1.
Alexander Milk
Josiah Milk
Josiah Milkweed
Alexander Joseph Grant
Milkweed Grant
Josiah Milkweed Grant
Josiah M. Grant III
Naming Joan Custard
Leanne Shaptonand
Sheila Heti
2.
Edna Sassafrass
Adina Salzbury
Adelaide Sugarplum
Adelaide Sugarman
Adelle Sugars
Adella Delia Sugarbaum Brown
3.
Joan Apples
Jean Apples
Jeanie Apples
Jeanie Custard
Rubella Custard
Honour Wayburn Custard-Mouth Tum
Honour Lorene Wayburn Horsehair Custardmouth Tum
Joanie Tum
Joan Custard
4.
Fancy Mildred Somerset Jubilee
Mildred Jubilee Summers
Millie Somerville
Celia Sommerville
Cecilia Ruby Baumgarten
Cecilia Estelle Harper
Cecily Estelle June Gardenia
Angela Gardenia-Feathers
Moira Goldie Feathers
5.
Agnes Choux
Gaga Petty-Pou
Ellie Peti-Poop
Alessandra Candy-Poo Daum
Lizzie Poopie-Doop Brown
Lizzie-Lou Poopie-Doo Cabot Brownstone Baum
Lizzie Cabot Brown
6.
Angina Scarf
Angela Dina Scarffle
Mrs. Boston Scarffle-Soup
Mrs. Dina Bauble “Bunny” Soupcon Brown
Mrs. Dinah Bauble “Bunny” Roundtree Candybox Heartly
Brownstone-Brown
Mrs. Dinah “Bunny” Roundtree Simmons
Mrs. Dina “Bunny” Roundtree “Crystalina” Texas Samsung
Poppy-Tree Brown
7.
Winnie Truebottom
Winnie Bottoms
Winnie Butterbaum
Winnie Butterbottom
“Winnie” Winnifred Buttertree
Alison Gables
Winnie Gables Buttertree Baum
Winnie Gables Butter-Tree
8.
Honoré Eatons-Simpson’s-The Bay
Clyde Eatons-Simpson’s Jr.
Clyde-Henry Eatons-Simpson’s III
9.
Devorah John Happenstance
Devorah Louise Lizabeth Happenstance
Miss Devorah Happenstance Pearlescent Twimby
Mrs. Pearlescent Twimby
Mrs. Sears-Roebuck Paula Pearlescant Twilbly
Mrs. Sears-Roebuck Paula Pearlescant Twimbly
10.
Jack Cotton
Jack Cottonballs
Jack Socks Cotton
Jack Socks “Cubit” Empire-State-Building Cotton
Jack Cottonballs Remington Shave
Jack Cotton-Razor Remington Vegetable Shave
Leanne Shapton is an author, artist, and publisher based in New York. She is currently the art editor at The New York Review of Books.
Sheila Heti is the author of eleven books, including the novels Pure Colour, Motherhood, and How Should a Person Be?
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