What last name do you think is neat? It could sound cool, have an interesting meaning or history, etc.

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Bruh, Mozart’s whole ass name was cool as hell. Not just his last name. This man wins hands down.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Mozart’s full baptismal name was

Johannes Chrystostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart

But he went by a few different names, partially because there were so many different languages spoken by the aristocracy in 18th century Central Europe that he adapted his name to suit whatever language he was using at the moment. “Theophilus” is the Greek form of “Amadeus.” Sometimes you’ll see the German translation of “Gottlieb.” Day-to-day, he is reported to have gone by “Wolfgang Amadè.”

It wasn’t uncommon for people to translate their names freely like this. Beethoven went by “Luigi” in Italian texts, and “Louis” in French.

“Giuseppe Verdi” would today be translated to English as “Joe Green.”

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Did Beethoven have a brother Mario?

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Thanks for the history lesson. Honestly every one of those different names and translations is pretty good too.

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Sergei Rachmaninov is a pretty cool name and keeps with the theme.

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Pendragon

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Pendragon the dragon-born, king of dragons.

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Ravenscroft

Instant goth

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Mate here in italy we have “della morte” as a surname; which translates literally to “of the death”. I don’t think we can get more goth than this

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Danzig
Glenn Danzig was born with the perfect name for an 80s metal band

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Glenn Danzig was born with the perfect name for an 80s metal band

FYI Danzig is his stage name. His actual last name is Anzalone.

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Ah, well fuck.
Still kinda cool though

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Anzalone sounds like the generic name for a drug. Glad he went with a stage name.

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Somehow it makes sense to learn he’s Italian, not German.

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I knew someone with the last name Lancaster, it feels both game of thronesy and cyberpunky

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born to be a network engineer

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