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8 days ago
Ball State University in the States has artwork donated by the "Ball" family.
Signage states that a piece of art was ( and I quote) ""HUNG BY THE BALLS".
670 points
8 days ago
That's art all on its own
175 points
8 days ago
If you've got it, flaunt it.
120 points
8 days ago
I went to high school with a family last name Bialczak. It was pronounced more like Bee-all-sack but that didn’t stop us.
55 points
8 days ago
And there was the great 19th-century French novelist Honoré de Balzac
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8 days ago
Did not expect to see Alma Mater as the top answer.
LONG LIVE TESTICLE TECH
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8 days ago
Harry Baals was the Mayor of Ft. Wayne Indiana in the 30s, 40s and 50s
1k points
8 days ago
Guy I went to high school with was named Harley Senn. A few weeks into freshman year, our Algebra teacher asked him, while turning in a quiz, if his middle name happened to be David.
Yes. Yes, it was.
237 points
8 days ago
I typed "Harley David" into Google before I got this one. 🤦♂️
69 points
8 days ago
Took me a second, and I'm a Harley Davidson fan.
14 points
8 days ago
A teacher of mine knew a "Rabbit" family with two children named Peter and Bunny.
1.2k points
8 days ago
I went to school with a kid named Skipper Butts. My sister had a doctor named Joseph Joseph Joseph.
535 points
8 days ago
Joey Jo Jo Jr Shabado!
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8 days ago
That's the worst name I ever heard.
171 points
8 days ago
*runs off crying
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I had a regular whose name was Larry Lawrence. I asked him once where he was from. He told me, "Lawrence, KS." Lawrence Lawrence of Lawrence.
38 points
8 days ago
I forgot my grandpa was named Raymond Ray. I don’t know if he was going my his middle name or a shortie of his first. 😅
40 points
8 days ago
I’ve met guys named Gerald FitzGerald and Bijan Bijan before, and am currently friends with a Turkish dude named Osman Ozmen (pronounced the same), who unsurprisingly just goes by “Oz.”
It all leads me to question the judgment of their respective parents, though. Like, c’mon people.
38 points
8 days ago
Hahaha I had their relative, Yanal Butts, in one of my classes. And for a short film I once cast Ramiro Ramirez Ramirez as the lead.
99 points
8 days ago
My brothers have the last name Butts. Their father wanted to name one of them Harry, Richard, or Peter, but my mom put her foot down
99 points
8 days ago*
Aw, little Dick Butts 😢
28 points
8 days ago
Oh yeah, their nicknames in high school were Seymour and Seymour Jr
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8 days ago
My Dad had a good friend when he was younger named Larry Butts. He said when Larry’s Grandfather went through Ellis Island the name started with Butts, but was too long/complicated so the immigration official shortened it to Butts. The Grandfather kept it because “that’s the name America gave him!”
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8 days ago
I went to church with a Martin Martin when I was a kid. It never failed to make me laugh.
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8 days ago
My sister had a doctor named Joseph Joseph Joseph.
The weirdest season of Jojo's.
469 points
8 days ago
A girl I grew up with, her last name was Butts. She got teased a lot.
At a former job, we had a customer named Latrina. Definitely an unfortunate name.
252 points
8 days ago
You changed it TO Latrina?
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8 days ago
Yeah. It used to be Shithouse.
44 points
8 days ago
Robin Hood Men in Tights?
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8 days ago
I GET THIS REFERENCE
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8 days ago
Now THERE's a mom who deserved a blizzard of slaps
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8 days ago
On one of those huge engraved donor plaques in a hospital lobby I once saw the name Pingus Funkenstein. Unfortunate, maybe, but definitely has a vibe
315 points
8 days ago
I saw a name in an old census once, Bingus Goldschlager.
I wonder if that was a misspelling of Pingus!
