I had an in-law whose name (I swear), before she passed on, was Ruby Ivory Pearl Deadman. Needless to say her given names were not initialed on her grave stone.

I also know a Michael Hunt, which is okay so long as people don't call him Mike.

I know a guy named Doug Eater whose father's name is Richard. Inexplicably, Richard goes by "Dick."

My pet peeve is people named like "Mark Markson". I shun their parents for having the unimaginative "West" Virginia virus.

There used to be, so my parents claim, a dental practice in western Pennsylvania owned by the partners Dr. Payne and Dr. Toothman.

Also, and this actually made Leno when it happened, there was a marriage in my town between a middle school music teacher, Miss Butts, and a sports writer for the local rag, Mr. White (both quite lovely people, by the way): inevitable headline: "White-Butts Wed." Incidentally, the erstwhile Miss Butts evidently had a sister named Sandy.

I have a cousin named Harry Bitsch. I find it rather amusing although, apparently, it's doesn't mean anything funny in German. (Like the classic line from Pulp Fiction: "I'm American, honey. Our names don't mean shit.")

I once interviewed a candidate for a job. He was from China, was absolutely brilliant, incredibly qualified, but I couldn't hire him because his English was horrible and the job was in phone support. His name was Gang Bang.

Young Boozer III, an Alabama native, serves on the Stanford Board of Trustees. You'd think after two generations, the family would come up with a less suggestive first name.

I feel deeply for Asian-American girls whose last name is Ho, as well as the poor kids named Dung and Phuc trying to survive elementary school.

Back in my army days, my unit in Okinawa had both Major Major and his brother, Sergeant Major

In the course of my travels I have come in contact with a Judge Hanger, a Judge Robin and a dentist called Doctor Paine.

P.S. The contact with judges was in a support basis - not in a courtroom!

My dentist in Alabama was named Joe Pullen.

My brother had a urologist that performed his vasectomy. Of course, his name was Dr. Blank.

I knew a girl in college named Karen Kill. Her brother, of course, was a doctor.

I think it was from Jonah Goldberg in The Corner that I learned about this unfortunately named fellow.

Yearsago my aunt went on a blind date with a local doctor, introduced as Dr Dick. His Christian name was Everard...friends called him Ev

I used to keep a names file when I was a typesetter, filled with unusual or funny names. The one I can never forget was a name I found in Town & Country: Dinwiddie Lampton Jr.

The scary thing is that the name is being passed on.

One of my late uncles was a dentist; his name was Doctor Pullar.
A few years ago I went to hand specialist: his name was Doctor Gropper (it was pronunced groper).

There's a Vietnamese girl I work with that has the unfortunate name Mai Ho. Worse yet, her full name is Mai Thi Ho.

I was working as an estate agent in Guilford, UK and one of our vendors was asian called Mr Fookeng Ho - I made sure I never had a viewing on that particular house and avoided Mr Ho at all times.

I am now working as an underwriter for a secured loans company and on my first day was shown a print out of the voters role for a particular property and there was a woman showing on it as Fanny Tickler....no word of a lie.

Theres a girl who lived in London called Viginia Caunt and works for a company in Kensington High Street London. She smells too. Her nick name is Vija.

I am not sure of the "Boy Named Sue" syndrome, but I have often wondered about one of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence - the famous Button Gwinnet. Were his parents thinking "cute as a..."? I have heard that it was actually a family name, not a whim, but even so it seems a terrible name to bestow.

And my regards to Golden Fidler (yes, one D), whose name occasionally came across my desk when I was helping with payroll record at a retail store.

P.S., I have long maintained that any building with public access should have a john.

Here's a real urologist named, of course, Dr. Wiener.
http://surgery.mc.duke.edu/urology/wiener.html

I went to elementary school with a Leann Ann Anderson. And of course, anyone who has been in the Navy can tell you about someone they worked with whose last name fit awkwardly with "Seaman". One of the first ships I was on had a young sailor with the unfortunate last name of "Drinker".

One of my correspondents' names is Richard Manhard. But everyone calls him Dick.

Not making it up.

On the other hand, I maintain that he must have been VERY successful with the ladies once he got into college.

At a recent elementary school function, I heard a little girl introduced whose first name was Areola.

We named our daughter Jennifer. As a child, she liked to be known as Jenny, until one day... How could we have been so stupid?

talk about real unfortunate names, I really exist and had to fight my way through life

My daughter joined the Air Force and there was a male Airman with her at basic training who's last name was Queer...and that was the correct spelling too!!

Some friends at college were talking of unfortunate names and came up with a friend from school whos name was Richard Rash.

There is a doctor at the RVI in Newcastle, England called Doctor De'Ath. I think he put the apostrophe in on purpose, so as not to ruin his practice! My mum was a nurse there in the 70s and she told me ages ago that there was a guy called Doctor Doctor and another fella called Doctor Nurse!
There is also a Judge in London called Mr Justice Judge. In order to take this judicial post he had to serve his time as a circuit judge so he was called His Honour Judge Judge for a time.
My favourite though is the 1930s Mercedes F1 driver who was called Dick Seaman!!

We know of a girl named Iona Whore, and our local plumber is called Richard Head, and he is known as Dick. THere is also a man called Hugh Jarse who is a client of my dads. In my drama clss there is a gal called Ilona, but sounds like a loner, no jokes!

This poor woman's name is Chew Shit Fun.

I took a class in college with a gal with the last name Dichlich (yes, it's pronounced how you're thinking).

I went to school with a young man named Peter Schmuck. An unfortunate name, but a nice guy.

I also used to know a woman named Jennifer Jerkovski. She is a lovely person with a terrible name.

I've heard of a guy named Harry Zhaft and I have a great uncle who was named Harry Pennes. I also have heard of a lady with the sad initials I.M.Boner

I tripped over this woman on the internet, Captain Debra Wimpy, head of a county sheriff's department.

I have an aunt living in the Orkney Islands called Violet Twatt. That name is common in that part of Scotland. There is a village called Twatt which is quite a tourist attraction. There are 2 regions to the village, lower Twatt and Upper Twatt. (If you think this is made up...check the map!)

I went to High School with a girl named Anita Dick.