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What's in a name: Celebrity anagrams

I have a disclosure to make: “Ace” is not my full name. It's actually “Ace Randy Gal.” I have, however, been known to answer to “Carnage Lady.” And occasionally to “Calendar Gay.”

These monikers are the result of a boring afternoon at work coupled with the The Internet Anagram Server. Put a bunch of word nerds in the same room as an anagram server, and you've got yourself a party! That was eight years or so ago. “Ace” stuck, and the anagram server (plus the less labor-intensive Anagram Genius Server) get revisited from time to time. Recently, I spent some time procrastinating with the servers and had a blast. Because I'm that big a geek. And because I really didn't want to do my work.

I learned that one of my friends is an “Arch Lesbian.” And that an AfterEllen.com staffer could be an “Old Animal.” And that there are no good anagrams for my girlfriend's name. (However, one version of our dog's name comes out to “Destroyer and Might,” which I think he likes.)

But on the celebrity front, the possibilities abound. (For the record, all of the following anagrams come from the Internet Anagram Server, the Anagram Genius Server or the Anagram Genius Archive.)

I began with The L Word, just because.

Kate Moennig, appropriately, is “Token Enigma.” And Erin Daniels is “Ideal Sinner.” (I'm sure my girlfriend thinks so, anyway.) And Jenny Schecter is “Insufferable, dog-killing wack job.” (But that's just commentary, not an anagram.) Mia Kirshner is “Shinier Mark” (but if you misspell “Kirshner” as “Kirschner,” you get “Manic Shirker”!) Jenny Schecter + Sounder = “Jesus! Northern Decency.” Daniela Sea is “A sane ideal.” And, for the record, Bette Porter + Tina Kennard = “Broke, penitent retardant.”

Then I moved on to Law and Order: SVU because I like to think about Mariska Hargitay.

The SVU anagrams could almost read as surreal dialogue:

Mariska Hargitay: “I am rakish, gay rat!”

Tamara Tunie: “I am a taunter.”

Stephanie March: “Crap! Heathenism.”

And then Diane Neal cuts them an “Inane Deal.”

Bad Girls has a few.

Simone Lahbib is “Bimbo Inhales” — which doesn't seem very nice. But Helen Stewart is “Sweet Enthrall.” And Nikki Wade is “I weak, kind.” And together, they're “Wanted, streak-like whine.”

Some athlete anagrams are inspired.

Martina Navratilova is “Variant rival to a man.”

Annika Sorenstam “ranks as man, I note.”

And Brandi Chastain is “this drab maniac.”

And some singers are perfect.

To Celine Dion, one can say, “No, I decline.” And to Whitney Houston, “Shut it now, honey!”

Dolly is “Dynatrollop” — which could be a song title.

And Carrie Underwood: “Adore ... or crude win?”

Of course, there are plenty more AfterEllen.com favorites to consider.

We learn about Sigourney Weaver, “Reviews anger you.” And we hope that if she has them, Kyra Sedgwick does not “wreck gay kids.” And Claire Danes thinks “lads are nice.”

Re: Sarah Michelle Gellar, “Hell! Her's real magical.” Cate Blanchett should “cancel that bet.” And Kate Winslet is “sweet-talkin'.”

And then there are the couples.

Sarah Paulson and Cherry Jones inspire, “Oh, Jesus! Hypercarnal arson.”

And Melissa Etheridge and Tammy Lynn produce “mightily elementary madness.”

Finally, Jodie Foster and Cydney Bernard leave “nearby defectors joy-ridden.”

The world of politics, however, is where things get a little eerie.

Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton tells us, “Only I can thrill.” Under her full name, Hillary Rodham Clinton, she wants to “Lynch harlot in mid-oral.” (Which brings us, inevitably, to Monica Lewinsky, “Lo, my wank is nice.”) William Jefferson Clinton “jilts nice women. In for fall.” And together, Bill and Hillary Clinton “chill on brilliantly.”

On the Republican side, we know of George Bush, “He bugs Gore.” And George W. Bush, “He grew bogus.” Of Republican contender Mitt Romney, “My! Merit not.” And Condoleeza Rice might want to “decolonize race.” (The first female Secretary of State, Madeline Albright, could retort, “I'm the able darling.”)

Along similar lines, former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was “that great charmer.” And former Prime Minister Golda Meir could have sacrilegiously claimed, “E.g., I am Lord.”

Finally, in the quasi-religious quadrant, we have vitriolic pundit Ann Coulter.

— aka “Unclean Rot.” Personally, I'd rather be “Ace Randy Gal.”

