| 1 | * Hadschi Halef Omar Ben Hadschi Abul Abbas Ibn Hadschi Dawuhd al Gossarah, a character in the Literature/OrientCycle books of German author Creator/KarlMay. He is normally just called Hadschi (Hajji) Halef Omar, but reciting his full name is a shibboleth among readers. If you can't pass the "Hadschi Halef test" you're not a true Karl May fan. The name is long enough for the chorus of the Music/DschinghisKhan song "Hadschi Halef Omar" to consist of little more. |
| 2 | * ''Golbasto Momarem Evlame Gurdilo Shefin Mully Ully Gue'', the Emperor of Lilliput in ''Literature/GulliversTravels''. It was written when many RealLife rulers had even longer names. |
| 3 | * ''[[Literature/PrinceRoger March Upcountry]]'' series by Creator/JohnRingo and Creator/DavidWeber: Prince Roger Ramius Sergei Alexander Chiang [=MacClintock=]. (His mother's name is Alexandra Harriet Katryn Griselda Tian [=MacClintock=]... the Seventh.) |
| 4 | * There is a character in Japanese folklore whose full name is Jugemu-jugemu Gokōnosurikire Kaijarisuigyo-no Suigyōmatsu Unraimatsu Fūraimatsu Kūnerutokoroni-sumutokoro Yaburakōjino-burakōji Paipopaipo-paiponoshūringan Shūringanno-gūrindai Gūrindaino-ponpokopīno-ponpokonāno Chōkyūmeino-chōsuke.[[note]]This is where [[Franchise/{{Mario}} Lakitu]] gets his Japanese name, "Jugemu" from. Moreover, the Spiny ("Togezou" in Japan) eggs he throws are called "Paipo", another reference to the story.[[/note]] |
| 5 | * The full name of the main character in the ''Literature/MistressOfTheArtOfDeath'' novels is Vesuvia Adelia Rachel Ortese Aguilar. Not as long as some of the other examples on this list, but stands out in a world where most people only have a name like Agnes or Mary or Alf or Will. |
| 6 | * In Creator/JRRTolkien's ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', 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. |
| 7 | * Gnomes in the ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' universe have names nearly as long, because, even though they don't live as long as Ents, their names include a description and biography of themselves and every one of their ancestors in recorded history. |
| 8 | * In Creator/EnidBlyton's ''Literature/TheFarawayTree'', Old Wathisname goes to a fortune-teller to ask her to learn the secret of his True Name (Koolamoolitoomarellipowkairollo, or at least, that's how it's pronounced). He tells the others to always request for his true-name, but by the end of the story forgets, because StatusQuoIsGod. |
| 9 | * ''Literature/HeraldOfTheStorm'' has Massoum, whose full name is "“Massoum Am Kalhed Las Fahir Am Jadar Abbasi”. |
| 10 | * There are several examples from Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': |
| 11 | ** "Sally" von Humpeding from ''Literature/{{Thud}}''. Like other Literature/{{Discworld}} vampires, Margolotta von Überwald has four pages in the ''Almanack de Gothic'' (which parodies the ''Almanac de Gotha'' in the same way that ''Twurp's Peerage'' parodies ''Burke's Peerage''). The vampire in ''Literature/MonstrousRegiment'' has to turn over the page while writing down his name to join the army ("but you can just call me Maledict"). It's mentioned in another book that vampires in general tend to acquire very long names "as a means of passing the time." |
| 12 | *** 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. |
| 13 | ** ''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. |
| 14 | ** ''Literature/TheWeeFreeMen'' had a Nac Mac Feegle named "Not-as-big-as-Medium-Sized-Jock-but-bigger-than-Wee-Jock Jock". Pratchett did his usual "wind it to 11" trick on the page he gets introduced, resulting in sentences like ' "No, not Not-as-big-as-Medium-Sized-Jock-but-bigger-than-Wee-Jock, Not-as-big-as-Medium-Sized-Jock-but-bigger-than-Wee-Jock ''Jock''" said Not-as-big-as-Medium-Sized-Jock-but-bigger-than-Wee-Jock Jock. ' It rapidly gets surreal. And hilarious. |
| 15 | ** C.M.O.T. Dibbler appears many times in the books, and the initials had been understood to stand for his nickname, Cut-me-own-throat Dibbler, until in ''Literature/MakingMoney'' his full name was unveiled: Claude Maximillian Overton Transpire Dibbler. So he said anyway, but this is Dibbler (AKA 'throat') we're talking about. It's quite possible he made it up. |
| 16 | ** Omnian names like [[Literature/CarpeJugulum "Mightily-Praiseworthy-Are-Ye-Who-Exalteth-Om Oats"]] and Watchmen "Visit-The-Infidel-With-Explanatory-Pamphlets" and "Smite-the-Unbeliever-with-Cunning-Arguments". Vimes' regicide ancestor was called Suffer-Not-Injustice Vimes. |
| 17 | ** Nobby Nobbs is actually called Cecil Wormsborough St John (pronounced sinj'n) Nobbs, which is not just overlong but rather posh for Nobby Nobbs. |
