h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Hello there,
I want a list of funny/silly names. So, if everyone could please post all the funny/silly names they know of, I would appreciate it.
It's always good to have such a list.

Cheers.

Hello again SlushPuppie

You could just have a look at the 'who's online' list

My old teachers had some fairly names; Mrs. Botright was my favourite

Thanks.
I'll do that.

hey
hows about:
mustaphashit

Heaps! My sister had a teacher called Miss Kitchen, who was getting married and came back from her honeymoon still Miss Kitchen, she didn't want to use her married name - (very unusual in the 1960s) because she was Mrs van der Pump.
My aunt married a man called Chitty, and wouldn't admit it - she bullied him into being Mr Peabody for the rest of his life.
My favourite is Professor Beaglehole. He wrote textbooks.
There are some others which I will add later.

I´m from Germany and we have a Dr. Holzauge (engl.: Doc Woodeye)
It´s a Dentist+=

If I marry my current 'Beau' I shall become Mrs Rotton

Mel

I once had a chem teacher called Mr Slimcock.

Sorry to lower the tone, but there you are. See, it could be worse!

Then again, I also knew someone called

Giles Fogwill

Presumably his mother bears a grudge?

Tee hee!
I've come across people called Glascock and Woodcock.

My sister was a teacher named Miss Kitchens, and when she returned from her honeymoon she spent another two terms as Miss Kitchens before she began using her married name. (Howzat for coincidence?)

Years ago I knew someone whose surname was Dickburn.
I work with a Fanny and a Hussie.

My mother worked with a Pratt and a Burke .

In our village:

The Chimney Sweep is Mr Christmas
The Plumber is Leslie Burst
The Electrician is Mr Bright
The jobbing gardener is John Greengrass.
The aodd job/handyman is Joe Breakwell

I don't believe you. That is, unless you're secretly a character from a children's book brought to life.

Two years above me in school was a guy called Danny Grewcock.
The father of a guy in my year was called Jamshed Irani.
A distant relative (we meet at family gatherings now and then) is married to a lady from Madagascar. Their children are called Marc-Olivier and Demi-Florent.
I'm pretty sure it's a stage name, but I once saw an actor in a film named James Foxxx.
There are some good foreign names. Try just browsing through the results lists of http://www.cyclingnews.com/ for some good ideas.

Hi

Ive got a few names m'self
like:

Jorgan
cicellea
patricane
connal

but realy I m'self think their stupid.

Years ago I knew a girl named Candy Cane (seriously) whose sister's name was Sugar. I've always wondered what it was their parents were on.

And a few years back there was a student in a friend's class named Crystal Ball.

I used to work with a man named Michael Hunt, who went by Michael for obvious reasons (unless you don't speak English as a first language)

I can't beleive parents don't stop to think about these things, they probably spent ages choosing the name Michael without giving a second thought as to whether it went with his surname.

Mel

Surely one of the silliest (and unfortunate) names is that of the footballer Mr. Dickov. If that isn't bad enough, his parents though PAUL would be sufficient for a forename.

Paul Dickov!

Surely?

there's a couple of buildings on campus, named after people, called 'h.r. bum bright' and 'melbern glasscock' buildings.