What's in a name?

These are genuine names collected by the website www.thebabywebsite.com:

Stan Still
Jo King
Justin Case
Barb Dwyer (my personal favourite)
Terry Bull
Paige Turner
Mary Christmas
Doug Hole
Hazel Nutt
Pearl Button
Barry Cade
Ray Gunn
Carrie Oakley (a bit tenuous, but points for effort)
Will Power
Teresa Green
Tim Burr

I'm disappointed not to see a Duane Pipe though.

One last thing - a girl I briefly worked with used to claim that friends of hers with the surname Lear "accidentally" named their daughter Shanda. Yeah right!

28 Comments to What's in a name?

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- epistemological-savagery
- Tuesday, Sep. 01, 2009 @ 13:10:09
i went to college with a guy called justin time.
- - mattk
  - Tuesday, Sep. 01, 2009 @ 15:25:03
  You never did! Is that true?
  - - epistemological-savagery
    - Tuesday, Sep. 01, 2009 @ 22:15:19
    that is true.
    
    no one could quite believe it, and im still unsure as to wether his parents were hippies and genuinely meant it or wether it was a beautiful coincidence.
    - - mattk
      - Wednesday, Sep. 02, 2009 @ 08:04:45
      I always think stuff like that must just be cruel or thoughtless or whatever, but it could just be accidental I guess.
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- brokendownangel ^Pro
- Tuesday, Sep. 01, 2009 @ 13:17:43
these are brilliant I love em.
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- rithompson
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- Tuesday, Sep. 01, 2009 @ 13:20:11
Ray Gunn sounds like a character from a Philip K Dick novel!
- - mattk
  - Tuesday, Sep. 01, 2009 @ 15:25:35
  Now you come to mention it!!
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- soyunperdedor ^Pro
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- Tuesday, Sep. 01, 2009 @ 13:30:39
I knew a Phil Mycock.
- - mattk
  - Tuesday, Sep. 01, 2009 @ 15:26:11
  You did not! Honestly?
  - - soyunperdedor ^Pro
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    - Tuesday, Sep. 01, 2009 @ 15:52:25
    On my life!
    - - mattk
      - Wednesday, Sep. 02, 2009 @ 08:05:20
      There was a Helen Didcock at one of my old workplaces...
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- Rosiebud
- Tuesday, Sep. 01, 2009 @ 14:17:48
Helen Back. I love that one X
- - mattk
  - Tuesday, Sep. 01, 2009 @ 15:26:40
  Very good!
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- kendersrule ^Pro
- Tuesday, Sep. 01, 2009 @ 14:27:04
Private eye have a small amusing names section, not sure if it'd be online...
- - mattk
  - Tuesday, Sep. 01, 2009 @ 15:27:18
  Hmm, I might have a look...
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- kitten44 ^Pro
- Tuesday, Sep. 01, 2009 @ 16:30:23
My ex swears he went to school with a Dwayne Pipe!

And I once did a mortgage for a guy called Richard Head
- - mattk
  - Wednesday, Sep. 02, 2009 @ 08:07:49
  No way!! I reckon I could believe in Richard Head, maybe!
  
  I forgot to put in the blog itself - I went to school with brothers called Paul and Andrew Nurse. What with it being a posh public school and all, there was a cricket team and the headmaster would solemnly read out at assembly every morning, "P.Nurse, A.Nurse"...double whammy!!
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- loveslifeloveschocolate
- Tuesday, Sep. 01, 2009 @ 17:32:21
My boys were taught by a genuine Ben Dover.
- - mattk
  - Wednesday, Sep. 02, 2009 @ 08:08:21
  Fantastic!
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- happy28 ^Pro
- Tuesday, Sep. 01, 2009 @ 17:41:59
love these, can't say i know any though
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- cj592 ^Pro
- Tuesday, Sep. 01, 2009 @ 20:54:06
I'm still waiting for Lucy Lastic
- - mattk
  - Wednesday, Sep. 02, 2009 @ 08:08:56
  Very good, never heard of that one before!!
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- pompeycaulkhead
- Wednesday, Sep. 02, 2009 @ 19:10:40
Richard Head is my all time favourite closely followed by Wayne Kerr!!!!!!!
- - mattk
  - Thursday, Sep. 03, 2009 @ 07:48:53
  Indeed, indeed! I seem to remember Vic asking Mark Lamarr on Shooting Stars, "true or false? Jim Kerr of Simple Minds is actually Spanish and his real name is Juan".
  - - pompeycaulkhead
    - Friday, Sep. 04, 2009 @ 11:19:48
    Yep these things tend to go round in circles!!!!!!
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- FoxyMcFox
- Sunday, Sep. 20, 2009 @ 20:49:40
check out the book 'Potty, Fartwell & Knob' (the author escapes me) - i particularly like 'Mary Hinge' in the 'spoonerisms' section.
- - mattk
  - Monday, Sep. 21, 2009 @ 07:58:05
  Hmm, I'll keep an eye out for that - ta!
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- deleted user (Visitor)
- Thursday, Oct. 01, 2009 @ 16:31:14
when i went to primary school the was a guy from mumbia, he was called Hoshia (pronounced howsha) and his surname as mommudo
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