Best name you have ever heard!

[Grimlock]

Inspired by this threadhttp://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=156580

What is the best name you have heard in real life. I have two (and these are genuine);
1) An old school acquaintance was called Maximillian Secoyah Walker
but the real gem adn THE BEST name ever written down/spoken aloud etc. is one of my ex studens from a few years ago

*ahem*

2) Chevalier Sinbad Wharton-Squirrel!

What kind fo parent calls their child Chevalier? I mean if he'd decied to become a professoinal swashbuckler I could understand it!

So Playground, what names do you like?

[Phae Nymna]

Archibald Alexander Leach

Love, love, love that man. Pretty much my favorite actor.

[YPU]

Xavier Wolfs that's X. wolfs. The head of the local universities gaming club.

[Jokasti]

Bartholomew.
/thread.

[Winthur]

Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern Schplenden Schlitter Crass Cren Bon Fried Digger Dingle Dangle Dongle Dungle Burstein von Knacker Thrasher Apple Banger Horowitz Ticolensic Grander Knotty Spelltinkle Grandlich Grumblemeyer Spelter Wasser Kurstlich Himble Eisenbahnwagen Gutenabend Bitte einen Nürnburger Bratwürstel Gespurten mit Weimache Luber Hundsfut Gumeraber Schönendanker Kalbsfleisch Mittleraucher von Hautkopft of Ulm.

[Dogmantra]

Petronella Stallworthy Van Der Acker is pretty close, but I have to give it to Surprise Moriri. His first name is SURPRISE. I CANNOT STRESS HOW GOOD THIS IS.

[Dihan]

Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7522952.stm) and the rest of them in that link.

[aberratio ictus]

Staff Sergeant Max Fightmaster.

http://www.cracked.com/article_14982_9-manliest-names-in-world.html

[Grimlock]

Petronella Stallworthy Van Der Acker is pretty close, but I have to give it to Surprise Moriri. His first name is SURPRISE. I CANNOT STRESS HOW GOOD THIS IS.

I've gotta say Suprise is pretty darn cool first name!

[Nomrom]

When I lived in the Dominican Republic, I met some people with pretty awesome names, but the best was probably the kid who's first name was RonaldReagan. Either him or MichealJordan. Or the kid named Smelly.

[J.Gellert]

Anastasius Phoebus Komnenus.

Anastasius, from the greek word for Resurrection
Phoebus, the epithet of Apollo
Komnenus, as the dynasy of Byzantine emperors

He's just a baby now, but I hope he doesn't use the diminutive form "Tassos" when he grows up, because it's a sucky name.

[SaintRidley]

Schweinsteiger is an awesome surname.

[aberratio ictus]

It is not if you translate it as Pigclimber.

[Yrcrazypa]

Bruce Campbell is a manly sounding name, and it belongs to a manly man.

[YPU]

Batman Bin Suparman (http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=5) is up there as well.

[Starscream]

Met a guy named Chuck Hammers. If he were a foot shorter and had a longer beard, he'd have made an excellent dwarf.

[SaintRidley]

It is not if you translate it as Pigclimber.

If that's what it means it just makes it hilariously awesome.

[Cubey]

A special effects technician by the name of Greg Killmaster.

[Dr.Epic]

Awesome Bill from Dawsonville.

[Flame of Anor]

Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry.

[aberratio ictus]

If that's what it means it just makes it hilariously awesome.

It is. Trust me. I speak German.

[Yarram]

A family of people I met, named:
Sollee (Sully) Stagbeatle Forest,
Wavy Ocean Forest and
Fig Forest

Sully Forest is the most yell-able name in the world.

Other than that, I like what Frank Zappa named his kids:
Kelvinator Refridgerator I changed to Diva
Kelvinator Refridgerator II changed to Dweezil
Kelvinator Refridgerator III changed to Moon Unit
pardon me if I mixed the order up. I'm too lazy to google.

Dweezil is a freaking awesome name.

[Dogmantra]

Kenesaw Mountain Landis is a pretty sweet name too.

[Em Blackleaf]

Dusty Rockland. He was a friend of my parents and a former CIA agent/spy.

[SurlySeraph]

Staff Sergeant Max Fightmaster.

http://www.cracked.com/article_14982_9-manliest-names-in-world.html

On a related note, General Charles H. Bonesteel III. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_H._Bonesteel_III)

[Jinura]

Staff Sergeant Max Fightmaster.

http://www.cracked.com/article_14982_9-manliest-names-in-world.html

Damn I was gonna take that one! :smallannoyed:

[WalkingTarget]

There was a guy in my graduation ceremony in college named Shiv Shanker (or maybe Shankar, either way).

