# What would be the most controversial Pope name? **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-most-controversial-pope-name/653355 **Category:** In My Humble Opinion **Created:** [March 19, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-most-controversial-pope-name/653355 "2013-03-19T15:04:23Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 2
### Author: ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee) #### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-most-controversial-pope-name/653355/21 "2013-03-19T17:06:10Z")
Pope Joan ---
### Author: ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo) #### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-most-controversial-pope-name/653355/22 "2013-03-19T17:48:49Z")
Pope Bendover. ---
### Author: ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo) #### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-most-controversial-pope-name/653355/23 "2013-03-19T17:53:05Z")
Pope Mohammed Zoroaster Zeus LXIX. ---
### Author: ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame) #### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-most-controversial-pope-name/653355/24 "2013-03-19T18:22:03Z")
I read somewhere that someone suggested Pope Francis should’ve taken the name Clement XV, since Clement XIV suppressed the Jesuits, and Pope Francis is a Jesuit. ---
### Author: ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu) #### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-most-controversial-pope-name/653355/25 "2013-03-19T18:33:56Z")
Pope FireUnderpantsBoobs ---
### Author: ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss) #### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-most-controversial-pope-name/653355/26 "2013-03-19T19:08:10Z")
Pope John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt. ---
### 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 19, 2013, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-most-controversial-pope-name/653355/27 "2013-03-19T19:42:01Z")
His name is my name, too! ---
### Author: ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm) #### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-most-controversial-pope-name/653355/28 "2013-03-19T19:51:00Z")
Pope God Pope Pope Pope Luther Pope Satan ---
### Author: ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist) #### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-most-controversial-pope-name/653355/29 "2013-03-19T20:56:48Z")
> [@ZenBeam](#): > > But Mary would be OK, right? I was gonna say Mary. ---
### Author: ![TheBoltEater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheBoltEater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoltEater) #### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-most-controversial-pope-name/653355/30 "2013-03-19T21:30:31Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > “Pope Jesus II” would be OK? Having just elected a South American as Pope, this does make me wonder. Any English speaker naming their kid Jesus sounds shocking and arrogant, but in Spanish it’s perfectly normal. Since Pope’s don’t typically take their own names as their Papal name I suppose it’s not an issue, but I have to wonder what would happen if some guy named Jesus Bergoglio were just named Pope, would someone have quietly taken him aside and said, “Just so we’re clear - you aren’t thinking about Jesus II, right?” ---
### Author: ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah) #### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-most-controversial-pope-name/653355/31 "2013-03-19T21:38:30Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > I read somewhere that someone suggested Pope Francis should’ve taken the name Clement XV, since Clement XIV suppressed the Jesuits, and Pope Francis is a Jesuit. It was one of the other cardinals in the conclave, who said it (half) jokingly. Clergy have long memories. But if you want an anti-Pope name: Pope Epop ---
### Author: ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally) #### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-most-controversial-pope-name/653355/32 "2013-03-19T21:51:32Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > I read somewhere that someone suggested Pope Francis should’ve taken the name Clement XV, since Clement XIV suppressed the Jesuits, and Pope Francis is a Jesuit. That’s what I would have done, which is why I wouldn’t be a pope. ---
### Author: ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow) #### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-most-controversial-pope-name/653355/33 "2013-03-19T21:57:17Z")
Pope Grapist ---
### Author: ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan) #### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-most-controversial-pope-name/653355/34 "2013-03-19T22:10:29Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > You do realise that the Muslim world is far greater than the levant, Egypt, Iraq and Turkey don’t you?:dubious: So the rest of you guys are cool with the Crusades? (Honestly, **AK** , you aren’t legally obligated to challenge any non-Muslim in this forum who claims to have any sort of knowledge whatsoever about Muslim politics or culture. It gets tiresome.) ---
### Author: ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio) #### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-most-controversial-pope-name/653355/35 "2013-03-19T22:10:52Z")
Pope Mohammad. I have trouble figuring out exactly who that would offend, but I feel a lot of offence would be taken. (alternatively, Pope Buddha, Pope Xenu, Pope Martin Luther…) ---
### Author: ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow) #### Post date: [March 19, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-most-controversial-pope-name/653355/36 "2013-03-19T22:32:54Z")
nm ---
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Pope Yethesailorman ---
### Author: ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera) #### Post date: [March 20, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-most-controversial-pope-name/653355/38 "2013-03-20T00:11:20Z")
Pope Eel. ---
### Author: ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper) #### Post date: [March 20, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-most-controversial-pope-name/653355/39 "2013-03-20T00:23:15Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Britain’s King John was so notorious that no monarch would ever give his son that name. I think you mean England’s [King John](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John,_King_of_England). [John, King of Scots](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Balliol,_King_of_Scotland), wasn’t a particularly strong king, but I wouldn’t say he was notorious. In any event, both Edward VII and George V had sons they named John. Edward’s youngest son was born prematurely and died a day after his birth, but was christened [Alexander John](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Alexander_John_of_Wales#Children_of_King_Edward_VII_and_Queen_Alexandra). George V’s youngest son, [Prince John](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_John_of_the_United_Kingdom), was epileptic and died at age 13. ---
### Author: ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78) #### Post date: [March 20, 2013, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-most-controversial-pope-name/653355/40 "2013-03-20T00:24:06Z")
Especially considering he’s Hispanic, I assume Pope Jesus would’ve gone over like a lead balloon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-most-controversial-pope-name/653355.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-most-controversial-pope-name/653355.md?page=3)