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[[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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_word_in_English other wiki], where there is a whole article dedicated to this. Doesn't that just simplify everything?

 

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'':

** Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV (Ed). Although this name is just a fanciful appellation she made for herself, her real name, {{spoiler|Françoise Appledelhi}}, is also quite a mouthful.

** Gren's full name, Grencia Mars Elijah Guo Eckener, counts too.

* In ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', {{spoiler|Kagurazaka Asuna's}} name sounds normal, until it is revealed to be fake, with the real, forgotten name being {{spoiler|Asuna Vesperina [[Meaningful Name|Theotanasia]] Entheofushia}}, showing a love of this trope.

** Louise Françoise Leblanc de La Vallière, the protagonist.

** Louise's classmate Montmorency Margarita la Fère de Montmorency.

* [[Axis Powers Hetalia|"My name is]] [[Moe Anthropomorphism|England]]. [[Overly Long Name|My official name is The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]]. [[Mean Brit|It will come up in the test later]]!"

* ''[[Allison and Lillia]]'': Lilliane Acacia Corazon Whittington-Schultz.

== Comics ==

 

* In ''[[The Ballad of Halo Jones]]'', the alien Proximen have to buy words to add to their names, making name length an indicator of class. A Proximan in a position of political power, for instance, is called 'Procurator Bandaged Ice That Stampedes Inexpensively Through A Scribbled Morning Waving Necessary Ankles', whereas one encountered by the heroine at a bus stop tells her, "Name is Snivelling. When can afford second word in name, will be Snivelling ''[[Awesome McCoolname|Earthquake]]''."

* ''[[Cable (Comic Book)|Cable]]'': Cable's name is Nathan Dayspring Charles Christopher Summers, sometimes appended with Askani'Son or Soldier X--leading [[Deadpool]] to add things like "Priscilla" and "Gesundheit" to the middle.

* In novels by [[Iain M Banks|Iain M. Banks]], the interstellar non-empire called [[The Culture]] features long names, with references to significant places, symbolic references and group affiliations . For example, Balveda, from ''Consider Phlebas''; Juboal-Rabaroansa Perosteck Alseyn Balveda dam T'seif. She was born on the Rabaroan Orbital, Juboal star system, is currently affiliated with the T'seif estate, was named Perosteck Balveda by her parent(s) and chose Alseyn herself (it's a graceful but fierce avian raptor). By making names this unique, The Culture avoids any confusion. Many of the names Culture ships choose for themselves count as Overly Long Names in their own right, eg the ''GSV So Much for Subtlety'', the ''ROU All Through With This Niceness And Negotiation Stuff'', ''GSV Anticipation Of A New Lover's Arrival'', ''GCU Very Little [[Running Gag|Gravitas]] Indeed'' or ''ROU Frank Exchange Of Views'' (Psychopath Class).

** At the end of the essay/mini-[[Universe Compendium]] [http://nuwen.net/culture.html A Few Notes On The Culture], Banks temporarily adopts Culture-biological naming conventions to sign himself as "Sun-Earther Iain El-Bonko Banks of North Queensferry".

*** 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 ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spearwielder%27s_Tales The Spearwielder's Tales]'' series, the main character befriends an elf known as Kelsey, whose real name is Kelsenellenelvial Gil-Ravardy.

** She also loves doing this in her ''[[Star Trek]]'' novels, especially concerning Romulans -- sorry, Rihannsu. ''The Romulan Way'' features a Romulan Commander named Ael i-Mhiessan t'Rllaillieu, and a Federation agent going by the name Arrhae ir-Mnaeha t'Khellian. To make things even worse, the poor woman's ''Human'' name is Terise Haleakala-LoBrutto. And now my fingers have cramped up.

* In the ''[[Wild Cards]]'' novels, the alien who tries to stop the release of Xenovirus Takis-A on Earth has a name that begins with Prince Tisianne brant Ts'ara sek Halima sek Ragnar sek Omian of House Ilkazam (and that's just his first name; his full name would list his genealogy for the ''last thousand generations''). The American scientists and military men he makes first contact with are endlessly corrected on how it's said, and mispronouncing it is quite the insult. So he is given the much-simpler nickname Dr. Tachyon.

