The most ridiculous celebrity nicknames. Royal Nicknames Famous Nicknames of People

Cinderella

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The nickname migrated to school from the house where the relatives called so "affectionately" slender Arnie. In retaliation for the scoffers, Schwartz grew up, pumped up and did everyone.

Sylvester Stallone

Quasimodo

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The future actor received this nickname because of a birth injury: during childbirth, doctors pulled him with forceps, which caused part of his face to become paralyzed.

George Clooney

Frankenstein

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Clooney also earned his nickname due to paralysis, which suddenly hit the guy in high school. Bell's palsy is a genetic disease that Clooney inherited from his father. For about a year, Clooney walked with a paralyzed half of his face, his left eye did not open. “It was the worst time of my life,” the actor complained in an interview with The Mirror in 2003. “I was ridiculed and teased, but this test made me stronger.”

Christina Orbakaite

Pinocchio

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There is no need to explain anything here. True, having become popular, Christina nevertheless corrected her nose with the help of plastic surgery.

Leonardo DiCaprio

Brake

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Or rather, Leonardo-Retardo, which can be translated as "retarded Leo." The reason is simple: low academic performance.

Johnny Depp

stinky

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Johnny came up with a nickname for himself. Mr. Stench - this is how he introduced himself at the meeting.

Dima Bilan

Squirrel

Those who know the real name of the musician will not be surprised by this nickname. "Squirrel" is a derivative of "Belan". True, now Dima Bilan has officially changed his name Victor Belan to a creative pseudonym.

Celine Dion

fanged

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Canine Dion - so teased the future singer at school. Canine, translated from French, which is the second official language in the artist’s native Canada, means “fang” or “dog” (remember Royal Canin food?). Crooked teeth inspired Dion's classmates to remake her name this way.

Julia Roberts

Frog, Hot Shorts

Nicknames Roberts transformed along with her transformation into a beautiful swan. Frog is one of the most harmless nicknames that the future "beauty" was awarded in high school. But as a high school student, Roberts blossomed and fell in love with wearing short shorts to school that drove the guys crazy.

Irina Shayk

Chunga-changa

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Yes, plump lips and dark skin, which brought Ira millions, were the subject of ridicule at school.

Victoria Beckham

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Sticky Vicky - "Sticky Vicky" - the so-called classmates of Victoria Adams, the daughter of wealthy parents, who came to school with a personal driver. Little Vicki Adams was embarrassed by the wealth of her family and left the Rolls-Royce before reaching school, but even modesty (or, rather, stiffness and gloom) did not protect her from ridicule.

Ani Lorak

Rabbit

Too large front teeth of the future artist were to blame for everything.

Liv Tyler

Giraffe

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And we begin to remember the beauties who suffered in childhood because of their height. And the first on the list is the heiress of the legendary rocker Steven Tyler.

Uma Thurman

Tower

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"Get the Sparrow" is about Tarantino's muse, whose height is 1.81 m.

Renata Litvinova

Ostankino tower

Renata Litvinova is of medium height, but as a child she stretched out very quickly, leaving her classmates somewhere down there. As a result, Litvinova was also called the "tower". And they even specified which one.

Choosing a name is a responsible matter. Even the most ordinary people approach this issue with enthusiasm, flipping through lists of name meanings and advice on the signs of the Zodiac. In royal families, things are much more complicated. When choosing the name of the future monarch, all relatives in different lines were taken into account. Astrologers made horoscopes, astrologers were determined by the stars ...

Often the child received the name of previous kings - according to tradition - which was assigned a serial number (to avoid confusion). Or it consisted of the names of a good half of the ancestors. And all these efforts went to waste as soon as the child became king.

And all because the good people immediately gave the king their nickname - depending on the appearance, the actions of the monarch during the reign, his habits, even mental abilities. And not always harmonious or beautiful. This is exactly what happened to two kings - Louis VI the Fat and Charles VI the Mad. But parents chose ...

The birth of a nickname

The nickname of the king could be born in the palace corridors and on city streets. A truly folk creation, it could have arisen overnight, or it could have been chosen from a dozen others, describing the qualities of the king or his appearance.

Louis VI the Fat - King of France, fifth of the Capetian dynasty. Son of King Philip I and Bertha of Holland.

Of all the nicknames of the king, one was usually left, which remained in history as official. Most likely there was not a single ruler without a nickname, just not all of them have come down to us, although they could very likely be bright and original. Be that as it may, they could all be divided according to several principles.

