What's in a Name? Ask 'Stormhammer Deathclaw Firebrand'

When your name is plain old Richard Smith, I guess you need to spice things up. Sounds like a cool name for a blog if you ask me.

When your name is just plain Richard Smith, it must be very tempting to change it to something with a bit more... ooomph. And that's what one Richard Smith has just done, in spectacular style.

Smith, whose friends have traditionally known him by the nickname Spiff, decided that even that nickname wasn't enough to keep him happy.

So the 41-year-old care worker from Carlisle has changed his name by deed poll to Stormhammer Deathclaw Firebrand.

Mr. Firebrand now plans to change all his bank, tax and work details so that he is officially known by the Firebrand name.