Unfortunatel names

[Ray T]

Amongst others, I have a “Minnie Cooper” on my tree and someone I know once claimed to have gone to school with a girl called “Annette Curtain”.

Many years ago their was a piece on the wireless where they interviewed a registrar who collected the strange things people wanted to call their children. He came up with a Mr & Mrs Pipe who wanted to call their son “Dwaine” and a Mr & Mrs Enis who insisted on calling their son “Peter”.

[radstockjeff]

I may have mentioned this previously but I have a book by Russell Ash entitled
Potty Fartwell and Knob , extraordinary, but true names of British people.  Published by Headline. Each name culled from sources such as Parish Registers, Census returns and BMDs records.

[Old Bristolian]

My father was at school with a boy named Percy Vere,

Steve

[purlin]

Cliff Walker is a tad unfortunate as well!

[arthurk]

Cliff Walker is a tad unfortunate as well!

Not as unfortunate as Eileen Dover (old joke - apologies if there's anyone really called that)

[Viktoria]

Then there is Arthur Righteous , Bill Poster, Harry Siplous, George Ian Stiles,
Will Power , Jon Quill, Roy Ton, Will Ton , etc etc etc .
Viktoria.

[brigidmac]

My mother's friend was called Audrey Strange
As a child I thought her name was ordinary strange

A Turkish friend was named after the French for bunch of flowers as he mother thought Bouquet was chic
Unfortunately they spelt it Buket and pronounced it Bucket

a friend in Bradford was named Cresta ..before the fizzy drinks came out . She got teased at school.

& I had a friend from Malawi who was called Costly because his birth had been costly ( in pain ?) To his mother

[coombs]

Annette Curtain.

Ken Tucky.

[Viktoria]

That or those made me laugh ,Coombs.

Viktoria.