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

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[–] 40 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

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

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    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."

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

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Hash. born on 4/20. growing up we used to go here to roast bowls

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  • [–] 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

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 12 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

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    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 β€œspace-like” in Hitchhikers Guide.

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    [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    A person I’ve worked with before literally had the last name β€˜Cool’. I thought that was pretty cool.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

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    [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

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

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

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    [–] 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.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    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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    [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    Villalobos.

    Instantly makes any given name sound badass.

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

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

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    [–] 9 points 2 years ago

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

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I know a doctor named Docter.

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

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    [–] 8 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    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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    [–] 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.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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    [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Shaft

    Name has its own theme song

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

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  • [–] 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.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Matadamas

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

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    [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    I like some of the names from Puritan New England.

    Cutting Moody

    Tristram Coffin

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    β€β€β€Ž β€Ž

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    DeLeΓ²n

    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.

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