Poll: Who has the best name in advertising? Let's face facts: Advertising can be slightly superficial. Image matters. That's why I think an awesome name can be a great advantage. Considering the penchant to slap the founders’ names on the door of new shops, let’s at least hopes the names are good. Here are four of my favorites: Johnny Vulkan: The Anomaly partner has a name that speaks to a weird, all-knowing power. If Johnny and his cohorts really want to reinvent the agency compensation model, they’ll need all of his ability to mind-meld with clients. Jelly Helm: I’m told this is some kind of Southern thing. Whatever it is, the name rocks. Would the Wieden + Kennedy creative director and VCU AdCenter professor have risen so high if he stuck with David Helm? Benzo: Like a Brazilian soccer player, Benzo needs just a single name. The L.A. director even goes in front of the camera for the “Catch” Ray-Ban viral hit. Someone this cool simply cannot go around letting people call him Ben. That would be an injustice. Scrappers Morrison: The most famous (in our eyes) graduate of W+K’s 12, Scrappers burst on the scene in style: shirtless, hirsute and sporting a dead raccoon across his shoulders. This kind of personality can’t be confined to a fuddy-duddy given name like Justin. Vote for your favorite, or contribute your own, after the jump. —Posted by Brian Morrissey

May 12, 2008 in Morrissey | Permalink

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Who you calling fuddy-duddy, Bri?

Posted by: justin | May 12, 2008 12:58:29 PM

jeez, if you're gonna have a best name contest you might as well spell them right. Vulkan has a k.

Posted by: | May 12, 2008 1:01:23 PM

whoops, right you are. better now. not sure if it affects the relative awesomeness of the name.

Posted by: Brian Morrissey | May 12, 2008 1:20:09 PM

tiger savage from M&C Saatchi London has by far the best name.

Posted by: liam | May 12, 2008 1:45:04 PM

baba shetty at hill, holliday is a great name

Posted by: daveg | May 12, 2008 2:17:34 PM

i'm a big fan of rishad tobaccowala

Posted by: Dion Hughes | May 12, 2008 3:38:42 PM

God, the rest of the world must think we're such tools.

Posted by: | May 12, 2008 3:56:57 PM

I like the name Guy Seese.
Jonny Leight (sounds like Jonny Lite) We also have an interactive intern here from Sweden named Crille Lampa (pronounced so it rhymes.)
Sheldon Melvin, junior AD.

Posted by: hurley | May 12, 2008 4:36:19 PM

I like the name Guy Seese.
Jonny Leight (sounds like Jonny Lite) We also have an interactive intern here from Sweden named Crille Lampa (pronounced so it rhymes.)
Sheldon Melvin, junior AD.

Posted by: hurley | May 12, 2008 4:36:27 PM

Tiger went to the SCA the year before me, and her name wasn't Tiger Savage when she started school that year... dum dum DUM! So it's a well thought out cool name to boot.

Posted by: Dabitch | May 12, 2008 5:23:36 PM

Agree with liam about Tiger Savage.

Sally Hogshead has a pretty great name, too.

Posted by: Bob | May 12, 2008 5:24:17 PM

Richard Johnson

Posted by: LaLaLand | May 12, 2008 6:33:20 PM

I'd say TunaTacoGrande really had to be the best name in the business.

Posted by: TunaTacoGrande | May 12, 2008 6:37:52 PM

I like Hack Slashman

Posted by: kyle | May 12, 2008 7:35:16 PM

I'm renominating some old faves who, worked at Dancer Fitzgerald Sample back in the day.

Noble Hook (a copywriter)
Freeman Bunn (account guy)

Posted by: Catharine P. Taylor | May 12, 2008 8:54:04 PM

I like Edge Diezel at Goodby.

Sassafras Sanders from Wieden Kennedy 12. And ex-Wieden CD Shorty Shitstain was hot.

Pony Tail (copywriter) from Crispin is pretty cool.

Justin Credible from Droga 5! Anyone?

Posted by: Rox Starr - my real name. | May 12, 2008 9:52:39 PM

I don't know if it's real, but there's some dude out there named Crockett Jeefers. Something tells me that's a fake.

Posted by: | May 12, 2008 9:58:17 PM

Alex Bogusky. Because someone named him after that ad agency Crispin Porter Bogusky.

Posted by: Tag | May 13, 2008 1:00:19 AM

Matt Black. Just because he promised to name his son Jet.

Posted by: Dabitch | May 13, 2008 3:43:29 AM

The Creative Director here at CDHM is named Johnny Walker. I'm Don Vega.

Posted by: CDHM Adv | May 13, 2008 9:34:37 AM

Jethro Napoleon MGScomm

Posted by: Opeth | May 13, 2008 10:08:43 AM

WK has jlowe, nuff said.

Posted by: anon | May 13, 2008 5:43:35 PM

WK has lots of made up names. Here are a few:

Jelly Helm

Storm Tharp

Holly Day

J Lowe

Scrappers

+cruz (yes, that's his name?)

Posted by: | May 13, 2008 8:20:17 PM

anyone can make up a name...most of these are fake

Posted by: decky | May 14, 2008 10:51:40 AM

Most of those WK aren't made up, they are the actual names.

Posted by: | May 14, 2008 2:42:38 PM

Jelly is David

Storm is David

Scrappers is Justin

+Cruz is Eric

Holly Day has another last name

J-Lowe is Justin

Posted by: | May 14, 2008 7:05:07 PM

my name is Jay Slack. i love my name.

Posted by: slacker | May 15, 2008 11:30:21 AM

I once worked with an art director named James Strange. Good guy. Great style.

Posted by: NathanielS | May 19, 2008 12:13:36 AM

www.dickbird.org/PhotoshopScrappers

Posted by: Friend | May 22, 2008 12:10:13 PM

I used to work with Charity Charity, the 'queen of clean' at JWT London.

Posted by: Ace | Jun 30, 2008 4:47:22 AM

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