History OverlyLongName / Literature

** ''Literature/HeraldOfTheStorm'' has Massoum, whose full name is "“Massoum Am Kalhed Las Fahir Am Jadar Abbasi”.

*** Apparently this habit carries over even to the ones who've sworn off Uberwaldean naming conventions, as the VP of the Temperance League's Ankh-Morpork mission (according to the relevant [[AllThereInTheManual Discworld Diary]]) is named Ms. Jane Mary Betty Pamela Ann Peggy von Jones. **''Literature/MonstrousRegiment'' also introduces the nation of Borogravia, which is governed from an old castle at [=PrinceMarmadukePiotreAlbertHansJosephBernhardtWilhelmsberg=]. Presumably all of that except the "berg" is the name of the prince whom the place was named after.

** The city named Heliodeliphilodelphiboschromenos appears in a song (presumably followed by a deep breath) in ''Eric''.

* ''Literature/LesVoyageursSansSouci'': People usually calls Sébastien's father Roger because his full name is Émile Benoît Roger Sosthène Symphorien.

* In Creator/JRRTolkien's Middle-earth (''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', etc.), the tree-like Ents have a language that to us 'hasty folk' is incredibly long-winded. Entish names are more or less a complete description and history of the individual thing being discussed. Worse yet, due to the phonetics of Ent language (which has a lot of humming), they can't even be transcribed. Tolkien was a linguist; when he wrote that something couldn't be transcribed, he would have had a pretty good idea of how bizarre a language would have to be for that to be the case. However he did offer "a-lalla-lalla-rumba-kamanda-lind-or-burúmë" as a "probably very inaccurate" attempt by the Hobbits to represent a fragment of Entish. This was ''part'' of the word for a ''hill.'' So Treebeard's real name would be a description plus biography of his life up to that point in time. This gives some understanding of why Ent-moots take so long. At the time of ''The Lord of the Rings'', Treebeard is ''the oldest mortal living thing in Middle-earth'', and the rest of the Ents aren't ''too'' much younger.

* The full title of one of the characters in Literature/TheTaleOfMagic is His Royal Highness Prince Gallivant Victorious Heroic Courageous Champion of Chariot Hills, Duke of Southwestington, Lord of Southeasternshire, Earl of Southnorthernburry [[ExaggeratedTrope and a bunch of other things he can’t remember at the moment]]...[[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname everyone calls him Seven though,]] [[MeaningfulName since he’s seventh in line to rule.]]
* ''Tikki Tikki Tembo'', an American children's book about "[[JustSoStory why Chinese people have short names]][[note]]Please note that this story was written by an American and has no actual grounding in Chinese history or folklore[[/note]]," involves a young boy named... Tikki-tikki-tembo No-sa-rembo Chari-bari-ruchi Pip-peri-pembo.[[note]]Translation: "The Most Wonderful Thing in the Whole Wide World"[[/note]] The story involves characters forced to say the name multiple times as they report him having fallen into a well. In early versions of the story, it takes so long to organize a rescue that the unfortunate Tikki-tikki-tembo No-sa-rembo Chari-bari-ruchi Pip-peri-pembo drowns. In the more well known children's book, [[NeverSayDie he just barely survives]].
** This is an adaptation of the story of Jugemu, mentioned above.

** This does NOT agree with the Japanese variant given in a German collection of Japanese folktales. Due to troper lazyness, have the Korean version instead: Hak-kori-daeji-sandaeji-bawi-doI-soe.
* Long alien sounding names are a practical staple of Creator/DouglasAdams: any ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' novel is full of them.
* In novels by [[Creator/IainBanks Iain M. Banks]], the interstellar non-empire called Literature/TheCulture features long names, with references to significant places, symbolic references and group affiliations . For example, Balveda, from ''Literature/ConsiderPhlebas''; 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 [[RunningGag Gravitas]] Indeed'' or ''ROU Frank Exchange of Views'' (Psychopath Class).

* In Creator/RASalvatore'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.

* Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs, more commonly known as [[Literature/LandOfOz The Wizard of Oz]]. (Oz, because the rest of his name spells PINHEAD.)
** In the Polish [[{{Woolseyism}} translation]] he gets even more names. The initials after "O.Z." actually spell ''three words''.

