What's the oddest name you've found?

[healyjfch]

Thunder as a surname

[Foehn]

Some interesting discussion about it here http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-80871.html

[Simon G.]

I found an Octavius Flick in an old document, sounded like a Dickens character to me 

Sounds like it's the father of Herr Flick in 'Allo 'Allo! to me. 

[slyvia]

My fathers twin brother was called Grismond I have not seen this name before

[Nettie]

Researching for a friend and came across a 3xgreat aunt by the name of Fanny Pain ... I found this very funny. When I was telling said friend and her mother, the mother recalled a 2x cousin named Richard who was very tall (he was about 6'5 and about 2" taller than his wife). Richard was known all his life as Long Dick.

So, there you have Fanny Pain and Long Dick in the same branches of the tree... make of it what you will.

[Artypie]

One from one of my side lines Lydia Coffin 

There's a place near us that is called Woodville now but it used to be called Wooden Box. I wonder if any Coffins came from there?

[jbml]

Here in Ecuador a few years ago, Usnavy [pronounced Oose nah vee with the stress on the second syllable] gained some popularity along the central coast when the US Navy had a base at Manta that pumped considerable money into the local economy.

Hmmmmm ... I suspect the name may generally have signified something more than just that the mother was grateful for what the American sailors were doing for the local economy ...

[skyblue_scarlet]

My personal fav was an Uttely Butterworth, not especially odd but a great combo

[jaybelnz]

Researching for a friend and came across a 3xgreat aunt by the name of Fanny Pain ... I found this very funny. When I was telling said friend and her mother, the mother recalled a 2x cousin named Richard who was very tall (he was about 6'5 and about 2" taller than his wife). Richard was known all his life as Long Dick.

So, there you have Fanny Pain and Long Dick in the same branches of the tree... make of it what you will.

  . That reminds me of a rhyme that my kids used to chant!  Using Fanny and Long's names it would sound like this!

Fanny Pain and Long Dick up a tree,

"K -I - S - S -I - N - G