What jokes were made about your last name?

With my last name no it's Jones but my first and middle gave the wags something to work with. Howard Carrick

Jolly Good Soda

Jolly Rancher

Jolly Green Giant

Jolly Roger

Or my favorite response to hearing my last name "Are you jolly?" or "I bet you're a jolly kind of girl!" I have also been told that my name (first and last) is musical or like candy! Grrr!

I was born a month before Christmas and some lady at the hospital suggested my mom name me Holly...Holly Jolly get it? Thank goodness my mom thought that was too cruel.

While teaching, I also heard that Ms. Jolly is a good teacher name...lol
Whenever my students would comment on my name, I would always tell them this story, along with some of my other former teachers' names. My 3rd grade teacher's name was Miss Duda (pronounced Doo da). We were her only class and she married the summer after we had he and became "Mrs. Olson"....I bet she couldn't wait to change her name either!

I can't wait to get married and change my name.

My last name is Deaver, so I get some kind of variation on my name, including Beaver, Cleaver, etc.

My two personal favorites when I was in school were:
1. Allie Deaver Beaver Cleaver the Basket Weaver
and
2. Allie Deaver the Overachiever (not an exaggeration, I'm afraid )

My maiden name was Hursh......3 guesses as to what I was called.

This is such a cool thread!

I got heaps about all of my names - especially at primary school. No one could spell Sarah for some reason, and my last name is Yovich (Yugoslav). My middle name is Penelope so my nickname throughout primary school was...

Sarah Sahara Senora Penelope Pitstop Yoghurt Yoplait Yovich.

It used to freak me out but I think it's quite funny, now. Also, because my initials spell `Spy' I used to get a bit of a tease about that. Mostly people call me Sarahpen cos that's what I was called when I was little, but I do get Yo-bitch quite often which is NOT funny!

But that is sooooo not as bad as my bf's last name. His is Lunt. I shall leave the rest to your imaginations...lol

Hah! That Jan Bond thing almost made me fall out of my chair

My last name is not really something you can turn around to make fun of, but I did have one friend named Julie who would always call me Cas or Castrate instead of Cassy. Imagine walking down the halls and hearing "Cas! CAS!! CASTRATE!!! "

I thought it was funny though

I got called C-Dog a lot too.

Ok. I have come across some pretty good surnames at my work...

Apenis
Brain
Roots
Germs
Hospital (and his partner's surname was Frisby - I kid you not)
Junk

Endless possibilities!

Originally Posted by sofiecusion

Mine tops them all..... Jolly. Yes, it is pronounced just like the word. I still hear people (adults) laugh when I tell them my last name.

Guess some of the names I was called, and I'll tell you if you are right!

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Are there any Nicholas' in your family? That might be worse!

Oh but Cheryl, it's so much more fun to leave it to your imagination!

Frequently I was "Hooters" Wooters, Erica Hooters (have a male friend that still calls me this), and, to one of my cruder acquaintances, I was Kibbles. As in Kibbles and *its and *its and *its.

It really tapered off while I was married of course, but that name wasn't much better (Spurgat).

My last name is Pratt, and of course it ryhmes with Fat, Pat, Cat, Sat..and etc etc.

Originally Posted by ccoccocats

Just wondering..........would any of you mind if I start making fun of some of your last names???

I kinda feel like Chandler from "Friends" trying to hold back a joke!

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Go for it... we all know you're just joking

I got one for you... my sister got married to a man with the last name of Felter. Her co-workers made of her name... she was then known as:

Toni Felter-Bunns and LIKED IT!

Originally Posted by MoochNNoodles

Are there any Nicholas' in your family? That might be worse!

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I still think the name Holly Jolly would be worse....like "Have a holly jolly Christmas...." LOL To me Nicholas Jolly is not as teaseworthy.


I did meet a family from Iowa during a camp I went to in junior high who changed their last name from Heinz to Starcruiser. Apparently, their dad is obsessed with Star Wars. After the name change, they gave their 8children some nice names, here are the ones I remember since they were in my age group:

Mecury Constellation Starcruiser

Mars Milleniumfalcon Starcruiser

Galaxy Star Starcruiser

A friend of mine keeps in touch with them and Mercury and Mars both joined the military...I bet they get more than a few jokes about their names.

Originally Posted by CJandBilly

I got one for you... my sister got married to a man with the last name of Felter. Her co-workers made of her name... she was then known as:

Toni Felter-Bunns and LIKED IT!

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Originally Posted by CJandBilly

I got one for you... my sister got married to a man with the last name of Felter. Her co-workers made of her name... she was then known as:

Toni Felter-Bunns and LIKED IT!

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Originally Posted by sofiecusion

To me Nicholas Jolly is not as teaseworthy.

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yeah, but "Jolly, Nicholas" would be - hope he never joins the military!!

Hey Cheryl, I had no idea your last name was part of your username! To bad you've heard them all. Maybe I could think up some new ones though. :

Originally Posted by mferr84

well, growing up my last name was never made fun of.... i suppose because Anderson is kind of a boring last name.

However, my married name is Ferreira... you should see peoples faces as they are trying to pronounce that (the 'i' throws everyone off). Nobody gets it right, not even my parents.

Most everyone says Ferrari.

That gets annoying.

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I was trying to sound Ferreira out loud as I read this. Can you spell it out phonetically? Anderson is a good name though. That's the name of all the high performance softball bats I buy! "Anderson Bat Company"

Originally Posted by Hydroaxe

Hey Cheryl, I had no idea your last name was part of your username!

To bad you've heard them all. Maybe I could think up some new ones though.

:I was trying to sound Ferreira out loud as I read this. Can you spell it out phonetically?

Anderson is a good name though. That's the name of all the high performance softball bats I buy!

"Anderson Bat Company"

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sounds like: fur-air-ruh i dont know if that helps

anderson is an okay name, easier to say and spell anyway... cant wait to have it again!

Originally Posted by RicaLynn

yeah, but "Jolly, Nicholas" would be - hope he never joins the military!!

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Maybe. I googled the name, and it is a real name, but I'm not related to any Nicholas Jolly. Some people think Jolly is my first name. The lady at the vet's office kept mistaking it for my Cat's name. Every time I go in there and she asks me for my last name and I tell her, she always says "Not your pet's name, your name?!" Summer was at the vet's office for the whole day (when she ate scotch tape) and I came in and asked "How is Summer doing?" to the vet tech who was standing nearby and the infamous lady at the front desk interuppted and proceded to tell me about the recent weather! I don't think she is exactly the sharpest crayon in the box.