| 18 | ** Occasionally happens by accident in Lancre, where whatever's said at the christening can't be changed. This gives such names as the royals Esmerelda Margaret Note Spelling and My God He's Heavy the First, and the unfortunate commoner "Moocow" Poorchick, a.k.a. James What The Hell's That Cow Doing In Here Poorchick. |
| 19 | ** [[AllThereInTheManual According to supplementary material]], the dwarf board game of Thud is based on an earlier game known as Hneflbaflsniflwhifltafl. |
| 20 | ** One Man Pouring A Bucket Of Water Over two Dogs, or One Man Bucket for short. His slightly older twin ''wishes'' he was named Two-Dogs-Fighting. |
| 21 | ** The city named Heliodeliphilodelphiboschromenos appears in a song in ''Eric''. |
| 22 | ** Goblin names are short morose phrases, like Tears Of The Mushroom, Of the Twilight the Darkness or Of The Wind Regretfully Blown (although the latter prefers "Billy"). Only using part of their name is a deadly insult, though some of the more pragmatic ones accept a shorter form, like Of the Chimney the Bones, a goblin constable (when in a fight, "Boney" is a lot more efficient than his real name). |
| 23 | ** Lady Sybil's full name is Duchess Sybil Deirdre Olgivanna Vimes ''nee'' Ramkin. |
| 24 | ** In ''Literature/UnseenAcademicals'', Pratchett fills a whole ''page'' with football fans chanting the full name and titles of Professor Macarona D.Thau (Bug), D.Maus (Chubb), Magistaludorum (QIS), Octavium (Hons), PHGK (Blit), DMSK, Mack, D.Thau (Bra), Visiting Professor in Chickens (Jahn the Conqueror University (Floor 2, Shrimp Packers building, Genua)), Primo Octo (Deux), Visiting Professor of Blit/Slood Exchanges (Al Khali), [=KCbfj=], Reciprocating Professor of Blit Theory (Unki), D.Thau (Unki), Didimus Supremius (Unki), Emeritus Professor in Blit Substrate Determinations (Chubb), Chair of Blit and Music Studies (Quirm College for Young Ladies). |
| 25 | * 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.]] |
| 26 | * ''Tikki Tikki Tembo'', an American children's book about "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]]. |
| 27 | ** In a recorded variant of the work by Paul Wing titled "[[YouNoTakeCandle Long Name No Can Say]]", the name was ''Nikki Nikki Tembo No So Rembo Oo Ma Moochi Gamma Gamma Goochi'' ("Long Name No Can Say" was the nickname everyone called him because of that). In that version, the boy had 6 elder sisters whose 1-syllable names rhymed with "Humph" (the name of the eldest, which was muttered by the father who was disappointed at having a daughter, then repeated for the next 5 ones), and a younger brother named "Yen". The parents also hired a band that would play a silly tune whenever the boy's name was said out loud. And he nearly drowned too, but was rescued in a plan formulated by "Humph" and assisted by Yen. After that it was decided the boy would simply be called "Nikki". |
| 28 | ** There is a Japanese variant with a name having over 30 parts (in the Russian translation it is given as: 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.) |
| 29 | ** This does not agree with the Japanese variant given in a German collection of Japanese folktales. Or the Korean version: Hak-kori-daeji-sandaeji-bawi-doI-soe. |
| 30 | * ''Literature/LesVoyageursSansSouci'': People usually call Sébastien's father Roger because his full name is Émile Benoît Roger Sosthène Symphorien. |
| 31 | * Creator/IainBanks's ''Literature/TheCulture'': The titular interstellar non-empire 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). |
| 32 | ** 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". |
| 33 | ** In Banks's non-culture novel ''Literature/AgainstADarkBackground'', the reverse of this trope--SmallNameBigEgo, 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. |
| 34 | *** 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.") |
| 35 | ** ''Ue Mistake Not My Current State of Joshing Gentle Peevishness for the Awesome and Terrible Majesty of the Towering Seas of Ire That Are Themselves the Milquetoast Shallows Fringing My Vast Oceans of Wrath'' (Known as ''Ue Mistake Not...'' for short). |
| 36 | ** Outside the Culture, the main character in ''Literature/{{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. |
| 37 | * In Creator/RASalvatore's ''The Spearwielder's Tales'' series, the main character befriends an elf known as Kelsey, whose real name is Kelsenellenelvial Gil-Ravardy. |
| 38 | * ''Literature/PippiLongstocking'': Pippilotta Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmint Ephraimsdaughter Longstocking. Or her original Swedish name, Pippilotta Viktualia Rullgardina Krusmynta Efraimsdotter Långstrump. |
| 39 | * ''Literature/StarSurgeon'' by Alan Edward Nourse has the character Dal Timgar, whose full name is unpronounceable to humans. |
| 40 | --> Dal took a deep breath and began to give his full Garvian name. It was untranslatable and 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. |
