# Best Villain Names **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 18, 2008, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658 "2008-12-18T00:13:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/21 "2008-12-18T08:51:49Z")
Colonel Jack T. Ripper (that movie’s just full of good names, though) ---
**Author:** ![Sevastopol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Sevastopol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevastopol)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/22 "2008-12-18T09:09:06Z")
Reliant Robin (Mr Bean) ---
**Author:** ![Noel\_Prosequi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@Noel\_Prosequi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noel_Prosequi)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/23 "2008-12-18T10:17:35Z")
C’mon… Auric Goldfinger. There’s something disturbing about the “finger” part. And you can’t say the name without thinking of the Shirley Bassey vocal. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/24 "2008-12-18T12:41:24Z")
Possibly a bit obscure, but the names of most the characters in Stephen R. Donaldson’s _Gap_ series are pretty awesome and match the characters to a T. The bad guys are: Angus Thermopyle (starts as a bad guy) Holt Fasner Nick Succorso Marc Vestabule (once human, now alien) Even the good guys have great names: Morn Hyland Mikka Vasaczk Warden Dios Kiona Hannish Sixten Vertigus Dolph Ubikwe Min Donner And my favorite name of all… Hashi Lebwohl They might not sound like much, but like I said, the names match the characters exactly. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/25 "2008-12-18T12:41:27Z")
Simon Bar Sinister ---
**Author:** ![Shecky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shecky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shecky)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/26 "2008-12-18T13:00:38Z")
I still like Dr. Evil. Make sure you call him Doctor. He didn’t go through 6 years of Evil Medical School to be called Mister, thank you. Bad Horse, The Thoroughbred of Sin is an excellent #2. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/27 "2008-12-18T13:37:01Z")
It ---
**Author:** ![TagAmos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TagAmos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TagAmos)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/28 "2008-12-18T14:05:09Z")
Apophis ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/29 "2008-12-18T14:32:45Z")
Call me old fashioned, but I think the traditionnal demons have hogged most of the evilest sounding names. You just _know_ they’re in the wrong team. Baal, Mammon, Belial, Azazel, Astaroth, Beelzebuth, Malphas, Andromalius… OK, I’ll put down the Goetia now, you get the point 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![manila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/30 "2008-12-18T15:06:22Z")
Hedley Lamarr - Blazing saddles. (thats hedley!!!) ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/31 "2008-12-18T15:10:34Z")
Am I really the first to say “Pussy Galore”? ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/32 "2008-12-18T15:14:50Z")
Not really evil just obnoxious, the guy from the movie Airport who indirectly causes the explosion by yelling: “grab that guy he’s got a bomb” **Marcus Rathbone**. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/33 "2008-12-18T15:22:22Z")
Solomon Grundy Myxlplyx Lord Farquad ---
**Author:** ![Write\_Handed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecb155/32.png) [@Write\_Handed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Write_Handed)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/34 "2008-12-18T15:25:37Z")
James Moriarty ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/35 "2008-12-18T15:29:54Z")
Voldemort. ---
**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/36 "2008-12-18T16:05:02Z")
Morgoth (sounds more evil than Melkor) Ool and John Sunlight – both from Doc Savage books Keyser Soze – I’ve never seen _The usual Suspects_, but that’s just a cool name. RR ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/37 "2008-12-18T16:19:22Z")
Archcount Obdrath von Lucifuge (_Starslip Crisis_) ---
**Author:** ![Morgis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Morgis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgis)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/38 "2008-12-18T16:22:22Z")
Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/39 "2008-12-18T16:31:43Z")
Flat Top. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/40 "2008-12-18T16:45:55Z")
> [@Write\_Handed](#): > > James Moriarty That’s _Professor_ James Moriarty to you. And don’t forget his brother, who… er, um, has the same name. I’d add: Charles Augustus Milverton Shelob Sir Meliagrant Morgana le Fay Darth Sidious [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658.md?page=3)