[Salbazier]

Delta Epsilon Stigma. Not it is not a typo. At least not by me I just found out stigma is really a greek letter

[Diva De]

A friend whose mom was a maternity nurse SWEARS she had twins born in her unit named Orangejello (O-ran-gelo) and Lemonjello (Le-mon-gelo). I went to high school with a girl whose name was Passion Cherry. There is a local author whose name is Mignon (pronounced pheonetically - mig-non). And I have a friend who is a substitute teacher who had a class with twins - Sh*thead (shi-theed) and Sh*tonya (She-tone-ya).

I vote people learn how to read before they have children.

[RandomNPC]

wow, a lot of people thought of Max Fightmaster before me....

I don't feel the need to put my last name online, but it's Italian for Assassin.

And that kind of sucks, I can't go to Italy without being looked at funny when I introduce myself. A fun part was when the kids at school figured it out, and decied to test me on it, Apparently it's subtitled in the movie the godfather 3. I know enough about pressure points to put a guy down for a minuet, but if any of his friends would have tried to save him they likely would have.

[Nefarion Xid]

Friendly Local Game Shop owner's name is "Hatter, The Mad"...legally. Although, his given name is pretty sweet too. He ran for mayor a few years back.

[Fuzzie Fuzz]

Daniel Macadangdang. Pronounced just like it's spelled.

[Zeb The Troll]

A friend whose mom was a maternity nurse SWEARS she had twins born in her unit named Orangejello (O-ran-gelo) and Lemonjello (Le-mon-gelo).I've told this story myself, here on these forums, about a friend of mine who had child clients with these names. I'm left to wonder if a) I misunderstood her story and she was just retelling it, or b) the tale has gotten so well known that people are actually now naming their kids this way on purpose.

http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/names.asp

[Doran_Liadon]

Maximus Altitude

[coreline]

I found Badstuber is unique. He's my friend's boyfriend. I saw him on her photo painting (http://paintedsouvenirs.com).

[Xuc Xac]

Amon Göth was a Nazi in the SS "Death's Head" and you couldn't make up a more F-ing Metal name.

[RandomNPC]

Amon Göth was a Nazi in the SS "Death's Head" and you couldn't make up a more F-ing Metal name.

I first read that as "Among the Goths" and was confused whe I didn't see a name, then I re-read it slower.

[The Vanishing Hitchhiker]

Local TV journalist Tak Landrock. (I recall reading somewhere that Tak is short for something Japanese - Takeshi or the like.)

Also saw a girl in my sister-in-law's high school graduation program named Lovely Jones, and the student body president was some girl called Desiree, AKA Dez the Prez. That high school was chock full of cool names, apparently.

[Pokonic]

I had a kid in my class named Storm Mcloud.:smallbiggrin:

[Ormagoden]

Sing sang song

[Grimlock]

I've just thought of a few more.
My dad used to work with a guy called Hyler Breeze- which is cool!
and
A friend used to teach a kid called Stormstar Jackson

[Thufir]

Reginald Spofforth.

[Zovc]

My friend Blake named his son Loki. I thought that was pretty awesome.

[KerfuffleMach2]

Well, I work at U-HAUL. I have to see plenty of names as I take license info for rentals.

The one that pops into my head first was an 80 year old man named Isreal Fireman.

Yeah. That was his real name. It was on his license.

[UserClone]

Hm... I seem to know several. Let's see:

A buddy named Rusty Flounders.

Former customers Kingthong Vongphoumy and Henrietta Asswad.

My buddy Eddie Miller's big brother's name is (I'll just try and spell it phonetically) Akashumbatwa Nut'ngwalaleleewanika Miller. He's just called Lee. :smallbiggrin:

[Cealocanth]

I have one, mainly because it sounds exotic and inspired by WoW and the SCA combined!

Leora Meliawyn ________ (Can't remember the last name.)

[DarkLightDragon]

Stormhammer Deathclaw Firebrand (http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/man-renames-himself-stormhammer-deathclaw-firebrand/story-e6frfku0-1225865460788)

[Dogmantra]

Kristen Shirts is one I like a lot. Not for the forename, but for the fact one Shirt in her surname wasn't good enough. Her surname is Shirts, plural. Why was I not informed you can have plural surnames before this?

[Spiryt]

Stormhammer Deathclaw Firebrand (http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/man-renames-himself-stormhammer-deathclaw-firebrand/story-e6frfku0-1225865460788)

Lol, and I thought that "War Machine" was idiotic...:smallbiggrin:

[CWater]

In a class my mom teached a while back, there was these brothers Voltti and Watti.
voltti=volt
watti=watt
Their little sister is named Kelvin.
...Their father is an electrician.:smallbiggrin:

And there was one other girl called Miina Kenttä.
miina=mine
kenttä=field
Poor child...

[Malfunctioned]

I have cousin who has the name Maksimilian Baronofsky.

I wish I shared my typical Russian names that most of my family has.