| 41 | * ''Literature/LandOfOz'': Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs, more commonly known as 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''. |
| 42 | * From the works of Creator/RobertRankin we have Hugo Artemis Solon Saturnicus Reginald Arthur Rune, the Guru's Guru, the Logos of the Eon, the Hokus Bloke, the Perfect Master, the Mumbo Gumshoe, the Cosmic Dick, the Reinventor of the Ocarina, the Lad Himself (but you may call me "Master"). |
| 43 | * 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. |
| 44 | ** Oddly Fred's full name is a slightly-off transliteration of a line from the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite (''chair' helikoblephare, glukumeiliche: dos d' en agoni''). Roshaun's full name was actually quite a bit longer; that was what he considered an appropriately respectful nickname. |
| 45 | ** She also loves doing this in her ''Franchise/StarTrek'' novels, especially concerning Romulans -- sorry, Literature/{{Rihannsu}}. ''Literature/MyEnemyMyAlly'' introduces a Romulan Commander named Ael i-Mhiessan t'Rllaillieu, and ''Literature/TheRomulanWay'' features 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. |
| 46 | * In the ''Literature/WildCards'' 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. |
| 47 | * In the afterword to ''[[Literature/TheSpaceOdysseySeries 3001]]'', Creator/ArthurCClarke admits to rifling through a Sri Lankan phonebook to find the name "Thirugnanasampanthamoorthy". (The character so named comes up with the idea of infecting the Monolith with a computer virus.) It's rather a short name by Sri Lankan standards. |
| 48 | ** Also, in ''[[Film/TwoThousandTenTheYearWeMakeContact 2010]]'', it is revealed that the full name of Dr. Chandra, who programmed the HAL 9000 computer, is Dr. Sivasubramanian Chandrasegarampillai. |
| 49 | * The character Jeronimo, colloquially known as "El Desamperado" in Creator/NealStephenson's ''Literature/TheBaroqueCycle'', Book 4: '''Bonanza''', has the full name and title of Excellentissimo Domino Jeronimo Alejandro Peñasco de Halcones Quinto, Marchioni de Azuaga et de Hornachos, Comiti de Llerena, Barcarrota, et de Jerez de los Caballeros, Vicecomite de Llera, EntrÃn 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. This is TruthInTelevision, or close: many Spanish nobleman did have ridiculously long names, and much of it is actually titles of nobility: if you strip out all the Barons of this and Counts of that, you can figure out that he has exactly ''two'' given names as we'd understand the term. (Jeronimo and Alejandro.) |
| 50 | * The heroine of ''Literature/ThePrincessDiaries'' (the books, not TheFilmOfTheBook) learns her full name is Amelia Migonette Thermopolis Grimaldi Renaldo. As opposed to just Mia Thermopolis, which some would consider bad enough. |
| 51 | * Francisco Domingo Carlos Andres Sebastian d'Anconia, the largest copper magnate in the world of Ayn Rand's ''Literature/AtlasShrugged''. At one point a guard asks him his name; he replies, "There isn't time to tell you." EasterEgg: His first two Christian names comprise the name of a pirate [[InJoke and former slave]] from UsefulNotes/{{the Golden Age of Piracy}}. |
| 52 | * ''Outcast of Literature/{{Redwall}}'': |
| 53 | -->"What's your name?" |
| 54 | -->"Oh, [[YouDoNOTWantToKnow you don't want to know]]!" |
| 55 | -->"Yes, I do!" |
| 56 | -->"Oh, alright. M'name is Wilthurio Longbarrow Sackfirth Toxophola Fedlric Fritillary Wilfrand Hurdleframe Longarrow Leawelt Pugnacio Cinnabar Hillwether-" |
| 57 | -->"Stop, stop! You were right, I didn't want to know!" |
| 58 | -->"But you can call me Jodd. [[SchmuckBait Do you want to know what that's short for?]]" |
| 59 | -->''(exasperated)'' "No, he doesn't." |
| 60 | ** WordOfGod is that the character's full name is "Wilthurio Longbarrow Sackfirth Toxophola Fedlric Fritillary Wilfrand Hurdleframe Longarrow Leawelt Pugnacio Cinnabar Hillwether Jodrellio", hence why he's known as "Jodd". |
| 61 | ** Every hare has one of these. Such as Bellscut Oglecrop Obrathon Ragglewaithe Audube Baggscut--shortened to Boorab--from ''The Taggerung''. |
| 62 | ** Cap'n Tramun Josiah Cuttlefish Clogg probably comes under this heading, particularly by the standards of vermin, who usually have one-word three-syllable names at most (which are all [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname nicknames]] anyway). |
| 63 | ** Then there's the Painted Ones' leader, Shavvakamalla. |
| 64 | * In the Literature/LiadenUniverse stories of Steve Miller and Sharon Lee there's an alien race among whom each individual's name is not merely a reference label but a complete description of the individual (they're extremely long-lived, and like the Ents have never seen the value of shortcuts). The individual who most often appears in the stories is introduced as "Twelfth Shell Fifth Hatched Knife Clan of Middle River's Spring Spawn of Farmer Greentrees of the Spear-makers Den, The Edger"--and that's the ultra-condensed version he uses on human paperwork; his full name, we're told, takes nearly twelve hours to speak. Fortunately for the characters (and the reader), he lets his human friends get away with just "Edger". |
