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cafcfan
cafcfan Posts: 11,198
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On another thread I went miles off topic by mentioning that Che was not Guevara's name, which was Ernesto. Che being just a nickname meaning, possibly, mate.
It got me thinking there must be more of these. My favourites so far are Plato, real name Aristocles. Plato is a nickname, it means broad or as we would say today lard arse.
And then there's Pocahontas, real name Matoaka. Pocahontas is a nickname meaning little wanton. I wonder if Disney knew their cartoons could have been called Little Slut and Little Slut 2?
Any more?

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  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    Sweaty, unknown to many his real name was actually name Stuart.
  • smudge7946
    smudge7946 Posts: 4,131
    Ruud Gullit real name is Rudi Dil
    Ryan Giggs is Ryan Wilson
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,846
    Alan Pardew's real name is Dick Head.
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,198
    bobmunro said:

    Alan Pardew's real name is Dick Head.

    Strangely, I knew someone called Richard Head.
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    bobmunro said:

    Alan Pardew's real name is Dick Head.

    Oh wow, he shares the same name as Ian Dowie. What a coincidence!
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,247
    Pepe Reina, his name is Jose

    Didi Hamman, fucking Dietmar
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,741
    This season can't start quick enough
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    Naby Sarr

    Is actually Mohammed Naby Sarr
  • SilentAddick
    SilentAddick Posts: 1,603
    Many Brazilian footballers, ie Pele etc...
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,338
    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was given the honorary title Mahatma.
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  • Raith_C_Chattonell
    Raith_C_Chattonell Posts: 5,682
    Master Bates, Seaman Staines and Roger the cabin boy - simply did not exist.

    John Ryan successfully sued both the Sunday Correspondent and The Guardian newspapers in 1991 for printing this legend as fact. The origin of this myth is likely due to student rag mags from the 1970s.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwzVjsu9XvM
  • dizzee
    dizzee Posts: 5,616
    cafcfan said:

    bobmunro said:

    Alan Pardew's real name is Dick Head.

    Strangely, I knew someone called Richard Head.
    You know Pardew?
  • dizzee
    dizzee Posts: 5,616
    Brendan_O_Connell said:

    bobmunro said:

    Alan Pardew's real name is Dick Head.

    Oh wow, he shares the same name as Ian Dowie. What a coincidence!
    No, his name is Prematurely Sako'd.
  • PL54
    PL54 Posts: 10,757
    Lance Armstrong is actually Cheating Git
  • Boom
    Boom Posts: 1,680
    Ruud Gullit's real name is Rudi Dil.

    Can't remember exactly why, but think "Dil" means shit or similar in Dutch, so he changed his name. Something like that anyway.

    Rude Shit has a certain ring to it.
  • Sillybilly
    Sillybilly Posts: 9,236
    Lots of people call me Wanker but it's not really my real name.
  • cafcfan1990
    cafcfan1990 Posts: 12,811
    One I always remember is the Sheen family. Martin Sheen (stage name) is actually called Ramon Estevez. Father is Spanish, mother is Irish (Tipperary).
    Three children, mostly notably Emilio Estevez has kept their name. But Carlos Estevez changed his like his fathers, and is known as Charlie Sheen.
    Nicolas Kim Coppola is another one (Nicolas Cage), who changed his name because he did not want to get famous reliant on his uncles name (Francis Ford Coppola - Godfather Director ).

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