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Funny names........

nursecutie posted on Jul 27, 2007 | views: 4354 | Tags: names, funny, odd names, weird, odd, I am Dr Kissoff, Naming your kids
Today I had a patient and I really, really thought her name was a mistake!! I picked up her chart and it said that her name was Female Smith (Smith is not the real last name, btw) But her name was FEMALE!!! Did her parents run out of ideas? LOL Could they not think of a name, so the hospital labeled her 'female Smith' and they thought, 'that's cute! let's keep that!' LOL!
 
But apparently it is pronounced Fee-Mall-A. Can you believe that? It made me laugh.........
 
I also had a patient before named Bridget Jones! I could not help but to tell her, hey, I loved your diary! LOL Then she said she got that sort of comment all the time, of course.
 
Another good one was the last name Slutsky. This is a doctor I worked with at another clinic.......a gynecologist!! LOL! Would you feel comfortable to see a gyno named Dr. Slutsky? Maybe that's just my dirty mind? LOL
 
But the best name I have come across is this one. I had a young patient once with the last name Hussein. And when I looked at her medical chart, her father's name was Saddam!!!!! It seriously was! And instantly when she and her mother saw me look at that, they both said to me very fast, he's not THAT Saddam!!!
 
Wouldn't you feel like changing your name???? I know that I would! How horrible to have the name of someone like that.......I would be changing that to Bob Smith very quickly! LOL
 
Does anyone else have any stories of people with funny or weird or famous names like that? I had a friend who dated a guy named Jim Carey too! Only it was not THE Jim Carey, of course.......but stuff like that always makes me laugh.
 
xxoo natalie xxoo


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  • AlisonMarie19 said on Jul 27, 2007....
    I've run across a few.... Of course, I can't remember any of them right now..... But yeah, we have had a few.
     
    We had a guy in tonight with a massive MI who looked just like GW Bush. It was uncanny... :)
     
                   love,
                          ali m.    =(^-^)=
  • minniemouse said on Jul 27, 2007....
    I knew someone named Anita, with the last name of Mann......LOL....Also knew an Evan Evans and Fred Frederick.....Now why the hell would you do that to your kid?  I really stressed over my girls names....I had to check and make sure they couldn't be made fun of or turned into something else!!!  LOL  :-)  Minnie
  • MissMimi said on Jul 27, 2007....
    I went to high school with a girl who had the same first and last name D*** Ann D***.   Like minnie said, why the hell would a parent do that to an innocent little baby?
     
    I've always hated my first name because my mother chose to spell in a way that practically guarantees it will be mispronounced.  Sometimes I correct people, sometimes I don't.
  • mirrorimage said on Jul 27, 2007....
    LOL... I can't even imagine living with some of those names! I haven't personally heard any like those, I guess people in our town are pretty boring! But, I did spend a lot of time choosing the names for my children just to make sure they couldn't be turned around or sound like other words or anything like that. It made choosing names quite difficult!!
  • botoni said on Jul 27, 2007....
    A lawyer I once dealt with had the last name Lien. There is a family I know who had twins....thier last name is HOGG....the first names are Ima and Ura (no shit). A priest here who has had a lot of media is named James Fairy......of course his coverage was because he came out as being gay. Then there is the famous Mrs. Bobbit....what else could she possibly do with a name like that other than chop off a penis.
  • MissJ said on Jul 27, 2007....
    I know a girl named Misty Watters...knew a girl in high school whose name was Marijuana Pepsi .. good lord..why in the world a parent would do that to a child is beyond me.. they should be charged with child abuse..As for Dr. Slutsky LOL...I wouldn't be able to stop laughing during the exam ... Also went to school with a Thomas Thomas..very unimaginative parents.
  • Actorguy said on Jul 27, 2007....
    When I was a little kid I had an operation on my eye and the surgeon"s name was Dr Savage. It really scared me! LOL.
     
    I went to Junior High with a girl named Jane Doe and a guy named Charlie Brown (why the heck wouldn't he use Charles or Chuck!?!)
     
