The Gun Counter

HTRN wrote:Leonidas Charlemagne Heterodyne.

Heh.

Well, its better than "Knife"

No one is helping you out here, Goods. You could choose a gray man name.

Most common first names: James, John, Robert, Michael, William, David (I'd strike John to avoid cliches)
Most common surnames: Smith, Johnson, Williams, Jones, Brown, Davis (I'd strike Smith and Jones to avoid cliches)

James Johnson? Robert Brown? Problem there might be that you'd turn up false on a NICS check.

Less common firsts? Wade, Kent, Seth, Kirk?
Less common lasts? Whitley, Cooke, Buckner, Knowles, Boyle?

So, Wade Cooke? Seth Buckner? Kirk Boyle? Beef Jerky? Nah. Too Beverly Hillbillies.

Make sure you google them first to be sure you're not choosing some obscure serial killer name.

I know! "Max Power".

Well, if he *really* wanted to change his identity, he could go with Les Johnson.

Edit to add.... Tyrel Sackett.

When working for a savings and loan i had customers Robert Louis Stevenson, Liberty Arnold, and a Mary-Davida something-or-other who was allegedly Bob Hope's god daughter. At the library when I worked there, a co-worker was Ed Fischer, and a patron was Kitty Litter. In the Boy Scouts I knew a Dieter Campbell. Obviously mom named him.

I had a client named Rapunzale the other day. Yes, spelled like that.

Netpackrat wrote:Well, if he *really* wanted to change his identity, he could go with Les Johnson.

Nickname is 'Tiny'. Anybody seen Tiny Johnson around here?

Weetabix wrote:No one is helping you out here, Goods. You could choose a gray man name.

Most common first names: James, John, Robert, Michael, William, David (I'd strike John to avoid cliches)
Most common surnames: Smith, Johnson, Williams, Jones, Brown, Davis (I'd strike Smith and Jones to avoid cliches)

James Johnson? Robert Brown? Problem there might be that you'd turn up false on a NICS check.

Not bad. I don't know how many David Williams'es I've run into. It's a LOT.

BDK wrote:Lots of folks used to Anglicanize their names.

This is true, and always worth bearing in mind. It's an honorable tradition.

Though some jobs of Anglicanizing (Anglicizing?) names work better than others. My last name is a simple German name that was changed to an 'English' spelling and I grew up with nobody being able to spell or pronounce it. Which was the point. Oh, well.