[DarkLightDragon]

In a class my mom teached a while back, there was these brothers Voltti and Watti.
voltti=volt
watti=watt
Their little sister is named Kelvin.
...Their father is an electrician.:smallbiggrin:

And there was one other girl called Miina Kenttä.
miina=mine
kenttä=field
Poor child...

:smallbiggrin:

[Grimlock]

In a class my mom teached a while back, there was these brothers Voltti and Watti.
voltti=volt
watti=watt
Their little sister is named Kelvin.
...Their father is an electrician.:smallbiggrin:

And there was one other girl called Miina Kenttä.
miina=mine
kenttä=field
Poor child...
Ha!:smallbiggrin:
My brother had a Maths teacher called Mr McMath.

[Coplantor]

Well, when I did social work I met a Maikol jordan and an Anakin. On a not so recent newspaper article, a lady who works at the civil registry office told of some of the strangest names she was exposed to, the gold medal goes to a girl called "Gansos Rosados", that's spanish for Pink Geese, wich, apparently, was what her parents though that Guns'n Roses meant.

Poor, poor girl.

[Brainstomper]

In junior high I went to School with Frosty Music and his sister Sweet Sweet. They hated thier parents.

[monomer]

There was an old Ukrainian sausage-maker in my hometown by the name of Xenon Dragan.

[Eldan]

My father studied Law and Economy a while back and was handed a book by a professor called Theo Ghul. Ghul, of course, being the german way to spell "ghoul".

[MartytheBioGuy]

There was a 4-year-old girl in the Vacation Bible School that I ran last week, who was, no joke, named Scarlet Battles. Hard. Core.

[Castaras]

Powerstation.

Amusing female name.

[MrTBOBBY]

My dad knew a girl named Candy Store.

[GolemsVoice]

I find movie credits to be an endless source of cool names. It's like the coolness that goes on on the screen is transfered into the names of those who can't be on the screen, so they are cool, too.

One of my favourites was Johnny Dark. Simple and elegant.

[Mercenary Pen]

I find movie credits to be an endless source of cool names. It's like the coolness that goes on on the screen is transfered into the names of those who can't be on the screen, so they are cool, too.

One of my favourites was Johnny Dark. Simple and elegant.

Although, in that case, it could just be a stage name- on the grounds that actors don't find it convenient to share some ordinary name with someone else- on the grounds that getting mentioned in the credits for their work is a key reward of their job. You don't want every other Joe Smith taking credit for the acting jobs you did.

[DarkLightDragon]

Although, in that case, it could just be a stage name- on the grounds that actors don't find it convenient to share some ordinary name with someone else- on the grounds that getting mentioned in the credits for their work is a key reward of their job. You don't want every other Joe Smith taking credit for the acting jobs you did.

Makes sense, but still cool. :smalltongue:

[The Demented One]

Doctor Spiridion Papapetropolis. Bitch.

[GolemsVoice]

Although, in that case, it could just be a stage name- on the grounds that actors don't find it convenient to share some ordinary name with someone else- on the grounds that getting mentioned in the credits for their work is a key reward of their job. You don't want every other Joe Smith taking credit for the acting jobs you did.

It wasn't an actor, it was one of the crew, those that stay BEHIND the camera. I cannot remember what exactly he did, though.

[ninjalemur]

A friend whose mom was a maternity nurse SWEARS she had twins born in her unit named Orangejello (O-ran-gelo) and Lemonjello (Le-mon-gelo).

Where did this friends mom live? When my dad was growing up in New York he went to Sunday school with twins named Orangejello and Lemonjello.

My mom knew someone in High School named William William William III.

[Jokasti]

I've heard of the Jello's before. I do not think it is as uncommon as people wish.

[paddyfool]

There was a fine section in Freakonomics about the power of names.

It included the story of two brothers. The older of the two was called Winner. The younger, well, take a guess. The outcome for their lives?

"Winner" became a petty criminal going in and out of prison. "Loser" became a policeman. Apparently he was quite amused by how people would often mispronounce his name, because they assumed it had to be foreign, and mean something different.

[Teddy]

Apparently he was quite amused by how people would often mispronounce his name, because they assumed it had to be foreign, and mean something different.

And you don't want to offend people by pronounciating their name in a way that sounds insulting. One of my friends went in the same class as a boy named Baize, which was pronounciated the same way as the Swedish word "bajs", which translates directly into "poop". Poor boy, and poor teacher who had to try to pronounciate it without insulting.

[Quincunx]

. . .you have no idea how many puns you just clarified. I'm getting hit with all of them at once. Ow. Ow. Ow. (There's not a problem with the name if you pronounce a 'z' differently than an 's', but now that you point that out, I'm not sure I met many Swedes that did.)

The children a few years older than me, in the little pocket of aspirational naming where I was born, had a habit of being named after thinkers, philanthropists, and respected folk who had no idea the kids were alive, all shoehorned around the existing families' surnames by contorting spelling and name order. It was. . .odd, every few years learning about some new luminary whose name was almost, but not quite, familiar (and then reconciling that respected reputation with the jerk I knew).

