What last name do you think is neat? It could sound cool, have an interesting meaning or history, etc.
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.
Those darn russian composers
I knew someone with the last name Lancaster, it feels both game of thronesy and cyberpunky
born to be a network engineer
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.
Hash. born on 4/20. growing up we used to go here to roast bowls
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.
The only reference to Murgatroyd I’ve ever heard: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fwpj27hlP4
One of the IT people at my high school had a surname of “Code”. He did write some code, but mainly KiXtart scripts.
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
Atreides
You’d rather not have a last name?
I know a doctor named Docter.
But West is the coolest I’ve seen “in the wild”.
Wild-wild.
Steele
Cantalapiedra which can be roughly translated as: the stone that sings. Canta: sing La: the Piedra: stone
Shaft
Name has its own theme song
I knew a Shaft, used to work with him. He was the farthest from cool, and also lacked integrity.
Matadamas
It’s Spanish and, translated to English, means: Lady-killer
- Savage
- Powers
- Attack
- Shields
I sense a theme.
Just realised how many porn names are really war names.
Ok you got me, I’m a huge nerd
