Hobo Names

Compiled by Moyra Turkington

All credit goes to John Hodgman’s musical reading of 700 hobo names from Hobo Matters in “The Areas of My Expertise” (http://www.areasofmyexpertise.com/hoboes.html) which inspired the 700 Hobos Project (http://www.e-hobo.com/).

Male 1

  1. Ironbelly Norton
  2. Timely Clayton, Human Writstwatch
  3. Frog Eatin’ Lou
  4. Stungun Jones
  5. Kid Silverhair
  6. Robert Eatsforfree
  7. Floyd Dangle
  8. Senator Cletus Scoffpossum
  9. Sir Francis Drank
  10. Jeremiah Tip Top
  11. Aesop Bedroll
  12. Dr. Bill Stainchin, the Boxcar Medic
  13. Jebediah Dryasdust
  14. Hugo Stares
  15. Tar Nose Cohen
  16. Boxcar Jones
  17. Kneepants Erasmus
  18. Monkey’s Paw Patterson
  19. King Cotton
  20. Nooney Sockjelly

Male 2

  1. Oklahoma Stilgar
  2. Jiminy Sinner
  3. Crispy Morton
  4. Ashen Merle Buzzard
  5. Battling Joe Frick-n-Frack
  6. Shagrat, Orc of the Ozarks
  7. Captain Slicktalk
  8. Venemous Byron
  9. Celestial Stubbs
  10. Ammonia Cocktail Jones
  11. Cholly the Yegg
  12. Birdflu Barry
  13. Crooner Sly
  14. Whiman Sampler
  15. Thermos H. Christ
  16. Pantless, Sockless, Shoeless Buster Bareass
  17. Pally McAffable, Everybody’s Friend
  18. Unconditional Gavin
  19. The Goose
  20. Not the Goose

Female 1

  1. Molly Bewigged
  2. Candleyed Sally
  3. Mermaid Betty Scales
  4. Ol’ Barb Stabyouquick
  5. Shanty Queen Elizabeth Regina
  6. Nit Louise
  7. Mairah Nix
  8. Unshakably Morose Flo
  9. Honest Amelia Dirt
  10. Bathsheba Ditz
  11. Dora the Explorer
  12. Andrea Clarke, the Human Shark
  13. Cecilia Graveside
  14. Betty, the Excorcist
  15. Antigone Spit
  16. Pamela Chickeneggs
  17. Scabpicker Sandy Rump
  18. Moped Enid
  19. Trixie of the West
  20. Elephantine McMoot

Female 2

  1. Norma Shinynickels
  2. Sylvia Patience Hidden-Forks
  3. Ma Churchill
  4. Laura Delite
  5. Nootka the Flatworm
  6. Amen to Polly Fud
  7. South Carolina Sarah Lardblood
  8. Mastiff Mama
  9. Amanda Until
  10. Sally Hoot-Hoot
  11. Ribery Dana
  12. Chili-Mix Wilma Bensen
  13. Itinerant Jane
  14. Holy Hannah Hottentot-Smythe
  15. Pick Mama Susan Xavier
  16. Amanda CeeCee Stobelight
  17. Chelsea Bacon
  18. Mallory Many-Bruises
  19. Lolly Hoot Holler
  20. Maria the Pumpkin-Patch Crooner