People who have a name with poor connotations - how is it? Have you considered changing it?

Posted by SecondPush4412@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 404 comments

Based on the "taking your wife's name when marrying thread". I always feel bad for people who have a seemingly normal regular name then some nutcase like Ian Huntley or Peter Sutcliffe does his thing and suddenly you're stuck with it. Had a teacher at school called Mrs Brady and me and some mates jokingly asked her if her husband was called Ian. She got unusually angry and didn't answer the question, in a way which solidly suggested he was. When I worked in a pub, a regular booking was a well to do middle class couple called Savile, until one day in 2013 they suddenly started booking under the name Seville . Anyone know anyone called Myra Hindley (that as a first name seems to have died off, my mum knew a Myra who became Moira), Dennis Nielsen? Or even more amusing but unfortunate names like Mike Hunt or Peter File? Even famous singers or celebs. I bet that's a pain in the arse too. Michael Bolton from the film Office Space as a fictional example.