[identity profile] solagirl.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] babynames
I had to do research about clergy people at my job, and I came across some really unfortunate last names:

Rev. Gross               Rev. Luster
Rev. Leech               Rev. Petty
Rev. Crook               Rev. Rich
Rev. Dix                    Rev. Threat
Rev. Graves             Rev. Smuts

And some "good" ones:

Rev. Church            Rev. Rainbow
Rev. Chapel            Rev. Sing
Rev. Christensen   Rev. Hope
Fr. Father                 Rev. Goodman
Fr. Good

So, who do you know that has an unfortunate name for their profession? Or fitting? Also, would you avoid someone because they had a "bad" last name? Like Dr. Pain, Captain Sink or Professor Dumbaz?

Date: 2008-07-25 09:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] liselaime.livejournal.com
My mom's gynecologists when she was pregnant with me:

Dr. Payne
Dr. Ailing

Date: 2008-07-25 10:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wistfuljen.livejournal.com
I know someone who had a gyno named Dr. Finger. My sister also had a gyno named Dr. Ho.

Date: 2008-07-25 10:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] farting-nora.livejournal.com
I used to pass a billboard every day for a lawyer named Will Steele.

Date: 2008-07-25 10:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] samaside.livejournal.com
My audiologist's name is Dr. Wax.

Also, I had a youth minister when I was a kid named Weed.

Date: 2008-07-25 10:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ollivander.livejournal.com
Dr. Colon. (he's a dentist.)

Date: 2008-07-25 11:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] decembermalice.livejournal.com
Dr Hymen. Gynecologist.
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Date: 2008-07-26 04:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] decembermalice.livejournal.com
Really! He delivered me when I was born!

Date: 2008-07-26 12:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alexandria-skye.livejournal.com
my uncle, a urologist, is dr. finger. i think the gynocologist with this name wins that awkward contest though...

Date: 2008-07-26 12:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blue-suspenders.livejournal.com
I know a chiropractor called Dr. Payne.

Date: 2008-07-26 01:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] whyhalothere.livejournal.com
It would be awsome if your last name was Rainbow and you were gay.

Date: 2008-07-26 01:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] twitchywoman.livejournal.com
I had a doctor as a baby who misdiagnosed me and would not listen to my mom when she told him there was something wrong named Dr. Klontz (or something like that) and we all called him Dr. Klutz... probably not very relavent, but hey it's the only thing I can think of right now. Although Klutz is pretty tame, considering I ended up needing emergency surgery...

There is a Dr. Love at the clinic I go to, but my parents don't really like him.

There's a proctologist where my sister goes to school named Dr. Aas. Where I went to school there was a Dr. P. Burke (although the P is not for Preston, like on Grey's Anatomy).

Date: 2008-07-26 02:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mountain-nest.livejournal.com
My dentist growing up was Dr. White! I always wondered if it was for real or if he changed it when he decided to go to dental school.

Date: 2008-07-26 03:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sandtree.livejournal.com
I knew a couple of guys whose last name was Leach. I also knew a guy whose last name was Bully. Some of my ancestors' last names were Gayer, and Hussey.

I wouldn't avoid someone with an unfortunate last name. It's not really their fault, is it?

Date: 2008-07-26 03:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nothingbuthp.livejournal.com
I went to a dermatologist named Dr. Hurt.

Date: 2008-07-26 04:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] florallove.livejournal.com
I WANT TO BE REV. RAINBOW.
maybe not a Reverend, but that is an awesome last name. RAINBOW. oh, I love it.

Date: 2008-07-26 04:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com
My ob/gyn's last name is Peacock... which, I dunno, I think it's funny that she works with women...

Date: 2008-07-26 05:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com
I know an orthodontist named Dr. Knuckles.

Date: 2008-07-26 03:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] soulsplinter8.livejournal.com
My orthodontist's name was Dr. Opin. ;o)

Date: 2008-07-26 07:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] designingdreams.livejournal.com
What's bad about Rev. Rich? Rich is my surname and I love it... especially because with my first and middle initials, I am B.E. Rich!

I had a friend in high school named "Willie Recht" (pronounced Will Erect) HAH.

Date: 2008-07-29 12:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ifancylust.livejournal.com
oh man. why didn't he just go by will??

Date: 2008-07-29 12:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ifancylust.livejournal.com
i knew of a really mean math teacher named mrs. fleshdragger

Bad Names for Professions

Date: 2008-08-01 09:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crossingthesea.livejournal.com
Had a dentist named Dr. Needleman.

Date: 2008-08-02 06:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bobinwales.livejournal.com
One of the Drs at my sergery is Dr Payne, and the last opticions I went to was Dr Glasson. Which made me laugh. A lot.
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