Do you have a name fit for a King (or Queen)?

[billyskank]

I know I do, since there have been a few King Richards. One of them was even called the Lionheart.

How about you?

[HEyHEY]

1. I have four names so yes

[billyskank]

2. Four indeed?

You are well endowed. :)

[Jamastiene]

62. I have five names.

My mother couldn't make her mind up and they had to actually drop two of them because they would not fit on the birth certificate. One of the ones they dropped was Robin. I actually like that name.

[fizzgig]

3. the only one i can find is the queen of the land of make believe

from mr. rogers' neighborhood :D

however, there've been a few queens across the pond with my middle name

[billyskank]

4. I should add, I didn't mean only that a monarch has existed with your name

If your name simply sounds good as King or Queen X, that is cool too. :D

[fizzgig]

5. my name is pretty meh

but queen sara of the universe has a pretty nice ring to it ;)

hope you're doing well, sweetie. i've gotta get my boogie shoes on now and beat it. :hug:

[billyskank]

7. I think it does too.

Love you. :hug:

[NJmaverick]

6. I have the same first name

The boy's name Richard \r(i)-cha-rd\ is pronounced RICH-erd. It is of Old German origin, and its meaning is "powerful leader". Norman name commonly used for the last 900 years except in the 19th century. England's King Richard Coeur de Lion gave the name lasting impressions of kingliness and the exploits of a crusading knight

[billyskank]

12. Richards in the house!

:hi:

[medicswife]

8. Mary

Or, as my husband calls me....SWMBO......She Who Must Be Obeyed....

I rather like that one.

[jobycom]

11. I'm Joseph. So I'm the one who got cheated on by Mary and God.

Not a good name for a king.

Joby works better. King Joby. I like that.

[billyskank]

13. Two Queen Marys that I know of.

One after whom was named the drink with tomato juice and vodka, and the other the Queen of Scots.

:hi:

[medicswife]

28. Yup! :) Mary Queen of Scots. :) Got her head chopped off.

Hope that doesn't happen to me!

[billyskank]

30. Occupational hazard for a monarch, so far as I can tell.

;)

[Shiver]

9. I was named after William the Conqueror

So I suppose I do...

[billyskank]

14. Cool. That definitely counts.

Also known as William the Bastard. Don't know if there have been any other King Williams.

[Shiver]

39. Parents were expecting a girl

So when I was born male, they had no boys names picked out in advance. My mom, the English history buff that she is, saw my red hair and named me after the aforementioned monarch.

[tjwmason]

100. According to the official list another 3 in England/Britain.

William I (the Bastard) was succeeded by William II (Rufus) who built Westminster Hall (the oldest surviving part of the Palace of Westminster).

When there was a religious controversy over James II being a Catholic, William Stadt-Holder of the Netherlands was invited over by a bunch of nobles in a coup d'etat called "the Glorious Revolution) he reigned jointly with his wife he becoming William III and she Mary II.

George IV, the little lamented frustrated architect died without (legitimate) issue his daughter having predeceased him and so the throne passed to his brother William IV. William's two daughters also predeceased him and so the throne jumped to his neice (Queen Victoria), though only the throne of the U.K., the throne of Hanover being governed by Sallic law she wasn't allowed to inherit.

Quite a few elsewhere in the world I think.

[TZ]

10. From the Narnia books...

There was a Queen Susan....

[billyskank]

15. Was there?

Well, that's good enough for me. :hi:

[TZ]

16. Yeah but...

By the end of the series she was a real knucklehead, though....x(

[billyskank]

17. Doh!

We need more favourable examples of royal Susanity. :)

[Redbear]

18. My name is more suited for a pope.

There have been 16 of them.

[billyskank]

20. Are you called Innocent?

;)

[medicswife]

29. Or, how about, Pius?

Guess the pope name, this is fun!

[Redbear]

56. Nope there were only 13 Innocents

and 12 Piuses

I believe my name trails only John in popeness, but is tied with one other.

[AlCzervik]

19. No but my daughter does.

Anastasia.

[billyskank]

21. Oh I just *love* that name!

[spinbaby]

22. No, not really

But one of my ancestors was a Bourbon who may or may not have been related to THOSE Bourbons.

[billyskank]

26. I know not these Bourbons of whom you speak.

[spinbaby]

31. You know...

...the Kentucky Bourbons.

