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If the character is not from around here, it might be an example of [[As Long As It Sounds Foreign]]. If there is one normal name when all the others are are ridiculous, or vice versa, it can be [[Aerith and Bob]]. In all cases, one of these makes for a good [[Unpronounceable Alias]].
[[Truth in Television]]: There are too many actual people, places and things with absurdly long names - it's really better if you just go to the [
Compare [[Embarrassing Middle Name]], [[Overly Long Gag]], [[Some Call Me... Tim]], [[The Unpronounceable]], [[Sesquipedalian Smith]], and [[Try to Fit That On A Business Card]]. Often results in [[Fun With Acronyms]]. Related to [[Long Title]]. A [[Name That Unfolds Like Lotus Blossom]] will almost always be overly long.
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* The ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' fanfiction ''[[Those Lacking Spines (Fanfic)|Those Lacking Spines]]'' satirizes uses of this trope with examples like [[Parody Sue|Sakura Sunblossom Orange Juice Annie-Marie McFate]] and '''''x-x-''M'''''arley-'''''dono''''' '''C'''r'''I'''m'''S'''o'''N'''f'''L'''o'''W'''e'''R''-x-x'''''. Yes, the font is pronounced.
* [[Arceus Archives (Fanfic)|Rock Megaphone]] brings us Lightradiantperfectebonyclawsonicflightdementiaechoserenitytarachime the Chimecho, shorted conveniently to "Chimey". She actually doesn't care what part of her name you call her, as long as it isn't "Lrpecsfdestc". The Chimecho race uses a naming system similar to that of ''[[Warrior Cats]]'', and her parents just went a little... overboard.
** Due to the fact that she has "ebony", "dementia", and "tara" in her name, that probably makes it a [[Shout
* Atlantiana Rebekah Loren of ''[[Forbiden Fruit the Tempation of Edward Cullen (Fanfic)|Forbiden Fruit the Tempation of Edward Cullen]]''.
* ''[[Toy Hammer (Fanfic)|Toy Hammer]]'' gives us this little gem: 'Shas'ui Fi'rios Yon'anuk Eldi'myr', which is a Tau name can be condensed (from his language): Fire Sergeant Talon of Fi'rios (a colony). It is also hinted that Commander Firestrike's full name is much, ''much'' longer, considering that the Tau collect portions of their names from their achievements and traits rather than simply being named at birth.
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* In [[Naruto Veangance Revelaitons (Fanfic)|Naruto Veangance Revelaitons]], one of the [[Catgirl|catgirls]] is named zoshiyanahasu-itakamajiduonisaabozai-equanidafutara, but prefers to go by Becky.
* This troper has an OC in a Harry Potter fanfic that had so many different family alliances (mother, father, foster father, soulmates, etc) that the name her [[Makes Sense in Context|magical family tree]] recognized her as was "Elizabeth Grace Anastasia Malfoy-Moss-Flitwick-Flint-Lupin". Lampshaded by one of her friends with "Girl, make your mind up!".
** Also, as a [[Shout
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/~mrevil Mr. Evil's] [[Original Character]] has Katherine Alberga Angelica Tempus, but she prefers to go by Karen.
* ''[[Earth and Sky (Fanfic)|Earth and Sky]]'' has Pinkie's daughter Tootselina Margaret Esmerelda Gummy Pie.
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** In Banks' non-culture novel ''[[Against a Dark Background]]'', the reverse of this trope - [[Small Name, Big Ego]], perhaps? - is brought into play; the aristocratic main character is named Sharrow. Just Sharrow. When a police officer asks for her ''full'' name, she responds... colourfully.
*** They have an interesting convention that the lower the social class, the more the names. Lampshaded when one character mentions that if Sharrow's cousin had been born with four names instead of one, he'd be a street thief. (This may be a reference to the habit British aristocrats have of using simply the name of their peerage - e.g. Toby Fitzwalter Vere de Vere, Lord Lovaduck, would sign his letters as simply "Lovaduck" without any of his given names, or even the title "Lord.")
* In R. A. Salvatore's ''[
* ''[[Pippi Longstocking (Literature)|Pippi Longstocking]]'': Pippilotta Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmint Ephraimsdaughter Longstocking. Or her original Swedish name, Pippilotta Viktualia Rullgardina Krusmynta Efraimsdotter Långstrump.