    My wife went to grade school with a girl named Ginger Snap....now that's just cruel.
  • Eilan said on Jul 27, 2007....
    My mom's a medical transcriptionist and she and her co-workers keep lists of the funny/odd/unique/interesting names they encounter.  I can't recall any of them at the moment.

    My husband used to know a (male) law enforcement officer named Lonnie Anderson.

    We have a state senator named John Carey.  You can imagine the correspondence he got when John Kerry ran for president.
  • Zayda said on Jul 27, 2007....
    One of the doctors in the medical group associated with the hospital my father used to be an administrator at (his career after his military career), was a dermatologist.


    His name: Dr. Rash.
  • AlisonMarie19 said on Jul 27, 2007....
    I dated a Charlie Brown in high school. Funny. :)
     
    I really hate it when people spell a semi-normal name all stupid. Why WHY would you do then, when you are practically guaranteeing that it gets mispronounced?! Seriously.
     
    Like Deziray? Seriously people, it's Desiree. Xadon? What kind of a name is that?!  Lakyn? Alyxandria? Tayah?
     
    Sorry.... you shouldn't have gotten me started. :P
     
                    ali  =(^-^)=
  • Eilan said on Jul 27, 2007....
    AlisonMarie19: That reminds me--my mom once transcribed a medical note on a baby named Jaxxon.

    I graduated from high school with two guys who had the same first and last name.  Their middle names were different.  They weren't related.  What's weird is that they both married women with the same first name (and same middle name, but spelled differently).
  • the_infernal_optimist said on Jul 27, 2007....
    I knew a girl named Trivia once.

    Her last name was Riddle. I shit you not.

    ~Infernal
  • CreativeWoman said on Jul 28, 2007....
    There was a Charlie Brown near where I live and I also have run across a couple of guys named Tom Cruise. One of my friends goes to a gynecologist named Dr. Beaver.  (I can't even type that with a straight face.)

    CW
  • CreativeWoman said on Jul 28, 2007....
    Oh, I thought of another one.  My parents bought their house from a real estate agent named Hardin Cox.  (I can't type that one with a straight face either.)

    CW
  • tbs230 said on Jul 28, 2007....
    One of my coworkers' name is David Jones, I am itching to call him Davy, just once. And I had a friend named Courtney, who married a man whose last name was Courtney, so she became Mrs. Courtney Courtney. Some people, I tell ya!


  • Zayda said on Jul 28, 2007....
    I once knew a girl girl named Carole who married a man who's last name was Carroll. So, she was Carole Carroll.


    I have, over the years, taught many a student named Michael Jackson, three of which were females named Michael.


    A friend of mine from college, went to school with a girl named Fonda. Unfortunately, her last name was Head. (Yes, I've seen the yearbook with this girl's name in it. It was really her name and not some joke my friend from college was making up.) Fonda's older brother's name was Phil.
  • rupert7 said on Jul 28, 2007....
    I worked at a hotel and have seen people book in under such names  as these - and this is true! - Christmas, Easter, Snowball, Greenleaf, and Titslinger !!  well,they are a bit more original than Smith I suppose!!  
  • destinydiva said on Jul 28, 2007....
    lol!! :-)
    I work with somebody called steve martin... he gets the jokes all the time...

    I spoke to loads of people on the phone in work with crazy names! I can't think of any but we had some laughs in the office about customer names :-)

    Destiny x
  • silverwhisper said on Jul 28, 2007....
    when i was a teen, i met a gorgeous girl at the beach whose named turned out to be missy mycock. i felt as if i'd fallen into an ian fleming novel!

    ed
  • allswell said on Jul 28, 2007....

