# Funniest names people legally change their names to? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 4, 2009, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-names-people-legally-change-their-names-to/498652 "2009-06-04T00:53:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SweetHomeColorado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d26b3c/32.png) [@SweetHomeColorado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SweetHomeColorado)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-names-people-legally-change-their-names-to/498652/1 "2009-06-04T00:53:57Z")
I was just talking about legal name changes… we all remember the NFL player who changed his name to ocho cinco, the swedish guy who is now Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 People changing to 'whatever’dotcom… my favorite is the British kid who is now ‘Captain Fantastic Faster Than Superman Spiderman Batman Wolverine The Hulk And The Flash Combined’ What are your favorites? ---
**Author:** ![A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Spoonful_of_Awesome)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-names-people-legally-change-their-names-to/498652/2 "2009-06-04T02:01:21Z")
[This one is amusing.](http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/145983/die_hard_chicago_bears_fan_loses_more.html) ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-names-people-legally-change-their-names-to/498652/3 "2009-06-04T02:06:19Z")
I recall reading of some religious loony legally changing his name to IIRC Lord Lightning Thunderstroke. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-names-people-legally-change-their-names-to/498652/4 "2009-06-04T02:10:19Z")
While I think it’s stupid and not funny, a Magic: The Gathering player changed his name from [Ian to I@n](http://www.starcitygames.com/magic/vintage/5446_Round_6_In_DeGraff_vs_Kenny_Oberg.html). ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-names-people-legally-change-their-names-to/498652/5 "2009-06-04T02:36:06Z")
Get this… people have some crazy passions, such as… Some people just love [Madonna](http://www.nancy.cc/2009/05/07/madonna-fans-change-names-in-honor-of-the-material-girl/) Others are in love with, well, things and decide to… um… marry them. Like [Mrs. Berliner-Mauer](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2035996/Woman-married-to-Berlin-Wall-for-29-years.html) and [Mrs. La Tour Eiffel.](http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/sunday-review/living/i-married-the-eiffel-tower-832519.html) It’s a crazy world out there…:smack: ---
**Author:** ![the\_first\_supraliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@the\_first\_supraliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_first_supraliminal)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-names-people-legally-change-their-names-to/498652/6 "2009-06-04T05:16:11Z")
A few years ago a joker went to court to change his name to Natty Bumppo. He thought it was his own funny nickname. Only after the hearing did he learn that it was the name in James Fenimore Cooper’s “The Deer Slayer”. This took some of the fun out of it for him but he let the change stand. ---
**Author:** ![the\_first\_supraliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@the\_first\_supraliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_first_supraliminal)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-names-people-legally-change-their-names-to/498652/7 "2009-06-04T05:26:56Z")
Here’s a list I ran into trying to research this question. These people didn’t change their names, but probably ought to [http://f2.org/humour/language/oddnames.html](http://f2.org/humour/language/oddnames.html) Among them this gem: Ivan Karamanov [Changed his name to John Dinkof Doikof]. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-names-people-legally-change-their-names-to/498652/8 "2009-06-04T06:01:51Z")
Obligatory [link](http://humor.beecy.net/misc/jobad/index.aspx?n=8) My good friend Heywood. ---
**Author:** ![VanillaGorilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@VanillaGorilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VanillaGorilla)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-names-people-legally-change-their-names-to/498652/9 "2009-06-04T06:50:01Z")
> [@SweetHomeColorado](#): > > the swedish guy who is now Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 That name would never be allowed in Sweden. And as wikipedia will tell you, it was the parents of a small child that wanted to name their child that… thing, not a person who wanted to change his name. Their second suggestion: “A”, was not allowed either, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![BunnyTVS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BunnyTVS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyTVS)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-names-people-legally-change-their-names-to/498652/10 "2009-06-04T12:08:46Z")
I was trying to google fu a good cite for Mr Yorkshire Bank PLC Are A Bunch Of Facist Bastards. I did find [this.](http://www.setexasrecord.com/arguments/214946-legally-speaking-whats-in-a-name-as-it-turns-out-a-lot) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-names-people-legally-change-their-names-to/498652/11 "2009-06-04T12:30:18Z")
[Yahoo Serious.](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000635/) ---
**Author:** ![legalsnugs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@legalsnugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legalsnugs)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-names-people-legally-change-their-names-to/498652/12 "2009-06-04T14:21:35Z")
A swimming coach at a college in South Carolina, where I used to work, legally changed his name to Butterball. It’s his sole name, like “Cher” or “Madonna.” He’s listed in [switchboard.com](http://switchboard.com). ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-names-people-legally-change-their-names-to/498652/13 "2009-06-04T15:03:52Z")
[This guy](http://www.coastalview.com/center.asp?article=12251) legally changed his name to “Trout Fishing In America”. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-names-people-legally-change-their-names-to/498652/14 "2009-06-04T18:17:52Z")
From [anecdotage.com](http://74.125.93.132/search?q=cache:5AtPXdH3uLQJ:www.anecdotage.com/index.php%3Faid%3D18338+anthony+level+42+name&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=safari): > [@](#): > > “A fanatical British pop fan has changed his name to include the titles of his favorite group’s records,” Reuters reported in July 1994. "And for good measure, Anthony Hicks, 23, added the names of the original line-up of the group, level 42. > "Hicks this week signed legal papers changing his name to: ‘Ant Level 42 The Pursuit of Accidents The Early Tapes Standing in the Light True Colors A Physical Presence World Machine Running In The Family Platinum Edition Staring At The Sun Level Best Guaranteed The Remixes Forever Now Influences Changes Mark King Mike Landup Phil Gould Boon Gould Wally Balarou Landup-Balarou.’ I am a huge Level 42 fan, but this takes the biscuit! Not to mention that I hope the Reuters report has it wrong: Wally Badarou is the gent’s name that he is trying to honor. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-names-people-legally-change-their-names-to/498652/15 "2009-06-04T19:41:24Z")
Ocho Cinco, all the more hilarious since the number on his jersey is actually ochenta y cinco. ---
**Author:** ![Lagavulin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@Lagavulin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lagavulin)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-names-people-legally-change-their-names-to/498652/16 "2009-06-04T21:20:21Z")
When I was a registrar I had a couple come in to register their baby’s birth. The father had at some point changed his own name to Ghoot the HighMinkMonk, Believer of RealitieS Emaho. I didn’t ask why. The wife and son had normal names. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-names-people-legally-change-their-names-to/498652/17 "2009-06-04T22:19:10Z")
Optimus Prime is fighting for us in Iraq. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-names-people-legally-change-their-names-to/498652/18 "2009-06-05T01:49:59Z")
There is a guy I know who changed his name to Mister Forty Niner. After a few years, he changed it back to his original name ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-names-people-legally-change-their-names-to/498652/19 "2009-06-05T01:52:17Z")
Locally we have [Tim the Yowie Man](http://www.destinytours.com.au/tym.htm), which is his legal name. Edited to add: And I completely forgot about [Lord Bloody Wog Rolo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Bloody_Wog_Rolo). ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-names-people-legally-change-their-names-to/498652/20 "2009-06-05T02:02:44Z")
(Missed the edit window) Of course, from the UK there is the [Official Monster Raving Loony Party](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_Monster_Raving_Loony_Party). I believe their leader Screaming Lord Sutch legally changed his name to that. Also from the wiki page, “[John] Dougrez-Lewis stood at the by-election as Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-F’tang-F’tang-Olé-Biscuitbarrel …, having changed his name by deed poll from the somewhat plainer John Desmond Lewis, …” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-names-people-legally-change-their-names-to/498652.md?page=2)