[Teddy]

. . .you have no idea how many puns you just clarified. I'm getting hit with all of them at once. Ow. Ow. Ow. (There's not a problem with the name if you pronounce a 'z' differently than an 's', but now that you point that out, I'm not sure I met many Swedes that did.)

Well, z is pronounciated the same way as s most of the time, here in Sweden, but even if you pronounciate it in any of the other ways I can think of, the result still comes out as too similar. And the worst part was that it actually should be pronounciated as an s in that case, and nothing else.

And I guess that you've heard more puns that play on this particular word...? Well, I can say that there are some who think that this is very funny. :smallsigh: And, for the record, "Skit på dig!" is not a Swedish greeting, despite what people say.

...Especially if said people are Norwegians.

[Ikialev]

Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvim John Kenneth Loyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor Willian Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorffvoralternwareng ewissenhaftschaferswesenchafewarenwholgepflegeunds orgfaltigkeitbeschutzenvonangereifenduchihrraubgir iigfeindewelchevorralternzwolftausendjahresvorandi eerscheinenbanderersteerdeemmeshedrraumschiffgebra uchlichtalsseinursprungvonkraftgestartseinlangefah rthinzwischensternartigraumaufdersuchenachdiestern welshegehabtbewohnbarplanetenkreisedrehensichundwo hinderneurassevanverstandigmenshlichkeittkonntevor tpflanzenundsicherfreunanlebenslamdlichfreudeundru hemitnichteinfurchtvorangreifenvonandererintlligen tgeschopfsvonhinzwischensternartigraum.

It probably means something.

[Flarowon]

Pockets Ned
Not Ned Pockets, but honest-to-god Pockets Ned.

And in the same class at school, Daniel Deathrage.

[Gem Flower]

Squishy Kirkland. Coolest seven-year-old I know.:smallcool:

[Graymayre]

If you don't count the completely unfairly named "Sgt. Max Fightmaster" then the best one I have heard was "William L. Manly"

That last name is just ridiculous, and has a lake named after it. That lake is now a manly desert called manly Death Valley.

[Superglucose]

Soraya and Layli. I have a thing for farsi names.

[Grimlock]

Daniel Deathrage.

This is a great name!

[Asta Kask]

Phillippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracelsus).

The use of the word 'bombastic' stems from this man's writings. A sample:


I am Theophrastus, and greater than those to whom you liken me; I am Theophrastus, and in addition I am monarcha medicorum and I can prove to you what you cannot prove...I need not don a coat of mail or a buckler against you, for you are not learned or experienced enough to refute even a word of mine...As for you, you can defend your kingdom with belly-crawling and flattery. How long do you think this will last?...Let me tell you this: every little hair on my neck knows more than you and all your scribes, and my shoe buckles are more learned than your Galen and Avicenna, and my beard has more experience than all your high colleges.

That's confidence!

[The Valiant Turtle]

I went to High School with a girl whose given name was Velvet Lipps. She went by Dawn. Her little sister's name was Kissy. Strange parents are strange.

[ForzaFiori]

Kristen Shirts is one I like a lot. Not for the forename, but for the fact one Shirt in her surname wasn't good enough. Her surname is Shirts, plural. Why was I not informed you can have plural surnames before this?

My surname is plural. It's Italian for "flowers"

Two awesome names:
I went to school with a kid named Kyle Kjielgard (pronounced Kill Guard). I probably spelled it wrong though.

Also, there is a guy on the History channel that is interviewed for alot of WWII stuff, who left the service as a Sargent. His last name was Slaughter. So he's now Sargent Slaughter. Would have been cooler if he made Major or General, but still awesome.

[Fay Graydon]

Beowolf "Wolfie" LéBlanc
one of my friends uncle is called this :smalltongue:

[Spiryt]

Time to introduce our boy, War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Machine_(fighter)), although IMO this belongs to "worst name you ever heard" thread. :smalltongue:

[Kris Strife]

A friend whose mom was a maternity nurse SWEARS she had twins born in her unit named Orangejello (O-ran-gelo) and Lemonjello (Le-mon-gelo).

I think I went to high school with these two.

[Mauther]

in elementary school there was a kid whose first name was pronounced "pa dju' mus", it was of course spelled: Pajamas. Pajamas Jones, supposedly his mother read it in a catalog and thought the it sounded pretty. I think he went on to play football in highschool. I like to think of that name being broadcast on the loudspeakers to a thousand cheering fans. "Pajamas Jones with the touchdown!"

Lady in my office birthed an abomination, named it Jewlz Monet (pronounced Jewels Money) God I hate my coworkers. I have some coworkers in India named Fansi Pant, and Prik****. We have monitoring software that searches phone calls for cursing or inappropriate language and any conversation with him sets off all kinds of alarms.