* Used a few times in Creator/DianeDuane's Literature/YoungWizards books mostly in the ForeignSoundingGibberish sense, as most possessors of odd names here are not human, such as Khairelikoblepharehglukumeilichephreidosd'enagouni, better known as "Fred" (who is a white hole and therefore seems to be translating his name from various forms of radiation); there's also the great white shark ed'Rastekeresket t'k Gh'shestaesteh, whose name gets shortened to Ed, and aliens Roshaun ke Nelaid am Seriv am Teliuyve am Meseph am Veliz am Terianst am det Nuiiliat (who is [[spoiler: royalty, and his name therefore denotes lineage]]), and Filifermanhathrhumneits'elhhessaifnth, or "Filif" (an alien tree). One can conclude that Diane Duane is rather fond of overly long names to establish alien-ness rather than to invoke comedy--though the idea of a 100-foot-long great white answering to "Ed" is rather comedic.

* In ''Literature/Haruhi Suzumiya'', the character "T" is actually named Ottilie Adrastea Hohenstaufen-Baumgartner, *and* that's missing a "von" somewhere.

* In ''LightNovel/Haruhi Suzumiya'', the character "T" is actually named Ottilie Adrastea Hohenstaufen-Baumgartner, *and* that's missing a "von" somewhere.

* ''Tikki Tikki Tembo'', an American children's book about "[[JustSoStory why Chinese people have short names]]," involves a young boy named... Tikki-tikki-tembo No-sa-rembo Chari-bari-ruchi Pip-peri-pembo.[[note]]Translation: "The Most Wonderful Thing in the Whole Wide World"[[/note]] The story involves characters forced to say the name multiple times as they report him having fallen into a well. In early versions of the story, it takes so long to organize a rescue that the unfortunate Tikki-tikki-tembo No-sa-rembo Chari-bari-ruchi Pip-peri-pembo drowns. In the more well known children's book, [[NeverSayDie he just barely survives]].

** Outside the Culture, the main character in ''Whit, or Isis Among the Unsaved'' is The Blessed Very Reverend Gaia-Marie Isis Saraswati Minerva Mirza Whit of Luskentyre, Beloved Elect of God III. Her grandfather, the founder of Luskentyrism, also has an overly long name, owing to his habit of adding middle names from various religious sources whenever he feels like it.

* In ''Star Surgeon'' by Alan Nourse, the protagonist is an alien attempting to break into the human-dominated medical profession. When appearing before a review board, he introduces himself as Dal Tigmar and is curtly told to give his ''full'' name.
-->Dal took a deep breath and began to give his full Garvian name. It was untranslatable and [[TheUnpronounceable unpronounceable]] to Earthmen, who could not reproduce the sequence of pops and whistles that made up the Garvian tongue. The doctors listened, blinking, as the complex family structure and ancestry which entered into every Garvian's full name continued to roll from Dal's lips. He was entering into the third generation removed of his father's lineage when Doctor Tanner held up his hand.\\
"All right, all right! We will accept the abbreviated name you have used on Hospital Earth."

* In Creator/JRRTolkien's Middle-earth (''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', etc.), the tree-like Ents have a language that to us 'hasty folk' is incredibly long-winded. Entish names are more or less a complete description and history of the individual thing being discussed. Worse yet, due to the phonetics of Ent language (which has a lot of humming), they can't even be transcribed. Tolkien was a linguist; when he wrote that something couldn't be transcribed, he would have had a pretty good idea of how bizarre a language would have to be for that to be the case. However he did offer "a-lalla-lalla-rumba-kamanda-lind-or-burúmë" as a "probably very inaccurate" attempt by the Hobbits to represent a fragment of Entish. This was ''part'' of the word for a ''hill.''\\\
So Treebeard's real name would be a description plus biography of his life upto that point in time. This gives some understanding of why Ent-moots take so long. At the time of ''The Lord of the Rings'', Treebeard is ''the oldest mortal living thing in Middle-earth'', and the rest of the Ents aren't ''too'' much younger.

* ''Tikki Tikki Tembo'', an American children's book about "[[JustSoStory why Chinese people have short names]]," involves a young boy named... Tikki-tikki-tembo No-sa-rembo Chari-bari-ruchi Pip-peri-pembo [[note]]Translation: "The Most Wonderful Thing in the Whole Wide World"[[/note]]. The story involves characters forced to say the name multiple times as they report him having fallen into a well. In early versions of the story, it takes so long to organize a rescue that the unfortunate Tikki-tikki-tembo No-sa-rembo Chari-bari-ruchi Pip-peri-pembo drowns. In the more well known children's book, [[NeverSayDie he just barely survives]].

