Picking a new last name
 

Someone I know has a really, well, ridiculous last name (in English anyway). For a variety of reasons not all of which do I understand, he is definitely changing it and he came to me for advice. His first name is Matthew. He works for the government right now, with the occasional job on a political campaign.

What is the most +EV last name for him to have at the top of a resume?

I'm thinking Armstrong (associated with Neil, Louis, Lance) or Roosevelt (politics, two extremely popular Presidents... voila). Keep in mind he's not going to be able to fake actually being from an important family.

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Broderick (sp?)

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Mohammed

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Hussein

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Moneymaker

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Nation.

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He could adopt a patronymic name. Take his father's first name and add "son" to the end of it for his new last name. This way there is still some family connection (e.g. Stephenson, Johnson, etc.).

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First off, what's the name?

Secondly, go for something ridiculously American like: Appleseed, Smith, Eagle, Star, Bush, etc.

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I had a friend in school who changed his last name because it reminded him of his dad who he hated. We were *this* close to persuading him to change it to Champion, but in the end he went with Morgan.

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*edit* You should tell us what his last name is so we can have a good laugh, btw.

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Black

Mr Black - cool
Matt Black - sounds like a badass ladykiller to me...

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Wow. very well done.

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Black

Mr Black - cool
Matt Black - sounds like a badass ladykiller to me...

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Snack, snack, eat a snack.
Eat a snack with Brown and Black.

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He is in politics right?

Mathew Bin Laden-sucks.

Othewise some, normal variation on his current name, maybe the city where he is from etc.

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Hugecock.

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Matthewson.

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Power

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didntvoteforbush

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Matthews

edit: doh! someone beat me to it.

I'll change my answer to Cockgobbler.

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Matt JacobJingleHeimerSchmidt

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the local congressman in la crosse is named Ron Kind... How perfect is that last name for someone in politics?

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the local congressman in la crosse is named Ron Kind... How perfect is that last name for someone in politics?

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Or pot dealing.

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Matthews

edit: doh! someone beat me to it.

I'll change my answer to Cockgobbler.

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This was hilarious: the transition from A to B.

Barron Vangor Toth
BarronVangorToth.com

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I recommend using a first name for his new last name. Something like... Nathan. He could be Matthew Nathan. Or, Nathan, Matthew for all you form filers. Maybe John. Or Thomas. I like Matthew Thomas.

You could go way out there and pick a female first name, just to be distinctive. Matthew... Julia. Yes - Matthew Julia. You could call him Big Matt J. Or MJ, even.

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World B. Free

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The name has to flow... from first to last name... so in that end I submit-

Matthew De Janeiro

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Darn, how did I not think of this earlier...


Matt Helm

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'howard' was the first one that came to mind. 'matthew howard', 'matt howard', etc all sound ok to me.

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Lesko

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I think the double M is good if he wants to be in politics

Matt Morgan
Matthew Minehart
Matt Morman
Matthew Murry
Matthew Miravich

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Suspect

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Someone I know has a really, well, ridiculous last name (in English anyway).

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I thought about changing my last name for a very, very long time (never did). I would have done so to "disown" my father. I would have used my middle name as my last name - It's my grandfather's first name and it's one of those names that are used as both first and last names. So it would have maintained the connection with my family and heritage, just painting my father out of the picture.

I would strongly suggest your friend choose a last name that's going to have some meaning to him, like, say the name of a personal hero or source of inspiration. He's going to be living with that name a long time (unless he decides to change it again) so it might as well be something he likes.

In addition, when the inevitable conversation arises about changing his last name, he'll have some little anectdote to tell. This could be usefull, particularly in politics. ie, "I changed my last name to XXXX because I really admire XXXX and in particular...." is a lot better than "Yeh, I had a silly sounding last name so I picked one that sounded good".

Oh, and pick something that's not going to get old or dated. Like all those parents who named their kids "Farrah" or more recently, "Britney"

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Snow.
I knew a dealer once named Joe Snow.

California.
Always liked the sound of those California dudes in Spirit.

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I recommend using a first name for his new last name. Something like... Nathan. He could be Matthew Nathan. Or, Nathan, Matthew for all you form filers. Maybe John. Or Thomas. I like Matthew Thomas.

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My supervisor at Best Buy a year and a half ago had three first names for his full name, all of which were 4 letters or less.

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Shepard

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Go with Kunta Kinte (sp?). Or Chan. Those are the names I've always wanted... Or Allah.

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Cocktolstoy



or maybe Kennedy

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Max Power

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Matt Stalin

If that doesn't work, drop the first and last name and just call him Nene.

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Just donk be mr pink or mr brown. Mr brown sounds like mr [censored]