This Troper was watching the news and saw a Police Officer named Peter Payne.

This troper's surname is Belcher, which he often plays with it by saying "watch it or I'll Belcher". But he' planning on naming his first son Iwil

This troper once attended a summer camp where the "head chef" was named...'''Zantar'''. Really. We don't know if it that was his real name, but all the counselors told us he was an alien whose spaceship crashed down near the campgrounds, so...

Once got a letter signed with "Hekse Bezem", which, in Dutch, means "Witches Broom".

Was sitting in the high school office of my school, and someone said the had a friend named Blaze. Who had the nickname of "Mr. Fluffy" or something to that effect. It really bothered one of the teachers in the office.

This troper's name first and last name combine to mean 'Sword of Faith that comes from the land of the burning sands'.

Mine translates to "Lover of God and Light-Bringer of the Eagle." To bad it doesn't sound as cool in English.

This troper's dating a guy named Reid Blackmore Noble.

This troper went to school with a guy named Raven Steele.

My name translates into Manly Cabbage.

I'm so gonna use that name for my next MMO character.

My name means Elegant Gardener. I'm not elegant and I kill plants by looking at them.

This troper has a friend called Roderick Levingston. According to him however that name's like the Scottish equivalent of John Smith, which confirms my suspicions that Scotsmen just live and breathe badass.

According to the university class registers, this troper attended a few classes with one Albert Flame Lionheart.

This troper's cousin's name is Axel Drake.

This troper knows a guy named Sigmund Amadeus Werndorf. He does {{improv}} and LeParkour.

Two names stand out in my mind. In a graveyard I used to pass by daily, there was a tombstone with the awesome last name Hammermeister. I never read the first names, but I can only hope they'd be something cool like Manfred Von Hammermeister. The second name was a coworker who actually had the last name Bossman. Nice kid, kick-ass last name. Now if only his first name was as cool. (Mark isn't a bad name, just... not awesome.)

My professor is named Severine van Slambrouck

Working at a school photography company, there are always Awesome McCoolnames and Fail O'Suckynames that crop up now and again. Summer Rain-Cooling, Shogun Jones and Spirit Hunter to name just a few of the more awesome ones.

This troper once ran into a guy named Romeo Sunday.

This Troper's husband went to school with a Severin Swineheart.

I recall one of the prime ministers of Turkey was call Süleyman Demirel, or Süleyman "Iron fist" (well more like iron hand, but still pretty cool). He didn't have any dictatorial tendencies AFAIK though...

This troper once went out with a girl named Shelaileigh.

This troper knows of a Bishop Ironfist.

Is he a dwarf, by any chance?

This troper knows an Odin Hernandez and has seen a grave for a man named Preserved Fish.

Are you sure it was the grave of a man?

Earlier today, I discovered that, when I need to tell my name to strangers, I could just skip over my normal, difficult-to-pronounce name and call myself Jack Ghost. It's very similar to my real name and sounds awesome to boot. Then again...

When you have kids, make sure you remember this trope. My son's middle name is Danger. It's on his birth certificate, social security card, and all other official documents. My daughter's middle name is Mischief.

This troper has a friend named Griffin.

This troper is named Griffin. Middle name starts with an 'S' and my last starts with a 'T.' I have badass Initials. 'G.S.T.' Is a MeaningfulName for me, since I love money.

This troper and her brothers are Griffon, Sphinx and Phoenix.

This troper has an acquaintance named Skaidra, which sounds more like one of the Twelve Labors of Hercules than a someone's name. Yes, she has misspelled it before, and jokes about "Godzilla versus Skaidar" ensued on all sides.

To be honest, her real name sounds more like an enemy of Godzilla. Still, awesome name.

I heard about a guy named Armando Gun, but everybody called him "Army": If "Army Gun" doesn't sounds cool, I don't know what would

This troper's first name is Nova.

So does a character in the movie {{Prom}}! (This one is played by Aimee Teegarden.)

I had an art class with a dude named Orion Dragoon. Cool guy and a pretty good artist.

This troper has distant relatives that went a little over the top with the (19th century) fad of big-sounding historical names. Decius Octavius. Augustus Julius. Marcus Lafayette. There was apparently a Napoleon Bonaparte in another quarter. were mostly farmers IIRC.

This troper bought a book today by someone named Minister Faust.

@/{{Excel-2009}}. I came up with "James A. Calwell III" on a whim one day in 2003 and I use it to sign non-critical documents. The A doesn't stand for anything.

It should stand for Awesome.

