Been looking for a list of good, funny names to use for a character or two? Look no further – I’ve already trawled the net and compiled a list of over 200 names for you!
Good morning, friends and fans! I’ll probably update this list sometime in future if I find more worthy entries! Let’s kick this list of 211 names off in alphabetical order:
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Atchoo – an Indian surname.
Assman – Assman, Assmann, or Aßmann is a German surname derived from Erasmus, which means “beloved” and mann meaning man in German.
Aycock – It is an Anglo-Saxon name used for people who lived in Heycock in Berkshire.
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Ball(s) – Ball or Balls is derived from the Middle English balle, which could mean someone who lives on or near a rounded hill.
Ballitch – derived from the Middle English word “bullok,” from the Old English “bulluc,” which refer to a “young bull.”
Beaver – Beaver is an English surname derived from the Old French beu, which means “fair” or “lovely,” and “voir”, which means “to see.”
Berger – first found in the northern provinces which would later form Prussia.
Berk – Berk is of Germanic and Anglo-Saxon origin, and is a topographical name for a “dweller by the birch tree or wood”. The derivation of the name is from the German, “birke”, Olde English pre 7th Century “birce”, birch tree or wood.
Bich – Bich is a common Vietnamese surname that means blue-green or jade.
Bickerstaff – The name Bickerstaff belongs to the early history of Britain, it’s origins lie with the Anglo-Saxons. It is a product of their having lived in or near the village of Bickerstaffe, which was located near Ormskirk in the county of Lancashire. “In 1066 Bickerstaffe, under the name of Achetun, was one of the manors of Uctred, lord of Roby.”
Birdwhistle – Means “bifurcation of the river where the birds nest”. It also refers to two medieval villages that no longer exist.
Blackeyes – A name found in North America.
Blewitt – Following the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, the name Blewitt was first found in Britina. It was a name for a person with blue eyes, or who often wore blue clothing. The name stems from the Old French root bleuet which means blue. The family claimed Briqueville-la-Blouette, in Normandy as their point of origin.
Bloggs – The origins of the Bloggs surname are uncertain, but some scholars suggest that the source of the name is the Old English term “bloc,” and that the name was originally occupational for “one who blocks,” such as a shoemaker or bookbinder.
Bodycomb – Bodycomb is an English surname that originated from Bodiam county in West Sussex, the Bodenham villages in Hereford and Wiltshire, or Bodham in Norfolk. Boddam, Bodiam, Bodicam, Bodicum, and Bodycombe are different variations of this surname.
Blubber – an English name meaning “one who blubbers” or “to cry noisily.”
Boggins – The name Boggins claims Normandy, France as their original homestead. It is here that “Herebertus Bogin occurs in Normandy [in] 1180,” according to the Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae. [1] Landing in England, sometime after the Conquest, the family had a wide variety of spellings in use at that time. One noted source presumes that name was “a diminutive of the Middle English word bugge meaning ‘hobgoblin, bogey, scarecrow’.
Boggle – English origin meaning “to confuse.”
Bogman – A name found in the USA, Netherlands & Finland.
Bonefat – Bonefat is an unusual variation of the well-known French surname, Bonenfrant. It means good child.
Bonerz –
Bonkers – an English name meaning “mad” or “crazy.”
Boob – Boob is an Indian surname.
Bottom – Bottom is a surname from the Old English botm, which means “valley bottom” and specifies someone who lives in a broad valley.
Bottum – Bottum is one of the oldest Anglo-Saxon names in Britain. It is the name of the families who lived in a broad valley or a hillside near Bootham near Yorkshire.
Boyle – Boyle comes from the Irish Gaelic O Baoighill, possibly derived from the earlier Irish word “baigell,” which meant “having profitable pledges.”
Bracegirdle – This is a surname of Anglo-Saxon origin and is the occupational name of “maker of breech-girdles” belts for holding up breeches in ancient times.
Brain – Brain is an English surname based on the family that lived in Brain in Normandy. The first Brain was found in Gloucestershire.
Bread – Is related to the occupation of baker. It is believed that the Bread family in England has disappeared.
Burger – refers to a citizen of a borough, from the Middle High German “burc,” meaning a “fortified town.” As a surname, Burger may also come from one of the many place names in the region.
Bumgardner – an American corruption of “Baumgartner”, a German occupational name for a farmer who tended to orchards.