    LOL....I can't beleive some of the names here...that's so funny!  But working in a doctor's office you get here alot of strange names, and of course I can't thing of very many right now....but one boys first name was JaMajesty, and once I knew this girl who's name was Heaven Lee Price!

    alls:)  

  • fearing said on Jul 28, 2007....
    I have heard a few.  My oldest son has a not so common name.  He has a friend with a brother named Zeplin. 
    My grandfather, dad and oldest brother have the same first and middle names.  They are VERY unique but I won't put them here.  My parents were determined that the first child they had would be named the same and let's just say I'm glad I was a second child.  It would not have sounded good on a girl. 
    The best I've seen was in the paper.  The person's first and middle name was Sir Mister. 
  • quietone said on Jul 28, 2007....
    LOL fearing ~ that reminds me of Master  Bates!! Poor guy.  Of course he had a first name...but we liked leaving it out...how cruel we were!!
  • polarheart said on Jul 28, 2007....
    In SA there were people in our church with the surname Perfect - so they were Mr & Mrs Perfect (and she really got to marry Mr Perfect - LOL)
     
    We have friends with the surname Bath.  When the lady became pregnant I joked that they should called the baby "Bubble" or give him/her 3 names with the initials S P and A for SPA Bath :-)))
  • one_wired_kitty said on Jul 28, 2007....

    Celebrities don't seem to do well naming their children.

    Bono: Elijah Bob Patricius Guggi Q

    John Mellencamp: Speck Wildhorse

    Rob Morrow: Tu Morrow

    Pen (from magic duo Pen & Teller): Moxie Crimefighter

  • travelr712 said on Jul 28, 2007....
    I am one of those people who has an 'unusual' name. I grew up with people all around me making jokes which, of course, I took personally. Even now, when I meet new people, they have to at some point make a joke of my name, to which I sarchastically say 'I've never heard that one before! We have a nice little laugh, and then they realize that I must have been one of those people who grew up being ridiculed for my unusual name.
    So, why does it feel so irreverant to do that to someone's face when you get older? Perhaps because you realize that everyone has some quirk, some percieved imperfection that makes them feel 'less' than everyone else when it's exposed. A name, however, cannot be hidden, because it is usually the first personal thing that everyone learns about you. Hardly ever does anyone over 30 make a joke of my name, if that tells you anything :-)
     
    btw nurse, I'm not at all offended and I hope no one thinks I am. This was a perfect opportunity for me, one of those 'people with a funny name' to tell all you 'normal named' people what it's like from our side :-)
  • gingersoul said on Jul 28, 2007....

    I know a woman who called her daughter Carli. Her last name is Carlton . So she is Carli Carlton. I mean....use your imagination better, bimbo...and i know she had thought and thought to achieve this superb masterpiece of combination.....

    Once i was working in this office...a lady's name was Latoya Latonshee Sheeton...what the heck.....   

  • princessbitch65 said on Jul 28, 2007....
    I went to grade school with a guy named John Kennedy. He got teased a bit but all in good fun. I remember a girl named E-Dream. I asked her why her mom named her that, and she said she still hasn't gotten an explanation what her name meant. I think some parents who name their kids weird names really don't think about the repercussion the kids get on the school yard.
  • evil_twin said on Jul 28, 2007....
    Travelr, I didn't think your name was unusual at all. Go figure? I've heard of lots of people with that same name (and no, don't worry, I'm not saying what it is).

    Anyway, some of these names are just hilarious! I knew a girl in grade school who was named Bobbie Sox. Personally, that sounds like a porn star to me! I wouldn't want to give my daughter a stupid name like that!

    My mom had two very good friends in high school. One was named Beverly and the other Tommy. But the thing is, Beverly was a guy and Tommy was a girl!! :-P And I once went to a dentist that was named Dr. Kelly Kelly. Why do people do that?

    -evil_twin LA
  • DesertMermaid said on Jul 28, 2007....

    I knew a girl from school called Piano. Dont remember her surname.