Went to school with an April Showers, played high school sports with Ememe Emejoule, had the inevitable imigrant from Vietnam named Phouc Tran (pronounced, well you got it) leading to the inevitable yelling on the playground "F**k Tran just catch the ball". Coached three brothers named Hunter, Scout, and Ranger.

[Superglucose]

it's only great when you include all of her titles. This is one of my character's court-names, how she was introduced in court.

Princess Ialana, King of the Goblins, Heir to the Barony of Hohenheim, fourth daughter of the King Andritt the 38th, and Vice-Governor of the Southern Province.

I always forget about the Vice-Governor...

Anyways it was a character who collected titles, and she was working on becoming the Goblin Queen as well as the Goblin King.

[Octopus Jack]

Maxamilian Von Urah Graf Von Wuttemburg- love that name, never actually spoke to the guy but i saw him once or twice... I think

[Rutskarn]

Somebody here's name translates to "Industrious." Curly? Anyway, I thought that was pretty damn cool, especially since most girl's names are stuff like chastity and prudence and prettyflower and whatnot.

[Ormur]

Nothing really exotic but the name Heston Blumenthal is just so fitting for a chef.

[Eldan]

Why? I fail to see the connections between either valleys or flowers and cooking.

[Teddy]

I went in the same class as a boy with the surename Klein, and now I'm in the same class as two twins with the surename Piccolo. These are the German and Italian words for "small", and it has been true in all three cases.

[rakkoon]

Alfred J. Fluffy
A friend of mine uses it as an online alias.

Also as a child I wanted two children: Alexandre (french version) and Miriam.

I got two kids, both of them have different names :smallamused:

[Wookieetank]

L-A (pronounced Ladasha) :smalleek:

Also:
Dr. Dangle
and
Dr. Parsley

My work is quite interesting some days :smallamused:

[Dogmantra]

There are apparently several American GPs named Dr Doctor and one or two named Dr Surgeon. There is also apparently an anaesthetist called Dr Gass and a psychiatrist named Dr Couch.

[WalkingTarget]

Thought of a few more:

Was out shopping at one point, a woman called over to her three young daughters to catch up. The names she called? Portia, Mercedes, and Lexis (I'm guessing on the spelling, but still).

Two friends: one has uncles Thomas, Richard, and Harry. Another has uncles Thomas, Richard, and an aunt Harriet.

[cattoy]

Richard 'D-I-C-K' Trickle. A retired NASCAR driver.

[Edge]

Dunno if this is the guy's real name or not, and I imagine it can't be, but there's a friend of a friend of mine on facebook whose listed name is Ornlu Wolfjarl.

[RandomNPC]

There are apparently several American GPs named Dr Doctor and one or two named Dr Surgeon. There is also apparently an anaesthetist called Dr Gass and a psychiatrist named Dr Couch.

I've heard about that, If you're named after a professional occupation you're more likely to get that kind of job. There's lots of smiths that work with metals and the like.

[super dark33]

O-chul is the best name ever

[Shas aia Toriia]

I know a guy with the last name Bates.

Think about his name, as a young boy, in which one of the appropriate titles is "Master". For those who don't get it, it sounds like masturbates.

[Brendan]

My dad went to school with a girl named:
Crystal Chanda Lear
Her parents had a "sense of humor" (read: sadistic personality)

[Em Blackleaf]

My dad went to school with a girl named:
Crystal Chanda Lear
Her parents had a "sense of humor" (read: sadistic personality)
That reminds me- I know a girl named Amanda Lynn. :smalltongue:

[The Rose Dragon]

There are apparently several American GPs named Dr Doctor and one or two named Dr Surgeon.

Aren't surgeons called "Mister" instead of "Doctor"?

EDIT: I am aware that they are physicians, not surgeons, but still... Doctor Surgeon just sounds weird.

[Iruka]

Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvim John Kenneth Loyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor Willian Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorffvoralternwareng ewissenhaftschaferswesenchafewarenwholgepflegeunds orgfaltigkeitbeschutzenvonangereifenduchihrraubgir iigfeindewelchevorralternzwolftausendjahresvorandi eerscheinenbanderersteerdeemmeshedrraumschiffgebra uchlichtalsseinursprungvonkraftgestartseinlangefah rthinzwischensternartigraumaufdersuchenachdiestern welshegehabtbewohnbarplanetenkreisedrehensichundwo hinderneurassevanverstandigmenshlichkeittkonntevor tpflanzenundsicherfreunanlebenslamdlichfreudeundru hemitnichteinfurchtvorangreifenvonandererintlligen tgeschopfsvonhinzwischensternartigraum.

It probably means something.

I think there are some horribly mangled german sentences in there, but I have trouble sorting them out. Where did you find that?

Probably not the best name ever, but I think Owl Goingback is pretty awesome.

