Australian man reads out the world’s longest name
Written by Angie Sharma on November 6, 2025
The Australian man with the world’s longest name read out his entire moniker — featuring more than 2,000 middle names — and it took him more than an hour to accomplish.
Laurence Watkins had his name legally changed in March 1990 to include 2,251 middle names, earning the Guinness World Record for the longest personal name in the process, with 2,253 unique words.
Watkins said it took the officiant at his wedding about 20 minutes to read his full name, but he attempted the feat himself for a Guinness World Records video and it took more than an hour.
His name begins Laurence Alon Aloys Aloysius Alphege Alun Alured Alwyn Alysander Ambie Ambrose Ambrosius Amias Amiot Amyas Anders Andre Andrea Andreas Andrew Andy Aneirin Anguish Anleifr — and those aren’t even all of the names beginning with “A.”
Source : UPI News