| 65 | * Creator/AlanDeanFoster: |
| 66 | ** ''Literature/{{Spellsinger}}'' series: The first novel features "Caspar di Lorca di l'Omollia di los Enansas Giterxos", more usually known as "Caz". A city councilor in the sequel goes by the name of Millevoddevareen. Ironically, his associate Mudge accuses the hero, Jonathan Thomas Meriweather, of having an excessively long name and insists on calling him "Jon-Tom". |
| 67 | ** ''Literature/HumanxCommonwealth'' series: ''The End of the Matter'' features a goofy-looking mad alien that claims to be named Abalamahalamatandra. In ''Sentenced to Prism'', the protagonist meets a caterpillar-like creature named A Surface of Fine Azure-Tinted Reflection With Pyroxin Dendritic Inclusions. |
| 68 | * ''Literature/TheHollows'' has Ptah Ammon Fineas Horton Madison Parker Piscary. They just call him Piscary. |
| 69 | * The title character of ''Literature/WarlockOfGramarye'' is Rod Gallowglass, "born Rodney d'Armand (he had five middle names, but they make dull reading)..." |
| 70 | * In Creator/AndreNorton's early novel ''Literature/ThePrinceCommands'' there's "Michael Karl Johann Stefan Rene Eric Marie, Prince and Lord of Rein, First Lord of the Kingdom, Duke of Casnov, Count of Urnt, Baron of Kelive," (plus several others, including colonelcy of three different units), newly informed of his royal heritage and usually referred to or addressed simply as "Michael Karl." The family name, although ''not included in that recitation'', is Karloff. [[spoiler: (Some of his titles may have gone away when it turned out his cousin the Crown Prince wasn't dead after all. But then, he might have gotten them back after the Crown Prince became King.)]] |
| 71 | * Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill, an Andalite from ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'', usually shortened to Ax by his human compatriots. All the Andalites have a similar three-part name, which apparently comprises a first name, family name (from either the mother or father's middle name) and a third name. |
| 72 | ** Ketran names as well. Toomin/The Ellimist was formally known as Azure Level, Seven Spar, Extension Two, Down-Messenger, Forty-one (actually kind of an address, his place on the giant crystals in the sky.) |
| 73 | * Voltaire's ''Literature/{{Candide}}'' had governor Don Fernando d'Ibaraa y Figueora y Mascarenes y Lampourdos y Souza. |
| 74 | ** The fun is not confined to the Spanish language: an early chapter is set in the quaint German village of Waldberghof-Trabk-Dickdorf. |
| 75 | * While not as impressive as some of the other names in this list, mention should still be made of Sir Darian Firkin k'Vala k'Valdemar from the ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' series. Technically he could also probably add "of Ghost Cat" to the end of that, though nobody ever uses that particular one. He actually grew up with the far more reasonable name Darian Firkin, it just got a bit extended over time. |
| 76 | * Wendy Moira Angela Darling is a mild example, but it's a long enough name for Literature/PeterPan to [[LampshadeHanging feel inadequate]]. |
| 77 | * In Andrzei Sapkowski ''Literature/TheWitcher'' novels anyone who has any connection to the [[OurElvesAreDifferent elves]] (like Nilfgaardian nobility, Nilfgaard Empire assimilating indigenous Elven population, instead of [[FantasticRacism persecuting it]] like Nordling kingdoms) or [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]] sport names at least a full line long. Other race aren't that big on the matter. |
| 78 | * 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. |
| 79 | * The works of Creator/IsaacAsimov: |
| 80 | ** ''Literature/FoundationSeries''' ''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 [[GeniusLoci 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). |
| 81 | ** ''Literature/WordsOfScienceAndTheHistoryBehindThem'': In the entry for "Cortisone", Dr Asimov explains that one of the compounds isolated from the adrenal glands would, by normal naming conventions, be called 11-''dehydro''-17-''hydroxycorticosterone'', but the chemists analyzing the substance figured it would be easier to say ''cortisone'' instead. |
| 82 | * ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'': |
| 83 | ** The Chiss race have longish names which are contracted to a daily-use shorter version, the "core name." People need permission to use those, though--it's like going on a FirstNameBasis. [[Literature/OutboundFlight Mitth'raw'nuruodo]], rather [[TheUnpronounceable hard to say]] for most people, first courteously and then with more condescension allowed humans to call him [[Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy Thrawn]]. |
