# Pick out a new last name for me! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 17, 2002, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-out-a-new-last-name-for-me/104226 "2002-04-17T23:26:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Victory\_Candescence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Victory\_Candescence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Victory_Candescence)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-out-a-new-last-name-for-me/104226/61 "2002-04-19T23:19:55Z")
Well, since you’re going to have the name the rest of your life, you should make sure that it’s easy to say, easy to spell, and doesn’t make people ask questions. (like “Mankiller” or “Robot” would). My own personal experience tells me that you should have a name that people can say correctly the first time they see it. ---
**Author:** ![Raoul\_Anatherwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@Raoul\_Anatherwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raoul_Anatherwan)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2002, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-out-a-new-last-name-for-me/104226/62 "2002-04-20T15:08:04Z")
Jennifer Snow. And then tell them you spell it, ‘Sneaux’. For practicallity, MAKE IT ONE THAT’S EASY TO SPELL!!! You’ll thank me every time you don’t have to spell it out when people ask. Saves time, for one thing. [from personal experience] Jennifer Stone Jennifer Light Jennifer Park Jennifer Spring ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2002, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-out-a-new-last-name-for-me/104226/63 "2002-04-20T17:05:58Z")
I came up with the perfect name! **Jennifer Lux** Oh, yeah, I totally think that’s smokin. ---
**Author:** ![Efrem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@Efrem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Efrem)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2002, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-out-a-new-last-name-for-me/104226/64 "2002-04-20T17:19:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Raoul Anatherwan \* > \*\*Jennifer Snow. And then tell them you spell it, ‘Sneaux’. > > For practicallity, MAKE IT ONE THAT’S EASY TO SPELL!!! You’ll thank me every time you don’t have to spell it out when people ask. Saves time, for one thing. [from personal experience] > > Jennifer Stone > Jennifer Light > Jennifer Park > Jennifer Spring \*\* Mann, I second that motion, but OTOH having a long last name does bring up some interesting conversions. How about an authentic Eritrean (African) name. Alem Awet GebreYesus Iyob Iyesus Hailu Haile Habtom Musiye Mekonnen Negash Selasse Tesfa Tewolde Woldab WoldeBerhan Yohaness Yemane Yonis ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2002, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-out-a-new-last-name-for-me/104226/65 "2002-04-20T20:44:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by widdershins \* > **Jennifer Six Robot makes you sound like a performance artist (if you are one, go with it), also it reminds me of that bad movie _Jennifer 8_.** That was **exactly** what I was thinking! **even sven** , now I know what your name is; it was bugging me ever since I read that thread: however, I won’t say what it is. Having just read through all my _Outlander_ books (yes, again), I have all these last names (Scottish, Engish, French, etc.) running around in my head: Jennifer Abernathy Jennifer Alcantara Jennifer Alcott Jennifer Alderdyce Jennifer Allison Jennifer Anderson Jennifer Andrews Jennifer d’Arbancille Jennifer Bain Jennifer Baird Jennifer Bainbridge Jennifer Balmain Jennifer Balmerino Jennifer Beaton Jennifer Beauchamp Jennifer Beggs Jennifer Benin Jennifer Bogle Jennifer Bonheur Jennifer Bonnet Jennifer Bosworthy Jennifer de Brabant Jennifer Briggs Jennifer Brame Jennifer Brown Jennifer Browne Jennifer Buchan Jennifer Buchanan Jennifer de Busca Jennifer Byrnes Jennifer Cameron Jennifer Campbell Jennifer Carmichael Jennifer du Carrefours Jennifer di Castellotti Jennifer Cheesewright Jennifer Chisholm Jennifer Cho (will not work if you’re not Chinese, I don’t think) Jennifer Clancy Jennifer Claymore Jennifer Coker Jennifer Cope Jennifer Closeau (don’t know if you want any “Inspector Closeau” remarks, though) Jennifer Cooper Jennifer Conant Jennifer Coulter Jennifer Cowden Jennifer Crook Jennifer Cumberland Jennifer Dalrymple Jennifer D’Amerd Jennifer Danton Jennifer Davis Jennifer Dawes Jennifer Dixon Jennifer Dobbs Jennifer Dodgson Jennifer Duncan Jennifer Dundee (be prepared for “Crocodile