6Foot2 Posted July 19, 2009 Posted July 19, 2009 (edited) These have been reported as being genuine: Source: Office Humour Some parents can be cruel – or down right stupid – when naming their kids. SUE AGE - Born Glasgow, 1849. PETER PIDDLE - Baptized Fowey, Cornwall, 1649. ENEMA BOTTOMLEY WOOD - Died Huddersfield, 1904. SEYMOUR BUST - Born Halstead, Essex, 1841. PLEASANT TITTY - Baptized Margate, Kent, 1768. (She was named after her mom — so the family had a pair of Pleasant Tittys.) SEXEY BUTT - Born Dundry, Somerset, 1803. EFFING DICK - Born Glasgow, 1848. WILLY MUSCLE - Born Holme, Huntingdonshire, 1685. GOLDEN BALLS - Baptized Aylsham, Norfolk, 1813. KENNETH McSHAGGER - Born Scotland, 1841. WILLIE STRETCH - Born Winsford, Cheshire, 1894. NANCY BOYS - Born Brighton, 1842. MAD LOONEY - Died Warwicks, 1894. CONSTANT PAIN - Born Hackney, London, 1901. MINNIE BAR - Baptized Galston, Ayr, 1761. AL DENTE - Born Whitechapel, London, 1900. POSTHUMOUS MINCE - Died Greenwich, Kent, 1839. AGNES ETTA PEPPER - Born Ipswich, 1881. EASTER BUNNY - Born Yorkshire, 1851. KITTY LITTER - Born Marston, Cheshire, 1839. HOLLY BERRY - Born Barnsley, 1880. PEARLY GATES - Married Westminster, 1996. RICK O’SHEA - Married Kennington, London, 1864. SENSITIVE REDHEAD - Born Bridlington, E Yorks, 1873. JIMMY RIDDLE - Born Melrose, Midlothian, 1648 PETE SAKE - Born Cheshire, 1840. PECULIAR BUTTERY - Married Wolverhampton, 1871. ALICE MAY FALL - Born Shoreditch, London, 1894. NICHOLAS STREAKER - Born Durham, 1747. LETTICE SPRAY - Baptized Greasley, Notts, 1633. IRIS TEW - Died Chester, 1985. DICK BRAIN - Born Stoke-on-Trent, 1871. TURD COLLAR - Born Ireland, 1821. TERESA FARTWANGLER - Born Usk, Monmouth, 1828. PHILIP PLONKER - Baptized Shalford, Surrey, 1632. WILLY LEAK - Born Poplar, London, 1886. ANICE BOTTOM - Baptized Dewsbury, W Yorks, 1837. IVA LONGBOTTOM - Born Balby, S Yorks, 1899. TRANNIE PICKUP - Born Portsmouth, 1853. SILLY TROLLOPE - Born Doncaster, 1894. DICK HANDLER - Baptized Earls Colne, Essex, 1585. JOYCE MOODY NUTTER - Died Braintree, Essex, 2001. HUGH SWELLING - Born Ireland, 1811. PHIL GRAVES - Died Rotherham 1879. DEMOSTHENES CUPPA - Married London, 1886. BASIL LEAF - Born York, 1895. LARGE BEE - Born Notts, 1829. LOW FEE - Married Chorlton, Cheshire, 1908. COLLY FLOWER - Father of girl married in Soho, London, 1797. MAUD STALE BUN - Born Sunderland, 1851. LOW FAT - Married Cardiff, 1905. FAY KING - Died Bromley, Kent, 1998. SANDY BEACH - Born East London, 1899. DAILY BONER - Born Hernhill, Kent, 1898. Edited July 19, 2009 by 6Foot2
Michael Posted July 19, 2009 Posted July 19, 2009 Some of those first names are particularly unusual to be honest. I wonder if those names were funny when they were alive, or are us 21st century folk just malicious?
6Foot2 Posted July 19, 2009 Author Posted July 19, 2009 (edited) glad to see most of them are a long while ago! A few are quite/comparativley recent: I have gone back into the original post and changed the font colour for those that might be considered to be 'modern' Edited July 19, 2009 by 6Foot2
witch Posted July 19, 2009 Posted July 19, 2009 It still goes on; on Radio 4 there is a presented called Jo King - makes me laugh every time I hear it!
maniac Posted July 19, 2009 Posted July 19, 2009 I have a friend who no word of a lie has 7 middle names, one of which is McClean. Apparently his dad only wanted one son, so he got all the possible names. Always makes me laugh if he ever has to give his full name for anything. Mike.
LeMarchand Posted July 20, 2009 Posted July 20, 2009 :DI have a friend called Joanne King or Jo King LOL Is she a presenter on Radio 4? I always wonder whether "respected" (amongst those who believe in such things) psychic researcher Edgar Cayce wasn't having a laugh at his followers' expense.
Guest TheLibrarian Posted July 20, 2009 Posted July 20, 2009 When we went to register the birth of our son (now 3), the registrar told us about a couple in the previous week registering their baby girl. I can't remember all of the 10 names, however two of them: Ocean Whatever... The year before that poor child the same couple registered a boy with 10 names all taken from Knight Rider. Their reason? "because you have to have a laugh don't you"
Ric_ Posted July 20, 2009 Posted July 20, 2009 My brother is going oput with a girl who has a kid called Chelsea... God help her if she takes his name! It'll sound like a football match (Chelsea Charlton!!!)
mortstar Posted July 20, 2009 Posted July 20, 2009 One of my P.E. teachers was genuinely called Richard Head... shocking stuff!
Guest TheLibrarian Posted July 20, 2009 Posted July 20, 2009 I bet this guy hates his parents. Nick Tart Estate Agents
6Foot2 Posted July 20, 2009 Author Posted July 20, 2009 Continuing on the odd [anti-social?] names for your little ones I had the unfortunate experience of coming across these forenames for students while working for another LEA: 1: Bedspring 2: Beerbottle There may have been others but upon seeing these I was determined that I should not remember any more. I would not have believed it had I not seen it for myself. Unfortunatley these two have stayed with me all these years.
Crispin Posted July 20, 2009 Posted July 20, 2009 A friend of mine has a name which abbreviates to: Dick Willy Lang. Always a good one after a few at the pub.
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