# People whose names you like **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 7, 2005, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328 "2005-03-07T06:46:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/1 "2005-03-07T06:46:55Z")
Regardless of what you think of the people themselves, what are some names that are really cool? Friends, family, celebrities, or fictional characters (although they have an unfair advantage) are all okay. Hilary Swank - I mean, come on. Her last name is “Swank” and that means she must be, well, swanky. Robbie McCracken - Some kid that goes to my school. Just say it out loud. Robbie McCracken! ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/2 "2005-03-07T06:54:24Z")
I went through Basic with the guy with the Coolest Name In The World: Malachi J. Blade. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/3 "2005-03-07T06:57:28Z")
Eddie Vedder and Trent Reznor. ---
**Author:** ![Pensandfeathers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Pensandfeathers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pensandfeathers)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/4 "2005-03-07T07:29:34Z")
Alan Cumming…for obvious reasons, and that he has [fun](http://cummingthefragrance.com/collection.html) with it. \*Not all of the product info is posted yet. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/5 "2005-03-07T07:48:32Z")
Pierce Brosnan’s a pretty cool name. Very masculine but not stereotypically so. Errol Flynn as well. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/6 "2005-03-07T07:58:21Z")
I think Joaquin Pheonix has a cool name. Dirk Diggler can just cut glass. And make neon signs explode. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/7 "2005-03-07T08:39:32Z")
I knew a Rabbi Brazen in college. I just love the fact that she was a woman, a rabbi and had a last name with such cool meaning. In fourth grade I had a bad teacher named Mrs. Bane. One day when I was a little older I looked up the word bane in the dictionary (after my mother called someone the bane of her existence) and realized just appropriate her name had been. ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/8 "2005-03-07T08:57:30Z")
Edvard Munch. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/9 "2005-03-07T11:09:04Z")
A gorgeous girl with beautiful black hair came into the gas station where my friend worked and bought cigarettes - when she brought out her ID, my friend and I fell in love with her name: Piper Silverthorn. (this was all pre-“Charmed”, of course, ugh). ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/10 "2005-03-07T11:33:39Z")
I recently noticed South African cricketer Ashwell Prince and I have always thought that Prince is a good surname and I have never heard of another Ashwell. It just sounds good. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/11 "2005-03-07T12:30:16Z")
A workmate of mine is Prince Marlon Gonzales. Another one is Memphis Sun. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/12 "2005-03-07T13:02:17Z")
I guy I was buddies with years back had the most phallic name I’ve ever heard: Lance Pierce. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2005, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/13 "2005-03-07T13:34:57Z")
There was a baseball player once named Ted Cox. He played for the Red Sox. I always liked that. A long time ago, I had a job typing names into a database. The names were of people from all over the world who were enrolling to study English in America. Whenever I came across a particularly interesting name, I wrote it down to share with my wife and friends. The ones I still remember are: Navin Chaichiwinlikit Bambang Hermawan Wibowo ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/14 "2005-03-07T14:13:42Z")
In college I was in a class with a guy named Ernest French. I just thought that was a really cool name. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/15 "2005-03-07T14:21:49Z")
I worked with a man named James Joyce. His wife’s first name was, believe it or not, Joyce. She must have really loved him. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/16 "2005-03-07T14:56:14Z")
Some good names off the top of my head from the world of basketball: Shane Battier (pronounced bat’ ee ay) Jarrett Jack Bo Outlaw Stromile Swift ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/17 "2005-03-07T14:56:15Z")
I’d have to go with **Max Power**! ---
**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:** [March 7, 2005, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/18 "2005-03-07T15:00:26Z")
Swoosie Kurtz. Gotta love a name that comes from a B-17! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/19 "2005-03-07T15:00:50Z")
> [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](#): > > I’d have to go with **Max Power**! His name sounds good in your ear… ---
**Author:** ![burundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@burundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burundi)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/20 "2005-03-07T15:01:08Z")
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