Last names for people who shouldn't name their kid "Richard"

[MrScorpio]

Butter

Head

Hand

Harder

Nixon

Cream

Face

Box

Shorter

Catchings

Hertz

Cheese

Yogurt

Cutter

Ball

Love



Feel free to add to the list

[Jennicut]

1. One of the funniest names I ever heard was Harry Sack.

It was the name of some guy that my husband had to make collection calls while working at Northeast Utilities here in CT. He had a whole printout of tons of hilarious names.

I would add "Wad" to that list....

[Forkboy]

5. We had a selectman in my town named Dick Sweat.

I loved seeing his signs all over the place when he ran. :rofl:

[tk2kewl]

12. NH?

didn't he become a Congressman?

[Forkboy]

31. No, but not far from it.

In Mass, about ten minutes from NH. :)

[superduperfarleft]

50. Was he a homeowner?

[Kat45]

35. Beavis & Butt-Head made a whole bunch of crank calls to him.

Mr. Sack was not amused. :rofl:

[libodem]

2. Wood

[sakabatou]

45. Worse: Hardwood

[5thGenDemocrat]

3. Puller

Had a friend who went to school with a kid named Harry Dengler.
John
I went to college with a gal named Daneen Dunette. She said it sounded like a train rolling down the tracks which, actually, it does.

[Broken_Hero]

4. I went to college with a

guy named Harry Dick, and I knew a Richard Head as well.

[kath]

54. Would that be Richard Head the neurologist?

Re: parents that give kids names like that - were they sadists, or incredibly naive??

[Manifestor_of_Light]

6. I saw this one yesterday:

Dick Swift, Attorney at Law

I Kid You Not.


:rofl:

Maybe he's a Minuteman???

[5thGenDemocrat]

30. Totally as an aside

Here in Saginaw, we have a longtime attorney named George Bush -- who is a functionary in the county's Democratic Party.
John
And now back to the thread, which is already in progress.

[Inspired]

7. Rasch

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

8. Dick Trickle

http://www.ask.com/nascar/Dick-Trickle

A good NASCAR driver, but if he drove my car I think I'd clean the upholstery.

:hi:

[Deep13]

10. beat me to it

:hi:

[HopeHoops]

9. Swett - as in Dick Swett - not a joke

He was my US Representative while I lived in NH. Great guy, but man what a name!

I used to have fun telling people my representative was Dick Swett and waiting for them to say, "Yeah, mine too."

[MajorChode]

29. I know a guy named 'Dick Butz'

[Demoiselle]

11. Wad. (Or, Wadd.) nt

[madamesilverspurs]

33. Welllllllllllllllllll,

in Colorado the head of the republican party is Dick Wadhams. Really.

[Demoiselle]

53. Why am I not surprised? (nt)

[MilesColtrane]

13. Dick Lesion

Dick Drainer

Dick Fomunda

Dick Les Wonder

Dick S. Floppy

[tk2kewl]

14. Had a girlfriend in college who had a HS teacher named Richard Hardigan

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[unpossibles]

15. Hardin? nt

[newcriminal]

16. My high school librarian was named Richard Blower.

He named his son, Richard Blower Junior. I swear to God I'm telling the truth.

[NJmaverick]

17. Don't forget Cranium

Richard Cranium would have a rough life

[jakefrep]

18. Pound

There's a Canadian Olympic Comiitee official named Richard Pound

[nuxvomica]

19. Service

I used to know a Richard Service and he always went by Dick Service.

[baldguy]

20. Armey

[oedura]

21. Smucker. (nt)

...

[Patiod]

22. My Dad's friend is

Dick Berger

People back in the 30s must not have used "Dick" the way it's used now....

[MrScorpio]

23. It was used long before the 30s

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2030/what-came-first-dick-or-dick

[backtoblue]

24. tard

[RockaFowler]

25. Stiff

My Mom used to work in a hotel and people would write their names last name first. So one guy was being a little "funny" and he wrote his name Stiff, Dick. No-one wanted to call his name.

[Kali]

26. Swisher

Dick Swisher. Name of our old (water) well man, no less.

[dysfunctional press]

27. shankar.

[MajorChode]

28. Richard Norwal Paris

He could sign his name, "Dick N. Paris".

[KamaAina]

32. Roll

There is actually a "Rick Roll" listed on LinkedIn. Could be a joke, though.

C'mon, people, get your minds out of the gutter! :P

[Kat45]

34. I went to a meeting featuring a guy named Dick Harter, but

when people were saying his name it sounded like they were saying "Harder" and I had the Beavis & Butt-Head giggle going on in my head the whole time, wondering why someone would name his kid Richard Harder--and call him Dick. :rofl:

[bluesbassman]

36. Nibbler

A buddy in high school always ordered the 10 albums for a penny using that name.

[mwooldri]

37. Manley.

He was a great guy IMO, a bit of a womaniser, but still IMO OK in my book. He ended up joining the British Army.

He refused to be addressed by his first name. He hated it. Just went by his last name.

Mark.

[MrScorpio]

38. Couldn't he go by Rick?

Rick Manley doesn't seen that bad. Just going by his last name smacks a bit of the pretentious.

[mwooldri]

41. IIRC he did go to public school in the UK.

Public school in UK == Private school in USA.

Therefore people being called last names can be "normal".

Then again I could be wrong on the public school part, but then it's his choice.

[Orrex]

39. When I worked in financial services, I had to call a shareowner to verify some account information

His name was Harry Butz.


HARRY: Hello?

ME: Is, uh, Mr. Bootz there?

HARRY: Yeah, I'm Harry Butz.

[ismnotwasm]

40. Dick

True story--I know of a person whose last name is Dick. His fiance's name is Anita. I wish I was making that up. I'm gonna assume she's not taking his last name.

[Iggo]

42. Sniff.

(Is that even a name?)

[NNadir]

43. My son's name is Richard, named for his Grandfather.

It's a beautiful name.

[uhhuh]

44. Names

Zucker and Handler. 'nuff said.

[jannyk]

46. I was at school with both a Richard Small and an Ivor Cherry...

What were the parents thinking?

[Orsino]

47. York

The dynasty, I mean, rather than Darrin Stephens. I guess I should have said Gloucester, or something.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

48. Fitzwell

[MrsMatt]

49. Lovass n/t

[HughBeaumont]

51. Tisza.

Inermouth.
Liquor.
Tastic.
Stroken.
Grouping.

[dynasaw]

52. Long, Short, Little

Gotobed, (This very unusual surname, one of the most interesting listed anywhere, is English. First recorded in the 13th century)

Smelly

Higginbottom

[mopinko]

55. little

got a friend named little. she chose her sons names VERY carefully.