I went to school with Beverley Hill. And I work with Euan Kerr.

with an American lady called Anne Grenade.

(Actually I didn't really, his surname *was* Hunt but his nickname was 'Isaac')

I heard the teachers calling him "Master Baker" on many occasions. I think they knew what they were doing, as the rest of us were just called by our second names, minus the Master bit

Mike Hunt.

Three separate acquaintences were lumbered with the name Richard Head.
None of the used the usual abbreviation.

And I've often wondered what lead Phil, Gary and Tracey's dad to have the wonderful name Neville Neville.

I once did a visit to an office where the contact was called Mark Hunt.

A Egyptian who attended one of work's training courses was called Mustapha Kamel.

A friend of a friend named Annette married someone whose surname was Curtain. Another friend of the same friend wanted to get their surnames double barrelled on marriage - their surname was Holder. They changed their name when they married someone with the name of Ball.

There was a professional football player in the 1950s called Arthur Bottom.

a very nice chap called Dick Wand, and, though not even vaguely rude, my wife's colleague Bart Turtleboom never failed to raise a smile.

Has an Australian friend called Gay Bender. I used to work in a theatre and two of our regular patrons were Mrs Hyman and Mr Lipschitz, Mr Longalong sadly passed away.

I went to University with a strapping young lass named Attracta Cox

We had a German teacher called Mr Booth. Not so funny in itself, but he was completely bald, so if we had to reply in the negative in class, it became "No, Herr Booth (said very quickly)." That joke never grew old.

There was a woman called (real name, honest) Honey Arneeja. Say it loud and the name sounds like one of Roger Moore's Bond girls.

while at uni, I fielded phone calls from a Mr Boluk and a Mr Batman.

back in the day when I worked for an airline.

a Peter Ness.

When Peter was made Head Boy his name was inscribed on a plaque in the Assembly Hall as P Ness. Cue much schoolboy chuckling (probably to this day)

were related to the Jarse family who also had a son called Hugh.

There was a doctor in Mallaig whose name really was Donald Duck. Sadly, he died in June 2006.

A quite common name in this part of Derbyshire.

One unfortunate local was christened Isaac.

...called Fred Roll. I found this amusing out of all proportion and could never suppress a smile when talking to him.

was called Stan Sill.

I once met someone called Brian Clatt. It's neither rude nor unfortunate, but it still makes me giggle every time I think of him.

just after the Brits was called Nina Nana.

Two names on my companies worlwide email data base
Helmut Vanker
Maria Arce and countless Randys

When I played cricket around the leagues on Teesside there were several interesting (real) entries in the score book
P Nis
I Blewitt
M Balls

And there was a plumber near us who was called W.E. Pipe

Another friend used to work in a council planning department in Greater Manchester and got an irate phone call one day from someone who wanted either their house number or street nme change changing. She wondered why until she was told that the complainant lived in Corfe Close, Wigan.

In number four, naturally.

Here's the google map link to show it really does exist http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=4+Corfe+Cl...

Wayne Kerr.

And there once was a butcher in my village called Billy Idle.

I have a family of Bastards who come to see me. Mum and dad are lovely and they have two very nice daughters. Both of whom married at the age of seventeen..

I used to have a Chinese chap who came to see me called Wan Ka.

I had a little girl brought to see me called Rhea Light. Her parents never brought her back because I think they overheard me asking my nurse if she thought they'd have a son caled Ed.

A friend of mine, surname Marney, christened his daughter Georgia. And took the hump when I referred to her as a designer baby.

A very odd family I looked after for a while had a son with the christian names Kenickie James Dean.

I have two patients called John Thomas.

But a nickname.... Mark Waugh, twin of the much more illustrious Steve was nicknamed "Afghanistan"..... 'cos he was the forgotten Waugh......Also was a guy I knew called Richard Dick...or Dick Squared as we knew him....also know of a lady called Kelly Kelly (marriage) and Grant Grant (adoption).

...of a Turkish gentleman working in the travel industry who goes by the name of Akin Koc.

Peter File. And a friend of my dad's called Sue Baroo. Stan Hitt's mail was always addressed to Mr S.Hitt come to think of it.

had to help arrange a visit to these shores of a Korean diplomat called Lee Bum Suk.

He must have thought us a cheerful crew when he met us and shook hands. We were grinning from ear to ear.

Later, after a change of career, I found myself in IT and working for a big American telecom firm at their UK HQ. A lot of British corporate customers used their cheaper deals. I was once presented with a printout of a list of all these business customers. One of which was the lift manufacturer Otis, who have offices all the over the place. I giggled for no little time at the entry for 'Otis, Reading'

One of our clients is named Anna Royds.

"Ah yes, I believe I know her lovely sister Emma" we do quip.

A tad more forethought might have been expected, surely.

Who married a lovely girl called Holly.

Nick's surname is Wood.

I DJ'd at the wedding and found every song I could think of with the word "Hollywood" in the title.

My brother had 2 friends (brothers) unfortunately named Mark and Spencer. Many years ago,whilst at College, I had to return a document that I had borrowed to a Dr. Tony Smallhorn at Ogle Research in Letchworth - great combination that !

Is the ski-jumping. Featuring one Andreas Wank.

In case you don't believe me..

http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=JP&competitorid=72592&type...

I do hope A. Wank comes first. And has polished his helmet.

...used to work for a company who had a director called Gloster Currant. Genius.

