# Alliterative Names - Adam Ant, Bob Barker, ... **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 27, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterative-names-adam-ant-bob-barker/465472 "2008-09-27T15:09:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterative-names-adam-ant-bob-barker/465472/21 "2008-09-27T19:39:44Z")
Some Golfers David Duval Ernie Els Fred Funk Zoran Zorkic (very obscure golfer) David Duchovny Lucy Lu Ricky Ricardo Peter Pan Walter Winchell ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterative-names-adam-ant-bob-barker/465472/22 "2008-09-27T19:44:58Z")
Although he doesn’t have a **Wiki** entry, [Quin Queeribus](http://books.google.com/books?id=DKtrAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA77&lpg=PA77&dq=Quin+Queeribus&source=web&ots=0PvQ0RyCAy&sig=bkzVTy-L_BEc6dagdikOuXTLcJ0&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result) is the subject of a poem I (and thus many others) read as a child. For “II”, I found [Isabella Ingram-Seymour-Conway](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Ingram-Seymour-Conway,_Marchioness_of_Hertford), but she’s only a household name if a member of your household is a devotee of the dalliances of English monarchs. There’s also [Irene Ighodaro](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Ighodaro), West Africa’s first female doctor. **Chefguy** : Are you thinking of [Frankie Yankovic](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Yankovic)? As far as I know, he was never known as “Yankee”. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterative-names-adam-ant-bob-barker/465472/23 "2008-09-27T20:35:19Z")
Yevgeny Yevtushenko ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterative-names-adam-ant-bob-barker/465472/24 "2008-09-27T20:46:04Z")
From Hockey: Jaromir Jagr Zarley Zalapski Harry Howell Fedor Fedorov Mark Messier Serge Savard Mike Modano Scott Stevens Manny Malhotra Mario Marois Bob Beers Alex Auld Barry Beck Tony Twist ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@Andrew\_21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andrew_21)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterative-names-adam-ant-bob-barker/465472/25 "2008-09-27T23:57:00Z")
Charlie Chaplin Lindsay Lohan Mickey Mantle and from boxing: Herbie Hide Michael Moorer Razor Ruddock Tony Tubbs Tony Tucker ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterative-names-adam-ant-bob-barker/465472/26 "2008-09-28T05:40:47Z")
These are particularly useful for the Name Game, a drinking game it’s good not to suck at if you find yourself playing it. Without reading the names already suggested, off the top of my head: Ansel Adams Alan Alda Adam Ant Alan Arkin Bobby Brown Bobby Brady Betty Boop Barbara Bush Brian Boitano Connie Chung Charlie Chan Charlie Chaplin Chris Cooper Danny Devito Donnie Darko David Duke Donald Duck Daffy Duck Dudley Do-right Farrah Fawcett Flavor Flav Fred Flinstone Greg Gumble Greta Garbo Harry Houdini Holly Hunter Herbert Hoover Hubert Humphrey Holly Hobby Jerry Jones (Dalls Cowboys owner) Jenna Jameson Jesse James Jim Jones (That kool-aid guy, right?) Kris Kristofferson Kris Kringle Lois Lane Michael Moore Micky Mouse Mighty Mouse Marty Moose Michael Myers (Halloween) Mike Myers (Austin Powers) Michelle Monaghan Martin Mull Michael Mann Peter Piper Piper Perabo Peter Parker Ricky Ricardo Rocky Raccoon Rita Rudner Sarah Silverman Steven Segal Sally Struthers Tiny Tim Ted Turner Tom Thumb Willy Wonka William Wallace For the V’s, if you’re dealing with Adam Sandler fans, he always used to make the love interest a double V name: Veronica Vaughn, Vicky Valencourt, etc… ---
**Author:** ![Paladud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Paladud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paladud)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterative-names-adam-ant-bob-barker/465472/27 "2008-09-28T06:10:26Z")
Barbara Boxer Bob Barr Dick Durbin Tom Tancredo ---
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Vince Vaughn must be wondering why he’s not good enough for you people. ---
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> [@Cazzle](#): > > Vince Vaughn must be wondering why he’s not good enough for you people. Just thought of him after I posted, as well as Sylvester Stallone. And the Chris Rock special reminded me of Keira Knightley and Rachel Ray. ---
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Jimmy Johnson ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterative-names-adam-ant-bob-barker/465472/31 "2008-09-28T09:15:41Z")