Butt(s) – Butt or Butts is an English surname derived from the French word but, which means “target.”
Button – Button has been recorded in British history since the time when the Anglo-Saxons ruled over the region. The name is assumed to have been given to someone who was a maker of buttons. The surname Button is a metonymic name derived from the Old French word boton, which means button.
Bushrod – A name found in England, Wales and the USA.
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Chatterjee – an Indian name meaning “one who makes pottery.”
Cheeseman – rooted in the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture. It is a name for someone who worked as a maker or seller of cheese.
Chew – Chew is a Chinese, Korean, Cantonese, and Hokkien surname.
Clingbine –
Clutterbuck – Clutterbuck is an ancient surname that is found mainly in Gloucestershire. It was first recorded in the 16th century.
Cobbledick – Cobbledick is an Anglo-Saxon name of the families that lived in Cobbledi in Lincolnshire.
Cock – Cock was a medieval nickname cok, which means “cock” or “rooster.”
Cockburn – Cockburn were people who originated from Cockburn, a place in Berwickshire. It originated from the Old English words cocc, which means “rooster” and burna means “stream.”
Cockett – Cockett has been derived from Middle English and is the occupational name for a baker. It could also have been derived from the Anglo-French cockette seal, which contained the seal of the King’s Custom House.
Cockhead – A name found in England, New Zealand and Cameroon.
Cok – Cok is one of the most common Chinese surnames. It means “the wall that surrounds a city.”
Colon – Colon is a Spanish surname and is similar to the English surname Columbus.
Condom – It is the regional name for people who live in the French place called Condom. It could also be considered a variant of Condon.
Cooter – Cooter is of Anglo-Saxon origin. It was name for a person who seemed to exhibit some of the characteristics of birds. More specifically, as the name was derived from the Anglo-Saxon word “coot,” it was a surname which arose as a nickname.
Cornfoot – Cornfoot is an Anglo-Saxon name of the families that lived in Cornford in Durham.
Cox – Cox is a common English and Welsh surname. It is derived from cocke, which means “son of” or “servant of.”
Crapper – Variant of Cropper with unrounding of the vowel. A fictional biography by New Zealand satirist Wallace Reyburn linked prominent 19th century London plumber, Thomas Crapper, with the invention of the flushing toilet, creating an urban legend which remains in public consciousness to this day. No shit.
Crotch – The ancestors of the Crotch surname lived among the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture. The name comes from when they lived near a crossroads. The name is derived from the Old English word crouch, and/or cruc.
Crumplehorn – English origin meaning “curled horn.”
Cumming(s) – Cummings or Cumming is an English, Scottish, and Irish surname of Norman origin. It means “bent” or “crooked.”
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Daft – Daft is derived from the Middle English daffle, which means “mild,” “gentle,” or “meek.”
Dankworth – Dankworth is the anglicized form of the German name Tancred, which means “a farmstead.”
Death (or De’Ath) – A surname that means death. For this, it has almost completely disappeared.
Dick – Dick is a variant of Richard, which means “brave ruler.”
Dickensheets – Americanized form of German Dickenschied, a habitational name from a place called Dickenschied in the Hunsrück region. The placename is from Middle High German dicke ‘thicket, woods’ + -scheid (often schied) ‘border area’ (i.e. ridge, watershed), ‘settler’s piece of cleared (wood)land’.
Dickman – Dickman was first found in Lincolnshire where one of the first records of the name was Richard and John Dikeman who were listed in the Curia Regus Rolls of 1206.
Dikshit – Dikshit (sometimes spelled Dixit) is an Indian surname that means “provider of knowledge” in Sanskrit.
Dingleberry – came from a place name in Scotland, named with Viking elements. The name was no doubt taken on when they lived at Royal Burgh of Dingwall, in Ross-shire, Scotland. The place-name is derived from the Old English word dingle, which meant valley or hollow. This is a habitation surname, derived from an already existing place-name.
Dongdong – A name found in China and the Phillippines.
Doodlesack – A name found in the USA.
Doolittle – The surname Doolittle was first found in County Clare (Irish: An Clár) located on the west coast of Ireland in the province of Munster, where they held a family seat from very ancient times.
Dork – Dork is derived from the Germanic Tederich, which means “powerful people.”
