Larry Ashmead is the author of the book Bertha Venation: And Hundreds of Other Funny Names of Real People. Ashmead talks about the list of improbable and amusing names he has compiled over the years.

Dr. Richard Frankenstein has never read the classic tale of the mad scientist doctor who created a monster. He’s too busy explaining his funny name to his patients. “In my residency, wh… ...

But if you weren’t laid up with a twisted ankle like this writer, you may have missed out on a funny running joke making the rounds. People were photoshopping fake google results for the “real ...

Between comedy videos, Internet contests, and AP news breaks, silly and ridiculous names are dominating the news cycle. Take our quiz to find out — Can you tell which crazy-sounding names are of ...

Well, neither. Turns out, murder is simply the collective (and eerie) name for a group of crows. What’s more is that the English language is filled with many other funny names for groups of animals.

Real Estate; Personal ... Law Firm Names That Are Funny. ... caught a recent essay on baby names by New York Times columnist David Brooks in which he cited a study concluding that people named ...