22 genuinely ridiculous real-life names
12.
Had a neighbor as a kid named Macon Bacon.
— John Gunn (@johnrgunn) March 4, 2019
A lot of people have food names
13.
No shit: Russell Sprout. The surname was pronounced "sproot" apparently.
— PixelGuff (@PixelGuff) March 4, 2019
14.
My father in law’s neighbour is called Cherry Pi. My dad’s cousin’s first name is Toggleabufnot. And I knew two brothers called Chris and Drew Peacock.
— Sean Leahy (@thepunningman) March 4, 2019
15.
I was once sitting in a hospital waiting area and the receptionist called out for Jan Sandwich
— bel (@anabelish) March 4, 2019
16.
went to school with someone called Precious Salami
— JESS💋 (@JessEagles97) March 4, 2019
But, so many were just plain ridiculous
17.
I once had a weird job digitizing score sheets for a deer hunting trophy (antlers) record book and one of the record holders was a gent named Dick Masterpole. I'll never forget that.
— Jared Culpepper (@jaredallas) March 4, 2019
18.
— Stephen Gallagher (@brooligan) March 4, 2019
19.
went to elementary school with a Yermajesty Beans
— bananafanafofisa (@lisaxy424) March 5, 2019
20.
My wife worked in an office with a guy called Megaton Bison. I honoured him by naming by xbox360 Rock Band band after him
— Phil Saunders (@itsphilsaunders) March 4, 2019
21.
I went to high school with a kid named Mister Wiggins. His first name was Mister.
— K. Thor Jensen (@kthorjensen) March 5, 2019
22.
I will never forget this name I saw when I worked in student records at UT…. Hilaria Outhouse
— Kath Barbadoro (@kathbarbadoro) March 5, 2019
Twitter user Andy Murray had an anecdote about someone who, unlike himself, only had an almost famous name.
I also came across, I think on here, that someone worked with a guy called Wayne Bruce, who's nickname in the office was Man Bat – and he never knew
— Sir Andy Murray (@mrsbiltawulf) March 4, 2019