[Fay Graydon]

Just remembered someone I knew (sort of) at high school...
Richard Head...
How cruel or drunk must his parents have been to name him Richard when their surname was HEAD! D=
I feel sorry for the poor boy :smalltongue:

[KerfuffleMach2]

One of my math teacher's name was Wisty. Her sister was Brandy, and their brother was Jack.

I sense a common theme there...

[Shas aia Toriia]

Aren't surgeons called "Mister" instead of "Doctor"?

EDIT: I am aware that they are physicians, not surgeons, but still... Doctor Surgeon just sounds weird.

Doctor and Surgeon would be their last names, with Dr. being the title.

[Faceist]

I've got a friend named Marcus Abraham Samuel Hall. His parents must've known what they were doing. I haven't run into any of those "Lance Heroington" style names in real life, though. :smallfrown:

[nerd-7i+e]

I know a guy with the last name Bates.

Think about his name, as a young boy, in which one of the appropriate titles is "Master". For those who don't get it, it sounds like masturbates.

I went to camp last year with someone who did, in fact, have that last name. And yes, some kids did call him "The Master."

My uncle had a student named Female (pronounced feh-mall-ay). Her parents (I suppose they were foreign) couldn't decide on a name when they saw the birth certificate, which, in the absence of their decision, simply said "female."

And my initials are BS. Literally and figuratively.

[Darklord Xavez]

Starhawk. One word. That's her entire name, and she's no superhero (http://www.figurerealm.com/Customs/19000/18944-1.jpg). She's a writer (http://www.timeforourpower.com/images/starhawk.jpg).
-Xavez

[Gorgondantess]

Oh, lessee.
First, there's Buford DeMille.

And then I know of a pilot named Buck Maxim. Real name. And he's a pilot.

[ForzaFiori]

A friend of mine and his father are named Alex and Mark Leaf, respectively. This wouldn't normally be funny, except for some rather odd coincidences. Firstly, no one in their family is over 5'4" tall, and they live on Short Leaf Road. Second, Mr. Leaf is in the US Navy, and is a Chief Petty Officer. Making him Chief Leaf. In another odd coincidence, without ever knowing anything about his dad, several people at school, including myself, nicknamed Alex "Chief Leaf".

[Eldan]

Just found in a cracked article:

Titan Leeds, a rival of Ben Franklin.

[KerfuffleMach2]

A guy came into my work today to rent a truck.

The name on his license?

Danny Ex.

[Platinum_Mongoose]

I doubt it was his real name, but a guy who used to teach at my local community college was called Colonel Wingnut. Also, there's a Frodo Baggins in our local phonebook.

Meanwhile, in the land of fiction... Chet Awesome-Laser. Thank you, Scott Kurtz.

If I have kids, it would be hard to resist the temptation to name my son The Doctor. My daughter, however, I would simply name Max, because that's probably my favorite name for a girl.

[Occasional Sage]

Thor Conan Alpha. I've met him; as memory serves he's around 5'2" and 120# right out of the shower.

[Platinum_Mongoose]

Thor Conan Alpha. I've met him; as memory serves he's around 5'2" and 120# right out of the shower.

You have just won the thread.

[Faceist]

Yeah, that one's going to be difficult to top. His size just makes it all the more incongruous. :smallbiggrin:

[Occasional Sage]

Yeah, that one's going to be difficult to top. His size just makes it all the more incongruous. :smallbiggrin:

I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'....

Why do you think he's stuck in my head for several years?

[altruist]

My surname is plural. It's Italian for "flowers"

Two awesome names:
I went to school with a kid named Kyle Kjielgard (pronounced Kill Guard). I probably spelled it wrong though.

Also, there is a guy on the History channel that is interviewed for alot of WWII stuff, who left the service as a Sargent. His last name was Slaughter. So he's now Sargent Slaughter. Would have been cooler if he made Major or General, but still awesome.

I don't know if English is your first language, but "Sargent" was Maria Shriver's father. Sergeant is the way to spell the rank, and it's *nowhere close* to Major or General.

[PanNarrans]

I know a guy called Dominic De'Ath.

[SDF]

I have a friend named Hugh Morris. His parents always liked his sister better...


There are apparently several American GPs named Dr Doctor and one or two named Dr Surgeon. There is also apparently an anaesthetist called Dr Gass and a psychiatrist named Dr Couch.

My endocrinologist friend once swore to me that he knows a urologist named Wellington Hung who actually goes by the nickname well. I told him I didn't believe it, and he reassured me it was true telling me to google search it. I said there was no way I was google searching Well Hung and what is wrong with him, he is a doctor.

[KerfuffleMach2]

My mom has seen several Dr. Payne's and Dr. Hertz's.

[cho_j]

I can't come up with the BEST name I've heard, especially since Max Fightmaster is already on the thread... but for sure the WORST name comes to us courtesy of my English teacher's old acquaintance: Aphrodite Chuckass. I mean... come on, Mr. and Mrs. Chuckass! That's the point when you pass on the mother's name.

