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What last name do you think is neat? It could sound cool, have an interesting meaning or history, etc.

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[-] D_Air1@lemmy.ml 40 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Bruh, Mozart's whole ass name was cool as hell. Not just his last name. This man wins hands down.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

[-] stewie3128@lemmy.ml 25 points 2 years ago

Mozart's full baptismal name was

Johannes Chrystostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart

But he went by a few different names, partially because there were so many different languages spoken by the aristocracy in 18th century Central Europe that he adapted his name to suit whatever language he was using at the moment. "Theophilus" is the Greek form of "Amadeus." Sometimes you'll see the German translation of "Gottlieb." Day-to-day, he is reported to have gone by "Wolfgang Amadè."

It wasn't uncommon for people to translate their names freely like this. Beethoven went by "Luigi" in Italian texts, and "Louis" in French.

"Giuseppe Verdi" would today be translated to English as "Joe Green."

[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

Did Beethoven have a brother Mario?

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[-] LopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.works 34 points 2 years ago
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[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago
[-] brokenlcd@feddit.it 17 points 2 years ago

Mate here in italy we have "della morte" as a surname; which translates literally to "of the death". I don't think we can get more goth than this

[-] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

Danzig
Glenn Danzig was born with the perfect name for an 80s metal band

[-] sawdustprophet@midwest.social 6 points 2 years ago

Glenn Danzig was born with the perfect name for an 80s metal band

FYI Danzig is his stage name. His actual last name is Anzalone.

[-] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Ah, well fuck.
Still kinda cool though

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[-] GammaGames@beehaw.org 17 points 2 years ago

I knew someone with the last name Lancaster, it feels both game of thronesy and cyberpunky

[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 2 years ago

born to be a network engineer

[-] pip@slrpnk.net 14 points 2 years ago

I knew this girl once whose surname was Δρακοπούλου (Drakopulu) that means "daughter of the dragon"

I think that's pretty fire idk about you guys

[-] LoraxEleven@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Kuntz. Yep, said like That... As in Rusty Kuntz. Best baseball name in history:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusty_Kuntz

[-] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I once worked with a guy with the last name of Fick (German for fuck) and a woman with the last name Lazarus. I found both quite cool. The guy in particular was very offensive with his name, always answering the phone with simply "Fick". I just looked him up and he has changed his last name, probably by marriage. I guess he found it unprofessional in the end.

It's common for German people to just answer the phone with their surname at work. He wasn't being offensive.

Well, ", hello?" is quite common. But just shouting Fick! when answering a call is always on purpose, no matter if it's your actual name.

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[-] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

I like my Norwegian heritage side of the family: Bull.

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[-] bran_buckler@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago

Murgatroyd, which was the last name of one of the dancers on Dancing With The Stars. To me, it sounds very sci-fi, it makes me think of how Trillian combined her first and last name to make something sound more “space-like” in Hitchhikers Guide.

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago

Sweet is a nice last name, though I'm sure some guys don't like being called "Mr. Sweet". Names like Fox or Wolf are pretty badass. Also some indigenous last names can be cool like Roundpoint or Buckshot.

[-] thelsim@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 years ago

Are you kidding? Mr. Sweet sounds like some kind of professional hitman. I do not want to meet with any Mr. Sweet :)

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Villalobos.

Instantly makes any given name sound badass.

"I am Clancy, from the Town of the Wolves."

[-] lazyforaname@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

I knew a girl whose last name was Fantasia. I always thought that was awesome

[-] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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[-] NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

I met someone named McCool once. I thought that was pretty cool.

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[-] dan@upvote.au 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

One of the IT people at my high school had a surname of "Code". He did write some code, but mainly KiXtart scripts.

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[-] cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world 10 points 2 years ago
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[-] eightpix@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

I worked with teacher named Mr. Zero for a year. He was super cool.

Also, if you haven't seen it, the Zero Effect is a solid movie with Ben Stiller and Bill Pullman. The latter plays Daryl Zero.

[-] LOLjoeWTF@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Smithe. It's Smith with an E. Your source of high quality names.

[-] LopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago

Not to be confused with "Smith, eh" which is most commonly found in Canada.

[-] HopingForBetter@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

Smith-Y?
Sm-EYE-th?
Smith-with-an-E?

[-] Truffle@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago

Cantalapiedra which can be roughly translated as: the stone that sings. Canta: sing La: the Piedra: stone

[-] Kiwi 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Matadamas

It's Spanish and, translated to English, means: Lady-killer

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[-] Nemo@midwest.social 9 points 2 years ago

I know a doctor named Docter.

But West is the coolest I've seen "in the wild".

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[-] Xariphon@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

I've always thought the name Buchanan sounded... Not cool per se but... Atmospheric? Like it could only belong to one of those old-money families up to their eyeballs in secret societies and mystery.

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[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Max Warman. Seriously.

Honestly you can Google anything like "best last name" and get some crazy nonsense, it's great.

[-] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago
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[-] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago
[-] livus@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

Just realised how many porn names are really war names.

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[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago
[-] toast@retrolemmy.com 7 points 2 years ago

Shaft

Name has its own theme song

[-] cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world 5 points 2 years ago

I knew a Shaft, used to work with him. He was the farthest from cool, and also lacked integrity.

[-] BamBamToxico@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

At the cemetery I work at we got a couple Blickenderfers, Hammermeisters, and even a couple Deatherages. All pretty BA names. One of the Deatherages was even named Ozzy.

[-] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 years ago
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[-] ArtieShaw@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

I like some of the names from Puritan New England.

Cutting Moody

Tristram Coffin

[-] SuiXi3D@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

Honestly, my own. Meyers is pretty good, even if nobody knows how to spell it.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

DeLeòn

I have some family named Cambias, and learned it's because they lost their last names in the Spanish inquisition when they were forcibly converted to Christianity. Changed.

[-] Threeme2189@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago
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