Laurence Watkins from Australia has more than 2000 middle names. He holds the unusual record of world’s longest personal name with a whopping 2,253 unique words making up his moniker. He’s had the name since March 1990 when he decided to legally change it. (Image: Guinness World Records/YouTube/Screengrab)
According to Guinness World Records, Laurence reads his name from a bit of paper as he hasn’t quite managed to commit it to memory. He also admitted that he might not be able to pronounce some of his names correctly. Some are old English, some Latin, some biblical. (Image: Guinness World Records/YouTube/Screengrab)
Laurence took the celebrant 20 minutes to read out his full name when he got married. (Image: Guinness World Records/YouTube/Screengrab)
His full name is Laurence Alon Aloys Aloysius Alphege Alun Alured Alwyn Alysander Ambie Ambrose Ambrosius Amias Amiot Amyas Anders Andre Andrea Andreas Andrew Andy Aneirin Anguish Anleifr… (Image: Guinness World Records/YouTube/Screengrab)
Launrence told Guinness World Records, “I was always fascinated by the quirky unusual records that some people went for and I really wanted to be part of that scene. I read the Guinness World Records book from cover to cover to see if there was a record I could beat and the only one I had a chance at beating was adding more names than the current holder.” (Image: Guinness World Records/YouTube/Screengrab)
Laurence, who worked in the city library at the time, chose his names from books, although some were chosen for him by his co-workers. He said, “My favourite name is AZ2000 meaning I have names from A-Z and I have 2000 names.” (Image: Guinness World Records/YouTube/Screengrab)