| 84 | ** ''Yoda: Literature/DarkRendezvous'' has the young Padawan Tallisibeth Enwandung-Esterhazy. She goes by Scout. |
| 85 | ** 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 this trope, 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. |
| 86 | * The Witchfinders in ''Literature/GoodOmens'' 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. |
| 87 | ** Also, the name they call the Antichrist by in the hospital sequence. PlayedForLaughs here, and especially funny when it's repeated several times across a page. |
| 88 | --->Currently she is being handed a golden-haired male baby we will call the Adversary, Destroyer of Kings, Angel of the Bottomless Pit, Great Beast that is called Dragon, Prince of This World, Father of Lies, Spawn of Satan, and Lord of Darkness. |
| 89 | ** Funnier because he's being contrasted in that paragraph with two babies referred to only as Baby A and Baby B. |
| 90 | * The heroine of ''Literature/TheOrdinaryPrincess'' is named "Amethyst Alexandra Augusta Araminta Adelaide Aurelia Anne". She prefers to go by "Amy". |
| 91 | * In "For Biddle's Sake" from Creator/GailCarsonLevine's ''Literature/ThePrincessTales'', we get both Princess Alyssatissaprincissa and Countess Marianabanessacontessa. |
| 92 | * Clennen Mendakersson in ''Literature/CartAndCwidder'' 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. |
| 93 | * Mo from the Literature/EddieAndTheGangWithNoName trilogy could count. Her full name is Mary Agnes Catlin Delores Assumptia O'Riorden. |
| 94 | * Literature/TheBible has Isaiah's son Maher-shalal-hash-baz, which is both the longest name and word in the Bible. And somehow there's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahershalalhashbaz_Ali an American actor with that name]] (which has since shortened the thing to "Mahershala"). |
| 95 | * In Creator/LarryNiven's ''Literature/{{Ringworld}}'' 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. |
| 96 | * Literature/VorkosiganSaga: |
| 97 | ** At one point, Aral introduces himself as Prime Minister Admiral Count Aral Vorkosigan. |
| 98 | ** From ''Literature/CaptainVorpatrilsAlliance'': Tej, whose full name when she enters the story is Akuti Tejaswini Jyoti ghem Estif Arqua. [[spoiler:It gets even longer when she marries Ivan Vorpatril]]. Her father found a book entitled ''Ten Thousand Authentic Ethnic Baby Names from Old Earth, Their Meanings and Geographical Origins'' and was apparently attempting to use as many of them as possible on his children. They have half a dozen each, which they boiled down to a nickname. Note that despite the "ghem Estif" surname, Tej's grandmother Lady Moira ghem Estif is actually ''the haut''[[note]]The transhuman aristocracy of the Cetagandan Empire[[/note]]. We're lucky that the haut titles (which include the full genetic history) are dropped when the haut wives are given to the ghem lords as prizes, though their ''names'' are pretty mundane -- like Moira or Nicole. |
| 99 | * The Princess from the ''Literature/MythAdventures'' short story "Myth-ter Right" is named Gloriannamarjolie. That's just her ''first'' name, as was selected by her father, King Henryarthurjon. |
| 100 | * ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'' has the character known as "Rock" whose real name is "Numuhukumakiaki'aialumamor", which apparently is a poem in his native language about a rock his father found just before his birth. |
| 101 | * 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. |
| 102 | * In Creator/RobinMcKinley's Sleeping Beauty [[TwiceToldTale retelling]] ''Literature/SpindlesEnd,'' the princess's full name is Casta Albinia Allegra Dove Minerva Fidelia Aletta Blythe Domnia Delicia Aurelia Grace Isabel Griselda Gwyneth Pearl Ruby Coral Lily Iris Briar Rose. Evidently this isn't an unusually long name for a royal--at least, no one ever remarks on its length. |
| 103 | * 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. |
| 104 | * His Excellency Shri Katarnak Kala Kaloota Kawa Kaw Kaw, a white crow who becomes an EvilOverlord in the ''Crow Chronicles''. |
| 105 | * ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' gives us "Albus Percival Wulfric Brian [[EccentricMentor Dumbledore]]." |
| 106 | * In ''Literature/WarriorCats'', all cats of the Tribe of Rushing Water have overly long names, like Brook Where Small Fish Swim or Pebble That Rolls Down Mountain or Teller Of The Pointed Stones. They just go by shortened versions of their names, such as Brook or Stoneteller. |
| 107 | * The Creator/SandraBoynton book ''15 Pets'' had the turtle have one of these [[spoiler: (Simon James Alexander Ragsdale the Third)]], while the fourteen other animals are simply named Bob. |
