Ndabaningi Sithole
I went from reading this thread to opening an article about Facebook:
On July 1, Max Wang , a Boston-based software engineer who was leaving Facebook after more than seven years, shared a video on the companyâs internal discussion board that was meant to serve as a warning.
I like the name Zinedine Zidane. Top name.
I dislike the name Iona Ramsbottom, with whom I walked to school.
Edit: I think there was a TV reporter in the UK called Nina Nana, who was presumably named after an ambulance.
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Met a Mongolian chap named Chinbat Molotov once. Nicest guy ever, which is kind of a waste, you expect a badass really.
Reality Winner
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Germanyâs disgraced former secretary of defense has an impressive line-up of given names:
Karl-Theodor Maria Nikolaus Johann Jacob Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Buhl-Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg
His friends call him KTMNJJPFJSBFVG.
It just rolls off the tongue like ARod.
His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular
When I was preteen (~45yrs ago) and the Guiness Book of Records was in my orbit I memorised the (then) longest name in the world.
Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. - Wikipedia.
The wiki shows a full version of his surname but I learnt the shorter version as that was what the book had. (Maybe I should try and do the long one)
I still remember it to this day - canât imagine the number of times Iâve recited it.
Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus WolfeÂschlegelÂsteinÂhausenÂbergerÂdorff Sr
Just remembered this one. Thereâs an ex Sri Lankan fast bowler who was the subject of this nice anecdote from ex England cricket coach David Lloyd:
Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas
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So my last name is Ade (pronounced aid, itâs surprising how many people pronounce it addy). While having a homonym with a pandemic disease was plenty of fodder for asshole kids growing up, it did lead to one decent nickname. Playing high school baseball I was known to swing out of my shoes. While I unfortunately lead the team in strikeouts, I also hit some decent bombs, and earned the name Powerade.
God Shammgod is definitely elite, especially since he has one of the coolest looking moves named after him.
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If you dont name your first born Gator, I will find you. And I will kill you.
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Iron Mike Tyson
Lando Calrissian.
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Frank Zappaâs kids in order of birth:
Diva (f) - uh, ok
Ahmet (m) - ok
Dweezil (m) - wtf?
Moon Unit (f) - hahahahaha
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lol at Dweezil. Accurate rankings!
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Moon Zappa!
That is goat
Had a statistics teacher named Katya Fuchs (pronounced âfooksâ ) . Must have had a rough childhood with that last name.
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Teen Kasia