* ''Star Surgeon'' by Alan Edward Nourse has the character Dal Timgar, whose full name is unpronounceable to humans.
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* Clennen Mendakersson in ''[[The Dalemark Quartet]]'' is self-admittedly fond of long names, and thinks his own and his wife's are too short. So he made up for it with his children and his horse: Dastgandlen Handagner Clennensson, Cennoreth Manaliabrid Clennensdaughter, Osfameron Tanamoril Clennensson, and Barangarolob. Dagner, Brid, Moril, and Olob for short.
* Mo from the [[Eddie and The Gang With No Name]] trilogy could count. Her full name is Mary Agnes Catlin Delores Assumptia O'Riorden.
* [[The Bible]] has Isaiah's son Maher-shalal-hash-baz, which is both the longest name and word in the Bible. And somehow there's [
* In [[Larry Niven]]'s ''[[Ring World]]'' novels, the City Builders and their client races such as the Machine People have names five to six syllables long. Examples include Halrloprillalar, Valavirgillin, Laliskareerlyar, Arrivercompanth, Harkabeeparolyn and Kawaresksenjajok.
* At one point in [[The Vorkosigan Saga]], Aral introduces himself as Prime Minister Admiral Count Aral Vorkosigan.
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* Carla Maria Vittoria Angelina Teresa Apollonia Lozupone Tortelli LeBec, from ''[[Cheers]]''.
* Mahesh Vijayaraghavensatanaryanamurthy, from ''[[Crossing Jordan]]''. His specialty is forensic entomology, so almost everyone just calls him 'Bug'.
* ''[[
** Subverted when the twin planet of Raxicoricofallapatorius is called "Clom"
** How'd the Mighty Jagrafess of the Holy Hadrojassic Maxarodenfoe get missed out?
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** Additionally, the Nietzscheans have, in order: a given name, a family name, a clan name, a matronymic, and a patronymic, resulting in names like "Tyr Anasazi of Kodiak Pride, out of Victoria by Barbarossa".
** Let's not forget the ships themselves. The ''Andromeda Ascendant's'' full designation is "Shining Path to Truth and Knowledge AI model GRA 112, serial number XMC-10284".
* ''[[Are You Being Served? (TV)|Are You Being Served]]'' - Mrs. Slocombe, née Mary Elizabeth Jennifer Rachel Abergavenny Yiddell.
* Lieutenant The Honorable George Colthurst St. Barleigh and [[Stephen Fry|General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett]] from ''[[Black Adder]] Goes Forth''. Also, Nurse Mary, from the episode "General Hospital," is named in the cast listing of the book ''Blackadder: The Whole Damn Dynasty'' as Nurse Mary Turnsouttobeaspyattheend.
* When ''[[The Goodies (TV)|The Goodies]]'' travel to Wales via train, the name of the station is seen outside the window continuing for the entire journey to their destination.
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* Nasir from ''[[Robin of Sherwood]]'' has a very long and virtually unpronounable name (to everyone but himself).
** It must be said that this is entirely averted with the ''next'' on-screen Saracen that appeared as part of the ''[[Robin Hood]]'' legends. [[Sweet Polly Oliver|She]] was called Djaq.
* Brazilian Comedian [
* ''[[Sesame Street]]'' had a minor character whose name had the initials ABCDEFGH...; a twenty-six-word name, not counting his surname. He was known as Alphabet O'Malley.
* Boris Kuester von Jurgens-Ratenicz, the secretive and somewhat eccentric benefactor of Hank Med on ''[[Royal Pains]]''. He prefers everyone calls him by his first name--as he remarks to Hank after first introducing himself, "you'd be informal about it too, yes?"
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* ''[[Planet Zebeth]]'' brought us the Trabnagian tribe (their arc starts [http://www.zebeth.com/planetzebeth/archives/z679.html here]), who wear this as their [[Planet of Hats|hat]]. Kraid, who possesses something of a naming complex, loved them, but they wore Samus to the breaking point.