[Dogmantra]

I mean... come on, Mr. and Mrs. Chuckass! That's the point when you pass on the mother's name.

Hey, Mr and Mrs Chuckass had good taste. They called their daughter Aphrodite. That's a super cool name.

[Amiel]

Max Power definitely ranks among the finest names ever; that one's name is tied to one's profession is true, so there'll be a X. Bath (plumber), Baker (who works in a bakery), Miller (who works with flour) et al.


Also, Yo'mum Wassup :smallconfused: W.T.F?

[KuReshtin]

Apparently in New Zealand, there's a kid walking around with the name:

Number 16 Bus Shelter

Site of conception, perhaps?

In Sweden, a couple tried to name their son 'Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssql-bb111163' (pronounced: Albin) but were rejected.

[Dogmantra]

In Sweden, a couple tried to name their son 'Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssql-bb111163' (pronounced: Albin) but were rejected.

Did they not then go on to try to call him "a", also pronounced Albin?

[leper0messiah]

the best name I've ever heard was actually a name I made up and isn't a name but a latin word
Casurus (meaning: to fall, or overthrow)
of course it would be shortened to Cas if ever used...something about that word screamed name to me though:smalltongue:

my friend also likes this name he read in a book...Slater, pretty BA to.

And while on topic of fictional names I just wanna thorw in Mal'akh from Dan Brown's the Lost Symbol...cool name, 'specially if you know where it came from

[Cogwheel]

I know someone named Siegfried Steinbach.

Funny how I find the exact same name in X-COM a few weeks later.

[Coidzor]

I know someone named Siegfried Steinbach.

Funny how I find the exact same name in X-COM a few weeks later.

how horribly did he die?

[randman22222]

Well, I'm close friends with Andrew Jackson. :smalltongue:

[Lawless III]

My grandfather's last name is Sergeant, he goes by Sarge. I understand the nickname probably comes from his last name, but I still like to think of him going by Sarge Sergeant. Also my grandmother on the otherside had the maiden name of Popadogeanis which is pretty awesome.

Coolest name of anyone I know has to be Alex Alexiathis.

[Charity]

Well I went to uni with a guy called Kaiser Khan... his name translates to King King, his daddy dint raise no shinking violet.

I once got a letter at work with my name (incorrectly I feel I ought to point out) written as Jimmy Jacuzzi... took a while for that nic-name to pass.

[Grimlock]

Aaaaand, I've just remembered another one!
A friend has a work colleague called Wayne Bruce....of course nick-named Man Bat!

[Inhuman Bot]

Awesome McCoolname (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitle73be69nd). :smalltongue:

[Irenaeus]

Staff Sergeant Max Fightmaster.

http://www.cracked.com/article_14982_9-manliest-names-in-world.htmlFrom that same list, my favorite is **** Pound.

His book "Inside the Olympics" is good stuff.

http://www.aquaticsintl.com/enewsletter/2009/10/10review.jpg

Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern Schplenden Schlitter Crass Cren Bon Fried Digger Dingle Dangle Dongle Dungle Burstein von Knacker Thrasher Apple Banger Horowitz Ticolensic Grander Knotty Spelltinkle Grandlich Grumblemeyer Spelter Wasser Kurstlich Himble Eisenbahnwagen Gutenabend Bitte einen Nürnburger Bratwürstel Gespurten mit Weimache Luber Hundsfut Gumeraber Schönendanker Kalbsfleisch Mittleraucher von Hautkopft of Ulm.Ten points.

[AslanCross]

I know a guy with the last name Bates.

Think about his name, as a young boy, in which one of the appropriate titles is "Master". For those who don't get it, it sounds like masturbates.

I had a classmate whose surname was "Bate" (though it was pronounced "Bah-teh"). The first time one of our teachers called the roll, he called us each "Master." When the teacher got to him, he had a puzzled look on his face for a while and just went. ".......Bate?"

[Mr. Moon]

So, one day, I'm walking through my school, headed to my locker. All of a sudden, over the speakers, I hear:

"Starr Faux, please come to the office. Starr Faux, to the office."

I'm not sure if I spelt it correctly, but it's pronounced... Well, you can figure it out.

Suffice to say, it made me very happy.

[Rutskarn]

Oh yeah, my name is

Adam Ellsworth DeCamp.

Nothing absurdly awesome, but good in a poncy aristocrat sort of way.

[Decoy Lockbox]

Back when I worked for the army, the staff sergeant at our base was a very serious-looking man by the name of, I kid you not, "Enoch Godbolt".

Now, if that isn't a great name for a D&D cleric/paladin, I wanna hear one that is!

Friend of mine who was in the navy (no jokes!) told me about an unfortunate woman by the surname of "Guzzler". It seems this poor woman had attained the rank of...well...you can probably figure this one out for yourself (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaman). The worst part was, she worked answering phones, and every time she picked one up, she had to identify herself rank first, then surname. Hilarity ensued....