Duck – Duck is a common English surname and a variant of the German name Duyck.
Duckworth – The lineage of the name Duckworth begins with the Anglo-Saxon tribes in Britain. It is a result of when they lived in the settlement of Duckworth in the county of Lancashire. [1] The surname Duckworth belongs to the large category of Anglo-Saxon habitation names, which are derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. The Duckworth-Lewis system is used to average cricket scores if a match is cancelled partway for weather.
E (1)
Everhard – Everhard is an English surname derived from Eberhard.
F (10)
Faartz – Faartz evokes candor, prudence, and decisiveness.
Fancybottom –
Fandango – Spanish origin meaning “a lively dance.”
Fanny – Fanny is an Anglo-Saxon name for a family that lives near a marsh or swamp. It originated from the Old English fenn, which means “fen” or “wetlands.”
Fillerup – A name found in the USA, Denmark and Mexico.
Flink – a Scandinavian name meaning “nimble” or “quick.”
Fokker – It means “breeder” in Dutch.
Fuck – Altered form of German “Auch”. Found in Germany, Brazil & the USA.
Fuk – Fuk is the Cantonese translation of a Chinese surname meaning “to lean over” or “to fall.”
Funny – a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived near a place where vennel grew. Vennel was an herb used for cooking. Other sources list the name as a local name derived from the term at the vennel.
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Giggles – The ancient Anglo-Saxon surname Giggles came from the baptismal nameJukel or Gikel. The surname Giggles referred to the son of Jukel which belongs to the category of patronymic surnames.
Giggleswick – English origin meaning “a place where people laugh.”
Glydenbollocks – This classy-sounding surname means “golden balls.”
Gobbler – an English name meaning “one who gobbles” or “to eat quickly and greedily.”
Gopnik – Gopnik is a surname of Russian origin. It means “drunken hooligan.”
Gotobed – It could have originated in England, referring to people who had a bed, which was unusual in the 12th century.
Grapmaker – Afrikaans name meaning “joker”.
Greedy – Greedy is derived from the Old Irish surname “MacRiada” more commonly known as “Grady” or “Gready.” It is another word for “horseman.”
Grossweiner – Grossweiner is a common English surname but can be found in the Americas as well.
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Hacker – The surname Hacker is derived from the Old English word hæcce, which means hatch. [2] The surname Hacker belongs to the class of topographic surnames, which were given to people who resided near physical features such as hills, streams, churches, or types of trees.
Haddock – Haddock was originally derived from a family having lived in the settlement of Haydock in the parish of Winwick in Lancashire.
Hancock – Hancock originated with the Anglo-Saxon tribes that once ruled Britain. It is derived from from the baptismal name for the son of John, which was originally derived from the diminutive form Hann, a popular English name derived from the Flemish Hann, when translated means John. The suffix cock was added to the surname to indicate familiarity.
Hardick – Hardick is a habitational name for families residing in Hardwick in South Yorkshire and Derbyshire.
Hardman – Hardman is an Anglo-Saxon name that means “person with a tough character.” It could also mean a person who is stubborn and completes their tasks.
Hardmeat – This surname is derived from “Hardmead,” which is a Parish in Buckingham.
Hardon – Hardon is thought to be derived from the place named Harden in West Yorkshire. The place name in turn is derived from the Old English words “hara,” or “hare,” and “denu,” or “valley.”
Hickinbottom – Hickinbottom is the name of the families who hail from Hugg’s land in East Cheshire, which is named after the Hickinbottom family.
Hiscock – Hiscock was brought to England in the wave of migration that followed the Norman Conquest of 1066. Hiscock is based on the personal name Richard. It is composed of the elements Hitch, which is a pet form of the name Richard, and the suffix -cock, a medieval term of endearment.
Ho – Ho is a Chinese and Korean surname.
Holder – Holder has a long Anglo-Saxon heritage. The name comes from when a family lived as tenants or occupiers of land. The surname Holder originally derived from the Old English word Haldan.
Hooker – Hooker means “a person who lived near a river bend or corner of a natural feature” from the Old English hoc meaning “angle” or “hook.”
Hootenanny – Scottish origin meaning “a party or social gathering.”
Horsedick – Horsedick is an English surname and means “brave horse rider.”
Hyman – Hyman is an ancient English surname derived from the Old English hegham meaning “enclosed dwelling.”