    And my own name is so rare that people ask me a few times before it gets registered. The next inevitable question is its meaning! I love my nickname which too is uncommon but is short and sweet. Its named after Christ as I was born on the same day. :)

  • polarheart said on Jul 28, 2007....
    There is a surname that I have seen: "Knotcraig", now imagine introducing yourself as "Hi, I'm Alan Knotcraig". . ."Well, i never thought you were Craig in the first place!". . .Sorry to all you Knotcraigs out there. . .I just thought it a very unusual surname and for people who dont know that is actually a surname it could be quite confusing! LOL
  • evil_twin said on Jul 28, 2007....
    Polar, wouldn't it be great if his name was Craig Knotcraig? Talk about confusing people! :-P

    -evil_twin LA
  • polarheart said on Jul 28, 2007....
    And Twinny, having seen above what people have actually called their kids, it would not surprise me one bit if some Knotcraig parents called their child Craig!! LOL
  • travelr712 said on Jul 28, 2007....
    Kyle - I'm surprised it's a common name where you are. I've never found it to be a common name anywhere in America, mostly due to the nature of the name. Just not something anyone would think of as an actual 'name'. I've been subject to a resurgance of 'funny' comments in the last couple years because someone with my name became popular for a short time, and that name has lived on through our popular culture. Unfortunately for me, this person was revealed recently as being gay! :-)
  • evil_twin said on Jul 28, 2007....
    Polar, I'm sure you're right! Someone out there probably does have that name!

    Travelr, I know exactly who you are referring to! And yeah, maybe he's not the best person to share your name! But he is really popular.... :-P But I have seen the name quite a lot and I can't really think of anything funny to say about it. I'm sure if I tried, I could come up with something, but I think it would be kinda lame!

    -evil_twin LA
  • Actorguy said on Jul 28, 2007....
    travelr:  I'd be willing to make a friendly wager that I took more ribbing about my last name than you did about yours! LOL
  • DesertMermaid said on Jul 28, 2007....

    I forgot to mention that there is an entire movie on this subject. Its called 'The Namesake' by an Indian director.
    The protagonist is named Gogol after the famous Russian author, he suffers ridicule and hates his dad due to this but later learns the secret behind his unusual name. Its a beautiful movie.

  • Dandy_Lion said on Jul 28, 2007....

    In my years working in call centers I've had phone conversations with a Soda, a Demonica and a man with the last name "Shortsleeve." If were female and my parents had named me "Ima Hogg," "Ura Hogg" or "Marijuana Pepsi" I'd eventually change my name and probably disown my parents.

  • mirrorimage said on Jul 28, 2007....

    So I have been thinking about this since my last comment because I was sure I had to know someone with an odd name.... and there is a rather large family in town with a last name of Coxhead.... most have normal first names but the grandpa's first name is Harold...... Harry Coxhead.... poor guy...

  • rmuxagirl said on Jul 28, 2007....
    I knew a kid named Peter Deter.  Who would name their kid so that his names would rhyme?
  • travelr712 said on Jul 28, 2007....
    kyle - really, don't put yourself out just on my account :-P LOL
     
    actor - that's ok, i don't mind you having that title :-)
  • botoni said on Jul 28, 2007....
    Now that I think about it a very well know singer has the same name as my dad.
  • MrSlacks said on Jul 28, 2007....
       I once met a man from Nantucket.  He swore he was from Dallas, but I knew better...
  • travelr712 said on Jul 28, 2007....
    mrslacks - did he ride into town on a bucket? :-P
  • MrSlacks said on Jul 28, 2007....
    travelr - he was actually on the back of a large midget named Stefan.
  • EleanorR said on Jul 28, 2007....
    My mum works with a Doctor with the last name of Doktor.
    So her name is Doctor Doktor!
  • nursecutie said on Jul 28, 2007....

    Oh my goodness, this post was busy! LOL I have been gone at work all day, and now I am overwhelmed! Thank you all for posting your funny names because I am laughing so hard!

    I can't believe the awful names people would curse their children with.......I plan to be much kinder when it's my turn to name a baby!!

    Thank you all again for responding to this! It was fun to read!

    xxoo natalie xxoo

  • wombat said on Jul 28, 2007....

    Can you stand one more?  Someone told me that his son was in the Navy with a guy named "Ulicke"  Not bad by itself, but add the nautical tital of "Seaman."  What do you get?     I got a charge out of that one!  (and I bet he had a difficult time of it!)

