# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Parthol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dec6dc/32.png) [@Parthol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Parthol)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/41 "2005-03-07T23:32:35Z")
There was a basketball player named “God Shamgod.” I kid you not. Even better, he played college ball for the Providence Friars. I also enjoy the name of former Steeler wide receiver Yancey Thigpen. -P ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/42 "2005-03-07T23:33:07Z")
A local insurance agent has the name Benote Wimp. ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/43 "2005-03-07T23:43:24Z")
One of my friends has the coolest American/Russian name I have heard - Leah Goncharow, as in “gone-share-oh.” Her great grandpa came from Russia and had the name Goncharov, so they changed the pronounciation and the spelling to make it more American. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/44 "2005-03-07T23:48:39Z")
I love the name Jared Leto. I’m mad I didn’t think of it first. Jared Leto. It just _sounds_ like someone I want to sleep with. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/45 "2005-03-07T23:57:40Z")
Baseball: **Mookie Wilson** Basketball: **God Shamgod**. That’s right, “God. Sham. God.” **lieu** , “Engelbert Humperdink” is actually [not his real name](http://www.engelbert.com/biography.html); he got it from “the 1911, century Austrian composer who wrote ‘Hansel & Gretel.’” (I don’t know what a “1911, century composer” is.) And finally: > [@Jackknifed Juggernaut](#): > > Shane Battier (pronounced bat’ ee ay) > \ > Bo Outlaw > Stromile Swift Sounds like someone’s a Grizzlies fan! Bless you… ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/46 "2005-03-08T00:15:01Z")
Darth Vader ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/47 "2005-03-08T00:21:34Z")
When it comes to names, english speakers have nothing on the rest of the world - Actor [Obba Babatunde](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0044762/) People who worked at my company: Prapun Upuriasikul Awet M’Balia ---
**Author:** ![TitoBenito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2acd7d/32.png) [@TitoBenito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TitoBenito)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/48 "2005-03-08T00:26:34Z")
Casius Clay. If that was my name I’d sure as hell keep it. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/49 "2005-03-08T00:29:26Z")
Anybody remember Carol Burnett’s fav names? Theresa Renterrea Lavicka Trickleson Leigh Bogardus is another good one–my husband thought for years that her first name was “Leighbo”… 🙂 A girl in college, about 3 dorm rooms down had the name: Abba Singh–which always made me smile. ---
**Author:** ![brickbacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@brickbacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickbacon)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/50 "2005-03-08T00:59:36Z")
Sports Players: Dick Butkus Hakan Yakin pronounced “Hock-in Ya-kin” Chris Fuamatu-Ma’afala Dick “Night Train” Lane People I know: Archiebong Yellow Duke Krista Marie Coleman people also tell me they like my name. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/51 "2005-03-08T01:00:51Z")
Lucy Lawless. It’s just perfect for her, and what’s even cooler is that it isn’t even a screen-name. A close second has to be our own **Zev Steinhardt** : if I had his name, I would _demand_ that people addressed me in full as Zev Steinhardt, Galactic Avenger. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/52 "2005-03-08T01:07:09Z")
Oh! I forgot! There used to be a racecar driver named **Dick Trickle**. Personally, I’d have had folks call me “Richard.” ---
**Author:** ![Landshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/77aa72/32.png) [@Landshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Landshark)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/53 "2005-03-08T01:43:03Z")
> [@jackelope](#): > > Oh! I forgot! There used to be a racecar driver named **Dick Trickle**. Whoa, that reminds me of another cool former NASCAR driver’s name: **Lake Speed**. What an utterly perfect last name for a racing driver. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/54 "2005-03-08T01:44:15Z")
Hulk Hogan ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/55 "2005-03-08T01:51:57Z")
> [@Tracy Lord](#): > > Malachi J. Blade? Malachi J. Blade! > > Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner. Malachi J. Blade. Every time I say it aloud, it gets _cooler_ and _awesomer_. I concur. Kickass sounding name, my friend. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/56 "2005-03-08T02:27:37Z")
A tribute to the Flying Frenchmen: Maurice “Rocket” Richard (Rish-ard) Guy Lafleur (Gee la-Flur) Ron Tugnutt Stu “Grim Reaper” Grimson Bernie “Boom Boom” Geoffrion Marcel Dionne Bernie Federko Rod Gilbert (zhil-Bear) Michel Goulet (me-Shell goo-Lay) Jacques Lemaire (Zhock le-Mare) Gil Perreault (Gill per-Row) Yvan Cournoyer (e-Von Corn-why-eh) ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/57 "2005-03-08T02:43:57Z")
I like cultural fusion names. These are some are kids I know. Raphael Chung Dimitri Gamez Theresa Nguyen JoAnne Tran (who has two sisters, Diane and Mary Anne) Shannon Kuvirat ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/58 "2005-03-08T02:49:21Z")
W.C. Fields: Otis Criblecoblis Egbert Sousé Cuthbert J. Twillie Larson E. Whipsnade T. Frothingill Bellows Eustace P. McGargle Augustus Q. Winterbottom Rollo La Rue J. Effingham Bellweather Gabby Gilfoil Elmer Prettywillie Groucho Marx: Lionel Q. Deveraux Ronald Kornblow Wolf J. Flywheel J. Cheever Loophole Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush Rufus T. Firefly ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/59 "2005-03-08T02:54:36Z")
> [@ccwaterback](#): > > A tribute to the Flying Frenchmen: > > Gil Perreault (Gill per-Row) I think his first name was pronounced more like “Zhill”. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328/60 "2005-03-08T13:42:00Z")
> [@ccwaterback](#): > > W.C. Fields: > > Otis Criblecoblis > Egbert Sousé > Cuthbert J. Twillie > Larson E. Whipsnade > T. Frothingill Bellows > Eustace P. McGargle > Augustus Q. Winterbottom > Rollo La Rue > J. Effingham Bellweather > Gabby Gilfoil > Elmer Prettywillie You left out my personal favorite: Mahatma Kain Jeeves [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whose-names-you-like/293328.md?page=4)