| 108 | * The Latlans in ''Literature/{{Andraste}}'' all have obnoxiously long names. One of the protagonists is named Arcassyle Noveclyde Pulynn Argenaddynn, Syrakkddnnson. He goes by 'Elvin'. |
| 109 | * In Literature/TalesOfKolmar, the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Kantri]] all have lengthy truenames known to very few and rarely spoken, short usenames known by all, and slightly longer usenames used by close friends. Their king's truename is Khordeshkhistriakhor, Akhor to most, Akhorishaan to close friends. The human Lanen can't pronounce his usename properly and calls him Akor. When Akhor [[spoiler: becomes human]], he finds his old truename no longer applies and picks a new one - Varien Kantriakor rash-Gedri, Kadreshi naLanen, which he lampshades as being a bit long. Varien the Changed One, for short. |
| 110 | * The formal name of the title character in Creator/{{Mark Twain}}'s "The Stolen White Elephant" is Hassan Ben Ali Ben Selim Abdallah Mohammed Moisé Alhammal Jamsetjejeebhoy Dhuleep Sultan Ebu Bhudpoor. Its nickname is "Jumbo." |
| 111 | * In Robert Jordan's ''[[Literature/TheWheelOfTime Wheel of Time]]'' wolves are introduced with very simple names such as Two Moons, or Dapple or Hopper. Two Moons actual name is more a mixture of scents and images that combine to actually mean "a night shrouded pool, smooth as ice in the instant before a breeze stirred, with a tang of autumn in the air, and one moon hanging full in the sky and another reflected perfectly on the water so that it was difficult to tell which was real. And that is cutting it to the bone." |
| 112 | * Literature/{{Dragaera}} novels: |
| 113 | ** There's a god named Tristangrascalaticrunagore, although even his fellow-deities generally call him Tri'nagore for short. |
| 114 | ** The original names of the seventeen [[EmpathicWeapon great weapons]] tend to be this, like Magical-Wand-That-Creates-Death-in-the-Form-of-a-Black-Sword. The current wielders all use shortened names (for instance, the previous name gets shortened to "Blackwand"). |
| 115 | * The Western Hemisphere Union ships in Allen Steele's ''Literature/{{Coyote}}'' trilogy had names that were long paeans to their revolutionary state ideology/system, Social Collectivism. An example is ''WHSS Seeking Glorious Destiny Among the Stars for the Greater Good of Social Collectivism''. Even the captains of these ships, and Union bigwigs, would refer to these ships by truncated names, such as the ''Glorious Destiny'' for the above example. |
| 116 | * In Creator/CharlesWilliams' ''War In Heaven'', one character introduces himself as "Aubrey Duncan Peregrine Mary de Lisle D'Estrange, Duke of the North Ridings, Marquess of Craigmullen and Plessing, Count of the Holy Roman Empire, Knight of the Cape and Sword, and several other ridiculous fantasies." |
| 117 | * Literature/FlightToTheLonesomePlace has Anna Maria Rosalita Montoya de la Torre. Or Anna Maria Rosalita for short. |
| 118 | * ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' has a few. And this is before you start tacking on [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever titles]] and military honors, which most of the examples have in spades. |
| 119 | ** The Queen of Manticore, Elizabeth III, aka Elizabeth Adrienne Samantha Annette Winton. She goes by "Beth" to her family and closest friends, "Elizabeth" to the rest of her inner circle, and "Your Majesty" to everyone else. |
| 120 | ** Honor Harrington's best friend (and the Queen's first cousin), Gloria Michelle Samantha Evelyn Henke. She goes by "Mike". |
| 121 | ** Henke's flag lieutenant, Gervais Winton Erwin Neville Archer. He goes by "[[FunWithAcronyms Gwen]]". |
| 122 | ** Honor's mother, [[TheOjou Allison Carmena Elena Inéz Regina Benton-Ramirez y Chou Harrington]]. She goes by "Allison", "Dr. Harrington", or--to her husband and brother--"Alley". And she'd really rather ditch everything between "Allison" and "Harrington" anyway... |
| 123 | ** Honor's sister is Faith Katherine Miranda Honor Stephanie Harrington. Her brother was a bit luckier, and is "only" James Andrew Benjamin Harrington. |
| 124 | * Weber's another series, ''Literature/{{Safehold}}'', does the same, with added bonus of MyNaymeIs. For example, one of main characters is Cayleb Zhan Haarahld Bryahn Ahrmahk [[note]]Duke of Ahrmahk, Prince of Tellesberg, Prince Protector of the Realm, King and Emperor of Charis[[/note]], although he's generally called just Cayleb or Cayleb II. His daughter is Alahnah Zhanayt Naimu Ahrmahk, and his wife's full name(s) are Sharleyan Alahnah Zhenyfyr Ahlyssa Tayt Ahrmahk. |
| 125 | ** There's also fresh and revamped Harchongese army, going by the name Mighty Host Of God And The Archangels. |
| 126 | * ''Literature/DragonInDistress'' has Princess Florinara Tansimasa Qasilava Delagordune, who ''insists'' you call her by her full name. |
