# Give me 3 last names

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [January 3, 2008, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101 "2008-01-03T04:57:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 12

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**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:** [April 1, 2008, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/221 "2008-04-01T01:22:30Z")

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Parks, civil rights pioneer  
Lopez, singer and dancer  
Alabama, a little town 😉

Whitney.

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**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/222 "2008-04-01T15:19:44Z")

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Houston, singer  
Port, actress  
Lyles, author

Alexandra

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**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/223 "2008-04-01T16:09:23Z")

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Alexandra Romanov (sheesh, the 2nd Romanov I listed!)  
Alexandra Paul (_shudder_ from Baywatch)  
Alexandra of Denmark (consort to King Edward VII)

Since people [ignored my post here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9631799&postcount=199) (in particular, **5-4-Fighting** ), and instead went with the one after me for some reason, once again, we have:

Aloysius

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**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:** [April 1, 2008, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/224 "2008-04-01T16:38:34Z")

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[QUOTE=Knorf]  
…Aloysius  
[/QUOTE]

Snuffleupagus, Big Bird’s furry friend  
Gonzaga, Italian saint  
McLaughlin, kid at my high school (nicknamed “Ish”)

George.

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**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/225 "2008-04-01T16:55:18Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
George.  
[/QUOTE]

Foreman  
Washington  
McGovern

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**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:** [April 1, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/226 "2008-04-01T17:12:02Z")

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And the next name…?

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/227 "2008-04-01T17:13:39Z")

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[QUOTE=Knorf]

Since people [ignored my post here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9631799&postcount=199) (in particular, **5-4-Fighting** ), and instead went with the one after me for some reason, once again, we have:

Aloysius  
[/QUOTE]

Aloysius Snuffleupagus on Sesame Street  
St. Aloysius  
Aloysius, one of the wolves in _Highlights_ magazine.

Herman

Regards,  
Shodan

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**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/228 "2008-04-01T17:23:23Z")

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[QUOTE=Shodan]  
Aloysius Snuffleupagus on Sesame Street  
St. Aloysius  
Aloysius, one of the wolves in _Highlights_ magazine.

Herman

Regards,  
Shodan  
[/QUOTE]

Melville (author)  
Munster (munster)  
's Hermits (band)

also…Aloysius Snuffleupagus?? \*Seriously? \* I didn’t know he even had a first name.

Next: Yorick

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/229 "2008-04-01T20:58:24Z")

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[QUOTE=Justin Credible]  
Next: Yorick  
[/QUOTE]

[Yorick Wilks](http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/~yorick/)  
[Yorick van Wageningen](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0905691/)  
[Yorick Bakker](http://www.celebrity-link.com/c69/showcelebrity_categoryid-6936.html)

Returning to the spirit of the game, and in honor of my mother’s name:

Irene

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**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/230 "2008-04-01T21:18:46Z")

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[QUOTE=Sternvogel]  
Irene  
[/QUOTE]

Dunne  
Pappas  
Worth

(Sorry about forgetting a new name last time. At least it allowed us to get rid of “Aloysius”.)

Roland

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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/231 "2008-04-01T21:33:58Z")

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[QUOTE=NDP]

Roland  
[/QUOTE]

Tembo (the movie Lost World)  
Lebay (from the book Christine)  
Roland as in le Chanson de Roland)

Agatha

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**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/232 "2008-04-01T21:46:55Z")

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Heterodyne, girl genius  
Christie, mystery writer  
MacKenzie, a Scottish cleaning whiz

Maurice

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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/233 "2008-04-01T22:19:09Z")

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[QUOTE=Miss Purl McKnittington]  
Maurice  
[/QUOTE]  
Chevalier, actor-singer-national stereotype  
Ravel, composer  
Villency, furniture retailer

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Jayne. Must have the y.

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**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/234 "2008-04-01T23:56:33Z")

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[QUOTE=Beware of Doug]  
Jayne. Must have the y.  
[/QUOTE]  
Jayne Mansfield, 50s American Actress.  
Jayne Torvill, British Ice Skater.  
Jayne Dennis, American Actress, _The Cosby Show, General Hospital_ (had to google this one).

**Knorf** , no harm intended, just made a human mistake (ck your pm).

Next name: Danica.

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**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/235 "2008-04-02T00:49:09Z")

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[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting]  
Next name: Danica.  
[/QUOTE]

Patrick  
McKellar  
Phelps (artist)

Next: Rebecca

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**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/236 "2008-04-02T01:22:25Z")

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Randall, of Sunnybrook Farm  
de Mornay, actress  
Cunningham, bear who runs an air courier service

Mariah (not Maria)

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**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/237 "2008-04-02T05:35:11Z")

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[QUOTE=Miss Purl McKnittington]  
Mariah (not Maria)  
[/QUOTE]

Carey (singer)  
O’Brien (actress)  
Bess (actress)

Fiona

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**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/238 "2008-04-02T05:37:29Z")

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[QUOTE=Miss Purl McKnittington]  
Mariah (not Maria)  
[/QUOTE]

Carey  
Fredericks (author of bestselling fiction books for teens)  
Stewart (author of romantic fiction)

Deborah/Debra

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**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:** [April 2, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/239 "2008-04-02T17:16:04Z")

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Norville, newscaster  
Messing, actress  
Winger, actress

James.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/240 "2008-04-02T17:18:46Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
Norville, newscaster  
Messing, actress  
Winger, actress

James.  
[/QUOTE]

Jesse & Frank (outlaws/highwaymen)  
Rick (musician)

Noble

ETA: I got this backwards

Joyce (writer)  
Earl Jones (actor)  
Charles Stuart (King of England & Scotland)

Elliot

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