# Names with too many words in them **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 4, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016 "2016-09-04T13:55:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2016, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/41 "2016-09-05T22:34:24Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Boutros Boutros-Ghali Said Jerome K. Jerome to Ford Madox Ford, “There’s something, old boy, that I’ve always abhorred: When people address me and call me, ‘Jerome’, Are they being standoffish, or too much at home?” Said Ford, “I agree; it’s the same thing with me.” ``` -- William Cole ``` ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/42 "2016-09-06T03:10:44Z")
> [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](#): > > If we were to look at personal names, then Spencer Horsey de Horsey (1790 – 1860), a British Tory politician. > > Two horseys to pull your barouche: fine. Two Horseys in your name: overkill. His wife was a noted equestrian. (Among other things.) We could argue that just one Horsey won’t do in such a situation. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/43 "2016-09-06T03:29:16Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Master Chief Petty Officer > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force (only one person has that rank at any time) [Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_Chief_Petty_Officer_of_the_Navy) (ditto) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/44 "2016-09-06T03:31:28Z")
Hector Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho. And Major Major Major Major. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/45 "2016-09-06T03:43:44Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > Anyone that wants to name a town, college or city after a much more well known place needs to step back and think about it a little more before they go any further. Yes, I am looking at you Miami University of Ohio and Manhattan, Kansas. All it does is cause endless confusion. Miami University of Ohio was established in 1809, when Florida belonged to Spain, and 16 years before the present city of Miami was settled. The university (and river) in Ohio took its name from the Miami people, while the city in Florida took its name from the Mayaimi people. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/46 "2016-09-06T16:12:32Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio > > Nobody should have a name that’s eleven syllables long. It’s to distinguish her from all the other Mary Mastrantonios who are members of SAG. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![RadicalPi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/radicalpi/32/9806_2.png) [@RadicalPi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadicalPi)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/47 "2016-09-06T16:54:59Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > Yes, I am looking at you Miami University of Ohio Like Indiana PA, Miami of Ohio was founded before the city in Florida was given its name. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/48 "2016-09-06T18:42:20Z")
Almost every AKC registered dog name. I don’t want to list any real names for privacy sake, but the majority seem to follow the pattern of: Her Majesty Princess Puffwaddle von Regina, who goes by George. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/49 "2016-09-06T20:40:06Z")
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Usually goes by Virgina Tech or VPI. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/50 "2016-09-06T20:44:51Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Georgia College & State University. > > It goes by Georgia College or GCSU less formally. Not sure if the “&” is official. Really, you singled out that and ignored NORTH Georgia College and State University? ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/51 "2016-09-06T21:36:33Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > Really, you singled out that and ignored NORTH Georgia College and State University? NGC&SU is no more. It has ceased to be. It is a defunct school. (Actually it [merged](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_North_Georgia) with Gainesville SC to become University of North Georgia.) Another Georgia state college that could lose a word or two is Atlanta Metropolitan State College. (If people are going to complain about geographically misleading college names, may I suggest the all time champ in my book: Washington University. In Missouri. Looks like a mix up of U of WA and WA State U.) ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/52 "2016-09-06T22:55:58Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio > > Nobody should have a name that’s eleven syllables long. She ain’t got nothing on Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Mahershalalhashbaz Ali ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/53 "2016-09-07T01:42:07Z")
_Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close_ The Church Divinity School of the Pacific Molybdenum has an odd arrangement of syllables that makes it awkward And for some reason I always thought the actor Henry B. Walthall really needed to lose the middle initial. His name sounds clunky. Also, the actor Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree has a name that’s a mouthful, but I kinda like it. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/54 "2016-09-07T02:23:33Z")
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/55 "2016-09-07T02:26:38Z")
“When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water” seems rather long for a band name. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/56 "2016-09-07T05:31:58Z")
Ruth’s Chris Steak House Rose Bowl presented by Northwest Mutual ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/57 "2016-09-07T09:26:57Z")
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. “North Korea” to most of the rest of the world. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. “England” to the rest of the world, usually. The United States of America. “That country without a name” to the rest of America. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/58 "2016-09-07T09:37:09Z")
The Governor Hugh L. Carey Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel. By the time you finish saying it, you’ve made it to the other side. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/59 "2016-09-07T10:33:39Z")
These two aren’t too bad as their family goes: Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón (aka Juan Carlos I) and Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Grecia (aka Felipe VI). Note that “de Todos los Santos” (All-Saints’) is itself a single name. And the former Aeropuerto de Madrid-Barajas is now Aeropuerto de Madrid-Barajas Alfonso Suárez. I guess we should be grateful that the option of calling it “Aeropuerto de Madrid-Barajas muy excelentísimo señor don Alfonso Suárez, Duque de Suárez” was discarded. > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio > > Nobody should have a name that’s eleven syllables long. Ten, -nio is a dipthong. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016/60 "2016-09-07T11:11:42Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Alaska USA Federal Credit Union. Do they really need USA in there? Ya nailed it! (from a former AK resident) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-with-too-many-words-in-them/765016.md?page=4)