| 127 | * Zigzagged in the SF short story "Traveller's Rest" by David I. Masson. The hero's name "Hadolarisóndamo", a.k.a. [[YouAreNumberSix vsq 389 mld 194 rv 27 xn 3]] is not ''that'' long, but in the beginning and end of the novel it gets shortened just to "H" [[ItMakesSenseInContext due to the time gradient.]] |
| 128 | * In Literature/GoldenDawn, the trapped angel's name is Midwinter Sunrise When The Sun's Rays Touch The Snow-covered Mountains And Reflect The Pale, Golden Light. More of a description, really. |
| 129 | * In ''Literature/VampireAcademy'', Lissa's full name is a minor example: Vasilisa Sabina Rhea Dragomir. |
| 130 | * ''Literature/MrGum'' has a spectacular example in its nine-year-old heroine Polly, whose real name is Jammy Grammy Lammy F'Huppa F'Huppa Berlin Stereo Eo Eo Lebb C'Yepp Nermonica Le Straypek De Grespin De Crespin De Spespin De Vespin De Whoop De Loop De Brunkle Merry Christmas Lenoir. |
| 131 | * While we never see the full name of Mina and Jonathan's son in ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'', it's mentioned that he's named after ''all'' of those who participated in the adventure, suggesting very strongly that this trope applies. |
| 132 | * The Hungarian political novel [[https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarimenes_utazása Journey of Tarimenes]] has "Bangocibumbujpulujhurculujbüszkülüjkikiriposzidoszi", the personification of aristocracy. |
| 133 | * In the ''Literature/ZacharyNixonJohnson'' series, the Thompson family butler is named Wintercrescenhavenshivershamshawjamison. |
| 134 | * In Isabel Allende's novel ''Franchise/{{Zorro}}'', Diego's Indian mother was baptized Regina Maria de la Inmaculada Concepción. She promptly forgot most of it, going by Regina or her original name Toypurnia. |
| 135 | * People from the nation of Herun in ''Literature/TheRiddleMasterTrilogy'' typically have very long, elaborate, difficult-to-pronounce names, though they typically only ''use'' them in formal situations - a syllable or two will suffice among friends. Hence, the Morgol (Queen) Elrarhiardon and her daughter Lyralathuin are "El" and "Lyra", respectively, to those who know them personally. The legendary wizard [[EvilSorcerer Ghisteslwchlohm]], who may or may not be from Herun (though his name follows their conventions, according to the Morgol) typically goes by [[spoiler: Master Ohm]]. |
| 136 | * ''Literature/JourneyToChaos'': The names Nunnal Enaz gives to her inventions are so long that her husband joked it takes longer to say them then describe what they do. An example of what she considers a short name is "Noitearc Powered Orderly Transmission Jammer". |
| 137 | * When Creator/MichaelMoorcock's multiple-continuity recurring villain Gaynor the Damned started to appear in non-heroic-fantasy settings, he often used the name Paul von Minct or van Minct. ''The Dreamthief's Daughter'' reveals that his original version, a NaziNobleman, was named Gaynor Paul St Odhran Badehoff-Krasny von Minct. |
| 138 | * ''Literature/GravityFallsJournal3'': ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' character Rumble [=McSkirmish's=] full name is revealed to be "Rumble Fracas Melee Fistcuffs Slapfight [=McSkirmish=]". |
| 139 | * The title character of ''Literature/TheGeneralSeries'' rejoices in the name 'Raj Ammenda Halgren da Luis Whitehall, Whitehall of Hillchapel, Hereditary Protector of Smythe Parish' - and adds several more titles in the course of the book. His wife is 'Suzette Emeneulle Hogor Forstin Wenqui Whitehall, Lady of Hillchapel'. Presumably every other character has a similar string of names - we just don't have to listen to them. |
| 140 | * ''Literature/ThePhantomTollbooth'' had the long-nosed, green-eyed, curly-haired, wide-mouthed, thick-necked, broad-shouldered, round-bodied, short-armed, bowlegged, big-footed monster...who was [[NonIndicativeName none of these things.]] Just call him the demon of insecurity. |
| 141 | * ''Literature/PrincessesOfThePizzaParlor'': The [[OurKoboldsAreDifferent kobolds]], who appear in ''Princesses in the Darkest Depths'', have NameThatUnfoldsLikeLotusBlossom, like Tukhara-ara-bada-bunki-mali-tali-Jaka-hila-laki, which, for that instance, is implied to mean something like "Clan Tukhara's Jaka of the fast feet", with the last words being a descriptor, such that Tukhara-ara-badi-bunki-mali-tali-Kuarl, is just "Clan Tukhara's Curls", with bada / badi, as "male / female" indicators. It's long enough that the narration uses the short names after a few uses of the long ones. |
| 142 | * 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". Funnily enough, it seems that the Blood of Eden don't actually ''know'' what their names mean and just put three bits of ancient Earth media together, something the Emperor (the only person who actually knows the context for those words) finds "genuinely sad, bordering on very funny". |