This Troper's family seems to churn out perfect military names. Master Sergeant Major Jeffrey Saltz Sr. for one, and Corporal Eric Bright. This Troper also plans on naming his child Dante Hendrix Sheppard, just because it will keep him from ever being uncool.

This Troper has a friend named Joanna Dark. And yes, she's a redhead.

This Troper's freshman year, a few floors up in the doom there lived a Batman (surname) and a Robin (given name). Naturally, they were made roommates.

This Troper knows Dave Power, as he's as awesome as his name is.

Woah, so do I. Would he happen to be a P.E. teacher by any chance?

This Troper was friends with Zeb Dooms. He is now a Corporal. Lots of pushups and laps were to be had for trainees who thought Corporal Dooms wasn't his real name.

One of my lecturers at uni is named Thor (short for Thorvaldur) Thordarson... He's a vulcanologist.

One notable professors of philosophy, e.g. in the area of free will, is named Derk Pereboom - a name that this troper's professor found ''quite'' impressive.

This troper's college has a building called "Payne Hall", named after a teacher from the 60's named Doctor Albert V. Payne. Whenever someone walks in, this troper yells, "WELCOME TO THE HALL OF DOCTOR PAYNE! BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA!"

This troper's mother went to a private high school where the headmaster was named Lebert Sedgwick. No joke.

From this troper's doctors surgery, we have Surgeon Payne and Drake Bradley.

There's a dentist called Doctor Payne in my town. That can't be good for business...

This troper's favourite name would have to be Jellyfish [=McSaveloy=]. It's just awesome! Her favourite last name is Macadangdang, and has made a bet with her friends that someone will name their kid Godzilla. Also, this troper's brother is going to change his name to Pi (the numerical symbol) and this troper herself is going to change her name to The Square Root Of Minus One Divided By Zero.

That's just plus or minus imaginary infinity. Not a mathematical paradox.

This troper's friend apparently knows someone named Blaze.

This troper knows somebody named '''Blayze'''... and he's not black. Does that ring any bells?

This troper knows a Sky Rocket. His brother is named Titan, and his cousins are Steel and Storm.

what's it like living in the Justice League?

This troper is an ROTC cadet with Cadet [=McMaster=]. I reiterate. There is a member of the Air Force named [=McMaster=]!

This troper knows someone with the epic last name Blija. And in a more general and ten times geekier example, she knows a Summers family.

This troper went to college with a guy named Sky King. We were in a lightsaber fighting movie for the school film festival, here.

Whilst typing down a list of contacts from a printout for my uncle's company, I saw one name that blew me away: ''Bob Morningstar''.

This troper went to school with a China Blue Rockett. Interestingly, Rockett ''is'' actually her mother's name, which she kept after marriage. I also know a girl]] named Plover. And the friend of someone I'm loosely associated with on Facebook currently has their name set to Justice [=McAwesome=]. Also, in my almost-hometown of Hartford, Connecticut, there is a well-established hand surgeon named Duffield Ashmead IV. According to my dad (who's also a surgeon, though not of hands), the guy is referred to casually as "Duff" or maybe even "Duff

This Tropers full name is '''''Daisuke Kazuhiro Schiffer'''''. 'Nuff Said.

The middle name of a family friend of mine is A. Just A. It doesn't stand for anything. Also, I have a distant relative on my mother's side named Effie Missouri. And another friend's last name is Januszkiewicz.

This Troper has a math teacher named Kevin Flynn. And, YMMV on whether or not this ventures into Fail O'Suckyname territory, but my mom apparently went to school with four sisters with the surname Showers. Their first names? April, August, Autumn, and Dawn. The hilarious thing is, their brother was named Tom.

This tropers name means, when literally translated, Gift of Fire.

I had a college classmate named PRINCESS CAESAR.

Due to ThemeNaming me and my brothers are called Phoenix, Sphinx and Gryphon.

This troper has a classmate with the name of Reuben Ederer. He's come to be known as Reubenator, as nobody could seem to pronounce his name properly over the loudspeaker.

in an Econ essay, this troper named her fictional financial advise Awesome McCoolname, and got a smiley face/ extra credit point for it.

(YMMV) but as a fan of the show I think the dude who changed his name to "Rainbow Dash" counts

My best friend encountered a dude named "Leroy Jenkins"

This troper has an OC named Scarlett aka Scar MacCawl (Mac Cool).

This Troper's Alter-ego/alternate name is Arnold [=McGuire=], Arnold (from HeyArnold) being the first name and [=McGuire=] (from LizzieMcGuire) being the last name. That's right, I combined two of my fave childhood shows' main character's names into one epic name.