Top Posts & Pages
- Majestic Mapp and Scientific Mapp: A March Madness Basketball Legacy
- Guppy Troup
- Dominic ffytche
- Corn Griffin
- Joe Btfsplk: Oh Vowels, Where Art Thou?
- Pepper Roach
- Bushrod Washington
- Juliette Gordon Low, funny name in food or no?
- Hold on to Your Pierogis, it's Funny Names in the News 84! Whazzeeee!
- John Ridley Stroop
-
Recent Posts
Most Popular Names
Meta
Tag Archives: celebrities
Polixeni Papapetrou
Hello Funny Names Fans! For those of you who love the land down under, we are celebrating famed Australian photographer, Polixeni Papapetrou. Her name is pronounced poh-leek-SEE-nee pah-pah-PET-roo. I have been unable to verify if her father had a pet … Continue reading
Posted in funny names in art
Tagged artists, biography, celebrities, entertainment, funny names
9 Comments
Siblings: Season and Whip
For some reason talented people with amusing names are drawn to Hollywood. Take Volodymyr Palahniuk who became Jack Palance and his portrayal of villains or Ethyl Merman who belted it out on Broadway and landed a fair few movie rolls … Continue reading
Hans Conreid
Welcome new readers! Sometimes I like to stretch the limits of funny name-ology like a two-sizes-to-small-1974-purple-polyester-pantsuit because someone with a name that is not so funny gives life to fictional characters who are. Have you ever wondered who was the … Continue reading
Posted in funny names in comedy, funny names in movies, funny names in tv
Tagged actors, bio, biography, celebrities, entertainment
10 Comments
Rosey Grier, More than a Football Career
Greetings funny names fans. We are on a football roll here at the BoFN with our funny names in the 2017 NFL draft. Vote for your favorite name here. Polls close at noon E.D.T. today. In keeping with the football … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Author Names, funny names in sports, funny names in tv
Tagged athletes, bio, celebrities, entertainment, funny names
12 Comments
Biz Stone, Behind Twitter and More
Greetings Funny Names Fans. It time to get to business with this week’s post. People who through stones shouldn’t live in a glass house, but a person named Biz Stone should work in high tech. You might not recognize him … Continue reading