Appearance principle

The easiest way to earn a nickname from the people is to have something special in appearance. The first and simplest is to play with the appearance of the ruler. This is how they got their prefixes to official names:

Louis VI the Fat - it's clear why,

Frederick I Barbarossa - for a chic red beard,

Philip IV Beautiful - apparently, for beauty by those standards,

Louis-Philippe d'Orleans - "The Pear King" and a caricature of him.

Louis Philippe d'Orleans, the Pear King - the shape of the face has been the subject of many caricatures, not only because of the resemblance to a pear, the fact is that the French word la poire can mean both fruit and stupidity ...

Almost everyone knows about Louis XIV - the Sun King, and there were also Harold I Hare's Paw, Sven I Forkbeard, Richard III the Hunchback, William II Rufus (Redhead), Edward I Longshanks (Long-legged) and ... Viking King Harald II Blue Tooth.

Maybe he really had blue teeth, but, most likely, BlueTooth is a distorted Scandinavian Bletand (dark). Harald was not a typical Norwegian - he had brown eyes and black hair.

King's Hobbies

Often the reason for assigning a nickname was what the monarch did most of all and his personal passions. William the Conqueror - fought, Enrique the Navigator - sailed the seas, Henry I the Fowler - caught birds when he received the news that he had become king.

Henry of Navarre, nicknamed "Gallant Vimes".

But the first place in terms of originality of the nickname is shared by the King of France Henry IV and the Romanian King Carol II. For his demeanor, Henry of Navarre was nicknamed the Gallant Vigor. Karol II was known as the Playboy King because of his romantic adventures.

He was married three times, the number of his girlfriends is legendary. In the end, the Romanian king completely abdicated and fled the country with an ordinary girl, leaving a Greek princess for her.

Personal qualities and generalizations

Nicknames received due to personal qualities have preserved for us the true face of their bearers. Bold warriors like Charles the Bold of Burgundy, Philip the Brave of Burgundy and Richard the Lionheart of England, or those who failed during their reign as the English King John the Landless, who lost almost all the French territories of the Plantagenets in wars.

Charles VI the Mad - King of France since 1380, from the Valois dynasty.

Character traits could also become the nickname of the king - bad or good: Pedro the Cruel Portuguese or Alfonso the Meek Aragonese, Pedro the Ceremonial Aragonese or Charles the Mad French.

The piety in the behavior of the monarch was especially noted: Louis the Pious of France, Saint Stephen of Hungary, Louis of Saint France. Far-sighted rulers were called Wise: Sancho the Wise of Navarre, Charles the Wise of France, Alfonso the Wise of Castile.

Lionheart and Humpty Dumpty

Humpty Dumpty is actually the real nickname of the English King Richard III, and not just a character in a famous poem. The history is also true. He was not loved for his ugliness, but the nickname was born after a battle in which his legs were cut off and none of the troops could come to his aid.

Richard III - King of England since 1483 from the York dynasty.

There were common nicknames - a whole series of Great, Just, Evil and Good kings: Charlemagne, Knut the Great, John the Good of France, Philip the Good of Burgundy, Karl the Evil of Navarre and others. Even a whole royal dynasty was given the nickname - the Lazy Kings (Merovingians), because they never cut their hair.

Harold I Harepaw

The reign of this English king began in 1035 and lasted 5 years. During this time, he became famous mainly for his hunting skills and fast running, for which he was named Hare's Paw.

Edmund II Ironside

King of England since 1016, Edmund tirelessly showed courage in battles with the Danes. He was in the center of the battle so often that his subjects almost never saw him without armor. This is what made him Ironside.

John I Posthumous

Alas, the 13th King of France died just five days after ascending the throne, for which he was so named by the people. It is even sadder that he was proclaimed king on the same day that he was born.

Pepin III Short

The king of the Franks of the middle of the 8th century received the nickname for a rather prosaic reason - he was rather small in stature.

Louis XV Beloved

During one of the wars that fell on the long reign of the 65th King of France, Louis fell very ill. The people were alarmed in earnest, but when the ruler recovered, France was so pleased with his healing that she called Louis the Beloved.

Russian rulers

Our princes and kings also did not do without nicknames, deserved by them for one reason or another.

Vasily Kosoy and Vasily II the Dark

Cousins ​​fought for a long time for the place of the Grand Duke of Moscow. In their struggle, they did not shun self-mutilation. Vasily Yuryevich was blinded by order of Vasily Vasilyevich, for which he received the nickname Oblique.

Vasily II Vasilyevich Dark - the Grand Duke of Moscow since 1425, the fifth son of the Grand Duke of Vladimir and Moscow Vasily I Dmitrievich and Sofia Vitovtovna.