[billyskank]

32. Oh, I gotcha.

I'm not so up on all things American. :dunce:

[ghostsofgiants]

23. Nope. Fit for a president, though, I suppose.

[billyskank]

25. Why not?

We've had a King John. Whose reputation is most unfair to him, in my opinion. So why not a King Jonathon?

[ghostsofgiants]

71. Haha, fair enough.

[tjwmason]

101. Ancient Israel had a Prince Jonathan

He was the son of King Saul (first Biblical King of Israel) and friends (quite possibly more) with David who became King David.

[Richardo]

61. Your name's Dwight?

:D

[foxfeet]

24. Yep, David. There are lots of us.--nt

[billyskank]

27. Good name for a biblical king.

:thumbsup:

With your fox feet, you must be very good at the foxtrot.

[Solon]

33. In Ireland, yes, elsewhere, well, not really....

How many King Dons were there in the rest of the world?

[billyskank]

37. I'd never heard that before.

Of course, that might be because we spent centuries persecuting the Irish. :(

[Solon]

41. My first name means, literally, in Gaelic, "Leader of the world"...

Most of Ireland's ancient tribal kings were named for that.

[supernova]

34. I am a Greek Goddess

by way of a French Saint.
:D

My name is derived from Dionysus, Greek God of birth/death/rebirth, theatre and rhetoric and debate.

;-)

[billyskank]

36. How fucking cool is that?

Of course, you are an American goddess too. :loveya:

:hi:

[supernova]

43. Awww,

:blush:

Thank you, Richard.

That's my favorite name too.

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

35. Of course! I am royalty! jk

but my name is one of Queen Elizabeth's many names, has been used by royalty for centuries and it was the name of Russia's last tsarina.

Incidentally, I love my name.

[billyskank]

38. Got no argument from me.

:hi:

[Guava Jelly]

40. They wrote a version of the Bible after me

King James :D

[billyskank]

44. I think I saw you down the bookstore signing them.

:D

[skygazer]

42. No. But I'm descended from a bunch of them

:hi:

[billyskank]

45. But you are my queen.

:loveya:

[skygazer]

47. Oh, you!

:blush:

:loveya:

[moriah]

46. No, just a stripper.

[billyskank]

48. Next best thing.

:D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

49. My dear billyskank!

Well, if you translated my name into French...

Marguerite...

Then I'd have a name suitable for a Queen!

You would make a great King, sweetie!

:hug:

[billyskank]

50. Yup that all sounds right and proper to me.

Thank you darling. :hug:

[Quakerfriend]

51. Well, I had an uncle named King Richwine

:crazy:

[billyskank]

54. lol

:)

[ohiosmith]

52. Queen Ohio would be lovely don't you agree?

[billyskank]

53. Got a nice ring to it yes.

[ohiosmith]

55. Do I get a tiara? I like tiaras.

[Fire Walk With Me]

57. There's only one King, and his name is Burger.

[billyskank]

58. Oh, you mean

[Fire Walk With Me]

91. No, that's Peanut-Butter-And-Banana Sammich King.

[Richardo]

59. Yes! I'm in your club

:pals:

[billyskank]

60. Woo hoo!

:toast:

[ChickMagic]

63. My middle name, definitely

Ann. My first name, Virginia, mebbe.

[billyskank]

72. Oh yes.

Ann is very regal.

[ChickMagic]

64. ACK! double post

Sorry...

[schmuls]

65. Well, my ma always said I was named after Queen Julianna of

the Netherlands!

[billyskank]

73. Cool!

The Dutch have a very low key monarchy, I think.

[schmuls]

66. I prefer to think that I am named after a Caesar (Julius)

[billyskank]

74. Ah yes.

Has a very different air about it.

[PassingFair]

67. Better the "Lionheart" than THIS guy:

By the way, my oldest daughter is named Eleanor



and my youngest is actually named Elizabeth Regina!

[billyskank]

76. Cool.

Eleanor was wife of Henry II, if I recall correctly, mother of the Lionheart and King John (who signed Magna Carta).

:hi:

[Mutley]

68. I don't think there have ever been any King Mutley's.

:P

Nah, you know my real name. You tell me. :D

[billyskank]

77. Not your shortened name, perhaps

but your full name, yeah, I could see that.

[1gobluedem]

69. Yes

My name is Mary. And I think I deserve to be Queen of Everything.

[billyskank]

78. Waiddaminute

Why did I think your name was Molly? Did I make that up?

:hi:

[1gobluedem]

86. Nope

Molly is my nickname and the one I go by.