Those are only a few of the endless anagram options! You, too, can while away the hours finding variations on your name and others. Check here for one (usually pretty good) anagram per name, and here for every possible anagram per name. And report your finds!

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  • TheWeyrd1's picture

    Using both my first and middle name...

    I got many but here are a few that I liked:

    Alien Lens

    Lean Lines

    Inane Sell

    La Eels Inn

    An Eels Nil

    and for a recent family name addition that was kinda cool already get's cooler:

    Many Tree and Army Teen and Any Meter or Any Metre.
    Nelfy's picture

    in best, tiger-like rich

    my name: "In best, tiger-like rich." (are tigers richt?? I hope so...) and "Bitchier Sterile King" (wtf??)

    Nicole Kidman: "nicknamed oil" and "a demonic link"

    this is just another way to spend hours on end doing totally useless stuff - I love it :)

    "Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from." ~ Jodie Foster

    bekahdc's picture

    Heh.

    This is a wonderful time-killer :)

    With my first, middle and last names you get:

    'Hey! Dyke hot abhorrence.'

     Weird.


    kazwinton's picture

    OK, this is just scary

    My full name comes up as "I'm known man-eater". Being a dork I tried Kylie Minogue which comes up "I like guy on me". This is going to give me hours of amusement!!!!

    And there's a politician over here called Virginia Bottomley and her name becomes "I'm an evil Tory bigot"

    Kaz

    Kaytiana's picture

    Just my first and surname

    Just my first and surname gave me 'Keep to Tart', but throwing in my middle name gave me 'Rat beastlike poet', which I am undecided about.  I mean, yes I'm rat and beastlike, but am I a poet?!?!

    But according to the other site there are non, hmmm!

     

    Aimi's picture

    email fairy

    with my 1st and last name i got  : email fairy

    I quite like it

    deathbyblonde's picture

    So, I got

    With my first and last name:

    Alias Kiss Now (I always wanted Sydney and Lauren to hook up)

    Anal Kiwis, Sos (If I ever have a band,  I'm gonna name it this)

    A Snail Skis, Ow

    Anal Kiss Is Ow

    Alas I Sinks, Ow

    Alas I Ski Snow

    Grr, and it's not letting me do my middle name right now.






     

    Radical Bradacal's picture

    WOW.

    And Jenny Schecter is “Insufferable, dog-killing wack job.” (But that's just commentary, not an anagram.) 

    Truer words -never spoke.

    Here are the best ones (I have too many A's in my name ...)

    A Scarab Sadly
    Abyssal Arc Ad
    Baa Scary Lads
    Rascals Bad Ya - my fav.
    Salsa Crab Day
    Assay Bra Clad
    A Rascal Sad By
    A Bad Crass Lay

    And what’s he then that says I play the villain,
    When this advice is free I give, and honest

    evolve's picture

    I am Queer.

    Aha!  My full name hath given me: Cobra Queer Look

    Actually, I had a huge list of anagrams for my name.  Most involved being queer.  But I liked this one best.

     

    Mal10's picture

    This is great...

    mine came up

    Gayer War Ink...

    that's my fave...

    BrownEyedGirl's picture

    'Queer, smart threat.'

    I put my pirate name into the anagram machine and i got

    'Queer, smart threat.'

    cool isnt it!

     

     

    ~I've been watching your world from afar, I've been trying to be where you are, I've been secretly falling apart...~

    Radical Bradacal's picture

    And Jenny Schecter is

    Out of all the ones you listed - this is my favorite:

     “Oh, Jesus! Hypercarnal arson.”

    And what’s he then that says I play the villain,
    When this advice is free I give, and honest

    Merricat's picture

    Ultimately. Boobies.

    That's with first, middle, and last.  A nifty anagram and an excellent life philosophy...

    deathbyblonde's picture

    More L Word girls

    Rachel Shelly has a great one, given her storyline next season: Harsh Cell Lye

    Also:  Call her sly, eh?

    Lauren Lee Smith has very poetic ones:

    Ethereal Muslin

    Eternal Heliums

    A Mutineer's Hell

     Janina Gavanker has some...interesting ones:

    Rank Vagina Jean

    Gave Ninja An Ark

    A Vegan Ninja Ark


     


     

     

    Caels's picture

    Alien Hick Egg

    i also got

    Ah, Cling Geek I

    Gal, Nice Keg Hi

    A Chi Glee King

    Alien Hick Egg

    skunkanansie's picture

    hmmm

     

    "Mean of Saner Jobs Rejoice".....Well, I do need a saner job, so I guess it fits...is saner an actual word? My english fails me, lol.