When Vasily II himself was captured, he was overtaken by an equivalent revenge, and he, also blinded, began to be called the Dark One.

Vladimir I Red Sun

The Grand Duke who baptized Russia had many nicknames - the Holy, the Great, the Baptist. But more than others, Vladimir Svyatoslavich was given a nickname from epics - the Red Sun.

"Vladimir the Red Sun and his wife Apraksia Korolevichna". 1895. Illustration for the book "Russian epic heroes"

In folklore, he was reflected in a collective image, which was, among other things, the personification of natural phenomena.

Yury Dolgoruky

The founder of Moscow was pretty shaken in various principalities. Twice he became the Grand Duke of Kyiv, fought for Pereyaslavl, he himself founded many cities in addition to Moscow.

Yuri Vladimirovich, nicknamed Dolgoruky - Prince of Rostov-Suzdal and Grand Duke of Kyiv, son of Vladimir Vsevolodovich Monomakh.

He received the nickname Dolgoruky not only for his disproportionately long arms, but also for his love of annexing the lands of weaker rulers.

Prince Svyatoslav of Kyiv was nicknamed Bars by his enemies. More than once he came out victorious, having a much smaller number of troops ...

Prince Yaroslav was called the Wise. Through dynastic marriages, he strengthened ties with European countries and founded a number of new cities.

Tsar Ivan IV the Terrible

Tsar Ivan IV of Moscow was called the Terrible for ferocity, and Peter I became the Great for many great and glorious deeds.

The nicknames of the kings were given according to merit. So Alexander I officially received the prefix Blessed from the Synod in 1814, Alexander II was called the Liberator, for the abolition of serfdom, and Alexander III was called the Peacemaker, because Russia did not wage wars under him.

Many of the people, due to some characteristic features, receive nicknames that stick to them for life. This fate did not pass and famous people. Emperors, prominent historical figures, modern celebrities, athletes have nicknames, and not always harmless ...

We bring to your attention the nicknames (or as they say now - “drive”) world-famous people of all times and peoples.

Harald I Bluetooth

The king of Denmark and Norway had this nickname because of his dark teeth.

Rollon Pedestrian

That was the name of the first Duke of Normandy - a man of powerful physique and tall stature. Almost no horse could withstand him, so he had to walk.

Eirik I Bloodaxe

The king of Norway went down in history as a very cruel man who killed a huge number of people, among whom were his close relatives.

Constantine V Dung

The emperor of Byzantium received this nickname in infancy. During his baptism, he, frightened, pooped into the font.

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Caligula

The Roman emperor was nicknamed Caligula due to the fact that in his childhood he liked to wear boots that looked like soldiers' shoes - kaligi. Caligula means "boot".

Vsevolod Big Nest

The Grand Duke of Vladimir received this drive for having many children.

John the Landless or Soft Sword

This king of England had two nicknames. He was called landless, since he did not inherit any lands, and the nickname Soft Sword went to him because of numerous military defeats.

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi Dog Shogun

The Japanese emperor of the 17th century forbade the killing of domestic animals - horses, cats, dogs.

Louis Philippe I The Pear King

The king of France got this nickname because of his flabby figure.

Svyatoslav Bars

Prince Kyiv received this nickname because of his light gait.

Robert De Niro - Milky Bobby

The American actor has been very fond of milk since childhood.

Julia Roberts - Skeleton

The nickname stuck in childhood due to high growth and thinness.

Milla Jovovich - Russian spy

So the actress was teased at school because of her origin.

Elle MacPherson - The Perfect Body

Here, in my opinion, everything is clear without words.

Dima Bilan - Squirrel

The real name of the singer is Belan. Hence the school nickname.

Naomi Campbell - Black Panther

Nickname given for skin color and grace.

Irina Shayk - Chunga-Changa

The model was nicknamed for her pouty lips.

Leonardo DiCaprio - Brake

At school, the actor was very weak in thinking.

Jennifer Lopez - Guitar

Here, too, everything is clear.

Lionel Messi - Messiah, Flea

The football player received the nickname Bloch for his short stature, the Messiah - for his excellent athletic performance.

Bastian Schweinsteiger - Pig

Translated from the German "schwein" - "pig". Hence the nickname of the German football player.

Masha Malinovskaya - Amanita

According to her, at school she was very ugly.

Oleg Gazmanov - Freckled Mowgli

As a child, the singer was covered in freckles and loved to climb everywhere.

Kristina Orbakaite - Pinocchio

It's all because of her long nose.

Philip Kirkorov - Ethiopian

For dull skin.

