The earliest personal name that has survived seems to be that of a predynastic king of Upper Egypt ante 3050 BC, who is indicated by the hieroglyphic sign for a scorpion. It has been suggested that the names should be read as Sekhen. Source: Guinness World Records
Rhoshandiatellyneshiaunneveshenk Koyaanfsquatsiuty Williams: is the proud owner of the longest name appearing on a birth certificate. Three weeks later, her father filed an amendment that expanded his daughter’s first name to 1,019 letters and her middle name to 36 letters.
Source: Guinness World Records
Carve Her Name with Pride (1958): directed and written by Lewis Gilbert and starring Virginia McKenna, Jack Warner and Denise Grey. Violette Bushell is the daughter of an English father and a French mother, living in London in the early years of World War 2. Source: IMDb
2,310: the most first names. Laurence Watkins of Auckland, New Zealand added this number of names to his by deed poll in 1991 after official opposition by the registrar and a prolonged court battle.
Source: Guinness World Records
pet name: an informal affectionate name given to someone by their family or friends.
double-barrelled name: a family name with two joined parts, such as Harvey-Jones.
Source: Cambridge Dictionaries Online
Where the Streets Have No Name by U2
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No-Name-Yet Salad
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'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
A good name is better than precious ointment. (Biblical, Ecclesiastes 7-1)
Give a dog a tasty name and eat him. (Chinese)
Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me. (English)
Source: Creative Proverbs
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