Wholigan

Yesterday at work, we had a whole bunch of ATC cadets to fly and I had made a list of who was flying with whom. I walked into where the ATC cadets were sitting and said "Alicia XXX - is she here?). A hugely blushing young lad put his hand up!! How could his parents inflict such an existence on the poor chap?? "A Boy Named Sue" springs to mind. However, what I want to know is, do any of you have a name that you could kill your parents for inflicting on you??? I'm not sure why I hate it, but I hate my middle name "Edward"!

Jet Dragon

my middle name "Quentin"

ahem - I mean I have a "friend" who has the middle name "Quentin"

Orca strait

How about Robert Loblaw - better known as Bob Loblaw (say that to your local Constable and you'll spend the next 15 minutes trying to convince him that you haven't been drinking)...

Paterbrat

Had a friend who was a para Sgt called Johny Balls. Called his son Claude which I felt was a little below the belt.

djk

I'm quite happy with my name, although I think I would have disowned my parents if they had gone along with one of their initial choices which was "Dudley"

newswatcher

I have heard that Austin Healey has no problems with his!

There was a William Hugh Organ - a Rear Admiral in the US Navy, died 1992.

Gainesy

Not sure if its true or apochryphal;
Bill Lear named his daughter Shanda.

Flypuppy

I had a colleague who was called Robert Bell, he named his first son Terry. He didn't realise his mistake until after the christening.

The funniest I know of is a chap called Farquhar Quinnell. His first name is often shotened to Farq....

Tartan Gannet

A Mr and Mrs Carte who called their son after a very famous Film Star and Director, Orson.

Scots parents who's surname was Smellie, not that uncommon a name in Jockland. Only trouble was they called their daughter Helen. Now Helen is a very lovely name for a girl but in that combination, "Nellie Smellie" and even worse if as happens in school the surname is put first.

I even read of a woman with the surname Day who had a baby boy. The first two names were ordinary, I cant even remember them so we will say they were George William but she went to town on the third. Perhaps she was a Burl Ives fan as she named this child "George William Zippidydoodah Day". Almost as bad as Zowie Bowie and Moon Unit Zappa.

angels

If your surname is Shakespeare it is a little unkind to call your son William -- he's bound to get the micky taken out of him by everyone at school.
But that's what one set of parents in Croydon did.
The son became a funeral director and I always wander if he did it on the 'he who laughs last, laughs loudest' principle.

spanner-do

The Jardons

They had the sense! to name their son Hugh

newswatcher

.....there used to be a guy called Valentine Card, who lived in Essex.

WX Man

There are only a few names worse than "Nigel".

PS: When I was in the CCF, we went on camp and there was a kid from the local ATC squadron whose name was Mustafa Shaksun.

Windy Militant

When Myself and the ex were going through the house buying thing one of the estate agents we met had a rather apt name.

Mr Kerr first name Wayne.

Unfortunately I threw out his business card in the ensuing attempt to remove all traces of the ex from my life.

takenthe5thamendment

I used to work with a guy called...................


Miles Grucock

sprocket

I recall a news report a few months ago, about someone high up in the US government or civil service by the name of ..... Randy Bumgardner!
Also knew someone called Douglas Douglas.

redsnail

We had a uni student who was called Claudia. Her married name was Dick...
This is fair dinkum.

Bally Heck

I blame the vicar. Due to a close call at the christening font, my middle name is "Ohjesuschristalmostdroppedthelittleb@stard".

wub

The founder of the Scottish-based Morris furniture group was Harris Morris and one of his relatives was called Horace Morris

newswatcher

The Chief Minister of Delhi is/was Mrs Sheila Dikshit.