Nominative determinism

Chizz

With the news that the Venerable Ian Bishop, Archdeacon of Macclesfield, has been appointed Bishop of Thetford, thereby becoming Bishop Bishop, it got me wondering if Lifers had other examples of noninvasive determinism. That is, when one's name is a portent to one's career. 

A slightly more prosaic example if my grandmother's plumber, Mr Plummer. 

Do Lifers have any more interesting examples? 

usetobunkin

I worked with a guy who name was Constable and his brother was a Kent PC.

TelMc32

Worked at Barclays where the top boss on the Investment Bank side was Rich Ricci! 

Most of my time there was in the Professional Services Team where we looked after the top global law firms & The Lord Chief Justice for a time was Judge (Igor) Judge. 

BalladMan

Two at my sons school

- Dinner lady called Mrs Cod
- Teachers Assistant called Mrs Littlechild

DaveMehmet

My first form teacher at secondary school was Mr Fiddler. 

valleynick66

Alan Ball?

charlton4ever

Wifes Dentist for years was a Mr Payne. Not the same, but I worked with a lady called Henrietta Fish which tickled me.

MrWalker

DaveMehmet said:

My first form teacher at secondary school was Mr Fiddler. 

Fair enough, but what was his name?

O-Randy-Hunt

The wifes doctor was called Dr Piles

Lazy_eye_metaphor

DaveMehmet said:

My first form teacher at secondary school was Mr Fiddler. 

Was he a violin teacher perchance?

Scoham

I worked at an insurance company where there was someone in Pricing with the surname Price and another in Finance with the surname Money.

cafcfan

Judge Judge. He went on to become Lord Chief Justice and is now The Right Honourable The Lord Judge.

I also knew a police officer called Constable Sargeant.

At one stage, Hertfordshire Constabulary had a head of their wildlife section called Inspector Cull.

Does the law firm Wright Hassall count?

Addick Addict

Chizz said:

With the news that the Venerable Ian Bishop, Archdeacon of Macclesfield, has been appointed Bishop of Thetford, thereby becoming Bishop Bishop, it got me wondering if Lifers had other examples of noninvasive determinism. That is, when one's name is a portent to one's career. 

A slightly more prosaic example if my grandmother's plumber, Mr Plummer. 

Do Lifers have any more interesting examples? 

Alan Winton, the man Bishop has replaced as Bishop of Thetford, was a friend of mine at Chis & Sid, we went to the same youth club and he used to live across the road from me. We would take every opportunity to play cricket in the field that backed onto his house as teenagers along with a few of the other locals. He was a county standard left arm spinner but gave up cricket when at University and found God instead. The rest is history as they say. He hasn't changed one bit!!!

IdleHans

I used to do the accounts for one D.J. Sparks, electrician

blackpool72

True story. 
When I was being born the midwife was a miss carriage 

McBobbin

My mate sees a proctologist called "Asad Butt"

MrOneLung

Whole sub for this on reddit


https://www.reddit.com/r/NominativeDeterminism/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1

Sillybilly

Not jobs but hobbies. Once knew two golfers named Hook and Duff. 

dicktracey

Dr in Eltham years ago - Dr Blood !

CAFCTrev

Doug Bowser is the president of Nintendo of America. 

thai malaysia addick

dicktracey said:

Dr in Eltham years ago - Dr Blood !

I knew a more inappropriately named Dr Kilmore

Scoham

R0TW

Paul Twocock.
That made me snigger.

KBslittlesis

Couple who stayed in our cottage. Husband changed his name by deed poll to John Wayne as he was a big fan 🤷‍♀️ 
Wifey was called Avis and she worked for Budget Rental……..was never allowed to answer the phone with her name as it confused the feck out of people 😂😂😂😂

Lincsaddick

I've mentioned these before elsewhere on CL

Stephen Fiddler .. accountant in Ilford
Doctor Patient .. ENT Specialist
David Hooks .. Late Aussie batsman

Masterbrew

Doolittle and Dalley, estate agents in Kidderminster 

Lordflashheart

The midwife for the birth of our daughter was called Jean Bastard

Not associated to this thread, but a teacher at my Primary School was called Mrs Kerr, and her son’s first name was Wayne, poor sod !!!

McBobbin

R0TW said:

Paul Twocock.
That made me snigger.

friend has an uncle called "Paul Meacock" which never stopped being funny.

O-Randy-Hunt

McBobbin said:

R0TW said:

Paul Twocock.
That made me snigger.

friend has an uncle called "Paul Meacock" which never stopped being funny.

I remember reading about a couple naming their baby Drew with the surname Peacock.

thai malaysia addick

I rather like this one…

MrOneLung

KBslittlesis said:

Couple who stayed in our cottage. Husband changed his name by deed poll to John Wayne as he was a big fan 🤷‍♀️ 
Wifey was called Avis and she worked for Budget Rental……..was never allowed to answer the phone with her name as it confused the feck out of people 😂😂😂😂

At Natwest we had a staff member change his name to Karl Heinz Rummenige as he was his favourite player