names. Many are spread throughout Asia (although not all). There are some real doozies in the Philippines, Singapore and India.

One of the first one's that comes to mind is D i k s h i t.

[JD159]

Went to HS with a guy named woody cox. as well as james bond.

[herr_oberst]

If my name was Woody Cox, I wouldn't think of changing it.

[HardDrive]

My wife is Indian. There is a surname in India, Dixit. I swear, it is pronounced, dick*****.

[Tishabet]

I went to school with a kid whose last name was semens.... that was rough enough I am sure, and occasinally there would be a joke that his dad's name is Richard... ha ha! In high school we played on the same soccer team, my dad was the coach and so collected the dues for uniforms. His dad paid by check and... it was true. First name Richard, last name Semens. Rough going!

I have also personally known someone whose name, which was chinese, was pronounced "shining shoe."

[Evans, Marv]

I knew an Asian lady many years ago who's first name was Rhonda. I commented it was a unique name considering where she came from. She told me she had changed it after coming to America. I asked what her real first name was, & she said Yuksuk. I told her I understood.

[pavulon]

Saw a documentary about Navy pilots that featured a guy w/ the last name Ballsitis...call sign "Itchy".

[dw1]

How about Samuel Chuffart, the design director for Italian exotic car hopefuls Icona?

No kidding - Chuffart. http://www.2luxury2.com/icona-vulcano-ultra-powerful-hybrid-supercar-revealed/

Talk about someone who would have interesting memories of his school days if he was in an English-speaking country.

(Some of you might remember the UK Top Gear guys mentioning this fellow in series 20, ep. 1.)

And sometime names can take on new meanings in context. Here's an example from my HS days:

Our German teacher was in the habit of calling on people by saying "Master (last name), could you read section..." He did this until he called on Dave Bader. It took him a moment to figure out why the class had such an outburst of laughter when he called on "Master Bader".

I have an unusual middle name. I thought about changing it awhile ago, but because it is my late dad's first name, there is no way I'd consider changing it now. Besides, how many people actually know other people's middle names, and I just use a middle initial when I need to write my full name.

[shadowjack1]

I have a friend in FL, Casey Jones and his brother Davey Jones. Both catch a lot of KC Jones at bat and Davey Jones locker thing. A guy at work is leslie Manley, nick name Les Manley.

[gtc]

Originally Posted by gshase

I had a student named Richard Head........

Ha, I know of a guy through work with that same name.

We just hired someone with the last name Knott-_____. Giving her name over the phone always leads to much confusion.
"You need to call Brenda Knott-McKenzie."
"Ok, what's her last name?"

[Joe Bob]

Richard and Peter Holder in High School....big as mountains....I never laughed.

[vash]

Originally Posted by Evans, Marv

I knew an Asian lady many years ago who's first name was Rhonda. I commented it was a unique name considering where she came from. She told me she had changed it after coming to America. I asked what her real first name was, & she said Yuksuk. I told her I understood.

hahaha...

my wife's cute cousin moved here from Taiwan. she got to choose her name. she went with "amber". when she told me, i just blurted out.."so you went with a stripper name?"

i still get stink eye from everyone now and again.

[recycled sixtie]

My grandfather's last name was Allcock. I did mention before that he engaged in garage sex so he lived up to his name.
Guy.

[berettafan]

Originally Posted by vash

hahaha...

my wife's cute cousin moved here from Taiwan. she got to choose her name. she went with "amber". when she told me, i just blurted out.."so you went with a stripper name?"

i still get stink eye from everyone now and again.

reminded of the scene in 'Ted' where marky mark guesses all the white trash names.

[gacook]

Originally Posted by berettafan

reminded of the scene in 'Ted' where marky mark guesses all the white trash names.

Love that movie, and that scene.