# I need a name! For an island. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 25, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330 "2010-12-25T02:13:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**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 26, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/41 "2010-12-26T16:49:35Z")
> [@glowacks](#): > > I heard this gag on Mathnet, a segment of Square One TV, which had to be written in the late 80s or so. It took me a while before I realized that it was a gag, and I still am not so sure the embedded quote is from (OK, I guess I go google it now…) > **['No Man is an Island' - John Donne](https://web.cs.dal.ca/~johnston/poetry/island.html)** ---
**Author:** ![manx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@manx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manx)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/42 "2010-12-26T21:23:00Z")
Dontgonearthe? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/43 "2010-12-27T01:56:52Z")
some morbid Paul Bear Island Sea Asket Isle Coughin Island Kree Maited Island Decomposed Isle Maggot Island ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/44 "2010-12-27T02:08:29Z")
Obeliska Isles Marrow Heart Islands Greaves Cay Albatross Rook Truncheon Shoal Bastille Island Looms Isle ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/45 "2010-12-27T02:22:05Z")
manavahë atoll eta: manavahë is Tongan for fear ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/46 "2010-12-27T05:49:59Z")
Cannibal Feast Island Screaming Death Island Malar Key Stench Pit Island Land Shark Key Frequently Underwater Isle Plague Key Far Torture GAAAAAHS ---
**Author:** ![dotchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@dotchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dotchan)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/47 "2010-12-27T07:44:39Z")
Maybe look up the appropriate Patron Saint for sailors/ships/storms/what have you and name your island “Saint/San Something Or Other”? ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/48 "2010-12-27T08:46:33Z")
Uwe Boll Island ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/49 "2010-12-27T08:50:10Z")
> [@dotchan](#): > > Maybe look up the appropriate Patron Saint for sailors/ships/storms/what have you and name your island “Saint/San Something Or Other”? That would be [Saint Nicholas](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas). Yes, [That one.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus)😃 If only “Christmas Island” wasn’t already taken, you could go the irony route! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/50 "2010-12-27T11:06:47Z")
President Palin Island…that would scare the bejesus out of me! ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/51 "2010-12-27T14:01:36Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > President Palin Island…that would scare the bejesus out of me! Can you see Russia from there? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/52 "2010-12-27T16:32:37Z")
Nohope Atoll ---
**Author:** ![audit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/53 "2010-12-27T17:59:59Z")
Donner Island ----- No place for a party ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/54 "2010-12-27T18:08:39Z")
Temporary. ---
**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 28, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/55 "2010-12-28T04:11:03Z")
Island Not Appearing In This Picture. Medusa Island: [The Raft of the Medusa - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raft_of_the_Medusa) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330.md?page=2)