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J (2)
Jelly – Viking settlers in ancient Scotland were the ancestors of the first people to use the name Jelly. It comes from Giles. “In the Scottish dialect jelly means worthy, upright.”
Jibberjabber – English origin meaning “nonsensical talk.”
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Kablooie – American surname meaning “an explosion”, most likely a corruption of the original Kabalaoui of Arabic origin.
Kieksyte – Kieksyte is a Dutch surname that means “compassion.”
Kock – Kock means to cook in several languages, predominantly Dutch and German. It is derived from the Latin coquu,s which means “art of cooking.”
Koekemoer – A Dutch name found in the Netherlands, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Kok – Kok is a Dutch surname and means “cook” in Dutch.
Krumpet – Krumpet is a name of Anglo-Saxon origin. It was a name given to a person with an abnormal curvature of the spine. The surname Krumpet is derived from the Old English word crump, which means bent or crooked.
Kuntz – Kuntz is a German surname that means “bold.”
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Lamerat – A French surname, apparenly only 6 known people in the world bear it.
Large – It is derived from Middle English and French and means “generous.”
Laughter – English (Norfolk): apparently a nickname for a jolly, laughing person, from the vocabulary word laughter.
Lay – Lay is one of the thousands of new names that the Norman Conquest brought to England in 1066. The Lay family lived in any of the various places named Leigh in England. There are at least 16 counties that contain a place named Leigh. The place-name was originally derived from the Old English word leah, which means wood clearing. [1] The English Lay family is descended from the Norman Lay family.
Licker – Licker is a North German surname and a nickname for a gourmand. It is derived from the Middle Low German licken, which means “to lick.”
Lipshitz – Lipshitz comes from the German region of Westphalia. The tradition of adopting hereditary surnames came to Germany after the 12th century, and the names of places where people lived were a primary source.
Lollygag – American origin meaning “to dawdle or waste time.”
Longbottom – Longbottom is the name of a person who lives in a long valley.
Loser – Loser is a surname from Saxony and is derived from the Old English Loesar or Lesar, which comes from Lazarus.
Looney – Looney is an Irish surname derived from the Gaelic Ó Luanaigh or “descendant of Luanach.”
Luckinbill – Luckinbill or Luckenbill is derived from the German word Luginbuhl, which means “to watch” or “lie in wait” (luogen) and “hillock” (buhel).
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Mahboobeh – Mahboobeh is a surname of Arabic origin and means “beloved.”
Mandic – Croatian and Serbian (Mandić): metronymic from Manda, a short form of the personal name Mandalena, from Magdalena (see Maudlin).
Mangina – Mangina is an Italian surname that means “wine maker” or “wine drinker.”
Medick – Medick is an English name derived from a nickname for a physician.
Moonbloom – A Jewish surname featured in “The Tenants of Moonbloom”, a novel by the Jewish American writer Edward Lewis Wallant (1926-1962).
Morehead – Morehead is an ancient English surname used by families who lived in Lanark.
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Normous – Normous is of Swedish origin and means “trustworthy” and “loyal.”
Nutter – Nutter has originated from the Old English notere, which means “clerk” or nothard, which means “person who breeds oxen.”
O (2)
Onions – Onions was popular in France and Ireland in the 13th century and was used to identify onion growers or sellers.
Or – Or is a phonetic translation of Chinese and means “light.”
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Panda – It is an Indian surname common among priests of Odisha, India.
Pantii – Galician (Pantín): habitational name from a place called Pantín in A Coruña province, Galicia (Spain), from the Latin personal name Pantinus. English: probably a variant of either Penton or Panton.
Pappalardo -This is an Italian surname that means “eats lard.”
Payne – It is derived from Latin paganus, which means “heathen” or “pagan.”
Pead – English (London and Suffolk): from the Middle English personal name Pede (Old English Pēada, of unexplained etymology).
Peanisbreath – It is a rare American and Australian surname.
Penfold – Penfold, sometimes spelt Pinfold, is an English-language surname. The name Penfold can be found in written records dating back to the reign of Alfred the Great. In Middle English, a pinfold was a pound or an open enclosure for stray (or improperly supervised) domesticated animals.
Perv – This is an American surname, and it has nothing to do with the personality of the owner.