* Secret, from ''[[Keychain of Creation]]'', whose full name is so long that, with her low stamina, she can't say the whole thing without passing out. The name is: The Most Secret And Sorrowful Of All the Bearers Of The Endless Destiny Of All Creation Which Wander Amidst Forgotten Sights And Fallen Tears Along The Tread Of Ancient Ashen Footsteps Through The Shadow Of That Which Comes And Into That Riotous Cacophony That Births All Fools And Steals All Beauty, Who Heralds Through Her Silence The Stillness And Chill Of Those Who Were Not Born And Who Will Not 'Till All Things Fall And In That Most Grim Harvest Form The Final Tomb Of All Awakened Life And All The Sleepless Dead. (It may go on, but this is where she passed out).
* In ''[[Irregular Webcomic]]'', Dr. Ginny Smith's (she's a Soviet [[Deep
* In ''[http://dozerfleetwiki2.wiki-site.com/index.php/Gored_By_Them_Things Gored By Them Things]'', a tree frog exists named Barthomiolioliolus Lemontine Woolworth III. He goes by "Skippy." He, Captain Rum, Apegorn, Blotto, and Tacky are about the only characters who do anything useful.
* In the ''[[Order of the Stick]]'' prequel volume ''Start of Darkness'', Xykon is courted as an ally by goblin and lizardfolk tribes. The lizardfolk spokesman introduces himself as "Ekdysdioksosiirwo, Viridian Lord of--".... Xykon declares this too long to remember and blasts him dead. He then asks the goblin spokesman, ("you, in the red cloak") what his name is, and gets the answer "Redcloak." To date, Redcloak's actual goblin name has not been revealed.
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* Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Wales. It incidentally comprises a visitor centre telling you how great the place is and selling souvenirs, a railway station with a very long nameplate, and some houses. Talk about not living up to the hype. The alternative (and funny) tourist guide ''[http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/0/articles/bollockstoaltontowers/ Bollocks To Alton Towers]'' marvels at how Llanfair PG (the town's condensed name) has made a tourist attraction out of nothing more than a funny name. You might think it's unfair picking on the town, because it can't help what it's named... you'd be wrong. The town was deliberately renamed as a tourism gimmick when the railroad came through; before that it was just plain Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, which is still its name on official road signs and maps.
** One episode of ''The Goodies'' showed the trio getting into a train at said station. As it moves off, the station roof can be seen through the window, with the name painted on it in large letters. The train eventually reaches the end of the name, and they get out again.
** And then there's ''Gorsafawddacha'idraigodanheddogleddollônpenrhynareurdraethceredigion'', a railway station named so in order to outdo the above-mentioned town. Better known as ''[
* Royals and nobility tend to have long strings of names. Some of the more prominent examples (titles are ''not'' names and have been omitted):
** The full name of King Edward VIII of Britain (January-December 1936) was Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David Windsor.
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*** Georg: Friedrick Augustus Georg Ludwig Wilhelm Maximilian Karl Maria Nepomuk Baptist Xavier Cyriacus Romanus von Wettin
*** Frederick Augustus III: Friedrick Augustus Johann Ludwig Karl Gustav Gregor Philipp von Wettin
** The recently deceased last crown prince of Austria [
** Germany offers their [[Political System Of Germany|former Secretary of the Economy and Secretary of Defense]]: his full name is ''Karl-Theodor Maria Nikolaus Johann Jacob Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg'', where ''Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg'' is his last name and everything else his first names; he goes by ''Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg''. As you might expect, he's the descendant of an old noble Bavarian family .
** Bangkok's full ceremonial name, given by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, and later edited by King Mongkut, is: Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Phiman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit. In English, this translates to ''The city of angels, the great city, the eternal jewel city, the impregnable city of God Indra, the grand capital of the world endowed with nine precious gems, the happy city, abounding in an enormous Royal Palace that resembles the heavenly abode where reigns the reincarnated god, a city given by Indra and built by Vishnukarma''. Yep.
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** Pablo Picasso's real name was ''Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Marí­a de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santí­sima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruiz y Picasso''. The only surnames in there are "Ruiz" and "Picasso" at the end, used in standard Spanish fashion (the first is his father's surname and the second his mother's, joined by an "y" as per a now outdated convention). The rest are given names his parents piled on him to honour various saints and relatives - naming children after those is common in Spanish, but it seems to have got out of control here.