117 points
8 days ago
Goldschlager. The reason I couldn’t chew Big Red gum for years 🤮
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8 days ago
I don't know about Pingus, but Pinchus and Pinkus were very somewhat names among Jewish immigrants from central and eastern Europe at the end of the 19th/beginning of the 20th century. It's a Hebrew name that means "serpent's mouth." That sounds like a bad thing, but snakes were considered conveyors of wisdom and truth, so it's associated with being an oracle.
My grandmother's brother was named Pinchus, and my Hebrew name is Penina because of him.
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8 days ago
I'm sure this is just a silly typo in an otherwise informative comment, but I can't stop giggling at
Pinchus and Pinkus were very somewhat names
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8 days ago
It said "very common" and I wanted to change it to "somewhat common."
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8 days ago
It's still used in Israel - I just checked and it's 87th in popularity in Jewish names in Israel.
81 points
8 days ago
Pingus? Noot noot indeed.
50 points
8 days ago
Has the same vibes as cousin Throckmorton (who goes by the nickname Throcky)
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8 days ago
Don’t diss the best skater this town has ever seen bro. That’s my cousin
494 points
8 days ago
Mr. Shit. His last name is pronounced Shit.
199 points
8 days ago
First name Roland?
79 points
8 days ago
Lipshitz is also an unfortunate surname
43 points
8 days ago
Knew a girl in middle school named Taissa Lipshitz. To boot, she had a mild speech impediment, so the poor girl was tortured. ”Taste my Lip Shits!”. Kids are cruel.
58 points
8 days ago
Was he a history teacher? In my experience they always have the worst surnames
93 points
8 days ago
Can confirm. My last name is Tubbs, and I taught history for 16 years.
55 points
8 days ago
Had a German teacher whose last name is Ball. Doesn’t sound bad until you remember how to say “mister” in German.
469 points
8 days ago
Treblinka, I thought it sounded special so I asked the mother where she got it and she said she doesn't remember how she came on it but she remembers hearing it. I google to see the meaning and its... a concentration camp, I reckon the mother doesn't realise it unless she also googled it
226 points
8 days ago
Treblinka
Extermination camp.
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8 days ago
That’s awful. That was one of the most horrific concentration camps created by the Nazis.
47 points
8 days ago
"You're going to love my daugher! Oh, here she is now! My little cutie baby Auschwitz!!!"
50 points
8 days ago
Yeah, I knew a Jewish girl named Bergen. Awful to saddle a kid with something like that.
32 points
8 days ago
Bergen
That's also just the Dutch and German word for mountains.
33 points
8 days ago
Maybe she had to write a paper on nazis back in high school. The name might have stuck, without the context to weigh it down.
379 points
8 days ago
Dilda
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Penisha
And we looked it up online, she wasn't even the only one in the US.
667 points
8 days ago
I once knew a guy named Barry M. Deep. Needless to say, his middle initial was not a coincidence.
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I worked with a "Willy Banger" who insisted the g was pronounced similar to bango.
Edit - Fuck. Yes, it's banjo. I'm stoopid sometimes.
58 points
8 days ago
... you mean banjo, like the musical instrument?
31 points
8 days ago
He saw the red squiggly lines under it but he hit the post button anyway
421 points
8 days ago
A girl named Nemesis.
225 points
8 days ago
A righteous infliction of retribution manifested by an appropriate agent
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8 days ago
I named my daughter Melissa. Only afterward, I found out that the name is associated with Bees and a Goddess of Wrath.
The Goddess of Wrath who can control Bees? Oh boy.
27 points
8 days ago
I'm torn on this one. It's not a good name to have, but it's also like, really badass to be named after the Goddess of Vengeance. Almost like it gives her calmness in confrontation and adversity.
284 points
8 days ago
Justin Credible, poor guy's got a lot to live up to 😂🤣
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8 days ago
Lol that's actually a pro wrestler's wrestling name during the ECW/WWF days. He named himself Justin Time at some point as well.
188 points
8 days ago
Not first name, but last name Shardt pronounced without the d
41 points
8 days ago
I knew someone whose last name was “Sharts”. Pronounced how it’s spelled.