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But that is not all! Today we decided to recall all the possible ridiculous nicknames of stars that have ever been attached to them.

It's no secret that the real name of the artist is Belan. That's why they called him at school Belka. Apparently, classmates decided that it was consonant.

Liv Tyler (38)

The actress at school was called not only giraffe due to high growth (as we have already said), but also Leaver which means "liver".

Nickname Rabbit the singer acquired because of the large front teeth. But that never bothered her.

At school, the actress was Skeletina because of thinness. She even had to put on loose clothes on purpose to appear fuller.

somehow Dmitry returned to school after the summer holidays very stout, and classmates immediately began to shout after him: “The fat barrel gave birth to a son!” Fat Barrel Nagiev passed until next summer, and then stretched out and pumped up.

And here Jessica luckiest of all, she was always called none other than Angie, from English - angel(angel). But the actress really looks like an angel!

Australian Kidman always suffered because of her height, especially as a child, because her classmates called her stork.

Mila Jovovich (39)

The actress was Communist and Russian Spy- a dangerous thing!

Gisele Bundchen (35)

At school Giselle called Oli perhaps because her skin and hair were always olive.

And here Kate called hammer head. It is strange that no one teased her for her lop-earedness ...

Karl Lagerfeld (81)

The designer once got a nickname Kaiser.

Not only that Roberts called Hot Shorts after the film "Beautiful girl", at school, the actress was constantly called frog because of the big mouth.

Celine Dion (47)

The singer's name was Canine Dion (fanged), canine translated from French means "fang" or "dog".

Pinocchio the singer became because of her nose, which she later managed to fix with the help of rhinoplasty.

Daniel Craig (47)

The actor is often called British cat, and this is perhaps a flattering nickname.

Nick Cannon (34)

But with adult nicknames it is still more interesting. Mariah Carey once gave her ex-husband a nickname DJ Sexy Fingers and the whole world knows about it...

David Beckham (40)

Another spicy nickname appeared for the famous football player as soon as he connected his fate with Pepper Victoria. She called him nothing but... golden balls, which translates as "Golden Balls", or… well, you get the idea.

Jennifer Garner (43)

When and Jennifer Garner were still together, the actor called his beloved pappy. By the way, this is how they refer to garner even their children.

As a rule, any ruler was called by the people with a weighty and well-aimed word, and so sometimes that the nickname would be fixed for centuries.

I'll start, perhaps, with the most antiquity.

Prince Svyatoslav of Kyiv (945 - 964) had a nickname among his enemies Leopard. He was young, ardent, courageous and smart, more than once he defeated the Pechenegs and Bulgars with a smaller number of troops.

The son of Svyatoslav - Kyiv Prince Vladimir (980 - 1015) had nicknames - Saint and red sun. He baptized pagan Russia, ruled with dignity, justly, managed to unite princes from other lands around himself.

Prince Yaroslav (1019 - 1054) was nicknamed Wise. Under him, Kyiv turned into one of the largest and most beautiful cities in Europe. Dynastic marriages strengthened ties with European countries. Yaroslav founded a number of new cities. Yaroslavl was founded on the Volga, and Yuryev (the present-day Estonian city of Tartu) in the conquered land of the Chuds (Ests).

The son of Prince Vsevolod of Chernigov and then the Kyiv Prince Vladimir became Monomakh(1113 - 1125). Vladimir Monomakh is the first Russian prince who beat the nomads on their territory. It was a new military tactic of Russia. In Polovtsian tents and wagons, mothers frightened children with the name of Vladimir Monomakh.

In 1125 - 1132. The Kyiv prince was the eldest son of Monomakh Mstislav Vladimirovich, nicknamed Great. This was the last period of the relative political unity of Kievan Rus.

Prince of Rostov-Suzdal land Andrey Yurievich had the nickname Bogolyubsky, not in his attitude to God, but because he loved his family estate very much - the village of Bogolyubovo, where he was killed during the boyar conspiracy.

Andrei's younger brother - Vsevolod had a nickname Big Nest, given for the fact that he successfully managed to put all his sons on the board in other cities.

It is characteristic that at that time nicknames were still fixed as a family feature, and were not yet distributed among children.

He showed himself in some business or ruled the place - a nickname stuck among the people, which was later mentioned in the Chronicles. Later, nicknames began to be passed from generation to generation - a surname.

The founder of Moscow, Prince Yuri Vladimirovich, had the nickname Dolgoruky, given for having long arms disproportionate to the body, and the prince liked to attach to his lands those distant volosts in which the ruler was weak.

