None of which fazed George Garratt in the slightest. He wasn’t satisfied with his plain old name and the 19-year-old British music school graduate has always wanted to stand out. So that ordinary moniker just wouldn’t cut it.
To solve that dilemma, he used a special British online service last week, paying about Cdn$20 to get his identity legally changed.
But what the Somerset native is now called has created a major row amongst his family and has attracted the attention of the world.
The former George Garratt is believed to be sporting the longest name in the world, officially becoming this: “Captain Fantastic Faster Than Superman Spiderman Batman Wolverine Hulk And The Flash Combined.”
He told the Telegraph newspaper in the U.K. that he simply wanted to be “unique” and decided to use superheroes as his theme.
There are laws against ridiculous names in many parts of the world, and Britain is no exception. But most seem to be designed to discourage parents from using absurd sobriquets for their newborn infants. The laws can be different if adults want to rechristen themselves.
And Garratt – er, Captain Fantasic – did just that.
The newspaper reports that the woman thought to have the longest name in the U.S. is Rhoshandiatellyneshiaunneveshenk Koyaanisquatsiuth Williams. She was born in Texas in 1984 and we’re hoping her friends just call her “Roz”.
And a few months ago we brought the outrageous story of a young girl in New Zealand whose given name was ” Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii.” A judge finally stepped in and made the 9-year-old a ward of the court, so she could legally change the embarrassing appellation.
Another couple in the same country wanted to call their child “4Real,” but when the law nixed that, they used “Superman” as an alternate. Maybe he can get together with the former George Garratt and form the Justice League.
In the meantime, the newly renamed teenager is in big trouble with his family, and he tells the Telegraph that his grandmother is no longer speaking to him.
It’s hard to say whether that’s because she’s furious – or if she simply can’t remember his new name.
