# What should I name my god/deity **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 14, 2018, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-god-deity/822953 "2018-10-14T22:57:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![snowmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@snowmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowmaster)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-god-deity/822953/21 "2018-10-17T02:41:15Z")
Alchemist Gar Your naescent religion, of course, to be called The Secrets of the Alchemist Gar. ---
**Author:** ![SantaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@SantaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SantaMan)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-god-deity/822953/22 "2018-10-17T03:16:50Z")
The great and wonderful Og ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-god-deity/822953/23 "2018-10-18T20:01:15Z")
Has a decision been made? I’m curious. ---
**Author:** ![Marine\_One](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marine_one/32/3461_2.png) [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-god-deity/822953/24 "2018-10-18T22:57:20Z")
Hammy: Let’s call it Steve! Verne: Steve? Hammy: It’s a pretty name. Heather: Steve sounds nice. Penny: I’m a lot less scared of Steve. Ozzie: [kneeling before the hedge] Oh, great and powerful Steve… what do you want!? ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-god-deity/822953/25 "2018-10-19T01:29:35Z")
Take the converse of the Jewish approach - obscure your deity’s name by adding a dozen or so extraneous letters. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-god-deity/822953/26 "2018-10-19T01:33:38Z")
Or… I guess it would be too specific to call it Here Comes Everybody. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-god-deity/822953/27 "2018-10-19T01:40:46Z")
Nobody said “Goddy McGodFace”? ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-god-deity/822953/28 "2018-10-19T16:39:46Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > Take the converse of the Jewish approach - obscure your deity’s name by adding a dozen or so extraneous letters. Or go the Serbo-Croatian route and use a name that has almost no vowels. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-god-deity/822953/29 "2018-10-19T18:25:25Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Nobody said “Goddy McGodFace”? Too Jewish. I vote Quesa-deo, god of Death, Armageddon, and fish tacos. He needs a consort - make it a yappy little one, and name her She-huahua. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-god-deity/822953/30 "2018-10-19T18:32:09Z")
I understand that strippers choose sexy names - I suggest Mirage. ---
**Author:** ![Textual\_Innuendo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@Textual\_Innuendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Textual_Innuendo)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-god-deity/822953/31 "2018-10-20T16:10:48Z")
Go traditional - **Flying Sashimi Monster!** ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-god-deity/822953/32 "2018-10-20T21:13:56Z")
**Fred** Or maybe **Howard**. There’s precedent for that one. ---
**Author:** ![K2500](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f6c823/32.png) [@K2500](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K2500)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-god-deity/822953/33 "2018-10-20T23:53:14Z")
I like Ra’ta. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-god-deity/822953/34 "2018-10-21T00:18:06Z")
**Fred** is good, I like that one. > [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > “I’m a god — I’m not _the_ God, I don’t think.” > > Stranger Do you exist? Rainy Day Cart might doubt it. _Si non cogitas, tunc nonne tu es_. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-god-deity/822953/35 "2018-10-21T00:36:26Z")
Him OG! God of Cavemen! ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-god-deity/822953/36 "2018-10-21T02:00:38Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Or go the Serbo-Croatian route and use a name that has almost no vowels. You think you’re pretty smrt, don’t you? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Section\_Maker\_Jupe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/section_maker_jupe/32/1424_2.png) [@Section\_Maker\_Jupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Section_Maker_Jupe)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-god-deity/822953/37 "2018-10-21T03:28:17Z")
Sanchez the Destroyer… (my lorikeets name)🆒 ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-god-deity/822953/38 "2018-10-21T03:42:24Z")
Azteca? ---
**Author:** ![\_Raven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/_raven/32/20435_2.png) [@\_Raven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Raven)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-god-deity/822953/39 "2018-10-21T12:39:52Z")
_ **Grond**!_ … last seen used for an Orcish battering ram at the gates of Minas Tirith, Gondor… ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-god-deity/822953/40 "2018-10-21T14:30:58Z")
Perhaps go for the whole enigmatic “None shall Utter his name” thing. It could only be represented as a strange symbol like the god formerly known as prince, or if you want to keep with the times, a sequence of Emoji. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-god-deity/822953.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-god-deity/822953.md?page=3)