# What's your Pirate Name?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pirate-name/195784>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 17, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pirate-name/195784 "2003-08-17T16:02:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![JonScribe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3be4f8/32.png) [@JonScribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonScribe)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pirate-name/195784/61 "2003-08-23T05:58:14Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Second Star to the Right \*  
> \*\*Dirty Bess Rackham
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Hmm. I don’t remember a long-lost sister.

Mom?!

Dirty Jon Rackham

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**Author:** ![catnoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@catnoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catnoe)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pirate-name/195784/62 "2003-08-23T19:36:07Z")

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Mad Dog Rackham

No idea where that came from, I’m such a gentle sort.

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**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pirate-name/195784/63 "2003-08-23T20:04:48Z")

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I am…

Mad Jenny Rackham

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**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pirate-name/195784/64 "2003-08-23T20:07:23Z")

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It also said…

Every pirate is a little bit crazy. You, though, are more than just a little bit. You have the good fortune of having a good name, since Rackham (pronounced RACKem, not rack-ham) is one of the coolest sounding surnames for a pirate. Arr!

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**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pirate-name/195784/65 "2003-08-24T00:45:13Z")

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**Calico Ethel Rackham**

Calico Ethel? OMG…I’m half cat, half plump pirate sidekick to the loopy redhead!

And a big “Ya-a-a-ar!” to my humungous Rackham family.

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**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pirate-name/195784/66 "2003-08-24T03:25:05Z")

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Captain Mary Flint here.

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**Author:** ![dctaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@dctaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dctaz)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pirate-name/195784/67 "2003-08-24T07:13:41Z")

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Iron Tom Rackham here, and an ARRG to all my bros and sis in the Rackham family. let’s go pillage the seven seas!

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