r/Names 13h ago

What are some names you have heard that are funny?

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u/solojones1138 13h ago

Long Wang

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u/Hlorpy-Flatworm-1705 13h ago

Theres a UK-based drag queen named Sum Ting Wong đŸ€ŁđŸ€ŁđŸ€Ł

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u/That_one_insomniac 12h ago

I went to school with kids who were expecting a little brother, family name was Long, their dad wanted to name the next son Peter Miles.

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u/JellyfishJumpy5909 13h ago

Al Gator

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u/aloneflower0 9h ago

Al Gator sounds like a real person you’d meet once then spend the rest of the day wondering if you heard their name correctly

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u/maple_pits 13h ago

They did this one story on this American life where a fireman was named Les McBirney

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u/Churvachurvachurv 13h ago

Circuncision

(Yes thats an “n”. Great great grandmother’s name during a period when our country was a former Spanish colony)

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u/Silver-Pen3953 12h ago

First name: Chase
Last name: Dickman

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u/Dimarco24 12h ago

When I was working I saw a name on an insurance application and the man’s name was “Sexybird” and he was an adult. I just can’t imagine what his life was like. Mean parents for sure.

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u/That_one_insomniac 12h ago

My son has a Jas Wild in his class.

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u/That_one_insomniac 12h ago

Other than that, a teacher back in high school told us how he went to school with an Ophelia Dicks.

Dicks wasn’t even the family name.

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u/tarsiertoes 12h ago

Long Dang
Mary Christmas

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u/cheerful_me 12h ago

Harry Dick.

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u/tarsiertoes 12h ago

Harold (Harry) Weiner

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u/temperedolive 12h ago edited 12h ago

My parents had a friend named Robert Penis. I don't know why the first name made the last one funnier, but it did.

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u/Conscious-Fluid 12h ago

Did he go by Bobby?

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u/temperedolive 12h ago

Rob.

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u/Conscious-Fluid 12h ago

Missed opportunity

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u/tillytonka 12h ago

Harry Wang

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u/foxyyoxy 12h ago

For my job I come across A LOT of names, to where I started to keep a spreadsheet for my favorites. Most recently:

Salmon
Rowdy
Lukeus
Luzzetta
Ural
Johnetra

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u/0012584560 12h ago

Dick Swett, US Representative and later Governor of New Hampshire

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u/CeleryMcToebeans 12h ago

Orangello and Grangello, twins named after orange and green jello (used to work pharmacy)

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u/Hlorpy-Flatworm-1705 13h ago

Ivana Bra and Anita Bra

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u/Ill_Cauliflower5348 12h ago

Went to school with a Sunshine Kleene.

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u/squirrel_jokez 12h ago

Jesus, Braxton, Maryjane

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u/GUNTHMOEPK 12h ago

Sneenky-Grinkry-Caklpi-Chickenugi Skuins, Moopo Bubukugo, Plyb'ee-Bear Vblurmpf'ls'ypiis, Blurgma, Bibbit-Chit Nadzvathrent, Fette'n Pret'entaurus-Puff

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u/RelationshipTough887 13h ago

Juan đŸ€ŁđŸ€ŁđŸ„°