Books with an MC with unusual/awful name

[Yue]

Hello,

I am looking for books with an MC with unusual/awful name. Could be male or female. The name has to be relevant to the story, i.e., boys make fun of her/him; people remark about the unusual name; MC prefers to go by a nickname or her/his last name, etc.

I don't have any example in English :S

Thanks,

Yue.

[Anna]

WeirDo
I am Not Sidney Poitier

[Yue]

Anna wrote: "WeirDo
I am Not Sidney Poitier"

Excellent, thanks for the suggestions!

[Electric]

Holes Stanley Yelnats. It's the same name spelled forwards and backwards and the plot does center around it a bit. I loved it!

[Ann aka Iftcan]

Ok, I'm going to just offer up an author's name. He just enjoys giving his characters odd names, is all I can figure out. Terry Pratchett.

Another suggestion is for Gail Carriger. She has 3 series--2 are finished, one is on book 2. They are all set in the same steampunk world. And did I mention humourous?

[Eva]

Bastian Balthazar Bux from the Neverending Story.
Yossarian from Catch-22.
Garp from The World According to Garp.

[Pamela]

The private detective Spenser in Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels never mentions his first name to the reader, but others know it. The Godwulf Manuscript

The main character in John the Balladeer never reveals his last name, despite pressure from others. John the Balladeer

Also, My Name Is Sus5an Smith: The 5 Is Silent

The main character in the Sylvia Smith-Smith books is teased about her unusual last name. Sylvia Smith-Smith

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

The Inspector Morse series:

https://www.goodreads.com/series/5046...

"Morse prefers to use only his surname, and is generally evasive when asked about his first name, sometimes joking that it is Inspector. At the end of Death Is Now My Neighbour, it is revealed to be Endeavour. Two-thirds of the way through the television episode based on the book, he gives the cryptic clue "My whole life's effort has revolved around Eve".[1] In the series, it is noted that Morse's reluctance to use his Christian name led to his receiving the nickname Pagan while attending Stamford School....."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspect...

[Brenda]

The Bark Of The Dogwood: A Tour Of Southern Homes And Gardens - the main character's name is Strekfus Beltzenschmidt.

[Rainbowheart]

Pigboy
I'm Ok
Rhyming Boy
My Name Is Aviva
B, My Name Is Bunny
Spanking Shakespeare
The Worst Name in Third Grade
The Whizbanger That Emmental Built
The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet

[M_]

Sodapop and Ponyboy in The Outsiders

[Rainbowheart]

Don't Call Me Ishmael!

[Jeremy]

The Starship Troupers series by Christopher Stasheff (1st book is A Company of Stars).
The main character's nickname is Ramou, which you later find out is short for Scaramouche.

[Pamela]

Dreams of Victory

[Donna]

The Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer. There's a few times where Artemis' name gets mentioned. I remember he gets made fun of for having a girl's name once or twice. And there's the connection to being a hunter instead of prey as Artemis is a Greek hunting goddess. The books also have code running along the bottom, and one part of one of the codes translates to "Fowl by name, foul by nature".

[Ayesha]

Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters
She goes by Cornelia which seems ordinary enough, but her name is actually Cornelia Street (like the road)

[Rainbowheart]

Sugar Bag Baby

[AquaMoon]

Kimberly Lemming often gives her characters unusual names that are relevant to who they are or what they do. For example, a character named Cinnamon whose family owns a spice farm. These are more "adult" books, so be warned.

[Neri]

Phoenix XXX from Room 207 with Miss Trouble by me!

[Damon_A]

Really enjoying this thread — thanks to everyone who's shared such quirky and memorable character names! Thought I’d add one that isn’t quite as outlandish but still carries emotional weight: Liesel Meminger from The Book Thief.
Her name might not stand out as particularly strange, but it has this quiet strength to it that fits the tone of the story so well. It feels rooted in something real and vulnerable, which makes it all the more powerful given the book’s themes. Sometimes it's not about the weirdness of a name, but how well it fits the soul of the character.

[Pamela]

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