Most Unfortunate Names

[Luci]

'Most unfortunate names' revealed 
 
Imagine growing up as Annette Curtain or Tim Burr
What do you call some of the most unlucky people in Britain?

Justin Case, Barb Dwyer and Stan Still.

It sounds like a bad joke, but a study has revealed that there really are unfortunate people with those names in the UK.

Joining them on the list are Terry Bull, Paige Turner, Mary Christmas and Anna Sasin.

And just imagine having to introduce yourself to a crowd as Doug Hole or Hazel Nutt.

The names were uncovered by researchers from parenting group TheBabyWebsite.com after trawling through online telephone records.

Retired airman Stan Still, 76, from Cirencester, Gloucestershire, said his name had been "a blooming millstone around my neck my entire life".

"When I was in the RAF my commanding officer used to shout, 'Stan Still, get a move on' and roll about laughing," he said.

"It got hugely boring after a while."

But 51-year-old Rose Bush, from Coventry, West Midlands, said she loved her name.  MORE UNFORTUNATE NAMES
Pearl Button
Jo King
Barry Cade
Carrie Oakey
Priti Manek
Tim Burr

"I always get comments about it but they are always very positive," she said.

Implications

Researchers also scoured phone records in the US and found some unlikely names there too.

Spare a thought for Anna Prentice, Annette Curtain and Bill Board the next time you sign your name.

A string of Americans also have very job-specific names, including Dr Leslie Doctor, Dr Thoulton Surgeon and Les Plack - a dentist in San Francisco.

A spokesman for TheBabyWebsite.com said: "When the parents of some of those people mentioned named their children, many probably didn't even realise the implications at the time.

"Parents really do need to think carefully though when choosing names for their children.

"Their name will be with them for life and what may be quirky and fun for a toddler might be regretted terribly when that person becomes older or even a grandparent perhaps."
 

[Miss Angry]

I read this yesterday, made me chuckle

[jayohaitchenn]

There was a baby born a couple of years back called Drew Peacock. That made me chuckle.

[Jamiesfuturewife]

Please god tell me its father wasnt Lee?

[Batch]

Some parent need to be smacked around the face with a wet kipper. Or something.

Anyway in blighty Celeb circles BBC's reporter Nina Nannar's name always makes me smile, and Arlo White has a silly name.

Locally Dick Mattick isn't really the same word play, but sounds like it would be a popular product in Anne Summers.

Wasn't their a local Jurno by the name of Nick Mashitter or similar. That's not funny. Not funny at all.

[Samdy Gray]

Wasn't their a local Jurno by the name of Nick Mashitter or similar. That's not funny. Not funny at all.

Yep. Affectionately known as "The Toilet Stealer".

[juddie]

correspondent for the manchester evening news: wayne ankers. True.

[pauld]

Yep. Affectionately known as "The Toilet Stealer".

Heh, I'd forgottten about that. Good work Sam

[land_of_bo]

I think I've posted this before but I'll do it again anyway. I worked with a Lisa Reddick and a Finbarr Manifold - not such a play on words but funny names nonetheless.

Oh, and also an Ian Tickle, not that funny but his email adddess was itickle@.....

[Samdy Gray]

Through work before, I've seen a Mr David David, Mrs Fanny Stang and my personal favourite, Mr Fuk Yu Man.

[Bob's Orange]

Neville Neville is a good one.

[jayohaitchenn]

I work with a girl called Lisa Tugwell which makes me happy.

[nochee]

Didnt the Radio 1 DJ Sara Cox call her son Isaac?   Isaac Cox......Child abuse, surely.

[flammableBen]

Charlotte Hand.

HAhahahahaha.

[flammableBen]

James Walsh