# The Name Game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 6, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/627451 "2012-07-06T18:43:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/627451/1 "2012-07-06T18:43:57Z")
Basically for this game, if one gives a given name, the respondant will give the name of the first real person that comes into their mind with that name be it a famous person or someone they know personally. Foreign versions of names count too (such as Louis XIV for “Lewis” or Wilhelm II for “William”). Example: George George Washington To Start: Arthur ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/627451/2 "2012-07-06T18:44:58Z")
Arthur Godfrey. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/627451/3 "2012-07-06T18:50:00Z")
To continue: Horst. ---
**Author:** ![pojimba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@pojimba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pojimba)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/627451/4 "2012-07-06T18:55:27Z")
Horst Bulau. Saw him in Calgary in '88 ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/627451/5 "2012-07-06T18:56:03Z")
BTW please provide a name once you finish another. ---
**Author:** ![pojimba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@pojimba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pojimba)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/627451/6 "2012-07-06T19:03:48Z")
Sorry, meant to do that. Otto. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/627451/7 "2012-07-06T19:05:19Z")
> [@pojimba](#): > > Sorry, meant to do that. > Otto. Preminger. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/627451/8 "2012-07-06T19:06:23Z")
Roy. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/627451/9 "2012-07-06T19:07:28Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Roy. Bean (as in the Judge) Martin ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/627451/10 "2012-07-06T19:09:38Z")
Martin Landau. Barbara. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/627451/11 "2012-07-06T19:10:17Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Martin Landau. > > Barbara. Barbara Streisand Frederick ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/627451/12 "2012-07-06T19:11:12Z")
Frederick the Great. Barney. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/627451/13 "2012-07-06T19:12:44Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Barney. Frank. Frank. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/627451/14 "2012-07-06T19:12:48Z")
Frank Rennicke Elizabeth ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/627451/15 "2012-07-06T19:15:30Z")
Elizabeth Schue Billie ---
**Author:** ![pojimba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@pojimba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pojimba)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/627451/16 "2012-07-06T19:15:53Z")
Elizabeth Hurley. Christopher. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/627451/17 "2012-07-06T19:16:52Z")
Christopher Walken Bobbie ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/627451/18 "2012-07-06T19:17:17Z")
Bobby Kennedy Xavier ---
**Author:** ![pojimba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@pojimba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pojimba)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/627451/19 "2012-07-06T19:19:39Z")
Xavier Malisse. Anton ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/627451/20 "2012-07-06T19:22:20Z")
Anton Chekhov. Bobbie (female spelling) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-game/627451.md?page=2)