# Best name EVER **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 25, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-name-ever/750083 "2016-03-25T02:06:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-name-ever/750083/21 "2016-03-25T14:43:34Z")
The head of the TSA is John Pistole (pronounced like the weapon). ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-name-ever/750083/22 "2016-03-25T14:50:27Z")
I’ve also had a number of patients with the last name of **Outlaw**. Nomenclature may be destiny for some. ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-name-ever/750083/23 "2016-03-25T14:56:29Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Madagascar’s most popular singer for the past 30 years, Josée Helihanta Ramahavalisoa, doesn’t like her real name, and prefers her stage name “Poopy”. Now this right here is exactly why I love the SDMB. Where else would you find a reference to a Madagascar pop singer tossed casually into the conversation? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-name-ever/750083/24 "2016-03-25T16:05:59Z")
Houston Texans’ linebacker - Whitney Mercilus NFL QB Coach (and former Tennessee QB) - Jim Bob Cooter ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-name-ever/750083/25 "2016-03-25T16:20:16Z")
There’s a San Francisco police chief named Jeff Godown > **[Jeff Godown expected to be practical police chief](https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Jeff-Godown-expected-to-be-practical-police-chief-2478542.php)** > > Tall, burly, intimidating and gruff, Jeff Godown is straight out of central casting for an... and an actress who appeared in _Snow White and the Huntsman_ called Hattie Gotobed [Hattie Gotobed - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4262187) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-name-ever/750083/26 "2016-03-25T16:39:27Z")
I come from Portland, home of Storm Large and Pontifex Vonhummer. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-name-ever/750083/27 "2016-03-25T18:01:41Z")
Here in New York there was a well-known TV weatherman named **Storm Field** (yes that is his real name!) ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-name-ever/750083/28 "2016-03-25T18:45:01Z")
There was a reporter on a Boston tv station named Joe Shortsleeves. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-name-ever/750083/29 "2016-03-25T18:50:25Z")
In fiction, Sylvia Smith-Smith. (Her parents coincidentally had the last name Smith, and her mother insisted on hyphenating her daughter’s name as well.) **Sylvia Smith-Smith** by Peter Nelson. ---
**Author:** ![Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4af34b/32.png) [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-name-ever/750083/30 "2016-03-25T19:03:52Z")
Sgt. Chuck LaRoque (Chuck La Rock) ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-name-ever/750083/31 "2016-03-25T19:29:32Z")
[Herr Gambolputty de von Ausfern- schplenden- schlitter- crasscrenbon- fried- digger- dingle- dangle- dongle- dungle- burstein- von- knacker- thrasher- apple- banger- horowitz- ticolensic- grander- knotty- spelltinkle- grandlich- grumblemeyer- spelterwasser- kurstlich- himbleeisen- bahnwagen- gutenabend- bitte- ein- nürnburger- bratwustle- gerspurten- mitz- weimache- luber- hundsfut- gumberaber- shönedanker- kalbsfleisch- mittler- aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDPqB9i1ScY&list=RDUDPqB9i1ScY#t=34) ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-name-ever/750083/32 "2016-03-25T19:33:41Z")
Car racer Dick Trickle ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-name-ever/750083/33 "2016-03-25T19:37:44Z")
South Africa’s Minister of Human Settlement [Tokyo Sexwale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Sexwale). ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-name-ever/750083/34 "2016-03-25T19:40:00Z")
I remember reading a high school or college basketball magazine 20 or 25 years ago that listed a player with the most interesting name. I don’t remember how it was spelled but his name was something like **Ancient Lovedrama**. I’ve looked all over the interwebs and can’t find it anywhere. Does anyone else know who it is I’m remembering? I’d sure love to find his name again. ETA: I’m not sure how I learned this but I believe the name was pronounced “ANN-see-ent LUHV-eh-drahm-eh” ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-name-ever/750083/35 "2016-03-25T19:57:06Z")
The author Crescent Dragonwagon. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-name-ever/750083/36 "2016-03-25T20:14:13Z")
Wolf Blitzer ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-name-ever/750083/37 "2016-03-25T20:20:13Z")
NFL player [Barkevious Mingo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barkevious_Mingo) Which brings us to the Name of the Year competition. Some past winners: Crescent Dragonwagon, Doby Chrotchtangle, Courage Shabalala, L.A. St. Louis, and of course last year’s winner, Amanda Miranda Panda. > **[Name Of The Year - Ideas For The Best Names For Anything](https://www.nameoftheyear.com/)** > > Ideas For The Best Names For Anything ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-name-ever/750083/38 "2016-03-25T21:49:08Z")
Anybody else remember [Cardinal Sin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_Sin) of the Philippines? ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-name-ever/750083/39 "2016-03-25T21:51:01Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Car racer Dick Trickle Former Morehead State University basketball coach Dick Fick ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-name-ever/750083/40 "2016-03-25T22:07:27Z")
I delivered mail to Anil Shitole. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-name-ever/750083.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-name-ever/750083.md?page=3)