Roundworld names that should be discworld names

[Penfold]

That is just the sort of thing that Sir Terry could have written about.

 

[Jo of the Gates]

I went to high school with a boy whose last name was something like Ewecszdiszebius. The spelling is probably wrong but I know exactly how it is pronounced, because he started signing his name FXDZBS.
There was a US Congressman from Texas named Barefoot Sanders.
The actress Soleil Moon Frye.
OOh! I almost forgot! Someone in my ancestry who was called Deadbox Birch. A Discworld undertaker, maybe?

 

[Tonyblack]

I seem to remember reading an interview with Terry where he said that most Discworld names could be found by flicking through a telephone directory.

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

I remember reading that as well a long time ago.

 

[The Mad Collector]

There used to be someone called 'A Hermit' in the Stoke on Trent phone book, I suspect he got a few prank phone calls

 

[Tonyblack]

I sometimes wonder how many people named Micheal Hunt had their lives ruined when the film 'Porky's' came out.

 

[Penfold]

I sometimes wonder how many people named Micheal Hunt had their lives ruined when the film 'Porky's' came out.

One of my colleagues in South Africa was named Mark Hunt and one of the girls had to call out his name in the staff room when there was a phone call for him. This received a similar reaction to that scene in 'Porkies' because of her accent. It was made even better because she had never seen the film.

 

[Tonyblack]

Priceless!

 

[sandmansbag]

There are various Saxon Kings which sound like Discworld names (possibly Lancre Kings?): Eadred, Eadwig, Edgar the Peaceful, Sweyn Forkbeard, Eadmund Ironside and Harald Harefoot.

 

[Alanz]

I sometimes wonder how many people named Micheal Hunt had their lives ruined when the film 'Porky's' came out.

One of my colleagues in South Africa was named Mark Hunt and one of the girls had to call out his name in the staff room when there was a phone call for him. This received a similar reaction to that scene in 'Porkies' because of her accent. It was made even better because she had never seen the film.

Ditto

 

[SamHain]

It's not incredibly unique, but I have a friend whose last name is "Order" and has said that if ever he has a son, he shall name him Lawrence.

 

[Alanz]

I think Ed Balls would be a good Discworld name

 

[AgProv]

I generated a few character names by working on the same lines that Mervyn Peake thought along in "Ghormenghast" - characters with names like "Barquentine", "Steerpike", "Prunesquallor", et c. I'm sure this has leaked into Discworld somewhere along the line, and the principles are easy enough: putting together ideas and concepts not normally linked, or using slightly archaic older English nouns and attaching them to people.

Author Peter Tinniswood, now deceased, used a gazeteer of placenames in the North of England and used these for character names: indeed a place like Accrington Stanley deserves to be a Discworld name. "Reddish Bottoms" or "Gooseaargh" and many other also have a Discworld tinge to them!

 

[sandmansbag]

...indeed a place like Accrington Stanley deserves to be a Discworld name.

It certainly deserves to be further up the league...

 

[Beti]

It's not incredibly unique, but I have a friend whose last name is "Order" and has said that if ever he has a son, he shall name him Lawrence.

I would think a girl named Lauren would work quite well, too.

 

[octarinefire]

Saw these on the internet
- Gaye Males (a real estate broker)
- Rusty Kuntz (baseball outfielder)
- Jack Goff
- Willie Stroker (Judge)
- Anass Rhammar
- Oliver Loser (election candidate)

Just a few ...