Pigg – Pigg is an English name that derived from the Middle English pigge, meaning “young hog.” It is the occupational metonymic for a swineherd.
Poo – Poo is an English translation of a Chinese surname and means “flower.”
Poop – Poop is a popular Taiwanese surname.
Poore – This surname has come from a nickname that means “power and pauper.”
Poots – Poots was spawned by the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture that ruled a majority of Britain. It comes from Phillip. A common medieval English form of the name Phillip is Philpot. This form was often shortened to the diminutive form Pot or Pott. It is from this form of Phillip that the surname Poots is derived.
Popadick – A name found in the USA.
Porn – German: from Middle High German korn ‘grain’, a metonymic occupational name for a factor or dealer in grain or a nickname for a peasant. Dutch, German, and Czech: from a short form of the personal name Korneli(u)s, Czech Kornel (see Cornelius ).
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Korn (Yiddish korn) ‘grain’, a metonymic occupational name as in 1 above, or an artificial name. Compare Corn.
Pornsuk –
Puffle – a German name meaning “a little barrel.”
Pusey – Pusey is a locational surname for the families who lived in Pusey in Oxfordshire (previously Wiltshire) and is derived from the Old English peose meaning “island.”
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Rash – Rash was derived from one of several place names in the German empire, such as Rasch near Nuremberg or Raschau in Saxony.
Ratschitz – Ratschitz is a Dorf (Village) in Germany.
Ramsbottom – Ramsbottom is the name of families who hail from a place called Ramsbottom in Lancashire. It is derived from the Old English ramm, which means “wild garlic” and bothm, which means “valley bottom.”
Rape – Rape is derived from the Irish O Reabaigh. It is a variant of the Irish reap or the German rappe.
Raper – Raper is a variant of Roper, which means “person who makes ropes.”
Raygunn – possibly a variation of “Reagan”. Most likely American.
Recker – Recker or Reckker is a German and Dutch surname and is a variant of Richard or the Dutch name Rijker.
Rollo-Koster – It is a common Dutch and German surname.
Ruff – Ruff is an English name for a person who lives on or near rough uncultivated land.
Rump – Rump is an Estonian surname. It means “dugout” or “punt.”
Rowbotham – a name that dates back to the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. Their name comes from having lived in Lancashire where this local surname was derived from the local at the roe-bottom a residence in the depressed ground frequented by deer.
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Sackrider – Sackrider is the American spelling of the German sackreuter, which is a nickname for “plunderer.”
Schmuck – Schmuck is a surname of German origin. It means “jewelry” or “cleanliness.”
Sexwale – Sexwale is pronounced Sekgwale and is a Limponian surname.
Sharts – Sharts is an African surname and is possibly derived from the German schertz.
Shingles – Shingles was first found in Devon where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor.
Shitpeas – Unknown, but appears in several databases.
Shufflebottom – Shufflebottom first originated in Lancashire and has a variety of spellings such as Shovellbottom and Shoebottom. It describes families who have lands in a valley.
Shytles – It is derived from the Dutch occupational name for a bargemaster.
Silly – It is derived from the Old English saelig, which means “a person who is cheerful and happy.”
Slaughter – Slaughter was first found in Gloucestershire in either Upper Slaughter or Lower Slaughter. Contrary to the rather obvious trade name as one would expect, this local name dates back to these parishes which in turn, date back to the Domesday Book of 1086 where they were collectively known as Sclostre.
Smalley – Smalley is derived from the Old English smæl meaning “narrow” and leah meaning “wood” or “clearing.”
Smelly – This surname originated in Scotland for people with a nice smile or a happy personality.
Smoot – an English name meaning “small” or “smooth.”
Snodgrass – The first people to use the name Snodgrass were a family of Strathclyde-Britons who lived in the Scottish/English Borderlands.
Sporn – Sporn is a German surname derived from Middle High German sporn meaning “to spur.”
Speedy – Speedy was first found in Suffolk where in 1185, Godfrey Speed appeared on the Pipe Rolls.
Spitznogle – A name found in the USA and Germany.
Sprinkle – an English name meaning “one who sprinkles” or “to scatter.”
Squatpump – Squatpump is an American surname.
Stroker – The Stroker family lived in Pembrokeshire. Their name is derived from Stock in Normandy.
Stufflebeam – an American corruption of “Stuffelbaum” a German name.