Dundee” remarks if you choose this one) Jennifer Dunsany Jennifer Dunstable Jennifer Dunvegan Jennifer Duverney Jennifer Edgars Jennifer Elcho Jennifer Ellesmere Jennifer Everett Jennifer Fentiman Jennifer Ferigault Jennifer FitzGibbons Jennifer Fleche Jennifer Fogden Jennifer Forbes Jennifer Forez Jennifer Forrest Jennifer Fraser Jennifer Freeman Jennifer Gage Jennifer Garver Jennifer Gauloise Jennifer Genet Jennifer Gerstmann Jennifer Gibbons Jennifer Gibson Jennifer Gillette (I don’t know if you want to be mistaken for someone who is realted to the Gillettes of shaving fame, though) Jennifer Glengarry Jennifer Gobelin (people might mistake this for “Goblin”, though) Jennifer Gordon Jennifer Gottfried Jennifer Gowan Jennifer Graham Jennifer Grant Jennifer Greville Jennifer Grey Jennifer Grieves Jennifer Grissom Jennifer Griswald Jennifer Grosman (be prepared for that last name to be transformed into “Gross, man!” by people who don’t know better) Jennifer Grozier Jennifer Ha Jennifer Hall Jennifer Hamilton Jennifer Harding Jennifer Haugh Jennifer Hawkins Jennifer Hawley Jennifer Hayes Jennifer Hays Jennifer Hensley Jennifer Hinchcliffe Jennifer Hodgepile Jennifer Hodges Jennifer Hoechstein Jennifer Holford Jennifer Hughes Jennifer Hunter Jennifer Husband Jennifer Hutchinson Jennifer Innes Jennifer Isaacson Jennifer Jacobs Jennifer Jeffries Jennifer Jenkins Jennifer Johansen Jennifer Johnson Jennifer Kennedy Jennifer Kerr Jennifer Kettrick Jennifer Kilmarnock Jennifer Kincaid Jennifer Kirby Jennifer Laserre Jennifer Laurent Jennifer Lawson Jennifer Leiven Jennifer LeJeune Jennifer mac Leodhas Jennifer Leonard Jennifer Lesley Jennifer Lillington Jennifer Lindsay Jennifer Lindsey Jennifer Linklater Jennifer Livingstone Jennifer Lochiel Jennifer Lovat Jennifer Lyle Jennifer MacAlpine Jennifer MacAuliffe Jennifer MacBeth Jennifer MacDonald Jennifer MacDowell Jennifer MacIan Jennifer MacKay Jennifer MacKenzie Jennifer MacMahon Jennifer MacKimmie Jennifer MacKinnon Jennifer MacLachlan Jennifer MacLeish Jennifer MacLennan Jennifer MacLeod Jennifer MacMurtry Jennifer MacNab Jennifer MacNeill Jennifer MacPherson Jennifer MacRae Jennifer MacRannoch Jennifer MacTavish Jennifer McClure Jennifer McCulloch Jennifer McDonald Jennifer McEwan Jennifer McGillivray Jennifer McIver Jennifer McMartin Jennifer McMurdo Jennifer Mack Jennifer Mainwaring Jennifer Maitland Jennifer Malcolm Jennifer Manson Jennifer Manzetti Jennifer Mar Jennifer Marat Jennifer Marigny Jennifer de Marillac Jennifer Marischal Jennifer Marley Jennifer Marshall Jennifer Martin Jennifer Martins Jennifer Marylebone Jennifer Medard Jennifer Meldrum Jennifer Melton Jennifer Menzies Jennifer Milligan Jennifer Montresor Jennifer Morrison Jennifer Mueller Jennifer Munro Jennifer Murchison Jennifer Murphy Jennifer Murray Jennifer Myers Jennifer Naylor Jennifer de Neve Jennifer O’Brien Jennifer O’Shaughnessy Jennifer O’Sullivan Jennifer Ogilvie Jennifer Oliphant Jennifer Olivier Jennifer d’Orleans Jennifer Orr Jennifer Overholt Jennifer Patterson Jennifer de Perignon (perfect if you want to project a refined image) Jennifer Picard (beware of _Star Trek_ jokes, though) Jennifer Pinckney Jennifer Pitsligo Jennifer Portis Jennifer Pound Jennifer Prudhomme Jennifer Quarry Jennifer de la Quintana Jennifer Raeburn Jennifer Raines Jennifer de Ramage Jennifer de Rambeau Jennifer Randall Jennifer Ransom Jennifer Rawlings Jennifer Reilly Jennifer Roberts Jennifer Robicheaux Jennifer Robinson Jennifer Rogers Jennifer de Rohan Jennifer Ross Jennifer Rothschild (I don’t know if you want to project THAT kind of “rich-heiress” image, though) Jennifer de Rouen Jennifer Rowbotham Jennifer Roy Jennifer Russo Jennifer Ruthven Jennifer Sevigny Jennifer Shaw Jennifer Sheridan Jennifer Silvers Jennifer Simpson Jennifer Sinclair Jennifer Smoots Jennifer Springer Jennifer St. Germain Jennifer Stanhope Jennifer Stephens Jennifer Stern Jennifer Stevens Jennifer Stone Jennifer Stuart Jennifer Sturgis Jennifer Sutherland Jennifer Sykes Jennifer Taylor Jennifer Thomas Jennifer Thompson Jennifer Tompkins Jennifer de la Tourelle Jennifer Townsend Jennifer Tryon Jennifer Tullibardine Jennifer Turner Jennifer Urmstone Jennifer Villiers Jennifer Vincennes Jennifer Vionnet Jennifer Viorst Jennifer Voleru Jennifer Wakefield Jennifer Walker Jennifer Wallace Jennifer Walmisley Jennifer Walsh Jennifer Warren Jennifer Wemyss Jennifer Whitlow Jennifer Williams Jennifer Willis Jennifer Willoughby Jennifer Wolff Jennifer Woolam Jennifer Wylie Jennifer Yoakum [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-out-a-new-last-name-for-me/104226.md?page=3)