You can post any random tidbit you know about a name, naming laws, how something was named etc
Mine is:
In 2003, [name_f]Alessandra[/name_f] Mussolini, Granddaughter of [name_m]Benito[/name_m], was granted an exemption from both the Italian Civil Authorities and the [name_m]Roman[/name_m] Catholic [name_m]Church[/name_m] to give her son a double barrelled surname. This at the time was not usually in practice/illegal under Italian law, but I can only assume that, due to connotations, he was allowed it. His name is [name_m]Romano[/name_m] [name_m]Benito[/name_m] Floriani Mussolini.
when [name_m]Elvis[/name_m] [name_u]Presley[/name_u] was born, he had a twin, [name_u]Jesse[/name_u] [name_m]Garon[/name_m]. his parents, [name_f]Gladys[/name_f] and [name_u]Vernon[/name_u], gave [name_m]Elvis[/name_m] the name [name_m]Elvis[/name_m] [name_m]Aron[/name_m], [name_m]Aron[/name_m] being with one A to be apart of [name_m]Garon[/name_m]. [name_m]Elvis[/name_m] is also his fathers middle name.
[name_m]Hubert[/name_m] [name_u]Blaine[/name_u] Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. is the abbreviated (!) name of the man who has held the record for the longest personal name ever used. His full name was [name_m]Adolph[/name_m] [name_u]Blaine[/name_u] [name_u]Charles[/name_u] [name_u]David[/name_u] [name_u]Earl[/name_u] [name_m]Frederick[/name_m] [name_m]Gerald[/name_m] [name_m]Hubert[/name_m] [name_m]Irvin[/name_m] [name_u]John[/name_u] [name_m]Kenneth[/name_m] [name_m]Lloyd[/name_m] [name_m]Martin[/name_m] [name_m]Nero[/name_m] [name_m]Oliver[/name_m] [name_m]Paul[/name_m] [name_u]Quincy[/name_u] [name_m]Randolph[/name_m] [name_m]Sherman[/name_m] [name_m]Thomas[/name_m] Uncas [name_m]Victor[/name_m] [name_u]William[/name_u] [name_m]Xerxes[/name_m] [name_u]Yancy[/name_u] [name_m]Zeus[/name_m] Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorffwelchevoralternwarengewissenhaftschaferswessenschafewarenwohlgepflegeundsorgfaltigkeitbeschutzenvorangreifendurchihrraubgierigfeindewelchevoralternzwolfhunderttausendjahresvorandieerscheinenvonderersteerdemenschderraumschiffgenachtmittungsteinundsiebeniridiumelektrischmotorsgebrauchlichtalsseinursprungvonkraftgestartseinlangefahrthinzwischensternartigraumaufdersuchennachbarschaftdersternwelchegehabtbewohnbarplanetenkreisedrehensichundwohinderneuerassevonverstandigmenschlichkeitkonntefortpflanzenundsicherfreuenanlebenslanglichfreudeundruhemitnichteinfurchtvorangreifenvorandererintelligentgeschopfsvonhinzwischensternartig. He claimed the wordy surname was a form of protest against the fact [name_m]German[/name_m] Jews were forced to adopt surnames in the 19th century. His surname is riddled with grammatical errors, but it roughly translates to: Ages ago, there were conscientious shepherds whose sheep were well tended and carefully protected against attack by their rapacious enemies. Twelve hundred thousand years ago there appeared before these first earthmen, at night, a spaceship powered by seven stone and iridium electric motors. It had originally been launched on its long trip into stellar space in the search for neighboring stars that might have planets revolving about them that were inhabitable and on which planets a new race of intelligent humanity might propagate itself and rejoice for life, without fear of attack by other intelligent beings from interstellar space.
In [name_u]England[/name_u], it’s not unheard of for kids to learn to read through [name_m]Biff[/name_m], [name_m]Chip[/name_m] & [name_m]Kipper[/name_m] books. Turns out their names are actually [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] “Biff”, [name_u]David[/name_u] “Chip” and [name_m]Christopher[/name_m] “Kipper”.
The protagonist of my reading book was called [name_u]Momo[/name_u] (so you could read her name as soon as you knew two letters) and at the end of year 1 it was revealed her real name was [name_f]Margarethe[/name_f]