     

    Vanya's picture

    Got some interesting results...

    So many... but these were priceless lol

    Candy Vulva Jibe

    Jab Vulva Icy Den

    I can't believe these...

    Had to run CSI:Vegas ladies...so:

    Sofia Curtis - Coitus Is Far (yep, we know, since Sara is gone, duh!)

    Sara Sidle - Aired Lass (not anymore, *sigh*) or Sad Serial (yep, too true) 

    Catherine Willows -  A Well Heroic Twins (lol, Cath in low cut blouse... heroic twins indeed...)

    Sara and Grissom - Grim or as ass (my point exactly!)

    Sara and Catherine - Snatchier area

    and for threesome Sara/Sofia/Catherine - Hoarier as fascinate

    but Sara and Sofia -  A fair as so (to which I wholeheartedly agree...)...

    god this is soooo fun!!!

    CSI:Miami

    Calleigh Duquesne - Squelch agile nude

    Natalia Boa Vista - Via Labia To Satan (this one is priceless!!!! lol)

    Natalia and Calleigh - Ha! Angelical Tail

    L and O: SVU

    Olivia Benson - Sane oblivion

    Alex Cabot - Cox at able

    Olivia Benson and Alex Cabot - Vexation boobs alliance (lol!) or, with only first names Oi! A lax evil (ha ha ha)

    Olivia and Casey - Oily as a vice (hmmm... good one)

     and threesome Olivia/Alex/Casey - Coaxial, easy evil

    omg, i am soo hooked...here are lovely ladies of Law and Order:

    Abbigail Carmichael - Magic, rich, able labia or Abbie Carmichael - Rich Labia Became (now I know why I've always loved her!)

    Serena Southerlyn - Alert sunny heroes

    Abby and Serena - Nearby base

    and last, but not the least...

     Angelina Jolie - I join anal glee *lol*

     

     

    Crank Heart's picture

    Anagrams...

    Mine:

    Ninjas Clone Elk.

    Tyra Banks:

    Stanky Bra.

    Ha!

    Clonchi's picture

    LOL

    I love mine: "A casual avid hark"... classic, hehehe
    shirleymanson666's picture

    Funny

    Hell! Liar or Rare Rat Race

    A Healer Carrier

    Heretical Rare Roller (WTF)

    A Rectal Rehire Roller

    A Leather Ricer Roller
    A Literal Lecher ErrorA Racial Teller Hero Err
    A Racial Tree Hell Error
    A Aha Relic Teller Error

    Good Girls Go To Heaven...But Bad Girls Go Everywhere

    kshadow8's picture

    Karat is I

    I have come across the anagram server before but in the name of procastrination, let's play with it again shall we?

    I started off using my full name - first, middle & last which gave me a whopping 47620 anagrams. I'm all for procastrination but that was a bit much for even me.

    Setting my sights lower, I reduced it to just my first name and got just 2 results. BORING. Although having just recently watched Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, my anagram of I Ark quite amused me. Does that mean I'm all-powerful and will cause people to disintengrate if they look at me directly?

    Moving on to include my last name, I got 62 results. None of which I liked but aparentally I'm quite Zany, which popped up in every one of those 62 results. That's what I get for having a last name that includes zed.

    For fun, I used my nickname which was lovingly bestowed upon me by my partner which proclaims: Karat Is I. Aren't I a gem? Umm ... okay, moving on.

    My first and middle names yielded 416 results. Apparentally I'm to Try Kinky Ares. No offense to Kevin Smith/Ares, but I'd rather Try Kinky Sera. There's also Re Kinky Satyr but I have no idea what that's supposed to mean.

    Going back to my original 47620 results ... Zesty Karma Skinny Risky - an obscure warning to be happy with my plump, curvy self? Kinky Zanies Sky Martyrs - makes no sense, yet I like it. As far as I can tell, Sky Tzarina My Kens Risky means that I may be Tzarina of the skies, but my range of vision is dangerous. Or is my understanding of that off? After getting A Messy Kinky Ritzy Snark, I'm thinking my name has entirely too many Ys in it and that I simply don't have any good anagrams of my name.

    Moving on to the anagram genius gave me Master's risky, kinky zany. Bah! I give up.

     

    Mash62's picture

    Name change? I think not.