Novgorod prince Alexander Yaroslavovich received the nickname " Nevsky"for the victorious battle on the Neva, in which he defeated the Swedish squad.

Sons of Prince Ivan Kalita- princes Simeon and Ivan had nicknames Proud and Red.

Prince Dmitry Ivanovich, for the victory over the Horde received the nickname Donskoy.

Prince Vasily oblique in internecine princely strife for the possession of power over Russia was taken prisoner by Prince Dmitry Shemyakay, blinded and nicknamed Dark, under which he later ruled Moscow.

Tsar of Moscow Ivan IV was called Grozny. And there was a reason - the king was fierce, he was quick to reprisal, he did not consider the opinion of a stranger.

Tsar of All Russia Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov (1645-1676) went down in history as Alexey Quietest. The quietest wanted to observe the customs of old Moscow Russia. But, seeing the successes of the Western European countries, he simultaneously sought to adopt their achievements. Russia balanced between paternal antiquity and European innovations.

The son of Tsar Alexei - Peter I, having barely begun to rule, received the nickname Great, under it and entered History. Many great and glorious deeds were performed by the young tsar, turning with force the old Russian orders to face Europe. In addition, among the people, this king was given the nickname Tabachnik for his love for tobacco, previously unfamiliar in Russia.

The official nickname of Nicholas I (1825-1855) - Unforgettable.
However, among the people, the name "Palkin" was preserved for him, because he loved the mouthpiece and corporal punishment, which the writer Leo Tolstoy aptly noticed in one of his stories.

Alexander II (1855-1881) was officially called Liberator, for the fact that serfdom in Russia was canceled.

Alexander III (1881-1894) was called " peacemaker”, for the fact that under him Russia practically did not wage wars.

Nicholas II (1904-1917) was popularly called Nicholas the Bloody, for the execution of a peaceful procession to the king on January 9, 1909. In addition, the people called the king " Nikola Fool»

Vladimir Ulyanov himself took a party nickname Lenin, in honor of the Lena execution of rebellious workers. In the circle of associates bore the nickname " Old man», « Ilyich», « Lukic», « Petrovich". In the people's memory, Ulyanov remained as: " Lenin», « Grandfather Lenin», « Leader», « Ilyich», « Vovka" and " Bold».

The first fixed pseudonym of Joseph Dzhugashvili was Koba. Later, Dzhugashvili took the nickname Stalin, by analogy with Lenin.

The people called the father of nations: Folk song heart», « pockmarked», « Yosya the Terrible», « soul van».

Among the intelligentsia, Stalin was called " Ginger», « Cockroach" and " shoemaker"- thanks to the famous poem of the poet Mandelstam.

Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev was called by the people by nicknames - “ Nikita kuruznik», « Khrushch», « collective farmer" and " boar».

Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, becoming Khrushchev's successor, immediately received the nickname " manager". People often called him " Brovenos in the dark" or " Epochal Ilyich", as well as " Twice Ilyich of the Soviet Union"by analogy with the numerous titles of the Hero of the USSR

Yuri Andropov - Mohican, Second Stalin, Chekist, Jeweler.

Mikhail Gorbachev - Bald, Tagged, Globe, Hunchbacked, Hunchback, Lemonade Joe, Democratizer, Talker Bear and many others.

Boris Yeltsin - Grandfather, Chef, Drunkard, Yolkin. Yeltsin's opposition christened him with three letters EBN.

As a child, Vladimir Putin was called " Putka" and " way».

In the reconnaissance group (Dresden, East Germany - German Democratic Republic), they also gave each other nicknames. Vladimir Putin was named " uti-way».

As the newspaper Sovershenno Sekretno wrote, "Putin had nicknames in the Leningrad KGB" mole», « little rat», « Kaputin" and " Khaputin", And while working with Sobchak, Putin was called -" Stasi», « Vice Sobchak»,

After 1999, the following nicknames appeared: " toilet putenok», « Cleansing and wetting agent - toilet Putenok", as well as " Ugly Putenok», « Puffy Pu», « pale aphid».

Boris Yeltsin, learning about the successor, called Putin simply - " Baby". In addition, among the people Putin is often called " successor», Putler and Puteng.

Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev. They say that as soon as the Kremlin started talking about DAM, as about the successor, he was immediately dubbed the nickname " Vizier". They also say that the seven-year-old Dima was teased by the boys in childhood " tadpole". The people call Medvedev " Medved», « Abrashka Shorty», « Na-but», « Mendel-Potapych», « Gummy bear», « iPhone», « Kremlin dwarf».

In general, everyone was duly given nicknames in Russia, in the USSR and Russia.