# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterative-names-adam-ant-bob-barker/465472/41 "2008-09-29T01:44:33Z")
Better yet, a threefer: Hubert Horatio Humphrey! ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterative-names-adam-ant-bob-barker/465472/42 "2008-09-29T15:49:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Better yet, a threefer: Hubert Horatio Humphrey! My first thought was a virtual threefer: Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards. ---
**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 29, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterative-names-adam-ant-bob-barker/465472/43 "2008-09-29T17:46:17Z")
A few more: Alice Adams [a Kate Hepburn role] William Wyler [film dir.] John Jay [founding father] [Lord] George Grenville [British govt. official who P.O.'ed the American colonials] ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterative-names-adam-ant-bob-barker/465472/44 "2008-09-29T17:52:03Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > [Zig Ziglar - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zig_Ziglar) Good, but “Zig” is just a nickname based on his last name, so does that really count? “Tomorrow, when you wake up, I want you to sit up in bed, clap your hands, and shout, 'Today is a good day to get up and get ‘em!’” “Think positively! I want you to start calling it a \*‘go \*light’!” ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterative-names-adam-ant-bob-barker/465472/45 "2008-09-29T18:01:18Z")
Lash LaRue. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterative-names-adam-ant-bob-barker/465472/46 "2008-09-29T18:17:43Z")
More baseball: Rick Reuschel Tony Tarasco Walt Williams (“No-neck”) Frankie Frisch Wilbur Wood Dave Duncan Dave Dravecky Dick Davis Politics: Mary Matalin Henry Hyde Mike Mansfield ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterative-names-adam-ant-bob-barker/465472/47 "2008-09-29T23:09:31Z")
Boris Becker. ---
**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 29, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterative-names-adam-ant-bob-barker/465472/48 "2008-09-29T23:25:00Z")
Brian Bosworth Lennox Lewis ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterative-names-adam-ant-bob-barker/465472/49 "2008-09-30T00:45:29Z")
_Heroes_ has a couple; Peter Petrelli and Gabriel Gray (Sylar). ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterative-names-adam-ant-bob-barker/465472/50 "2008-09-30T01:10:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Better yet, a threefer: Hubert Horatio Humphrey! Better yet, an ultra-twofer: Humbert Humbert ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterative-names-adam-ant-bob-barker/465472/51 "2008-09-30T03:00:40Z")
Barry Bonds Barry Bostwick Cab Calloway Dirk Diggler Dr. Dimento Fannie Flagg Jimmy Jam Joe Jackson Keystone Kops Mandy Moore Minnie Mouse Phileas Fogg (OK, that doesn’t count, but it should) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterative-names-adam-ant-bob-barker/465472/52 "2008-09-30T05:26:18Z")
[Quentin Quinn](http://www.buddytv.com/quentin-quinn.aspx) ? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterative-names-adam-ant-bob-barker/465472/53 "2008-09-30T16:18:36Z")
[Zip Zabel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_Zabel), holder of the record for most innings piched in relief in a single game (18.3 on 17 June 1915). ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterative-names-adam-ant-bob-barker/465472/54 "2008-10-01T05:22:27Z")
Huckleberry Hound George of the Jungle (well, sort of) Pepe LePew (well, sort of) Marvin the Martian Roadrunner (well, sort of) …well, sure, they’re made up names that are _supposed_ to alliterate. But they ought to be remembered. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterative-names-adam-ant-bob-barker/465472.md?page=2)