The Mum of someone I used to work with was a school photographer.
One day whilst working in a slightly rough school, she came across one young Mum who had brought in her pre-school daughter to photographed with the older sibling.. She was quite surprised to learn that the child was called Ellesse, and asked the Mum how she'd decided on the name.

"I cudn't fink of owt, and then I looked at me trainers"

Lucky she hadn't been wearing Gola or Adidas Kicks, really.
(Cave Duck, Thu 9 Dec 2010, 10:59, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

I wanted to punch them in the face.
I still do.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Thu 9 Dec 2010, 11:02, Reply)

My best mate swears he knows a family with the surname 'Caravan'
Who named their daughter 'Iona'
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 9 Dec 2010, 11:07, Reply)

I'm gonna call shenanigans on that one
Although I did once read a letter written by a lawyer who married a banker

Sue Mee and Rob Mee

*facepalm*
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Thu 9 Dec 2010, 11:11, Reply)

Back in my days working at the driving school we took on a pupil called Penny
Who had recently married a Mr Less.

"Oh, it's not the first time he's had this problem," she said, when I remarked upon her name, "Before he met me, he almost got engaged to a woman called Ruth."
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 9 Dec 2010, 11:14, Reply)

Legend
Unfortunately, my name doesn't lend itself to puns, and I'm not allowed to take a surname if I marry.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Thu 9 Dec 2010, 11:16, Reply)

Intriguing
Porquoi pas?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 9 Dec 2010, 11:26, Reply)

Very rare forrin surname
There's only 5 of us in the UK, me, my two sisters, Mum and Nana. Gotta preserve it!
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Thu 9 Dec 2010, 11:31, Reply)

Good answer
Although I was hoping for something slightly less likely, such as a bureaucratic error granting your surname listed building status
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 9 Dec 2010, 11:37, Reply)