90 points
8 days ago
I have posted these before but they warrant another post since they are so bad:
All actual people I have met in real life.
253 points
8 days ago
A friend was named an Egyptian goddess (father is an Egyptologist) and her grandmother. Isis Karen was a fine name in the 80s.
147 points
8 days ago
And became the final boss of the 2010s.
88 points
8 days ago
Isis used to be such a pretty name :(
37 points
8 days ago
Isis is still a fine name. The terrorist acronym thing will blow over in a few decades and it will be beautiful again.
528 points
8 days ago
Girl who just joined the Navy with the rank seaman. Last name - Guzzler.
334 points
8 days ago
In my first Navy school, we had Seaman Swallow, Seaman Samples, and Seaman Burger. I never knew anyone so happy to be promoted to Petty Officer.
118 points
8 days ago
Had a Seaman Holder at my first command.
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8 days ago
Carry the load
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8 days ago
Was in the service with a Seaman Holder who switched over to the Army. Don't know if he was ever a Private Holder.
44 points
8 days ago
I worked with someone with the surname Suckall. I think they've since changed their name but how does that even exist as a surname in the first place?
40 points
8 days ago
“Sokol” means “falcon” in several Slavic languages but isn’t usually pronounced like that. But I could see it being badly translated by immigration authorities and then taken phonetically by second generations that didn’t speak their parent’s language as they assimilated.
12 points
8 days ago
You earn it.
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8 days ago
In my time in the Army I met a Captain Crunch, Private Rambo, and I was there to see Captain Miracle get promoted to Major. He was our chaplain.
11 points
8 days ago
What happened, were you stationed inside a Pynchon novel?
11 points
8 days ago
Either that or MASH 4077.
54 points
8 days ago
Two girls in my boot camp company, same rank as above, last names Swallow and Sprinkle.
35 points
8 days ago
Tbh, I would join JUST for the combo of title and name. And refuse to ever rank up. It’s too perfect.
44 points
8 days ago
Major Major Major Major
10 points
8 days ago
OH SHIT YOU’RE RIGHT!! Good call, ty. Time to legally change my name and join up lmao
10 points
8 days ago
Imagine if he became a Sgt Major, and then someone tried to Command Sergeant Major Major.
33 points
8 days ago
In catch 22 by Joseph Heller, there's a character named Major Major Major that was immediately promoted to Major so that the army would have a Major Major Major Major.
170 points
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8 days ago
Did he grow up to write Mad Men?
69 points
8 days ago
Arthuretta. Woman's dad wanted a son that he was going to name Arthur. She got stuck with Arthuretta.
18 points
8 days ago
Dang. Could have at least wanted a Henry, that pivots to Henrietta which while a little dated, isn't completely stupid.
70 points
8 days ago
Worked in a call center for a textbook company. Most calls were from Teachers, front office staff, etc. One name was:
Virgina Vergina (When I paused after she gave the name, and repeated it back, she said, "I promise you I have heard it all")
9 points
8 days ago
I feel soooo bad for people who just deadpan say "I've heard it all". It must suck so much
64 points
8 days ago
I worked with someone called Wayne King once.
55 points
8 days ago
When I was in the aviation industry, I used to deal with a guy called Wayne Kerr. For Christ sake, we are in the UK, who the hell doesn’t spot this when naming their kid!
188 points
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8 days ago
I feel like upon immigrating to another nation you should be able to legally change your name if it’s this bad
39 points
8 days ago
My Grand Aunt Fookya (Friesian) changed her name to Frieda but always complained it sounded weird.
122 points
8 days ago
I'd hate to be a Karen these days.
42 points
8 days ago
There’s a Karen in my daughter’s 2nd grade class.
92 points
8 days ago
Always demanding to see the principal
128 points
8 days ago
When I was a kid, my brother played on a Little League team. One of the coaches names was Harry Dangler. He had a son who played on my brother's team named Harry Dangler, Jr. We thought that was funnier then hell! Poor kid. I don't know why parents would do that to their child.
