<Dl> <Dd> No, the saying is "My name is mud", with one D . The Samuel Mudd one is a mistake . Here - http://www.thewatchdogonline.com/idioms-my-name-is-mud-282 - shows that the phrase was in a slang dictionary 43 years before Mudd became famous . 188.29. 164.84 (talk) 14: 32, 29 August 2015 (UTC) </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> No, the saying is "My name is mud", with one D . The Samuel Mudd one is a mistake . Here - http://www.thewatchdogonline.com/idioms-my-name-is-mud-282 - shows that the phrase was in a slang dictionary 43 years before Mudd became famous . 188.29. 164.84 (talk) 14: 32, 29 August 2015 (UTC) </Dd> <P> "My name is mud" relates to the idea of a person's "good name". It means your reputation is worsened . Same as "blacken my name". Nothing to do with twaddling or stupid . In the case of the song, I imagine Mud is some poor redneck family's 17th child, and they just couldn't be bothered thinking of a name for him . Since "Mud" is his actual name, according to the lyrics . Cletus Spuckler in The Simpsons is another joke based around redneck families giving large broods of children silly names . 188.29. 164.84 (talk) 14: 45, 29 August 2015 (UTC) </P>

Where did the expression your name is mud come from