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Do you have a cool surname?

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  • #32
    westendgirlie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,125 ✭✭✭westendgirlie


    pow wow wrote: »
    Mine's quite British and regal sounding (it's neither), like I should be at least a Lady. Fortunately I'm not ;)

    Godiva ???


  • #33
    John Doe1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭John Doe1


    fontanalis wrote: »
    I thought it meant servant of the bishop. The pre fix gil or mul usually means servant/follower. I think Gillespie is irish (originated in Donegal acording to wiki), altough there is a Scottish variant.

    Well my dad is a presbyterian so probably scottish..


  • #34
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,923 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    I had a bit of a run in with US customs on the way over to NY a couple of weeks ago.

    The bitch was called 'Officer Drown'!

    I guess she's the one who does the waterboarding.


  • #35
    fontanalis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,619 ✭✭✭fontanalis


    brummytom wrote: »
    Mine's a shit name. It's more of a noise.


    There's a poster in here with it as their username actually, can't say I'm as proud of it as them.

    Pighead?


  • #36
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    DirtyBollox wrote: »
    Mine is Power.

    Just plain old Power. make of that what you will.

    DirtyBollox Plain Old Power?

    :pac:


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  • #37
    MitchKoobski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭MitchKoobski


    Atkins.

    I've yet to come across someone that has this as well. It's conveniently my second name, and at least half the people I know only know me as "Atkins".

    I also really like meat.

    One of my current good friends thought my first name was Atkins for about 6 months. My parents weren't that cruel.

    ...now that I think of it anyone who reads this and knows me personally is now horrified by most post history....


  • #38
    kingtut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,494 ✭✭✭kingtut


    I don't know if it is cool but my family are the only family in Ireland with our surname. :cool:


  • #39
    Wolfe Tone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,670 ✭✭✭✭Wolfe Tone


    Mines Power, complements my forename quite well I think; Max.


  • #40
    sensibleken
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,650 ✭✭✭sensibleken


    No. cool is my middle name


  • #41
    fontanalis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,619 ✭✭✭fontanalis


    Wolfe Tone wrote: »
    Mines Power, complements my forename quite well I think; Max.

    Did you get it off a hair dryer?


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  • #42
    mackeire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭mackeire


    elviscostello wrote: »
    Not really a cool surname - but I heard a guy on the radio the other evening. He was Doctor Harry Barry! I couldn't take the guy seriously.
    When i was in school i had a teacher called Gerry Berry.


  • #43
    stampydmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,366 ✭✭✭stampydmonkey


    Negative..usually have to repeat it 5 times to someone I don't know and end up spelling it out to them like a 3 year old


  • #44
    Snakeblood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,461 ✭✭✭Snakeblood


    Ingoldsby.

    Badass


  • #45
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    sensibleken wrote: »
    No. cool is my middle name

    Ken Cool Sensible? I'm clutching at straws here.


  • #46
    Acoshla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,729 ✭✭✭Acoshla


    Mine is similar to the name of a drink, so loads of people say "Oh you must love that drink so!"...ha ha yes very funny, no I don't like it actually, etc etc.


  • #47
    heffo500
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 993 ✭✭✭heffo500


    McLovin :)


  • #48
    fontanalis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,619 ✭✭✭fontanalis


    Acoshla wrote: »
    Mine is similar to the name of a drink, so loads of people say "Oh you must love that drink so!"...ha ha yes very funny, no I don't like it actually, etc etc.

    Bear Grylls Piss?


  • #49
    kelle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,243 ✭✭✭kelle


    I don't use my married name as it makes me sound batty and go around asking everybody if they want cups of tea.


  • #50
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    fontanalis wrote: »
    Bear Grylls Piss?

    Suns going down?


  • #51
    tallaghtmick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,724 ✭✭✭tallaghtmick


    Mine is french but a few paddys mostly in meath have it.Its a horror to spell for most people when i say it or if they are reading it it always comes out wrong.....god help my son who's first name is Kiernan:pac:


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  • #52
    LeeHoffmann
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,770 ✭✭✭LeeHoffmann


    I don't use my married name as it makes me sound batty and go around asking everybody if they want cups of tea.
    Doyle?


  • #53
    Acoshla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,729 ✭✭✭Acoshla


    fontanalis wrote: »
    Bear Grylls Piss?

    How did you guess??! :D


  • #54
    El Guapo!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,450 ✭✭✭✭El Guapo!


    There was a customer a I had a couple of years ago and his surname is Love. And, wait for it.......he's a doctor!

    So yes, his name is actually Dr. Love.

    True story.


  • #55
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    kelle wrote: »
    I don't use my married name as it makes me sound batty and go around asking everybody if they want cups of tea.

    Mrs Doyle ?


  • #56
    brummytom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,572 ✭✭✭✭brummytom


    Dean09 wrote: »
    There was a customer a I had a couple of years ago and his surname is Love. And, wait for it.......he's a doctor!

    So yes, his name is actually Dr. Love.

    True story.
    I had a patient yesterday called Bridgette Jones - nurses thought I was taking the piss. True story.


  • #57
    Mr. Rager
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,958 ✭✭✭Mr. Rager


    The names Bond..


  • #58
    Killer Pigeon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,125 ✭✭✭Killer Pigeon


    Apparently, my surname is misspelled because my gombeen ancestors didn't know how to spell. It has become a family tradition to misspell our surname.

    Personally, I don't find spelling mistakes cool.


  • #59
    fontanalis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,619 ✭✭✭fontanalis


    Acoshla wrote: »
    How did you guess??! :D

    At least it's better than Cavan Cola.


  • #60
    Snowie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,048 ✭✭✭✭Snowie


    Yep i think i have possibly the coolest sirname ever :cool:


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  • #61
    kelle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,243 ✭✭✭kelle


    LeeHoffmann wrote: »
    Doyle?
    hondasam wrote: »
    Mrs Doyle ?

    Yes :D

    I prefer my maiden name, it makes me feel younger!


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