  • travelr712 said on Jul 28, 2007....
    mrslacks - isn't 'large midget' a contradiction of terms?
  • nursecutie said on Jul 28, 2007....

    wombat, that is a horrible name!! LOL! I had a teacher in jr. high named Mr. Seaman.........but I did not know why it was funny and everyone laughed about it until someone told me! That was embarrassing.....I was a very naieve girl......LOL

    xxoo natalie xxoo

  • travelr712 said on Jul 28, 2007....
    That's why you're such a sweet woman, natalie :-)
  • nursecutie said on Jul 28, 2007....

    Aw! Why thank you, travelr :) That was very nice of you to say!

    xxoo natalie xxoo

  • wombat said on Jul 28, 2007....
    By the way, one of my last supervisors was a "Mr. Swallows."  I don't remember his first name, and it doesn't matter.  Try saying "Mr. Swallows" with a straight face under any circumstances....We could only laugh in tight groups of two or three.... 
  • evil_twin said on Jul 28, 2007....
    This is cracking me up! Did Mr. Swallows have a friend named Mr. Spitz? Cause that'd be hilarious!

    -evil_twin LA
  • travelr712 said on Jul 28, 2007....
    That's too funny kyle! LOL
  • nursecutie said on Jul 28, 2007....

    wombat, that is so funny! And Kyle, Mr. Spitz?? LOL! This post is so fun.......

    xxoo natalie xxoo

  • wombat said on Jul 28, 2007....
    NO, but wouldn't that make a nice lawyer team?  "Spitz and Swallows. We won't quit, unless you do..."
  • evil_twin said on Jul 28, 2007....
    That would make an excellent law firm! That's hilarious!

    -evil_twin LA
  • nursecutie said on Jul 28, 2007....

    You guys are so funny! I know someone with the last name Head.......he could join the law firm! Spitz, Swallows and Head. LOL!

    xxoo natalie xxoo

  • travelr712 said on Jul 28, 2007....
    well, it would be, if they had a partner named Gives. Gives, head, spitz and swallows. :-P
  • tizzygirl said on Jul 30, 2007....
    we once had a client named Donald Duck.  Not kidding you, his first name was Donald and his last name was Duck.  I never mentioned the humor in it because I for one have an odd name also and I know the same old comments can get boring, but I did have a giggle every time I worked on his file!
  • botoni said on Jul 30, 2007....
    Tizzy.....I would have quacked up.
  • tizzygirl said on Jul 30, 2007....
    that's a knee slapper!!  I love cheesy!!
  • botoni said on Jul 30, 2007....
    Tizzy......dont encourage me. I get worse. Sometimes its even blue cheesy......hehehe
  • tizzygirl said on Jul 30, 2007....
    I love some good cheese!! You should blog it...go on now...I'm encouraging you!!!
  • what.could.be.better.than. said on Aug 03, 2007....
    Fyne Love...would have been useful for a career in x-rated movies! lol
  • ~mimi-~ said on Aug 17, 2007....

    I had a girl named Apple in my grade one class.....her best friends name was Cherrie!!!! LOL... (Its actually pronounced "Cherry" too, not "Sherry"!)

    I also had a guy named Harry Botter in my class....boy did he get teased....

    My friend has a hamster named Charlie ..... her last name is Brown......

    OH, and my dad has a customer named Kitty with the last name Chow..

     

  • GrapeKoolaid said on Oct 08, 2007....
    I knew a kid named Jim Shu in highschool.  He was teased quite often.  One of my teacher's name was Anita Miller(Miller is a brewing company).  In college, I knew a Peter Piper(no joke) and a Tom Trumpeter(all the more fitting due to his sexual orientation). 

