# How to best americanize my name? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 21, 2007, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-best-americanize-my-name/420013 "2007-09-21T18:09:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [September 22, 2007, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-best-americanize-my-name/420013/21 "2007-09-22T01:30:08Z")
Instead of “chaos”, it sounds like that place was “free”. Try–Freeman. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-best-americanize-my-name/420013/22 "2007-09-22T03:52:22Z")
Being a huge fan of Get Smart, I’d go with Kaosson, or O’Kaos. How much more American can you get than Get Smart? ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-best-americanize-my-name/420013/23 "2007-09-22T04:21:36Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] You could always go with something like “Our Lord of Darkness Son of Chaos Frenchmiddlename Chaosson”. You’d need a nickname, though, like “ **OLODSOC** ” or “Thor”\*. [/QUOTE] (emphasis mine) Pronounced “Old Sock”? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-best-americanize-my-name/420013/24 "2007-09-22T04:42:41Z")
Ataxia - Literally a state of no control. But it’s commonly used as a medical term for a loss of musle control. Bedlam - A English insane asylum. Later became a term for any wild place. Somebody already mentioned O’Bedlam. Coventry - Robert Heinlein had a lawless place called Coventry in one of his stories. Ginian - An Old English word for chaos. Could be adapted as MacGinian, McGinian, or O’Ginian. Nihil - Literally means nothing. The root for nihilism, a political belief that rejects all political beliefs. Tarakhe - A classical Greek word for chaos. Upon further research, it appears ginian might be better translated as “yawn”. It became connected with chaos because early definitions of chaos refered to a gaping chasm or void. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-best-americanize-my-name/420013/25 "2007-09-22T21:26:58Z")
> [@Ruby](#): > > (emphasis mine) Pronounced “Old Sock”? Um, no, pronounced like OLODSOC. Or, more specifically, /oʊladsak/. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-best-americanize-my-name/420013/26 "2007-09-22T22:38:07Z")
Havoc, Rick Havoc. ---
**Author:** ![Montgomery0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/0ea827/32.png) [@Montgomery0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montgomery0)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-best-americanize-my-name/420013/27 "2007-09-22T23:59:30Z")
Sorry, given the chance to change your real life name, you must be called: McLovin’ ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2007, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-best-americanize-my-name/420013/28 "2007-09-23T00:27:14Z")
Just McLovin. It’s badass. ---
**Author:** ![Gozu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gozu/32/6615_2.png) [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-best-americanize-my-name/420013/29 "2007-09-25T20:11:08Z")
Hehehe, I thought about McLovin, but I don’t need to legally change my name for that, just get a fake ID! I’m strongly leaning towards Kaos as a last name. O’Kaos would be more accurate but also less international. What do you think is a first name that goes best with Kaos? ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-best-americanize-my-name/420013/30 "2007-09-25T20:20:04Z")
[QUOTE=Gozu] What do you think is a first name that goes best with Kaos? [/QUOTE] Something that starts with a hard K sound - alliteration is tuff. ---
**Author:** ![Gozu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gozu/32/6615_2.png) [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-best-americanize-my-name/420013/31 "2007-09-25T20:24:12Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] Something that starts with a hard K sound - alliteration is tuff. [/QUOTE] Kuir Kaos? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-best-americanize-my-name/420013/32 "2007-09-25T20:31:56Z")
Killroy Kaos. Kronic Kaos. Johnny Kaos. Oklahoma Kaos. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-best-americanize-my-name/420013/33 "2007-09-25T20:34:15Z")
Kermit! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-best-americanize-my-name/420013/34 "2007-09-25T20:37:59Z")
Armistice M. Kaos ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-best-americanize-my-name/420013/35 "2007-09-25T20:48:53Z")
Dredd Q. Kaos ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-best-americanize-my-name/420013/36 "2007-09-25T21:01:47Z")
Max Kaos? Maximilian P. Kaos. ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-best-americanize-my-name/420013/37 "2007-09-25T21:46:35Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] Something that starts with a hard K sound - alliteration is tuff. [/QUOTE] Kanye Kaos. Actually, Kanye O’Kaos is pretty rad. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-best-americanize-my-name/420013/38 "2007-09-25T21:50:15Z")
Ernst Stavo Kaos. The Third. ---
**Author:** ![lobstermobster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobstermobster/32/10033_2.png) [@lobstermobster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobstermobster)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-best-americanize-my-name/420013/39 "2007-09-25T22:35:42Z")
George T. Horseprotection! ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-best-americanize-my-name/420013/40 "2007-09-25T22:49:01Z")
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