** Not at all unusual with older Hispanic names; Simón Bolí­var's full name was Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios y Blanco and Francisco Franco's full name was Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco y Bahamonde, Salgado-Araujo y Pardo de Andrade.
** On the topic of long Spanish full names, the singer and actress Charo has a full name that goes as follows: [
** The late Roger Caesar Marius Bernard de Delgado Torres Castillo Roberto, otherwise known as Roger Delgado. But you may know him as [[Doctor Who
** Diego Rivera was Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez.
* In general, traditional Arabic names can often be overly long. The concept of surnames didn't exist in any widespread form in many Arab countries until actually fairly recently; family names were occasionally used for, and by the individual members of, ruling dynasties and other powerful families, but the average Joe (or, in this case, the average Yusuf) would have to settle for being named "son of such-and-so" or "of such-and-such place" or "of such-and-such description", and sometimes all of them at once.
* Sports example: NHL star Jarome Iginla's full name is [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B00E4DA1F3CF93BA25755C0A9649C8B63 Jarome Arthur-Leigh Adekunle Tig Junior Elvis Iginla]. Calgary Flames fans just call him Iggy.
* A major league baseball example: [
* College basketball gives us a combo of an [[The Unpronounceable|unpronounceable]] first name with an overly long last name (and a cool middle name, which he uses instead of the first name): Grlenntys Chief Kickingstallionsims Jr., of the Alabama State Hornets.
* And of course, in the NBA, [
** The longest name ever given to a serious cricketer was owned by a Fijian player called Ilikena Lasarusa Talebulamainavaleniveivakabulaimainakulalakebalau, which roughly translates to "returned alive from Nakula Hospital at Lakemba island In the Lau group". Fortunately for scorers he shortened it to I. L. Bula when playing.
*** Some players from the sub-continent, especially Sri Lanka, also joins in on this trope: Former Sri Lankan star Chaminda Vaas' full name goes Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas. Add to that Denagamage Proboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene, Kulasekara Mudiyanselage Dinesh Nuwan Kulasekara, and Herath Mudiyanselage Rangana Keerthi Bandara [[Department of Redundancy Department|Herath]], and you can see why it became a running gag amongst TV commentators to pronounce their full names without messing up along the way.
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* French President "Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa"? (He has Hungarian ancestors.)
* [[Truth in Television]]... ''not''. [[Science Fiction]] author and editor Lester del Rey (founder of Del Rey Books) often claimed that his full name was Ramon Felipe San Juan Mario Silvio Enrico Smith Heartcourt-Brace Sierra y Alvarez del Rey y de los Uerdes. Which sounds a lot more evocative than his real name... Leonard Knapp.
* A hill in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand goes by the name Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu. It's [
* Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg in Webster, Massachusetts (for no other reason than cultural aggression, better known as "Webster Lake"). It's apparently Algonquian for "fishing place at the boundary", or as some wags like to translate it, "I fish on my side, you fish on your side, nobody fishes in the middle."
* Randriamananjara Radofa Besata Jean Longin, aka Madagascar Slim, a Madagascar-born Canadian guitarist.
* Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfe­schlegelstein­hausenberger­dorffvoraltern­waren­gewissenhaft­schaferswessen­schafewaren­wohlgepflege­und­sorgfaltigkeit­beschutzen­von­angreifen­durch­ihrraubgierigfeinde­welche­voraltern­zwolftausend­jahres­vorandieerscheinen­wander­ersteer­dem­enschderraumschiff­gebrauchlicht­als­sein­ursprung­von­kraftgestart­sein­lange­fahrt­hinzwischen­sternartigraum­auf­der­suchenach­diestern­welche­gehabt­bewohnbar­planeten­kreise­drehen­sich­und­wohin­der­neurasse­von­verstandigmen­schlichkeit­konnte­fortplanzen­und­sicher­freuen­anlebens­langlich­freude­und­ruhe­mit­nicht­ein­furcht­vor­angreifen­von­anderer­intelligent­geschopfs­von­hinzwischen­sternartigraum, Senior. There's [
* Celtic and Netherlands footballer Jan Johannes Vennegoor of Hesselink; the last three words form the longest surname ever successfully printed in full on a football shirt.
