Amusing surnames lighthearted post

I went to school with a girl called Sonia Wiley ( honestly), and as an adult working in primary school met a cute little one called Byron Whipple.

Oops! That first name should have read Sonia Willey ?

I went to school with a ‘Roland Coffee’ and a Crystal Ball....

I went to school with a N.De'ath

he wasn't much of a fun person either.

Oh didn't notice that is the third De'ath in the thread.

I wonder if they are related to each other.

When I worked at a building society forty years ago, we had an account in the name of Fanny Peasgood. True! And a local solicitors' firm is called Wright Hassall.

For a time in my early working years I worked for a Council payroll department. One of our workers had the name John Thomas Cock!

We met a lovely couple who were called Mycock
I think their son was in the process of changing his name.

My childhood dentist was Mr.Smylie and my husband worked with a Phil Brain aka P.Brain!

There was a girl in the sixth form when I was in the fourth whose surname was spelled Rowbottom - she insisted it be pronounced Rowbotham.

Even if Smellie was pronounced as Smiley, there were those who stuck to Smellie. Naughty children used to ring up, ask, "Are you Smellie?" and when the person replied, "Yes" say, "Then why don't you take a bath?"

I forgot, we had a vet who was Mr. Lyon.

There was a teacher at my school called Mr shippabottom (not sure if I have spelled that properly but that's how it was pronounced). You can imagine what the kids used to call him behind his back.

As a telephonist at an engineering firm, a valued client was called "Bassidrush". I always wanted to call him Mr Basil Brush and had to be very careful when announcing him to managers taking his call.

I also worked with a young woman, married to a Mr Pepper, who insisted that she intended to call the little boy she was expecting "Zoltan". I'm not sure if she carried out that intention, as she did not return to work after maternity leave. I sincerely hope she was joking!

My sister went to school with a Candy Kane!

I had a gym teacher who was Mrs Beard! Unfortunately, she had a fairly prominent moustache.

One of my first boyfriends was called Stanley Livingstone.

I knew a very nice lady doctor called Dr Beaglehole.
I don't feel comfortable sharing names if past patients but there were some crackers!

I used to know a lady called Penny Penny. She very quickly changed her Christian name back to Penelope when she married William Penny!

My husband interviewed & gave a job to Hugh Wally
Our local vet , considering his high fees,Mr Dunwell
Local school Rood End

Nutter is a famous name in Bradford Bradfordlass isn't it, Mr nutter left money for a home for orphan boys they want to knock it down, there is still a charity that helps families who are down on their luck. Another local family is the Pratts, but I don't think anyone knew of silly prats in those days. My children giggled at the shop Brown Muffs but back in the day a muff was just something ladies used in winter. I met an elderly scot years ago called James riddle and yes people called him Jimmy. One of my male family had to go to a urologist Mr waterfall which is a lovely name anpd very apt.
On one twig of our family tree we have a Priestley Bacon, which makes me think of what the vicar has for brekkie. It's not uncommon in Yorkshire to give the mothers maiden name as a middle or first name. Not on our tree, but a forename I found while searching for forebears _ Herod. We think of the victorians as religious but they obviously weren't listening to the readings to find out what the herods did, just thought it was a nice name. SeeAlways thought it would be a bummer of a name if he'd been an orphanage worker

I worked in a Paediatric department and typed letters for Robin and River Banks and Isaac Hunt. Not sure what their parents were thinking of calling them those names.

There was a teacher at my Primary School called Mr Shufflebotham.

Mr Gummer had ( may still have) a dental practice on the South side of Glasgow.
I worked with a girl called Maris Piper.

One of our local doctors goes by the name of Dr. Kneebone.
When working in a chemists, I often dispensed prescriptions for Euphemia Crick, Mrs. Tinkler and Mr. Gasser.

I went to school with a Christopher Squelch. Our nickname for him was Squirtless.