Also, if you've ever seen the Fry And Laurie "Names" sketch, it's a corker:

Hugh: Hello.

Stephen: Certainly. You know, we've had, as you can see
from these post bags, the most marvellous response
to our Name Quest.

Hugh: That's right. We know that a lot of you out there
have known or met people who have amusing and
unusual names.

Stephen: So we asked you to write in and tell us about them.

Hugh: And what crackers you've told us about!

Stephen: (Reading) "There is a man who comes to wash
my windows once a month whose name is Jervillian
Swike. It always makes me laugh a great deal." That
was sent in from a Mr Suckmaster Burstingfoam of
Ipswich.

Hugh: I'm rather fond of this one: "Dear A Bit Of Fry
and Laurie, I was at school with a boy called Donald
Duck and later went out with a woman named Soilia
Piffin. Yours etc. Peter Cummin-Myear."

Stephen: Five pounds on its way to you for that one Mr
Cummin-Myear. Or how about this one "Dear A
Bit Of Fry and Laurie, My wife's first husband
was called Simon Coggie. I still split my sides
whenever I hear that name. Yours faithfully Frigmy
Popplehate-Fresharse."

Hugh: Tremendous response all around. Many thanks
to all of you who wrote in. Meanwhile ..

Just remembered something my dear old Dad the Holy Poppa once told me....that my Gran once had a dentist called Dr Au (Pronounced Ow. Well you would, wouldn't you?)

I won't mention the name, but see if you can spot the comedic name in this 1993 yearbook from a Texan school.

http://www.electraisd.net/alumni/display_class.aspx?y=1993

Age 5 was John Thomas.

I get a lot of people mistakenly calling my John

Remember going to church last thing on a Friday afternoon and been given a talk by Harry Curry...

insisted that both Dwayne Pipe and Orson Cart were genuine. I doubt it but it doesn't make then any less funny.

that my wife came across during a temp job in a medical records department was the unfortunately named Mary Christmas.

This spell of employment was also notable for an eccentric female colleague who wore carpet slippers to work and played the harmonica (around the hospital/office!).

I know an Alastair McAllister, a Valentine Valentine, a Brian O'Brien and (one for the mackerel snappers here) a Paschal Lambe.

We have quite a few Americans in our phone directory.

... to deal with an email about a customer called Jean Dyer. Don't know if she has indigo-stained hands.

He won me over when I read he referred to his abode as the "House of Sin"

I work with someone called "Inez Krak" who I like to imagine gets the rubber glove treatment every time he goes through customs.

ITV South/TVS had two comedy-named newsreaders

Sonia Legg and Chris Peacock

Made me laugh anyway

wrote the score for Buffy The Vampire Slayer. He was always worth a chuckle during the end credits.

Not so bad, but yet kind of worse becasue he must have chosen to be called this, is the composer of the West Wing's music, W.G 'Snuffy' Waldren.

Called Jock McSporran. He was Scottish you'll be shocked to learn.

from the Daily Mail (yes, yes, I know), some 25 years old now, listing the bizarre twists names had taken in the US. Katz Meow, Oldmouse Waltz, I O Silver, Constant Agony, Fortunate Tarte and so on and so weirder. And Mr Lear, who designed the eponymous luxury private jet, called his daughter Shanda.

a chiropractic clinic a couple of years ago.
The chiropractor's name was Dr Lorback. I guess career choice was never going to be an issue?

A former colleague - Miss Kelly Green.

James Riddle - In my class at West Byfleet Primary School, Surrey.
Doctor Stretch - My dentist in Woodham, Surrey.
Miriam Barnacle - My chiropodist in Bristol.

at the US operation of a company I know.

.... I knew him so well.

There is a theoretical name that occurred to me when I found out that there are Finnish surnames of Tikka and Masala!

New Scientist for months ran a regular feature concerning 'nominative determinism', wherein people end up in jobs most suited to their names, mainly of scientific bent eg Lucy Lastick working in the field of rubber technology.

BR
FT

is "Potty, Fartwell & Knob" - a list of genuine names taken from various censuses (censi?)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Potty-Fartwell-Knob-Extraordinary-British/dp/075...

Here are a couple of random names from the first few pages to whet your appettites:
Piggy Banks - born Dorset 1810, died Devon 1851
Choo Ah Beano - married Stepney 1882
Annie Primate Binnington - married Yorkshire 1880

You will laugh until tears stream from your face.

I used to work as a law librarian in a large city firm. One year we had an American intern called Randy Elf.

In another firm, the woman in the office next door to mine was called Shirley Hurley.

I went to school with a boy called Lewis Lewis.

And finally Esther, when I lived in Germany, I lived in a block of flats that was mostly populated by doctors and nurses from the town's hospital. There was a reserved parking space for a Doktor Grausam - "grausam" translates directly as "nasty" or "cruel"!

Wayne Ankers worked, probably still works, on the picture syndication desk of the Manchester Evening News.

The founder of the American printing company I work for was called Erskine Love. His wife is now life president. She's called Gay.

do business with a bloke called Dave Phyllis. He was immediately nicknamed 'Syph'.

that she once taught a young chap who went by the name of Boris Maurice.

a person I came across in a work situation, whose cruel(there can be no other explanation) parents named him: -

Johann Lumley!

And I have a Greek colleague called Theo Souros.

I asked another colleague if everyone called him by another name... 'No' came the reply 'Everyone calls him Theo'.

Ah well.

Bowles

Wright Hassall!

http://www.wrighthassall.co.uk/