    So here are a few of the jems that I got when I used my first and last name:

    -Laminate Hair

    -Marinate Hail

    -Malaria Thine

    -A Mania Hitler

    Ahhhhhh! Hitler? sooooo bad.

    notchegeva's picture

    damn...

    just my name and surname gave me 62150 anagrams!!! that's a lot of choices!!! nice to mention that i have a lot of manatee n there... but anyway i'll come back to you as soon as I have reached a decision...

     

    "I'm gonna give you all a nice, fun, normal evening even if I have to kill every person on the face of the Earth to do it"

    shirleymanson666's picture

    My name plus Lena Headey =

    Yeah! A clean, drearier healer

    And with Famka Jennsen = Jerk carefree, anal, insane harm (damn)  

     

    Good Girls Go To Heaven...But Bad Girls Go Everywhere

    IfOnly's picture

    'A top-rank sinner.'

    That's the one where you only get one. Too good! A top-rank sinner. Hee

    Or all names except last name: 'Ranking megastar area.'

    A few selection of the 1000, first and last name (I got a lot of porn):

    • A Napkin Snorter
    • A Pranks Intoner
    • Karates Inn Porn
    • Arena Knits Porn
    • Satan Proner Ink
    • Snakier Ant Porn
    • Intakes Ran Porn
    • Insane Rant Pork
    • Trainer Spank On
    • Nastier Prank On
    • Prankster An Ion
    • Sneak Train Porn
    • Tanner Saki Porn
    • Senator Nark Nip
    • Parent Arson Ink

    Good stuff this! Thanks!

    stuck in podunk's picture

    What's in a name...

    I had way to many to get through them all, but here are the best ones:

    Violating Sol
    Vigilant Solo

    To loving ails

    Nice Tonal Vigil Solo

    Nice Alto Living Solo

    Nice Alto Loving Oils

    LittleBit's picture

    Funny

    Fantastic time waster!! Love it! Not so much love for these though:

    Using my full name: Really Ace Manure......

    Or just my first and last names: Real Lunacy

    I don't even know what to say...I'm just some really ace crazy sh*t!

     

    Gweeky's picture

    that was fun!

    Ok, I got a couple of interestin' ones.

    First and last names: ink as on Satan (love that one! Maybe I should get some ink) + Sonata an skin (anyone need a CD title? be my guest!)

    Full name: Assassin Satan oak nun (?) + Assassin sauna tank on + an OK nut as an assassin.

    Got a lot of Satans and assassins, should I be worried? (too many s's in the name, damn the Greek language!)

    Almithra's picture

    How telling!

    Alone, I got, with only my first and last name: "Anal, rare gaudy"  and with my married name too: "A lousy, grand amateur" - an amateur being someones who does something out of love, not out of expert knowledge - exactly the way I feel about relationships and me, or life and me, so I am lousy at it but still doing it with grandeur:-D and it will never become perfect. The name fits me so well!

    My wife got: "Migraine as laudatory truancies" and "nasty unadroit grimaces"

    Together my wife and I got: "Salutary and ageing rare radiancy"

    I already knew that we were better together than apart of course:D - and I cannot wait to grow radiantly old with her:-)

    Thanks Ace14!

    golden_bird's picture

    Wow

    I like this one of my full name:

    -Faerie Genes Set-  :)

    This is sure a fun way to waste time...

    Maite Díaz's picture

    hahaha!!

    This is like the coolest post ever!!

    Hahah.. I got.... "Out! Amazing ideal" LOL the program saw right through me

    Hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!

     

    mo cuishle's picture

    Using my full name (first,

    Using my full name (first, middle, last):

    'Haze beauties ill-use heroine.'

    My first and last names only:

    'Eh! In hateable seizure.'

    I was advised that my name and my partners were too long for anagramming, so I used my nickname and her name. I got this:

    'Sleazier, inhumane legerdemain.'

    This was cool!  :)

    gwynna's picture

    I come out as: A snidely

    I come out as:
    A snidely whit

    Ideal shy twin

    Daily new sh*t

    Unfortunately I think the last is most appropriate!!
    Mallemuk's picture

    Jeep Semen Sir

    when i used my first name together with my girlfriends first name this is what came up:

    Named Insane

    A Insane Mend


    Ad Insane Men

    Name Anis End

    it is a bit disturbing right!!? :) 

    and my whole name, just call me: Jeep Semen Sir. :P

    badass101's picture

    Get real

    Badass biker stud
    Asmo's picture

    gillian anderson = Alien's

    gillian anderson = Alien's DNA on girl.

    No aliens, darling.

    ¤_¤

    Ace14's picture

    Gillian Anderson

    Ha! That's fantastic!

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