The Name Game

[Yocto]

Properly, "Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence Geldof". Let's see, I think simply using "Lily" here would totally be like cheating.

There's no restriction on allowing only popularly known names? Real or fictional is fine, but I'll assume there should be a strict requirement of verifiability (i.e. don't just make something up)? Okay, I'll go with...

Hiraani Kararaina Eparaima (listed as a Maori land shareholder)

Your turn.

[silenus]

Mikey Hiraani (here's his myspace page (www.myspace.com/bloody_haute_couture)).

[jali]

Mikey Dread

[silenus]

nevermind

[OneCentStamp]

Mike E. Clark

[silenus]

Clark Kent

[DaphneBlack]

William Clark

[jali]

William Hung

[OneCentStamp]

William Wallace

[silenus]

Wallace Shawn

[OneCentStamp]

Sean Hayes

[Yocto]

Mikey Hiraani

Mikey.

Mikey?!

Aw. It could have been "Cushla Kararaina Parekowhai" (artist), at least. Interestingly, "Cushla" is of Irish/Gaelic origin, and "Kararaina" is a Maori version of "Caroline" whose origin is French. What a mixture.

I wonder if it's even possible to run this thread into a dead end?

There would have to be two people (one as source, one as destination) who are the only ones to share an extremely uncommon part of a name. Probably their family name, because uncommon first names are unlikely to be shared between unrelated people, or they wouldn't be uncommon. It might also work with more than two people, so long as all of them can be listed exhaustively in the thread. (Loops aren't allowed, I assume.) Then each one must also have another unique name, not shared with anyone else in the world, otherwise you could exit through them. But one, and only one name, they must have in common with someone else, or you couldn't have entered through them, either.

Fascinating. By any chance, is there anyone among us, being the last one in an uncommon, dying family line, who wants to name their next child "Knobfitzbert" to help me prove my theory?

Rutherford B. Hayes

[jali]

Helen Hayes

[OneCentStamp]

Helen of Troy

[silenus]

Troy McClure

[OneCentStamp]

Deanna Troi

[silenus]

Troy Donahue

[OneCentStamp]

Phil Donahue

[silenus]

Phillip Glass

[OtakuLoki]

Ron Glass

[OneCentStamp]

Glass Joe!

[silenus]

Country Joe McDonald

[OneCentStamp]

Gimme an "F!"

Ronald McDonald

[silenus]

Ronald Wilson Reagan

[DaphneBlack]

Ron(ald William) Howard

[Butterscotch]

Howard Hughes

[jali]

(Sen.)Vincent Hughes

[silenus]

Vincent Vega

[DaphneBlack]

Suzanne Vega

[jali]

Suzanne Sommer

[OneCentStamp]

Summer Sanders splash!

[jali]

Jennifer Saunders darling,sweetie,darling

[OneCentStamp]

Jennifer Garner big man-jaw

[silenus]

James Garner (Hi, olive loaf!)

[OneCentStamp]

Kevin James yeah right, you and Leah Remini. sure.

[jali]

James Brown, yeah, your wives weren't in it for the money - they loved the real you.

[OneCentStamp]

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown badder than ol' King Kong, meaner than a junkyard dog...and now this damn song is in your head for the next two hours...

[silenus]

Leroi Jones

[jali]

Star Jones ugh

[OneCentStamp]

Kenneth Starr

[silenus]

Ken Griffey, Jr.

[OneCentStamp]

Ken Lay hell of an exit, man

[Butterscotch]

Ken Dodd

[silenus]

Kenneth Branagh

[criminey.jicket]

[del:3e4mragy]The What's the frequency, Kenneth guy.[/del:3e4mragy]

Kenneth Cole

[OneCentStamp]

Cole Porter

[silenus]

Porter Wagoner

[OneCentStamp]

Lindsay Wagner and her boyfriend, the $6 million man

[Butterscotch]

Lindsey Lohan

[OneCentStamp]

Lindsey Buckingham ...you can go your own waaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy...