What last name do you think is neat? It could sound cool, have an interesting meaning or history, etc.
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Bruh, Mozart’s whole ass name was cool as hell. Not just his last name. This man wins hands down.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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.”
Did Beethoven have a brother Mario?
Thanks for the history lesson. Honestly every one of those different names and translations is pretty good too.
Sergei Rachmaninov is a pretty cool name and keeps with the theme.
Pendragon
Pendragon the dragon-born, king of dragons.
Ravenscroft
Instant goth
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
Danzig
Glenn Danzig was born with the perfect name for an 80s metal bandGlenn Danzig was born with the perfect name for an 80s metal band
FYI Danzig is his stage name. His actual last name is Anzalone.
Ah, well fuck.
Still kinda cool thoughAnzalone sounds like the generic name for a drug. Glad he went with a stage name.
Somehow it makes sense to learn he’s Italian, not German.
I knew someone with the last name Lancaster, it feels both game of thronesy and cyberpunky
born to be a network engineer
Hash. born on 4/20. growing up we used to go here to roast bowls
In sweet grass County
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.
I live in Germany, it’s how people answer the phone here, often. Not everyone but a lot, no Hallo after, just name.
I live in Germany as well and with a name like Fick, answering the phone in this manner is a statement.
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
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.
Are you kidding? Mr. Sweet sounds like some kind of professional hitman. I do not want to meet with any Mr. Sweet :)
A person I’ve worked with before literally had the last name ‘Cool’. I thought that was pretty cool.
I worked with a ‘McCool’
He said introducing himself was a pickup line
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.
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I knew a girl whose last name was Fantasia. I always thought that was awesome
I met someone named McCool once. I thought that was pretty cool.
that’s too cool
Kuntz. Yep, said like That… As in Rusty Kuntz. Best baseball name in history:
One of the IT people at my high school had a surname of “Code”. He did write some code, but mainly KiXtart scripts.
Wow, I haven’t thought about kixtart in a long time!
Same. I was in high school in the 2000s. They used KiXtart for the login scripts. Some friends and I figured out that if we pulled out the network cable at a particular point in the login process on the Windows 2000 school computers, we’d have access to some things we normally wouldn’t have access to, like being able to access the WINNT directory and the root of the drive (which were usually locked down). That was fun.