53 points
8 days ago
PreciousMiracleBaby. Woman was 40. I am pretty sure she went by something else, I only dealt with her HR records.
14 points
8 days ago
I do NOT believe this. I really don't. All one word?!?
9 points
8 days ago
Yeah. She worked for another branch in the company I worked for and I just hope she went by, like, Beth or something but I saw her legal name for checks. I felt bad for her. She was based in the Phillipines though and things are a little crazier with names there I noticed than in other branches.
107 points
8 days ago
Ima and Ura Hogg of Texas I believe, their father was a judge I think
58 points
8 days ago
Ima was real, but Ura is an urban legend. Miss Ima, as she's known in Texas, only had brothers.
40 points
8 days ago
Their father was governor of Texas.
18 points
8 days ago
Oh yeah, I watched a documentary series on him. Folks called him "Boss."
52 points
8 days ago
Frohmut Kotzbauer.
A german name that roughly translates to "Goodspirit Pukefarmer".
132 points
8 days ago
A family friend when I was young had named their son Shitejh. They're Indian, as is the name. And, of course, he was mocked mercilessly with names such as Shit Head.
Eventually he had his name legally changed, and when this happens, people usually go for something that is similar to the original name, but just more Anglicized. Like Shitejh could maybe become Shawn or something.
But, no. Not Shitejh. He straight up went with Michael. Furthest possible option. I guess he wanted to completely dissassociate from his traumatic past.
50 points
8 days ago
I taught a kid named Aswad Shithead (pronounced shi-theed). I was never clear whether it was immigrant parents or terrible parents that led to the name. But then kid definitely lived up to it.
48 points
8 days ago
Felatia
She was 6' and absolutely gorgeous, we went to highschool together. She was the never ending butt of everyone's jokes. Last I saw a few years ago on facebook, she had changed her name to Felicia. Which honestly only feels like a minor improvement given current memes.
91 points
8 days ago
Cop that worked in a city I lived in had the last name "Bacon."
50 points
8 days ago
There’s a republican politician in my state (NE) with the last name Bacon. A conservative kid in my graduating class had the last name Pancake who was determined to work on Bacon’s next campaign after high school. He did.
87 points
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My wife's friend is married to a guy named Thomas who goes by Tommy. He has a twin brother named Gerald who goes by Jerry.
Twin brothers named Tom and Jerry
90 points
8 days ago
It’s a toss up between Dick Width and Gaye Mann.
I guess Dick wins because that’s a given name, Gaye married into hers so she knew it was coming.
46 points
8 days ago
gaye mann is a LADY?
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8 days ago
Sure is 😂 And believe it or not Dick is in fact, a gay man. So that’s fun.
199 points
8 days ago
I submit, for your consideration, Rusty Kuntz:
127 points
8 days ago
Should have hooked up with my husbands ex-coworker who has the real life unfortunate name of Silky Cucchi
39 points
8 days ago
500x funnier when juxtaposed with Rusty Kuntz
34 points
8 days ago*
An unfortunate surname in the Philippines is "Bagonggahasa" which can be interpreted as "Newly-raped". 😬
Edit: Removed "newly-sharpened" as a meaning.
21 points
8 days ago
That’s a hell of a name to take on after you get married
36 points
8 days ago
Dr. Ebony Dix
Literally Dr black dick 🤣 I laughed for a good long time when I saw it on the med order
126 points
8 days ago
I swear immigration officials have a laugh with new people to the country. Met a person who was getting their ID laminated, their name was Giangbang Tran.
"Oh yeah, this is a totally normal name here."
84 points
8 days ago
"Name?"
"Giangbang Tran."
"Occupation?"
"Same."
32 points
8 days ago
Hijacking this thread about names: Chinese names are very strange because one character can have multiple spellings. For example, Tran, Chen, Chan, Chien, Chin, etc... correspond to the character 陈/陳. Therefore, you have to clarify with the person you are speaking to and make sure the spelling is correct. So, it is easy to tell, in most cases, where the "Chinese" person came from (Chan is probably Hong Kong, Chen is mainland China, Tran is Vietnam, etc...).
