The man with the longest name in Germany

there are parents completely naive to gave their child a name like that Children get the last name of their parents, no? If that is the parents' last name, it's hardly a conscious decision to make it hard for their kid to fill in forms.

Children get the last name of their parents, no? If that is the parents' last name, it's hardly a conscious decision to make it hard for their kid to fill in forms. Not in all cultures. Some Indian cultures combine a bunch of family names for a child to make one long last name. I worked with a Sikh guy whose first and last names combined had 57 letters. He'd never tell us his full name... we just called him PJ. He was hilarious. I often wonder what he's up to today.

can someone break it down so i can get a feel of how to pronounce it

I got writer's cramp just looking at it. I'd hate to have to sign checks with that moniker!

Try slap'n that on the back of a Jersey.

Try saying that after you'd had a few...

Now there's a last name that is not carpal tunnel friendly at all.

It's been reported that he's now sick of having such a stupid name so he's going to change it to... Christopher-Jonathan Ottovordemgentschenfelde

Ottovordemgentschenfelde Otto (Ahtoe) -- vordem (short e) -- gent (hard g, short e, barely pronounce the t) -- shen (short e) -- feld (short e) uh That's my pronounciation from having taken 4 yrs of german quite a few years ago.

why doesn't he just shorten it? geez not exactly impossible to do. of course then he wouldn't be in the book of records. oh the dilemma...