But Molly, Queen of Everything doesn't sound as regal as Mary, Queen of Everything.

[Chovexani]

70. Even better. I've got the name of a Bene Gesserit.

(I've joked more than once that I intend on changing my last name to Atreides, just to see who gets it.)

[billyskank]

79. Oooooo.

Nice.

But I don't think Jessica's name was Atreides? She was Leto's concubine, not his wife.

[GOPisEvil]

75. Yes, literally. My first name is David

:)

[billyskank]

81. No doubt about it.

:hi:

[lost-in-nj]

80. Queen Suzanne Lee

sounds nice right????


:hi:

lost

[billyskank]

82. Sounds nice alright.

:hi:

[ThomCat]

83. I am pretty sure there have been kings with both my

first and middle name. :shrug:

Hasn't seemed to do me much good in my life though. :P

[billyskank]

84. Ah no, me neither.

Having a good name is not enough, it seems. ;)

[Lavender Brown]

85. I guess so

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

87. Indeed.

Although I would have perished at the hands of an Elizabeth after spending a long time in a Scottish castle.

[Ava]

88. i don't think there was ever a queen ava

but there was ava lord :evilgrin:

[Gonzo Gardener]

89. A name suited for the 'Queen' of Bollywood in my case

Henceforth I shall be addressed as Queen Meanie

:P

:hi:

[BeachBaby]

90. I have a name fit for a First Lady, if Barack wins the election.

Does that count? :) :hi:

[pink-o]

92. I've never heard of a Queen Anja

(rhymes with Ganja, BTW).

But my middle name is Ruth, so there's a whole old testament book named for me:7

Also, my mom's name was Joan, and Queen Isabela of Spain's daughter was know as Joan the Mad. She became queen of Castille, mother to Charles the 5th, holy roman emperor, and grandmother to Phillip the 2nd, who was ultimately defeated by Elizabeth I of England, after being married to her sister Bloody Mary, his second cousin, etc, etc, etc. Oh, also Joan the Mad was sister to Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII first wife and mother to Bloody Mary.

But it's all moot, since I'm Anja not Joan. So ignore the previous run-on sentences.

[Lethe]

93. yes, an Irish one

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Boru

But the accuracy of this wikipedia page is suspect.

Not mentioned is the fact that after he routed the French at Dunkirk, he proceeded to fight in the Battle of Gettysburg. According to the local historian, he "came up Gettysburg and whooped some damn ass. Wooaw!"

Then, in a totally unforseen move, he forgoed his illustrious military career for a quiet life as an inventor. He spend enormous time and energy trying to invent the first stapler, but failed. He did succeed in creating a good many projectile throwing machines. Most, however, were too dangerous to be used in an actual office. (they were more like nail guns....he lost many dutiful assistants) It turns out it didn't really matter, because offices didn't exist for another 300 years anyway.

[mwooldri]

94. Sorry I'm above royalty. I'm into sainthood.

Regards, Mark.

[libodem]

95. Middle name is Julianna

that sounds Queenly, don't you think? The brothers are Robert Athelston, James Brandwood and Charles Thomas. Fit for a Prince or a Duke, or a coal miner. Now, pardon me, where did I put that crown?

[whistler162]

96. Its Greek to me....

King Paul that is or I could confess to my middle name of Edward.

[Writer]

97. My full name is long and pretentious, so yeah, maybe.

:shrug:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

98. Elizabeth

is my middle name. Need I say more? :D :hi:

[Shine]

99. Yes, in real life, I actually do.

It's extremely unique and I've NEVER met another one, my whole life, who has the same name.

It wouldn't be a common Queen's name, mind you, but it's royal nonetheless. Goddess-like, even. :D

:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

102. No, but my name has been the subject of several songs.

:)

[jeff30997]

103. Hey! Me too:

Call Mr.Plow,
That's my name,
That name again
Is Mr.Plow.


Mr.Plow Rap:

Boom-chi-cha-boom-chi-cha-boom-chi-boom
I'm Mr.Plow,and I'm here to say,
I'm the plowin'est guy in the USA.
I got a big plow and I'll move a lot of things,
Like your cow if you have one...



:)

[SeattleGirl]

104. :snerk:

:spray:

[WinkyDink]

105. No; I have the name of a god and a saint. (*Waves to supernova!*)

Dionysus. St. Denis.
Female version.

[dropkickpa]

106. Empress Dropkick has a lovely ring to it