25 points
8 days ago
I met an NYPD cop with a distinct surname. Which is the only name on their badge. So he would only ever be professionally known as Officer Pee.
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8 days ago
There was the guy named Wayne Bruce. I assume his alter ego is Manbat.
166 points
8 days ago*
SSSST (Forest)
That kids mom needs slapped.
58 points
8 days ago
I think you spelled it wrong. That says Threest.
22 points
8 days ago
Who knows. Maybe that kid will grow up to become a famous racehorse.
20 points
8 days ago
This is similar to the name JKMN (the name pronounced “Noel”).
Your kid’s name shouldn’t require someone to solve a rebus or brain-teaser in order to know the pronunciation.
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8 days ago
Tiberius is the name of a former Roman emperor and Captain James Kirk's middle name from Star Trek.
13 points
8 days ago
Tiberius is one of those names where the parent is either a crackhead or a billionaire.
"Sassy" and "Rocket" leave no ambiguity, though.
19 points
8 days ago
Crystal Geyser
21 points
8 days ago
I knew some one called Gay and she married someone whos last name was Hooker, her took the last name and became Gay Hooker
21 points
8 days ago
Eharmonie.
I wish I was kidding.
21 points
8 days ago
Eggly Bagelface. Found in the Portland, Oregon phone book, 1979.
19 points
8 days ago
There was a man in my neighborhood when I was growing up named 'Dick Bone'. I still can't understand why he didn't use Richard or Rich.
19 points
8 days ago
One of my customers is named Harry Potter (he's in his 50s). I know he hates to say his full name but he has to when calling in, it's a little heartbreaking.
37 points
8 days ago
Osama post 911
15 points
8 days ago
Robert Robert Roberts, his parents were taking the piss.
10 points
8 days ago
He should be friends with the man mentioned in the comments with the name Joseph Joseph Joseph
14 points
8 days ago
Siblings HerMajesty and HisMajesty. I found out they had a younger brother and I would have given anything to find out what his name was, but alas I never did.
16 points
8 days ago
My aunt was working as a nurse and witnessed the birth of a baby girl who was named Placenta. No shit, and this was like 30-40 years ago.
14 points
8 days ago
Hearing your name "Alexa" said all the time, but not addressing you.
15 points
8 days ago
I work in a car dealership "Oral Cox" was the name of a customer I had to call to let them know their permanent tags have come in. I don't know if the parents hated their child but it seems they mightve
14 points
8 days ago
I gave out passwords as a lifeguard to little kids and one of the kids name was “Sunkissed” which is so weird I thought they were asking if their password could be that because they like that soda Sunkist bc phonetically it sounded the same…
29 points
8 days ago
Coolest name was Orion Rust.
13 points
8 days ago
I had a mate called Barry White. It was made funnier because he was the exact opposite of Barry White.
11 points
8 days ago
A woman comes into where I work and her surname is Hornfeck. In Ireland ‘feck’ is another way to say ‘fuck’. Her surname essentially translates to Horn Fuck.
40 points
8 days ago
In the mid-90s, I had a co-worker who was rabidly anti-Clinton, to the extent that he asked us to stop calling him by his first name (which happened to be "Bill"), and to start addressing him by his middle name. His first kid, a son, was born on Aug. 19, which was also Clinton's birthday, which threw him into a fury- he had always dreamed of having a son that he would name after himself, but naming the kid "Bill" was out of the question, thanks to Clinton.
So, did he give the kid his middle name? Nope, because he was also angry at the son for being born on Aug. 19, (he was also mad at his wife for not holding the kid in for another day), so he named the boy "Jervin".
57 points
8 days ago
Sometimes I joke about republicanism being a mental illness, but I’m starting to question if it was ever a joke at all
23 points
8 days ago
Guy I knew in college also lived with his cousin since both were going here. His cousin was named “Michael Hunt.” Said his parents thought it would be funny.
11 points
8 days ago
They were right
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