** There is a Japanese variant with a name having over 30 parts (in the Russian translation it is given as [[note]]Onyudo - Konyudo - Mapiraponyudo - Hiranyudo - Sej-takaponyudo - Harimapobeto - Hejtako - Hejtako - Heme-ta - Kemeta - Ichchiochirika - Chochchorachirika - Chooni-Chooni - Chobikuni - Chotorabucuni - Nagonabicuni - Apoyama - Kopoyama - Amosu - Komosu -Moosu - Moosu - Moosigo - Yasiklapdoni - Temoku - Temoku - Mokuno - Mokuno - Mokudzobo - Tavanchoosuna - Hihidzoeshka[[/note]].)

** At the end of the essay/mini-UniverseCompendium [[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".

* Creator/IsaacAsimov's

*** It's Nobby. He probably nicked those names off of someone posh.

* An object example: ''Assemblywomen'' by ''Creator/{{Aristophanes}}'' contains the word "Lopado­temacho­selacho­galeo­kranio­leipsano­drim­hypo­trimmato­silphio­karabo­melito­katakechy­meno­kichl­epi­kossypho­phatto­perister­alektryon­opte­kephallio­kigklo­peleio­lagoio­siraio­baphe­tragano­pterygon", as the name of a fictional dish. At 183 letters, it currently has the record for longest made-up word used in a work of fiction. While we don't get a recipe for it, the name itself explains what some of the ingredients are, and it apparently is [[NoodleImpliments some kind of fricassee containing a bunch of birds and fishes.]]

* Blood of Eden members in ''Literature/TheLockedTomb'' all have names that are nineteen words long and in three parts. We don't know yet what those three parts are, but the one we meet, Awake Remembrance Of These Valiant Dead Kia Hua Ko Te Pai Snap Back To Reality Oops There Goes Gravity is one part [[Theatre/HenryV Shakespeare quote]], one part Maori for "May Goodness Flourish", and one part Music/{{Eminem}} lyric. She goes by "Wake", unless you're [[spoiler:the Emperor]], who she insists call her by her full name out of pettiness.

* In ''The King of Schnorrers'' by Israel Zangwill, the titular character is a Sephardic Jew named Manasseh Bueno Barzillai Azevedo da Costa, and does not let his apparent poverty and low status as a schnorrer (beggar) detract from his demanding respect from all members of society.

*** Apparently this habit carries over even to the ones who've sworn off Uberwaldean naming conventions, as the VP of the Temperance League's Ankh-Morpork mission (according to the relevant [[AllThereInTheManual Discworld Diary]]) is named Ms. Jane Mary Betty Pamela Ann Peggy von Jones. **''Literature/MonstrousRegiment'' also introduces the nation of Borogravia, which is governed from an old castle at [=PrinceMarmadukePiotreAlbertHansJosephBernhardtWilhelmsberg=]. Presumably all of that except the "berg" is the OverlyLongName of the prince whom the place was named after.

** In ''Literature/TalesOfTheBountyHunters'', we have Hekis Durumm Perdo Kolokk Baldikarr Thun, one of the few humans on Mechis III, who added a new, grandiose title to his name whenever he felt his superiors didn't appreciate him. So not only does he have a OverlyLongName, but it's self-inflicted at that. IG-88 had his personal servant droid put a blaster bolt through his head as part of the take over of Mechis III, putting him out of everyone's misery.

** ''Literature/FoundationSeries''' ''Literature/Literature/FoundationsEdge'': Gaians add syllables to their names with age and accomplishments. Most pick a single syllable for regular use. Dom, a particularly noteworthy Gaian, has 253 syllables in his name, with no separation between them! Every [[GenusLoci Gaian year]], on their birthday, Gaia recites their name in [[HiveMind every mind]]. Bliss is so used to the convention that she finds it odd to say both syllables of Trevize (much to "Trev"'s annoyance).

* Blood of Eden members in ''Literature/TheLockedTomb'' all have names that are nineteen words long and in three parts. We don't know yet what those three parts are, but the one we meet, Awake Remembrance Of These Valiant Dead Kia Hua Ko Te Pai Snap Back To Reality Oops There Goes Gravity is one part [[Theatre/HenryV Shakespeare quote]], one part Maori for "May Goodness Flourish", and one part Music/{{Eminem}} lyric. She goes by "Wake", and all three parts are [[MeaningfulName meaningful]].

* In Isabel Allende's novel ''Franchise/{{Zorro}}'', Diego's Indian mother was baptized Regina Maria de la Inmaculada Concepción. [[RealityEnsues She promptly forgot most of it, going by Regina or her original name Toypurnia]].