Watch: Australian man reads out the world's longest name

The Australian man with the world's longest name read out his entire moniker -- featuring more than 2,000 middle names -- and ...
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Man with World’s Longest Name Has More Than 2,000 Middle Names — Here’s the Clever Method He Used to Pick Those Names

In 1990, Laurence Gregory Watkins of Auckland, New Zealand, changed his legal name to include 2,253 unique words Brian Anthony Hernandez, who has nearly 20 years of journalism experience, joined ...
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Man holds record for having ‘world’s longest name,’ takes about 20 minutes to read aloud

(CNN) - A 60-year-old man from New Zealand is the holder of the “world’s longest name.” For everyday use, he goes by Laurence Watkins. However, his full name has more than 2,200 words and takes about ...

Meet this New Zealander with the longest name in history, with over 2200 unique words!

New Zealander Laurence Watkins legally changed his name to 2,253 words, inspired by quirky Guinness World Records. This ...
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This man could tell you his name, but it’d take roughly 20 minutes

For most people, introductions are a fleeting formality, an exchange of names accomplished in seconds. However, for Laurence Watkins, this simple task becomes an extraordinary feat of endurance. To ...
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Man with World’s Longest Name Has More Than 2,000 Middle Names — Here’s the Clever Method He Used to Pick Those Names

Guinness World Records gave him the title of world’s longest name, with his full name being 2,253 unique words Watkins, who worked at a library at the time, picked many of his unique middle names out ...