Longest personal name
- Who
- Laurence Watkins
- What
- 2,253 total number
- Where
- New Zealand (Auckland)
- When
- 08 March 1990
The longest personal name has 2,253 unique words and belongs to Laurence Watkins (Australia) in Auckland, New Zealand, as of 8 March 1990.
This record first appeared in the 1992 edition of Guinness World Records.
Laurence, born Laurence Gregory Watkins in New Zealand, changed his name via Deed Poll at the age of 24. He worked in the city library at the time and picked names out of books and through recommendations from co-workers. “My favourite name is AZ2000 meaning I have names from A-Z and I have 2000 names", he told GWR.