# Gimme some humorous and fancy fake names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 8, 2004, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-some-humorous-and-fancy-fake-names/278692 "2004-12-08T04:20:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-some-humorous-and-fancy-fake-names/278692/21 "2004-12-08T05:28:54Z")
> [@Scribble](#): > > Well, yes. But the point of this thread is to come up with _ridiculous_ names. Classy and understated isn’t ridiculous, no matter how hard you try. Oops! Online but offtopic… ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-some-humorous-and-fancy-fake-names/278692/22 "2004-12-08T05:30:28Z")
E. Morton Spacklethwaite ---
**Author:** ![SpiceTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@SpiceTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpiceTea)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-some-humorous-and-fancy-fake-names/278692/23 "2004-12-08T13:37:57Z")
Oooh Oooh! Can I play? I’m better with women’s names. How about these: Prudence M. Knickerbocker Hortencia N. Turnbull Bertha Q. Wickenheiser Velma T. Snodgrass Novieta P. Tugglesworth and here’s one I pulled out of my local phonebook ( I hope he’s not a reader of SDMB!) Boris Tsvetovatty ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-some-humorous-and-fancy-fake-names/278692/24 "2004-12-08T13:41:03Z")
Roderick B. Mundungus ---
**Author:** ![drgnrdr07](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71e660/32.png) [@drgnrdr07](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drgnrdr07)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-some-humorous-and-fancy-fake-names/278692/25 "2004-12-08T13:47:09Z")
Wadsworth W. Wellington III ---
**Author:** ![SpiceTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@SpiceTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpiceTea)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-some-humorous-and-fancy-fake-names/278692/26 "2004-12-08T13:58:57Z")
Penelope S. Rippentrop Quincy L. Mumford III ---
**Author:** ![SpiceTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@SpiceTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpiceTea)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-some-humorous-and-fancy-fake-names/278692/27 "2004-12-08T14:15:37Z")
I see that Quincy was already mentioned! Here’s a couple more women’s names, but I’ll let you come up with the last names: Lucretia Beatrice OK, I think I’m done now! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-some-humorous-and-fancy-fake-names/278692/28 "2004-12-08T14:19:47Z")
I think my favorite fake name is Ema Nympton. Which if you can’t guess is Not My Name spelled backwards. ---
**Author:** ![LionelHutz405](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lionelhutz405/32/536_2.png) [@LionelHutz405](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LionelHutz405)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-some-humorous-and-fancy-fake-names/278692/29 "2004-12-08T14:31:34Z")
Chauncy Uppercrust (Used in an episode of M_A_S\*H) ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-some-humorous-and-fancy-fake-names/278692/30 "2004-12-08T14:33:50Z")
Wasn’t there a Pvt. Charles Lamb used on M_A_S\* H\* as well? ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-some-humorous-and-fancy-fake-names/278692/31 "2004-12-08T14:36:06Z")
Henoder Titsoff Peter Goesinya Ben Dover ---
**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:** [December 8, 2004, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-some-humorous-and-fancy-fake-names/278692/32 "2004-12-08T14:36:50Z")
One of my old standards is: **Throckmorton Grunthummer Wingergonger** ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-some-humorous-and-fancy-fake-names/278692/33 "2004-12-08T16:12:49Z")
Oh, backwards names? Here’s my favorite: **Enoz Yawawot** ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-some-humorous-and-fancy-fake-names/278692/34 "2004-12-08T16:25:56Z")
Mr Luxury Yacht ---
**Author:** ![Standup\_Karmic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Standup\_Karmic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Standup_Karmic)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-some-humorous-and-fancy-fake-names/278692/35 "2004-12-08T16:27:20Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > I think my favorite fake name is Ema Nympton. Which if you can’t guess is Not My Name spelled backwards. Actually, it’s Not Pmy Name spelled backwards. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-some-humorous-and-fancy-fake-names/278692/36 "2004-12-08T17:55:09Z")
J. Harrison Greengage III Wilberfoce T. Grosvenor Kingsley Frobisher Professor Quigley Gainsborough ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-some-humorous-and-fancy-fake-names/278692/37 "2004-12-08T18:02:20Z")
Sir Timothy Rhonstone Dawson IV of Wallshire. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-some-humorous-and-fancy-fake-names/278692/38 "2004-12-08T18:21:05Z")
The Cartalk credits are always a good source. A few recent good ones: Royal Payne-Diaz (related to Sasha Payne-Diaz) and Hugh Lyon Sach. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-some-humorous-and-fancy-fake-names/278692/39 "2004-12-08T20:10:06Z")
My mother dated a boy named Charles Crawford Carter III when she was a young lass. It’s not ridiculous, but it’s awfully high-fallutin’. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-some-humorous-and-fancy-fake-names/278692/40 "2004-12-08T21:12:12Z")
Here is a real name for you Fanny Strudel (she works in the Frnch office) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-some-humorous-and-fancy-fake-names/278692.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-some-humorous-and-fancy-fake-names/278692.md?page=3)