Tuesday, May 24, 2011

That's Mr. Fangboner to you!

Here are some odd English surnames gathered from various places. Come up with first names for each. They can be goofy or attempts by parents to overcome the eccentricities of the surname. They can be Harry Potterish. (JK Rowling was fortunate to be immersed in a land of colorful names!) Whatever inspires you. :-)

Fangboner
Teabaggy
Feeblebunny
Barebones
Beaglehole
Babblejack
Hamburger
Drinkwater
Ducklebottom
Mankiller
Stubblefield
Deadman
Smallbeer
Earwhisper
Weatherhog
Ticklepenny
Wolfpits
Titcomb

If these few sparked a need for more, here's a collection of English surnames divided up by category like body parts, food, animals. The first half is the categories. The second half is all the names listed alphabetically: Of certain English surnames and their occasional odd phases when seen in groups by C. F. Lordan

4 comments:

Summer Ross said...

Ticklepenny- that gave me some interesting ideas.

keopi said...

I know a Stubblefield... first name Ronnie. It's excellent if you need a "rural-sounding" sort of name.

Joyce Fetteroll said...

Ticklepenny reminds me of Moneypenny, the receptionist/assistant for James Bond's boss. It caught my imagination when I was a kid :D

Joyce Fetteroll said...

It could make a nice contrast. A Stubblefield who is a high powered executive with his roots hanging out every time he introduced himself. :-)