2019 Name of the Year Brackets

March 26, 2019 2:53 PM

The 2019 Name of the Year Brackets have been posted at Deadspin, and they do not disappoint. Early favorites Dr. Trentington Outhouse and Jizyah Shorts could face a challenge from the likes of Sharky Laguana or Chastity Gooch-Fant. Voting begins on Twitter later this week!
posted by briank (10 comments total)

I was certain these had to be fake. But no.

It looks like this contest has a history. My town had a memorable possibility a few years back, but through a quirk of fate it looks like his rise to fame happened in a year without a contest, so I doubt he got his shot.

Names are one of those knife-edge things, where humor is concerned. I feel pretty okay snickering about Mr. Zopittybop-Bop-Bop because, one imagines, he chose a notable name on purpose. But sometimes a person's unusual name is just a reflection of a culture that's different from mine, and laughing at that takes on a much less wholesome tone.
posted by eirias at 3:19 PM on March 26, 2019

I'm not generally one to laugh to/by myself, so I tend to judge things like this based on which ones give me an audible reaction.

Some great entries, but by the above criteria above there can only be one winner:

Corno Pronk
posted by dreamlanding at 3:28 PM on March 26, 2019

Please tell me these are adults changing their names and not parents giving these names to babies.
posted by Hazelsmrf at 3:29 PM on March 26, 2019

I dunno, pretty sure the winner's last name is "Shorts."
posted by sjswitzer at 3:29 PM on March 26, 2019

Pope Thrower elates a part of my soul I didn't know I had.
posted by Bunny Boneyology at 3:30 PM on March 26, 2019

It's a shame that Pope Thrower and Surender Nada are in the same regional.
posted by sapagan at 3:30 PM on March 26, 2019

Ecclesiastical Denzel Washington: a Black death row inmate.

Jizyah Shorts: a Black beauty pageant winner.

Precious Orji: a Nigerian weightlifter.

Nimrod Shmul: not sure who this is, but those are just, like, two Hebrew names.

Those are just the first four I looked up. Not off to a great start, folks.
posted by escape from the potato planet at 3:32 PM on March 26, 2019 [5 favorites]

Oh my god, such a wealth of potential sock account user names . . .
posted by Kat Allison at 3:32 PM on March 26, 2019

Tupac Isme: a Black college football player. Again, "Tupac" and "Isme" are just, like, names. They just aren't European names.

Raymundo Mundo: an apparently non-White police inspector. Once again, "Reymundo" and "Mundo" are just names.

Curious how many non-White names are deemed to be hilarious, isn't it?
posted by escape from the potato planet at 3:39 PM on March 26, 2019 [1 favorite]

yeah a lot of these look like black or asian names at a glance :\

I am not above loosing some chortles at name that coincidentally sounds funny in my cultural frame of reference, but that's a private pleasure, not a public sport
posted by prize bull octorok at 3:40 PM on March 26, 2019 [3 favorites]