[Zeb The Troll]

I know a guy with the last name Bates.

Think about his name, as a young boy, in which one of the appropriate titles is "Master". For those who don't get it, it sounds like masturbates.


I had a classmate whose surname was "Bate" (though it was pronounced "Bah-teh"). The first time one of our teachers called the roll, he called us each "Master." When the teacher got to him, he had a puzzled look on his face for a while and just went. ".......Bate?"This was a gag in a very popular Richard Pryor movie called "The Toy". I recommend checking it out. :smallcool:

[Brewdude]

There was always that horse named

Hoof Hearted (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqj2hkbDnyM)

[Terry576]

A friend of my Dad's last name was "Who".

He was a doctor.

He was Doctor f@#$ing Who.

[StreetPizza]

Turkish politician Suleyman Demirel. That approximately translates to Solomon Ironfist. His fist, it is made of iron.

[Dogmantra]

A friend of my Dad's last name was "Who".

He was a doctor.

He was Doctor f@#$ing Who.

Aaaaaand we have a winner! Thanks for playing everyone!

[GrlumpTheElder]

I work at an opticians, and one of the patients is a Dr. Pain. There's also a Lance Power (I believe the Lance may be short for Lancelot!)

[Terry576]

Aaaaaand we have a winner! Thanks for playing everyone!

It is kind of hard to beat Doctor Who.

I'd marry that man, just so my last name would be "Who".

Or possibly that 17 year-old daughter he kept ranting about. :smallconfused:

He kinda stopped talking to me after I demanded him to show me his Sonic Screwdriver.

[Ostien]

Jumping in for anyone interested.

Just plain odd names/spellings/first name last name combos:
Desert Johanna Beaver - is up there as far bad names I have heard go.

Xenophilius is another one. I know it is a name that has been used before just seems out of place/time.

Musiq (pronounced like Music).

Unique Love - Perhaps it could be just good advertising...

Crystal Cherry - Good if you trying to make them a stripper I guess?

Crystal Palm - Not to be confused with a Quivering Palm...

Socrates (made all the better with them being a bio major. I just feel bad when they have to take a PHIL101 class for the gen ed requirements. "What does Socrates think of this?" *class turns to that student* )

Tempest - a superhero obviously

Jaymee, Sammantha, Alixzandria, Margeaux (Margo) - kinda sums up a lot of the variant spellings that have made me go :smallconfused:

Stupidly awesome:
Reginald Browncow (I cannot describe the silly awesome. If anyone has played Jade Empire it reminds me of Sir Roderick Ponce Von Fontlebottom the Magnificent Bastard, voiced by none other then John Cleese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cleese))

Just plain awesome:
Dominica Jones (Sounds like a film noir detective name to me)

Monika Maniak (Should form a band: Monica and the Maniaks, featuring Monica Maniak)

There are more written down somewhere that my partner has cataloged (They work at a university and some of the names that they come across), those are just a few that stuck out from talking to them or ones I have heard elsewhere.

[Mystic Muse]

THe best name I've heard is "Bob Sloppadonnapopavich"

[Thrice Dead Cat]

A good friend of mine's little brother is dating a girl named, I swear on my life, "Justice Hammers." It's surnames like that that make me consider taking on a potential wife's maiden name.

[Alindo]

Staff Sergeant Max Fightmaster.

http://www.cracked.com/article_14982_9-manliest-names-in-world.html

I actually have a problem with Max Fightmaster :) I had a friend in primary school who was actually named Max Headroom Smith.

[Malfunctioned]

If we can count fictional names as well then we also have my friend's Traveller character. He was a scientist that did so much science and stayed cooped up in his lab so much that he forgot his own name. So he renamed himself.
PROFESSOR DOCTAR SCIENCE PHD.


Yes the misspelling is correct.

Of course we later fleshed out his homeworld and his culture resulting in the fact that every person on that planet was named after something either they or an ancestor was particularly good at. This lead to creation of the character Dr. Nigel Bloodydeath Jr, a physician from a long line of ruthless mercenaries.

[Yora]

I join the Staff Sergeant Max Fightmaster crowd.

And it's not just "Max Fightmaster". Staff Sergeant are his first and second name, Max is just his third.

[Teutonic Knight]

My brother has a guy in his school with the first name Kung. I saw in movie credits that a guy had the last name Fu.

So theoretically, someone could be named Kung Fu.

[Wreckingrocc]

My uncle's good friend, Harold Richard Head. He goes by "Rick". The connotations of his name have never come up in conversation.

[lostsole31]

Hm... I seem to know several. Let's see:

A buddy named Rusty Flounders.Awwww, that's sweet! Thanks, Joe!

- Rusty Flounders

[Zeb The Troll]

Troll Patrol: Time to put this one to rest, folks.