Suparman – Suparman is an Arabic surname that is quite popular in Indonesia.
Supersad – It is an American surname.
Swett – Swett is a variant of svet that means “world.”
T (11)
Takeshita – Japanese: written 竹下 ‘(one who lives) beneath the bamboo’. The name is found mainly in western Japan and the Ryūkyū Islands. It was originally pronounced Takenoshita and taken from a village of that name in Suruga (now part of Shizuoka prefecture). The original bearers were descended from the northern Fujiwara through the Kuzuyama family.
Tickle – Tickle is an English surname that is given to families from Tickhill in South Yorkshire.
Tingle – Tingle is the occupational name for a person who makes nails or pins.
Tinkle – Tinkle derives from the Old English word tinklere, of uncertain origin. The name is generally thought to be of occupational origin for someone who mended of pots and pans.
Titball – This is an American surname and is found mostly in Pennsylvania.
Titcum – Titcum was first found in Wiltshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor of Tidcombe in that shire.
Titsworth – Titsworth is an ancient English surname for the people who lived in or near Tetsworth in Oxfordshire.
Tobaccojuice – An American surname.
Traylor – The Scottish Traylor surname is most likely a habitational name, taken on from a place name; perhaps from the Gaelic “Traill Creek” which runs into Upper Loch Torridon. Alternatively, the name could have originated in Normandy, France.
Twocock – Twocock is a common English surname.
Turtle – Turtle comes from the Old Norse personal name “þorkell,” made up of the elements “þórr,” or “Thor,” name of the Scandinavian god of thunder and “ketill,” meaning “a cauldron.” In northern England, the name came directly via Scandinavian settlers, whereas in the South this name arrived with the Normans.
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V (2)
Villin – Surname that originated in the region of Norfolk, England. He was referring to a commoner called”the villain.” According to the British electoral registry, only 2 people remain with this last name.
Vockerodt – A surname from Sachsen, Germany. Found today in South Africa.
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Wacko – Americanized form of Slovak and Polish Jacko and perhaps also of Slovak and Czech Jačko. It may also be a shortened and altered form of any of various surnames beginning with Jacko-, such as Polish Jackowski.
Waffle – an English name meaning “a cake made in a waffle iron.”
Wanket – Wanket is an American surname.
Wankum – Wankum is a German surname that means “imagination.”
Watersnoot – an English version of the low German Watersnööt.
Weiner – Weiner is a German occupational name for a cartwright. It is a variant of Wagner.
Wetter – Wetter was first found in Gloucestershire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
Whipple – an English name meaning “to move quickly.”
Wilfart – Wilfart reached England in the great wave of migration following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Wilfart family lived in Nottinghamshire, at Wilford. This place-name is derived from the name Norman-French name Will, a pet form of William and the word ford, meaning a river crossing, and indicates that the ford in question belonged to William.
Willy – Willy, Willie, or Willey is an English surname that is a derivative of William meaning “desire” and “helmet.”
Wiwi – Wiwi is a Nordic name and a variation of Vivi.
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You – You is the English translation of a Chinese surname.
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References:
“148 Funny Last Names Or Surnames From Across The World” by Shikha Thakur, MBA https://www.momjunction.com/articles/funny-last-names-surnames-in-the-world_00773821/
“Funny Last Names: Amusing Single-Word Surnames & Hilarious Hyphenated Last Names” by Elise Xavier, https://namenoodle.com/funny-last-names/
“130 Funny Last Names And The True Meaning Behind Them” by Aivaras Kaziukonis and Marisha Kazaryan https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-last-names/
“107+ Funny Last Names [List, Celebrities, Characters]” https://tagvault.org/blog/funny-last-names/
“Funny Last Names (2023)” https://uniquelastnames.com/funny-last-names/
“101 Funny Names That Are So Unfortunate It’s Just Laughable” Ramona Kab, https://blazepress.com/2014/06/45-unfortunate-names-ever/
“51 Strange English Surnames and Their Significance” https://www.lifepersona.com/51-strange-english-surnames-and-their-significance
“Ancestry.com” https://www.ancestry.com/
“House of Names” https://www.houseofnames.com/
“Family Search” https://www.familysearch.org/
“50+ Best Goofy Names (2023)” https://uniquelastnames.com/goofy-names/
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