OutlierBlueWhat's a last name (family/surname) that you think is cool?
GammaI knew someone with the last name Lancaster, it feels both game of thronesy and cyberpunky
born to be a network engineer
LopensLeftArmPendragon
Pendragon the dragon-born, king of dragons.
Bacon.
And they had a matching first name too!
Danzig
Glenn Danzig was born with the perfect name for an 80s metal band
Glenn Danzig was born with the perfect name for an 80s metal band
sawdustprophetGlenn Danzig was born with the perfect name for an 80s metal band
FYI Danzig is his stage name. His actual last name is Anzalone.
Ah, well fuck.
Still kinda cool though
Still kinda cool though
Anzalone sounds like the generic name for a drug. Glad he went with a stage name.
Somehow it makes sense to learn he’s Italian, not German.
😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈I like my Norwegian heritage side of the family: Bull.
This name has auspicious connotations in the… spicy… community.
I’ve been to “chocolate” parties.
Smithe. It’s Smith with an E. Your source of high quality names.
Smith-Y?
Sm-EYE-th?
Smith-with-an-E?
Sm-EYE-th?
Smith-with-an-E?
Not to be confused with “Smith, eh” which is most commonly found in Canada.
Sweet is a nice last name, though I’m sure some guys don’t like being called “Mr. Sweet”. Names like Fox or Wolf are pretty badass. Also some indigenous last names can be cool like Roundpoint or Buckshot.
ThelsimAre you kidding? Mr. Sweet sounds like some kind of professional hitman. I do not want to meet with any Mr. Sweet :)
Ravenscroft
Instant goth
Mate here in italy we have “della morte” as a surname; which translates literally to “of the death”. I don’t think we can get more goth than this
KiwiMatadamas.
It’s Spanish and, translated to English, means: Lady-killer
There’s also Matamoros… Which is Moor killer :/
SuiXi3DHonestly, my own. Meyers is pretty good, even if nobody knows how to spell it.
Kuntz. Yep, said like That… As in Rusty Kuntz. Best baseball name in history:
I've always thought the name Buchanan sounded... Not cool per se but... Atmospheric? Like it could only belong to one of those old-money families up to their eyeballs in secret societies and mystery.
kurcatovium… or David Hasslehoff in Baywatch :-D
I barely remember that show. Was that his character's name?
Yes, Mitch Buchanon.
But then my fellow Latinos will call you “el bucanas” it doesn’t have the same ring to it.
cheesymoonshadowThis name is in my family, I had a “Grandpa Steele”. Always thought it was cool
Shaft
Name has its own theme song
I knew a Shaft, used to work with him. He was the farthest from cool, and also lacked integrity.
At the cemetery I work at we got a couple Blickenderfers, Hammermeisters, and even a couple Deatherages. All pretty BA names. One of the Deatherages was even named Ozzy.
Windsor
eezeebee- Savage
- Powers
- Attack
- Shields
I sense a theme.
livusJust realised how many porn names are really war names.
Ok you got me, I’m a huge nerd
RIP Marauder Shields o7
Murgatroyd, which was the last name of one of the dancers on Dancing With The Stars. To me, it sounds very sci-fi, it makes me think of how Trillian combined her first and last name to make something sound more “space-like” in Hitchhikers Guide.
RivalarrivalThe only reference to Murgatroyd I’ve ever heard: m.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fwpj27hlP4
Heavens to Murgatroyd!
Call me Lenny/LeniI mean, people can always just “invent” a last name by means of being derivative. My siblings have lots and lots of children and often give them “theme names” or pun names, either because it’s cool or helps them remember and keep track of everyone. One of them has a very musical-sounding first and middle name and just became engaged to the Crescendo family which I think is cool.
“This is Melody Crescendo”
“Oh, that’s pretty. What’s her middle name?”
“Well Melody is her middle name. Her real first name is Hurdy-Gurdy”
lmao
Not related but one of my favorite songs is on the hurdy gurdy
Legit I good instrument. Would love to own some day
ArtieShaw
Villalobos.
Instantly makes any given name sound badass.
“I am Clancy, from the Town of the Wolves.”
A person I’ve worked with before literally had the last name ‘Cool’. I thought that was pretty cool.
I worked with a ‘McCool’
He said introducing himself was a pickup line
D_Air1Bruh, Mozart’s whole ass name was cool as hell. Not just his last name. This man wins hands down.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart’s full baptismal name was
Johannes Chrystostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart
But he went by a few different names, partially because there were so many different languages spoken by the aristocracy in 18th century Central Europe that he adapted his name to suit whatever language he was using at the moment. “Theophilus” is the Greek form of “Amadeus.” Sometimes you’ll see the German translation of “Gottlieb.” Day-to-day, he is reported to have gone by “Wolfgang Amadè.”
It wasn’t uncommon for people to translate their names freely like this. Beethoven went by “Luigi” in Italian texts, and “Louis” in French.
“Giuseppe Verdi” would today be translated to English as “Joe Green.”
JackGreenEarthDid Beethoven have a brother Mario?
Thanks for the history lesson. Honestly every one of those different names and translations is pretty good too.
Sergei Rachmaninov is a pretty cool name and keeps with the theme.
Hash. born on 4/20. growing up we used to go here to roast bowls
In sweet grass County
danOne of the IT people at my high school had a surname of “Code”. He did write some code, but mainly KiXtart scripts.