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title: "World's longest name"  
description: "A brief description of the world's longest name Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr."  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-10-16  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2900/world-s-longest-name  
category: "trending"  
tags: ["Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr.", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# World's longest name

![World s longest name](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/ea374a2c-3fe4-4b54-af63-52ab13055042/images/6b888de6-1085-40bc-8de6-bf8d312e1a8d.jpeg) ![World s longest name](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/ea374a2c-3fe4-4b54-af63-52ab13055042/images/6b888de6-1085-40bc-8de6-bf8d312e1a8d.jpeg) The world's longest personal name belongs to Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. ![World s longest name](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/ea374a2c-3fe4-4b54-af63-52ab13055042/images/6b888de6-1085-40bc-8de6-bf8d312e1a8d.jpeg) His name is 747 characters long. ![World s longest name](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/ea374a2c-3fe4-4b54-af63-52ab13055042/images/f1ef5798-5bba-47d4-8484-ef0022abcabd.jpeg) He was born in 1914 in Germany and passed away in 1997 in the United States. ![World s longest name](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/ea374a2c-3fe4-4b54-af63-52ab13055042/images/f1ef5798-5bba-47d4-8484-ef0022abcabd.jpeg) He stated that his great-grandfather created the surname in the 19th century, when German Jews were required to take a second name. ![World s longest name](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/ea374a2c-3fe4-4b54-af63-52ab13055042/images/f1ef5798-5bba-47d4-8484-ef0022abcabd.jpeg) He chose the name "wolf slayer" due to its uniqueness, referring to a wolf slayer living in a stone house in a mountain village.

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