The Daft Names Daily

A celebration of real people with the best names on the planet. Props to Yeuw Fat Fook, Burton Leathers, Sultan McDoom, Sally Mangina & Fanny Chu

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When you’ve got a trailer full of moody PS5s and the TV presenter asks you your name and you panic (Via @AnthMoore)

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Other contenders -

Fred Grim
Dick Helling
Ronald Hoop
Max de Boom
Kick Groot
Sherwin Grot
Cedric van der Gun
Tobias Levels
Bart Vriends
Freek Heerkens
Mark Klok
Christian Kum
Lionel Lord
Gerrit Plomp
Rick Plum
Cor Pot
Dolf Roks
Michael Vlap

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Trapped in a Dutch footballer silly name wormhole

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@realjknoxville

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@StuartMaconie Norman Conquest was also the Oz goalkeeper in 1951 when England beat Australia 17-0. https://t.co/Wylo00P7N3

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Thanks! RT @GaryParkinson: Attn @daftnames - it's that time of year again https://t.co/DpE39lMLEV

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Pope McCorkle III is the 2016 Name of the Year https://t.co/LRlBHlj5QZ

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Incumbent Governor of Idaho, Butch Otter. Until 1992, Butch was married to Gay Otter. Marvellous.

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None given...

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And call us cynical, but we do wonder if the people's game is best represented by a Sheik, a Prince, Sexwhale, Champagne and Infantino.

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In 2001, Mr Sexwhale beat off competition from Roseztia McConeyhead to win the Name of the Year competition.

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For those kindly alerting us to the existence of Tokyo Sexwhale, thank you, but he has long been a @daftnames stalwart and patron saint.

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Tuscany located in the frozen aisle.

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"Tuscany? TUSCANY!"
A woman in Co-Op has either lost her daughter or really enjoyed her holidays.

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Ha Ha Clinton Dix gets in Julius Peppers' grid, as BJ Raji looks on. The kind of sports news we like. https://t.co/BEn0tW2Sr5

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See you at the Toni Macaroni RT @FourFourTwo: The 11 weirdest stadium names, by @nick_moore https://t.co/BvSWxceWa3

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Happy Birthday, Tu Youyou (via @arobertwebb)

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@daftnames The New York Jets have a player called D'Brickashaw Ferguson.

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Chicago Cubs' Starlin Castro. Doesn't get much more commie-sounding than that. How did he get into 'Murica?

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Baseball news! Archimes Caminero replaces Antonio Bastardo at the plate for Pittsburg, then Starlin Castro smashes a homer (Ta @jamescharlo)