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Re: What is the longest name excluding surnames?
The longest simple name, according to The Guinness Book of Records, is the name of a girl of Missoula (Montana), born in 1979, and named Snowowlwolfschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorffvoraltern-warengewissenhaftschaferswessenschafewarebwohlgepflegeundsorfgfal-tigkeitbeschutzenwonangreifendurchahrraubgierigfeienewelchrvoraltern-zwolftausendjahresvorandieerscheinenvanderersteerdemenschderraumschiff-gebrauchlichtalsseinursprungvonkraftgestartseinlangefahrthinzwischenst-erartigraumaufdersuchenachdiesternwelchegenabtbewohnbarplanetenkreised-ehrensichundwohinderneurassevenverstandigmenscklichkeikinntefortplanne-undsicherfreunenanlevenslanglickfreudeundrehenitmichteinfurchtvorangre-
ifenvonandererintelligentgeshopfsvonhinzwichensternarigraum Ellen Georgianna Sör Lökken; she is know as "Snow Owl" for short or "Oli" for shorter.In Spanish, the longest simple name is Deoscopidesempérides (deh-ohs-koh-pee-deh-sehm-PEH-ree-dehs) (reported by Josep M. Albaigès).And regarding compound names: John and Margaret Nelson's daugther (Chesterfield, England) was baptized Tracy and... 138 other middle names. She was born in 1985.
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