** Done in an inverted U-shape rather than the traditional straight line.
* The 16th century physician and alchemist Paracelsus was, before he took that name, known as Philippus Theophrastus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim.
* [
* The official full name of Libya under [[Muammar Gaddafi]] was [
* Science fiction author [[Down and Out In The Magic Kingdom|Cory Doctorow]] has a daughter named Poesy Emmeline Fibonacci Nautilus Taylor Doctorow.
* Kiefer Sutherland's real name is, of course, Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland, while the actor now known as Alexander Siddig (and once known as Siddig el Fadil) has the given name of Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abderrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi (but, supposedly, [[Some Call Me... Tim|his friends call him Sid]]).
* [http://www.sarahmcculloch.com/luminaryuprise/longest-word.php The full chemical name of titin.] All other words ''combined'' on this page can't even reach a sixth of that length.
* [
* The full name of the musician Seal is Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel.
* Lloyd Edward Elwyn Robertson of the [[Barenaked Ladies]]. He likes to be called Ed.
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* Saint-Pierre-de-Véronne-à-Pike-River, Quebec. Complete with the dashes and the midsentence language change, and best known as a blip on the map between [[Montreal]] and the U.S border.
* Show dogs' officially-registered names have a tendency to be too long for the dogs, themselves, to remember.
* [
** There are plentiful examples of Puritan names like this, and they're the basis for the Omnian names in [[Discworld]].
* [[Leelee Sobieski|Liliane Rudabet Gloria Elsveta Sobieski]]
* [[Jamie Campbell Bower|James Metcalfe Campbell Bower.]] He makes it known at the beginning of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo9-5JBt45E this interview.]
* [[Junji Ito]]'s sister's cat Ran Purahachi [
* The longest word that has ever appeared in an English-language dictionary is Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, meaning a lung disease caused by inhaling volcanic ash. The longest nontechnical and non-coined word is Antidisestablishmentarianism.
* The Spanish in general. They take a surname from each parent and tend to have names like 'Mari Carmen' (Mary Kate) and 'Jose Luis' (Joseph Lewis), so they have up to four given names. Thus the Prime Minister 1996-2004 was José María Alfredo Aznar López (usually José María Aznar); his successor is José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (always with all four names on first reference).
* Hawaiian royalty has really long, descriptive hames. For example, King Kamehameha I's full name was Kalani Paiʻea Wohi o Kaleikini Kealiʻikui Kamehameha o ʻIolani i Kaiwikapu kaui Ka Liholiho Kūnuiākea.
* Because the German language allows words to be strung together, many overly long names can come out of this, for example the name of the law [
* The father of paleontology: Baron Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert Cuvier.
* [[Lady Gaga]]'s real name is actually Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta.
* The Saudi Arabian King, ''and how!'' Most people know him as either ''Abdullah of Saudi Arabia'' or ''Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud'', which are fine and dandy. His full name, however, is insane: ''Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz bin Abdul-Rahman bin Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Saud''.
* ''Micropachycephalosaurus hongtuyanensis'' has the longest name of any dinosaur. Ironically,it was one of the smallest dinosaurs.
* [
* The real name of Philippine national hero José Rizal is José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda. And if that's too long for you, just call him "Pepe".
* Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III, U.S. Senator from Alabama. Goes by "Jeff".
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* There was a little girl named "[[Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?|Talula Does The Hula in Hawaii]]". The parents got away with it for most of her childhood, but a judge later ruled that she be made a ward of court so she could change her embarassing name.
* Jesse Camp, the squawk-voiced, scarecrow-ish winner of [[MTV]]’s first "Wanna Be A VJ" contest, is actually Josiah Jesse Holden Camp IV. He initially claimed to be a homeless street kid during the competition, but it was later discovered that he was from upper-class New England stock.
* This trope was taken [[Up to Eleven]] with the children of [
** Dora Viola G.I. de Orellana Dysart Plantagenet
** Mabel Helmingham Ethel Huntingtower Beatrice Blazonberrie Evangeline Vise de Lou de Orellana Plantagenet Toedmag Saxon
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