What do you call some of the most unlucky people in Britain?
Justin Case, Barb Dwyer and Stan Still.
It sounds like a bad joke, but a study has revealed that there really are unfortunate people with those names in the UK.
Joining them on the list are Terry Bull, Paige Turner, Mary Christmas and Anna Sasin.
And just imagine having to introduce yourself to a crowd as Doug Hole or Hazel Nutt.
The names were uncovered by researchers from parenting group TheBabyWebsite.com after trawling through online telephone records.
Retired airman Stan Still, 76, from Cirencester, Gloucestershire, said his name had been "a blooming millstone around my neck my entire life".
"When I was in the RAF my commanding officer used to shout, 'Stan Still, get a move on' and roll about laughing," he said.
"It got hugely boring after a while."
But 51-year-old Rose Bush, from Coventry, West Midlands, said she loved her name.
"I always get comments about it but they are always very positive," she said.
Implications
Researchers also scoured phone records in the US and found some unlikely names there too.
Spare a thought for Anna Prentice, Annette Curtain and Bill Board the next time you sign your name.
A string of Americans also have very job-specific names, including Dr Leslie Doctor, Dr Thoulton Surgeon and Les Plack - a dentist in San Francisco.
A spokesman for TheBabyWebsite.com said: "When the parents of some of those people mentioned named their children, many probably didn't even realise the implications at the time.
"Parents really do need to think carefully though when choosing names for their children.
"Their name will be with them for life and what may be quirky and fun for a toddler might be regretted terribly when that person becomes older or even a grandparent perhaps."
MORE UNFORTUNATE NAMES
Pearl Button
Jo King
Barry Cade
Carrie Oakey
Priti Manek
Tim Burr
I can remember once hearing that a couple had twins and they named them 'Asfala' and 'Safileen' because they thought it sounded nice .
Oh my. This reminds of something really popular around here: some Indo/Pak families will open the Qur'an to look for nice-sounding words, and use those as the names for the newborn. The problem with this is that everything in Arabic sounds nice, even the lowest of low! Swearing in Arabic can sound like poetry!
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Hmm... Maybe "Genie Lamp" in Arabic or something? "Ali Ababa"?
LoL!
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. But at least the wub is back.
There was this woman who refused to change the name of her daughter, coz she found it in the Qur'an...It was LaRayba....
Hmmm, imagine if someone was unfortunate enough to have the name: Ben Dover. Lol.
The name Justin Case is hilarious!
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