** Also, in ''[[Two Thousand Ten|2010]]'', it is revealed that the full name of Dr. Chandra, who programmed the HAL 9000 computer, is Dr. Sivasubramanian Chandrasegarampillai.

* The character Jeronimo, colloquially known as "El Desamperado" in [[Neal Stephenson]]'s ''[[The Baroque Cycle]]'', Book 4: '''Bonanza''', has the full name and title of Excellentissimo Domino Jeronimo Alejandro [[Pe Ã]]±asco de Halcones Quinto, Marchioni de Azuaga et de Hornachos, Comiti de Llerena, Barcarrota, et de Jerez de los Caballeros, Vicecomite de Llera, [[Entr Ã]]­n Alto y Bajo, et de Cabeza del Buey, Baroni de Barrax, Baza, Nerva, Jadraque, Brazatortas, Gargantiel, et de Val de las Muertas, Domino Domus de Atalaya, Ordinis Equestris Calatravae Beneficiario de la Fresneda.

* One of the characters in Raymond Queneau's ''The Blue Flowers'' is named Joachim Olinde Anastase Crepinien Honorat Irenee Mederic, whose initials spell out his first name.

* From [[Isaac Asimov]]'s ''[[Foundation]]'': people from the planet Gaia sometimes have very long names, though they usually adopt one-syllable names for everyday use. Dom, for example, whose full name is 253 syllables long, only reminds himself of his full name once a year on his birthday.

** Yoda: [[Dark Rendezvous]] has the young Padawan Tallisibeth Enwandung-Esterhazy. She goes by Scout.

* The Witchfinders in ''[[Good Omens (Literature)|Good Omens]]'' tend to have ridiculously long names like Praise-Him-All-Ye-Works-Of-The-Lord-And-Flye-Fornication Smith and Ye-Shall-Not-Eat-Any-Living-Thing-With-The-Blood-Neither-Shall-Ye-Use-Enchantment-Nor-Observe-Times Dalrymple. Apparently this is an exaggeration of what used to be a common naming practice.

* ''[[The Stormlight Archive (Literature)|The Stormlight Archive]]'' has the character known as "Rock" whose real name is "Numuhukumakiaki'aialumamor", which apparently is an entire poem in his native language about a rock his father found just before his birth.

* This is the premise of the book "Turtle Knows Your Name" where the main character's name is Upsilimana Tumpalerado and everyone makes fun of him for it; it is later reveled his grandma's name is Mapaseedo Jackalindy Eye Pie Tackarindy.

* In Eric Linklater's ''The Pirates in the Deep Green Sea'', octopi have very long names. Culliferdontofoscofoliopolydesteropouf reluctantly allows the other protagonists to call him Cully, while pointing out that it's a very short name for an octopus.

* His Excellency Shri Katarnak Kala Kaloota Kawa Kaw Kaw, a [[Evil Albino|white]] crow who becomes an [[Evil Overlord]] in the ''Crow Chronicles''.

*** ([[Gratuitous German]], kind of: Selterwasser = brand of sparkling water; Himbeereis = raspberry ice cream; Eisenbahnwagen = train wagon; Guten Abend = good evening; bitte ein Nürnberger Bratwürstel = one little Nuremberg sausage, please; Hundsfott = archaic insult referring to a female dog's reproduction organs; Schönen Dank = thank you very much; Kalbsfleisch = veal; Hautkopf = skinhead (if translated literally)).

** Another sketch had a similar joke with a doctor whose name wasn't so long as his degrees, so his name-plaque stretched off his desk, turned at the wall, turned again... The sketch began with a close-up tracing the plaque, as an [[Overly Long Gag]], and then the patient entered and had to use a gate built into the name-plaque to enter the room. This sketch also featured Raymond Luxury Yacht, pronounced ''Throatwobbler Mangrove.''

