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12mo ago

What's a last name (family/surname) that you think is cool?

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 band
- 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.
  
  Ah, well fuck.
  Still kinda cool though
  
  Anzalone 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 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

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

Kuntz. Yep, said like That... As in Rusty Kuntz. Best baseball name in history:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusty_Kuntz

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

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

I like my Norwegian heritage side of the family: Bull.
- This name has auspicious connotations in the... spicy... community.
  
  I've been to "chocolate" parties.

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 :)

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
  
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  https://m.piped.video/watch?v=7Fwpj27hlP4
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I met someone named McCool once. I thought that was pretty cool.
- that's too cool

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.

Smithe. It's Smith with an E. Your source of high quality names.
- Not to be confused with "Smith, eh" which is most commonly found in Canada.
- Smith-Y?
  Sm-EYE-th?
  Smith-with-an-E?

Steele
- This name is in my family, I had a "Grandpa Steele". Always thought it was cool

Villalobos.
Instantly makes any given name sound badass.
"I am Clancy, from the Town of the Wolves."

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.

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

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

I know a doctor named Docter.
But West is the coolest I've seen "in the wild".
- Wild-wild.
- …gimme the news, I’ve got a bad case of luuuuuvin you!

I like some of the names from Puritan New England.
Cutting Moody
Tristram Coffin

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.
- ... or David Hasslehoff in Baywatch :-D
  
  I barely remember that show. Was that his character's name?
- But then my fellow Latinos will call you “el bucanas” it doesn’t have the same ring to it.

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
- RIP Marauder Shields o7

Glasscock
- Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
  Glasscock
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Matadamas
It's Spanish and, translated to English, means: Lady-killer
- There's also Matamoros... Which is Moor killer :/

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.

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

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.

Power
- Growing up the local judge was a Power. So yes, Judge Power.
  Always sounded like he was going to send you to the phantom zone or something.
  
  Don't forget Max Power, the coolest name ever.

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.

RamRod

Atreides

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Dudemeister, went to school with a German guy with the last name. They also used it on scrubs https://scrubs.fandom.com/wiki/Keith_Dudemeister

I worked on a ladies computer one time and her name was Judy Batman.

I mean, people can always just "invent" a last name by means of being derivative. My siblings have lots and lots of children and often give them "theme names" or pun names, either because it's cool or helps them remember and keep track of everyone. One of them has a very musical-sounding first and middle name and just became engaged to the Crescendo family which I think is cool.
- "This is Melody Crescendo"
  "Oh, that's pretty. What's her middle name?"
  "Well Melody is her middle name. Her real first name is Hurdy-Gurdy"
  
  lmao
  Not related but one of my favorite songs is on the hurdy gurdy

Focker

Met a guy with the surname "Case" and first name "Justin". Thought that was pretty cool
- I also did but I thought it was kinda lame?

I like some of the names from Puritan New England.
Cutting Moody
Tristram Coffin

Nero

How has no one said McLovin??

In high school I knew a guy named Mark Outlaw. Never have I heard a cooler name.

Doctor Solomonides. I'm absolutely terrible with names and it's stuck with me since I was a child.

January
Idk why, I just thought that it sounds cool for a surname. I even have a cartoon character in my imagination that has it.

My stage name is Witchfire. A lot of people think it's my real last name. I don't correct them.

Windsor

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