> [@MandaJo](#): > > Pedantic note: alliteration is a repetition of the initial consonant sound. So Ozzy Osbourne is alliterative but Ugueth Urbina is not. Okay, picky, _you_ try and find another alliterative name that begins with U.U. Unitarian Universalism doesn’t count, because it’s a denomination, not a person. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterative-names-adam-ant-bob-barker/465472/32 "2008-09-28T09:24:18Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > For “II”, I found [Isabella Ingram-Seymour-Conway](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Ingram-Seymour-Conway,_Marchioness_of_Hertford), but she’s only a household name if a member of your household is a devotee of the dalliances of English monarchs. There’s also [Irene Ighodaro](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Ighodaro), West Africa’s first female doctor. There are at least [three Ivan Ivanovs](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Ivanov). ---
**Author:** ![Flip\_Pancake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f1d935/32.png) [@Flip\_Pancake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flip_Pancake)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterative-names-adam-ant-bob-barker/465472/33 "2008-09-28T09:29:51Z")
Roger Rabbit Bugs Bunny Porky Pig Spongebob Squarepants ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterative-names-adam-ant-bob-barker/465472/34 "2008-09-28T15:44:06Z")
Larry Linville Mary Moore (You might know her better with her middle name) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterative-names-adam-ant-bob-barker/465472/35 "2008-09-28T17:26:50Z")
Donald Duck and Daffy Duck Calvin Coolidge Jimmy Johnson [football] and Jimmy Johnson [racing] the “Big Bopper” Freddy Fender Dick Dale Robert Rauschenberg George Grosz Vincent VanGogh Charlie Chaplin William Wordsworth Walt Whitman Hermann Hesse Pier Paolo Pasolini Robert Reed [“Brady Bunch” actor] Samantha Stevens [the “Bewitched” witch] ---
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:smack: I got “Silent” Cal Coolidge but forgot Woodrow Wilson. If we’re taking liberties with middle names and initials, then we can include: William Carlos Williams Wendy O. Williams F. Scott Fitzgerald Trawling through the NFL Hall of Fame [so, famous only to us American football fans]: Bert Bell Bobby Bell Bob “Boomer” Brown Dan Dierdorf Jimmy Johnson John Henry Johnson Larry Little Mike McCormack Mike Michalske Marion Motley Mike Munchak Pete Pihos Thurman Thomas Willie Wood ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterative-names-adam-ant-bob-barker/465472/37 "2008-09-28T18:05:46Z")
For varying values of fame: Benjamin Button (The Strange Case of Benjamin Button) Boris Badenov (Bullwinkle & Rocky) Ginger Grant (Gilligan’s Island) Gorgeous George (wrestler) Green Goblin (Spiderman) Jennifer Jones (Oscar-winning actress) Marilyn Monroe (film icon) Marilyn Munster (The Munsters) Rose Red (fairy-tale) Some of these aren’t alliterative in that they start with different sounds, but you said letter, so there. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterative-names-adam-ant-bob-barker/465472/38 "2008-09-28T18:05:59Z")
This Royals fan can sink his teeth into a game like this. This year’s team includes: Brian Bannister Billy Butler David DeJesus Kila Ka’aihue Mitch Maier Ramon Ramirez Yasuhiko Yabuta and in the all-time roster: Brian Barber Brandon Berger Bob Boone (as player and as manager) Billy Brewer Bill Butler Bill Buckner Billy Buckner Chris Codiroli Craig Chamberlain Dick Drago Gary Gaetti Greg Gagne Gene Garber Jason Jacome Joel Johnston Mike MacDougal Mike Macfarlane Monty Montgomery Paul Phillips Rick Reed Rick Reichardt Rico Rossy Steve Scarsone Scott Service Steve Shields Steve Shiflett Steve Stemle Scott Sullivan Willie Wilson ---
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Marvel Comics characters, especially those created in the 1960’s, are very alliterative: Reed Richards Susan Storm (maiden name) Victor Von Doom Bruce Banner Peter Parker Curt Connors Otto Octavius Stephen Strange Scott Summers Warren Worthington Matt Murdock ---
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I’m surprised we have so many mentions of Lois Lane, but none of Lex Luthor or Lana Lang. There’s also Lazarus Long, from Heinlein’s books (and several of his relatives, but they’re not nearly as well-known) for LL Other than those, the only one that comes to mind is Krazy Kat. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterative-names-adam-ant-bob-barker/465472.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterative-names-adam-ant-bob-barker/465472.md?page=3)