    Parents can be so cruel...
  • tizzygirl said on Oct 19, 2007....
    Nat you should so delete that user and block them.....they are leaving the message on everyones post and it's annoying!
  • nursecutie said on Oct 19, 2007....
    I took care of it, Tizzy! Thanks :) What was that anyway? LOL
  • Fallyn said on Oct 29, 2007....
    my dad's dentist is Dr. Payne.
    my kids dentist is Dr. Chance.
    and their pediatric dental specialist is Dr. Charles Brown.

    i went to school with TWO different kids named  Justin Case. and know of another one that was a lot younger than me.

    i went to school with Robert Frost.

    My ex kept track of people that came into the store he was working at.
    he had customers named Jim Beam, Jack Danielson, and Samuel Adams. oh....*laughing* and one of his customers was Pete Coors......but not sure if it counts....cause it was THAT Pete Coors. the original.
  • Zayda said on Oct 29, 2007....
    At one of the schools I used to teach at a professor in the Engineering had the last name of Kissoff. So, it was really interesting to see my students in my tech writing classes writing to Dr. Kissoff or referring to Dr. Kissoff.
  • silverwhisper said on Oct 29, 2007....
    that name must've been hell in junior high & high school!

    ed
  • Fallyn said on Oct 29, 2007....
    no kidding!
  • GrapeKoolaid said on Oct 30, 2007....
    The former vice-president of the International Olympic Committee is named Dick Pound.  When I heard that on the radio, I thought of this post.  :)
  • Fallyn said on Oct 30, 2007....
    his parents mustve been wrong in the head
  • one_wired_kitty said on Nov 02, 2007....

    On my mom's side - we have the last name Eisnaugle. How'd ya like that one?

  • DrKissoff said on Jan 18, 2008....
    Hey No joke on the Dr. Kissoff! I'm that person! It was hell in Junior & Senior high, but it's more fun now! No one ever forgets your name and the students who have never had me before think I'm joking on the frist day of class. Being that I have such a goofy last name (it's Bulgarian by the way) I've kept track of lots of others who have odd names. There is a urologist in town named Dr. Richard Tapper (a fitting name). I had a colleague who dated a Cookie Cutter in high school and I saw an entry in the SF phonebook for someone named Numba Wong (however of course it was listed with their last name first and thus showed up as Wong Numba!)
  • Llewellynne said on Mar 09, 2008....
    I knew a girl named Cherry Hill when I was in high school. Poor thing got made fun of by the guys. Sad part was that she was very beautiful and the guys would say something about being on top of Cherry Hill. Or I have popped Cherry's cherry. It was awful. I thought about what I was going to name my son before I did so and the worst I could come up with was Cryin Ryan. Fortunately, his a pretty tough kid and takes his scrapes with a laugh so that hasn't become a factor. I also knew someone whose parents went overseas to Bologna, Italy and loved it there. Their last name was Butcher. Guess what they named their son......Bologna Butcher. Poor guy. I dated a guy whose name was Moss Waldock. He jokes that his parents were hippies and when they found out his mom was pregnant they were sitting around smoking weed and thought naming him Moss would be cool and then toke again and laugh. He grew up and had to be tough to be able to live down his name. Most people would look at him today and think....I'm not messing with that dude. He looks pretty mean......In all reality he's a big, athletic teddy bear.
  • Llewellynne said on Mar 09, 2008....
    I just remembered....When I was going through basic training in the Army I knew a Drill Sergeant Commander....no kidding. He wasn't one of mine but I found out about him when we had to complete against another Company. And I knew a female who went through West Point who is now Major Payne. Major Sonja Payne. Talk about biting your tongue.....
  • quietone said on Mar 09, 2008....
    my grandsons teachers name is Ms. Mie - pronounced ME  So, when coming back to class they say "did you miss me, Ms. Mie?  Of course the old stand by name, I have a coworker M. Bates.  Of course we call him Master. 
  • quietone said on Mar 10, 2008....
    I just noticed when you actually posted this Natalie!! LOL I guess I am a bit late! hahaha....
  • GrapeKoolaid said on Mar 19, 2008....
    Sara Cox, a British radio personality, named her second child Isaac.  (Source)  Isaac Cox.  :D

    When I saw this, I thought of this post... 

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