41 Pun-names for April Fools’ Day (4/1)

I can’t play a prank on you for April Fools’ Day, but I can give you a list of personal names that seem like pranks.

Except, they’re not.

All of the below are legit first & last names that belonged to real people — often multiple people. (In parentheses I’ve added rough estimates of how many instances I’ve come across so far.)

1. Alma Mater (several)
2. April Showers (dozens)
3. Bear Trapp (one)
4. Candy Cane (several)
5. Cliff Hanger (several)
6. Constant Agony (two)
7. Constant Craps (one)
8. Crystal Ball (dozens)
9. Death Knox (one)
10. Drew Peacock (dozens)
11. Gettysburg Battle (one)
12. Gold Mine (two)
13. Green Bean (several)
14. Hazel Nut/Nutt (dozens)
15. Ima Hogg (one)
16. Jed I Knight (one)
17. London England (dozens)
18. Mud Brown (three)
19. Never Fail (two) — father and son
    • The son’s headstone offers context for the name by referencing 1 Corinthians 13: “Love never fails.”
20. Norman Conquest (two)
21. North West (hundreds)
22. Nude Mann (one)
23. Orbit Moon (one)
24. Orchestra Harp (one)
25. Paris France (several)
26. Preserved Fish (several)
27. Pullman Carr (several), one with the middle name Palace, as in the Pullman Palace Car Company.
28. Rainy Day (one)
29. River Bottom (one)
30. Rocky Mountain (dozens)
31. Sandy Beach (dozens)
32. Sea Shore (several)
33. Seymour Butts (two) — not just a Bart Simpson prank call!
34. Silence Bellows (one)
35. Soda Popp (one)
36. Strong Beer (one)
37. Tell No Lyes (several)
38. Ten Million (one), who had a daughter named Decillian Million.
39. Timber Wood (one), who has a sister named Drift Wood.
40. Truly Wright (several)
41. Tu Morrow (one)

(Some of the above are also on my Unusual Name Combinations list.)

Which one do you think is the best? Or should I say, the worst?

Source: Find A Grave