Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Longest Name in the World

People

The award for the longest name for a person belongs to a German immigrant to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The name he was given at birth, and which somehow fit on his passport was:

(First and "middle" names)
Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert
Irvim John Kenneth Loyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy
Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor Willian Xerxes Yancy
Zeus

(Last name)
Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorffvoralternwarengewissenhaf tschaferswesenchafewarenwholgepflegeundsorgfaltigkeitbeschut zenvonangereifenduchihrraubgiriigfeindewelchevorralternzwolf tausendjahresvorandieerscheinenbanderersteerdeemmeshedrraums chiffgebrauchlichtalsseinursprungvonkraftgestartseinlangefah rthinzwischensternartigraumaufdersuchenachdiesternwelshegeha btbewohnbarplanetenkreisedrehensichundwohinderneurassevanver standigmenshlichkeittkonntevortpflanzenundsicherfreunanleben slamdlichfreudeundruhemitnichteinfurchtvorangreifenvonandere rintlligentgeschopfsvonhinzwischensternartigraum Senior

In case you didn't notice, he has one given name for every letter of the alphabet plus his surname. Needless to say, he shortened it, and was commonly known as Mr. Hubert Wolfe, though officially it was said that he signed his name Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff, Sr.

The children's author, Jane Yolen wrote a book called The Longest Name on the Block about a young Italian boy whose mother would call him home for dinner using his full name - Timothy Michael Karl Emmanuel Sanford Reginald Brown. Not exactly record breaking, but a fun children's book.

The longest name in the Bible is Mahershalalhashbaz which can be found in Isaiah 8:1.

You can also see Albin Hallin for a long and unusual name.

From: Everything2= http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1534419

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