* 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'.

* 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.

* ''[[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?"

* In ''[[Jade Empire]]'', the Outlander, Sir Roderick, is known in full as "Sir Roderick Ponce von Fontlebottom, the Magnificent Bastard".

* ''[[Suikoden III]]'' gives us Nefentitiri Radames Ampenhetep Iruiktanas Antikoseus Puto Remaios Kureakias Dimetirios Farasmuseian Ishak Saraj Amenenuhet Tatomes Hatshepsut Toto Ank Amen Hortez VI's son, Hortez VII.

* The Evil Queen Pulsating, Bloated, Festering, Sweaty, Pus-filled, Malformed, Slug-for-a-Butt from the ''[[Earthworm Jim (Video Game)|Earthworm Jim]]'' video games, [[Earthworm Jim (Animation)|cartoon]] and comics. And to a lesser extent, Professor Monkey-For-A-Head, a scientist with a primate (Monkey Professor-For-A-Head) grafted to his skull.

* Haggis McMutton, a burly scotsman in ''[[The Curse of Monkey Island (Video Game)|The Curse of Monkey Island]]'', is actually named [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Heart, Liver And Kidneys Boiled In The Stomach Of The Animal McMutton]]. His parents were expecting a girl.

* In ''[[Final Fantasy XII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XII]]'', there is just one boss that constantly calls one of the party members, Princess Ashe, by her full name, 'Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca'. However, it does help contribute to his [[Large Ham|Hammy moments]], so it can be forgiven.

* ''[[Persona 3]]'' has [[Ambiguously Gay]] French [[Funny Foreigner|Foreign Exchange student]] Andre Roland Jean Gérard, or Bebe for short.

* ''[[Ever 17]]'' gives you 'Tanaka Yuubiseiharukana' and {{spoiler|Tanaka Yuubiseiakikana in Coco's Route.}}

** In Takeshi's route, when trying to think of a nickname for the Kid, Coco suggests "Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Hora Juan Novecino Marie de Los Remedios Siburiano de la Santessima Trinidado Luis Picasso". The Kid decides to just stick with "the Kid". (The scary thing is, this is based on the full name of Pablo Picasso, which in [[Real Life]] was ''even longer'').

 

* ''[[The Aristocats (Disney)|The Aristocats]]'': "I'm Abraham de Lacy Giuseppe Casey Thomas O'Malley, O'Malley the alley cat!"

** And of course, Professor Otto Von Schnitzelpusskrankengescheitmeyer from "Schnitzelbank".

{{quote| '''Wakko''': Ist das nicht ein incredibly long name to have to try and say?<br />

* The official full name of Libya under [[Muammar Gaddafi]] was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libya Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya]. Interestingly, at five words, it was only the second-longest country name on Earth; the longest is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland], at six (eight if you include prepositions and conjunctions). On the other hand, the UK actually ''needs'' all of those words (because is was ''United'' out of the ''Kingdom''s of ''Great Britain'' and ''Ireland'', and when the Irish Free State was formed, it really wasn't accurate to say just "Ireland," so they added ''Northern'' in the middle), while Libya could have shortened its name to just "Libya" without doing any harm--which is exactly what the National Transitional Council did when they kicked Gaddafi out (although they've used "Libyan Republic", as well).

* Science fiction author [[Down and Out In The Magic Kingdom|Cory Doctorow]] has a daughter named Poesy Emmeline Fibonacci Nautilus Taylor Doctorow.

* [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.

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Trujillo Roberto Agustín Miguel Santiago Samuel Trujillo Veracruz] from [[Metallica]], also known as Rob Trujillo.

* Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III, U.S. Senator from Alabama. Goes by "Jeff".

* [[Alex Day|Alex Richard George Day]], known on [[YouTube]] as Nerimon and a member of [[Chameleon Circuit]].

* 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Tollemache Ralph Tollemache-Tollmache] and Dora Cleopatra Maria Lorenza de Orellana (both of whom are also examples in their own right). Their ten children were named the following:

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