| 143 | * ''Literature/TwentySixSixtySix'': ''Benno von Archimboldi.'' Both Mr. and Mrs. Bubis mention what a weird and ridiculous [[spoiler: and an obvious pseudonym]] it is. |
| 144 | * While ''Literature/WatchersOfTheThrone'' doesn't give full names, Valerian mentions that Custodes get new ones for every major achievement in their life, and as they're TheAgeless, they have a ''lot'' of time to accumulate those. Captain-General Valoris in particular is noted as having over a thousand. |
| 145 | * 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 [[KingOfTheHomeless demanding respect]] from all members of society. |
| 146 | * In William Saroyan's ''The Human Comedy'' the owner of the local sporting-goods store exhibits a new trap whose inventor christened it the "LIFT-THEM-OFF-THEIR-FEET, SWING-THEM-AROUND, AND-HOLD-THEM SAFFERTY ALL-ANIMAL TRAP". |
| 147 | * In ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'', the character "T" is actually named Ottilie Adrastea Hohenstaufen-Baumgartner, *and* that's missing a "von" somewhere. |
| 148 | * One character in ''Literature/{{Emergence}}'' got stuck with Melville Winchester Higginbotham Grosvenor Penobscot-Jones IV. Understandable that he chose something a lot shorter when he got the chance. |
| 149 | * ''Literature/MagicalGirlRaisingProject'': |
| 150 | ** Yumenoshima Genopsycho, which is not that long, but totally a mouthful. |
| 151 | ** During ''QUEENS'', we are introduced to Ratsumukanahonomenokami... and that's just her ''first name!'' Her SpellMyNameWithAnS variant, Latum Kana Honome no Kami, isn't much better. |
| 152 | ** Puk Puck is the incarnation of Av Lavchi Puk Valta and Grim Heart's is Shayta Osk Val Mer. |
| 153 | * ''Literature/TalesOfTheMagicLand'': Guamokolatokint the owl, Gingema's ex-familiar and Urfin Jus' NonHumanSidekick. When they first meet, Urfin tries to shorten it to Guam but the owl insists on Guamoko "at least". Later they use it against one another: at one point Guamoko neglects to warn his master of danger as revenge for not using the full name, and Urfin addresses the owl as Guamokolatokint whenever he needs to soften him up. Also, Guamoko tries to mention his grandfather's name once, but Urfin shuts him up only five syllables in. |
| 154 | * Literature/WhateleyUniverse: The official club name for the [[Characters/WhateleyUniverseSchoolClubsAndCliques Golden Kids]] (the student group for those born into great wealth and privilege) is ''The Superior Court of Kings and Queens of the Golden Circle and Platinum Diadem and Silver Crown''. The explanation of how they settled on this name takes up a paragraph.[[https://whateley.academy/index.php/story/ayla-4-ayla-and-the-tests-chap-7]] |
| 155 | ** Cheese's full name, 'Victor Alexander Maria Stieglitz-Von Maas', is not excessive as such things go, but was still enough to get everyone to stick to his codename most of the time. |
| 156 | ** One of the Good Ol' Boys insists that everyone refer to him by his full CodeName, "The Man Called Vengeance", and has a hissy fit whenever someone shortens it or refers to him by his given name (Larry). |
| 157 | * The title character of the ''Literature/MillyMollyMandy'' books by Joyce Lankester Brisley is named Millicent Margaret Amanda, but her family thought that was too long a name to say every time they wanted her. The abbreviated version is still quite long. |
| 158 | * The novel ''La Porota'' by Hernán del Solar starts in this way: |
| 159 | -->Era un nombre demasiado largo para una persona tan menuda. Se llamaba Beatriz María Magdalena de los Ángeles Osorio y Castroviejo. Y medía apenas noventa y siete centímetros. Por eso, tal vez, todo el mundo prefería llamarla sencillamente Porota. Y con este nombre se le conocía en todas partes.[[note]]It was overly-long name for such a tiny person. Her name was Beatriz María Magdalena de los Ángeles Osorio y Castroviejo. And she was barely thirty-eight inches tall. For this reason, perhaps, everybody preferred to simply call her Porota. And with this name, she was known everywhere.[[/note]] |
| 160 | * ''Literature/TheSunlitMan'': One of the inhabitants of Beacon is named Adonalsium-Will-Remember-Our-Plight-Eventually. It's ''probably'' shorter in their own language, as no one, not even Nomad, makes any attempt to give him a nickname. |
| 161 | * ''Literature/TheLiesOfTheAjungo'': The full name of Tutu's camel is Shokolokobangoshe. Tutu calls him Bango for short. |
| 162 | * In ''Literature/BarberBlackSheep'', the protagonist's half-brother, a nobleman in Victorian England, is named Lucius Marcus Julius Augustus Octavius Remus Marius Swanborough. |
| 163 | * ''Walkaway'' by Creator/CoryDoctorow: Hubert Vernon Rudolph Clayton Irving Wilson Alva Anton Jeff Harley Timothy Curtis Cleveland Cecil Ollie Edmund Eli Wiley Marvin Ellis Espinoza is often called "Hubert, Etc." |
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