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Players with the shortest and the longest last name in NHL history

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Longest: Lavallee-Smotherman (18 letters)

I originally thought this would be Letourneau-Leblond at 17 letters, but Lavallee-Smotherman reigns supreme here. Both men played with shortened last names on their jerseys though, opting for just the post-hyphenation part.

Forsbacka Karlsson with 17 letters, and none of those pesky hyphens, is the longest to appear in all its glory on the back of a jersey.

All three men also show that long last names do not correlate with long careers as Lavallee-Smotherman had just a cup of coffee in the NHL while the skilled pugilist Letourneau-Leblond and the much shorter initialed "JFK" can best be described as journeymen.

Shortest: Aho, Frk, Ing, Kea, May, Ray, Roy, Roy (3 letters)

There may be some other three-lettered surnames throughout NHL history, but none shorter that I could find. Cliff Pu was drafted by the Sabres but never actually played in the NHL.

Also it may look like I have the same name in there twice, but Roy and Roy are clearly very different names.
 
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Most of the shortest firstname surname combos are actually shortened names or nicknames. Like Ed Kea (Adriaan Kea), Rob Ray (Robert Ray), Tie Domi (Tahir Domi), Max Domi (Maxwell Domi), Aki Berg (Aki-Petteri Berg), Brad May (Bradley May).

Shortest actual combos that I can remember are Rau brothers Kyle and Chad. Not sure if those are the shortest though.
 
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Ek (meaning Oak) is a fairly common last name in Swedish, as in Joel Eriksson-Ek. If he had only gone by his mother's name he would have been Joel Ek, which is six combined letters. His dad Clas Eriksson was a pretty good player (winger) at the domestic level in Sweden in the late 90s.

Shortest male name in Sweden would probably be Bo, but that name isn't that common anymore among the younger generations, but Bo Ek, there are people with these combined names in Sweden, though not anyone involved in pro sports I think.
 
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Albatros said:
Forsbacka Karlsson is the longest name I've seen presented. Létourneau-Leblond only used the full form in other leagues I think.
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Yeah, but Forsbacka and Karlsson are two names not one, and Létourneau-Leblond are also two names. If I combined my last name with my mother's maiden name I would also have 17 letters. It's not that great of an accomplishment. :eyeroll:


Edit: actually 18
 
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lakai17 said:
Keep your eyes on Kevin He in the future
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Hopefully better than Cliff PU

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sr edler said:
Ek (meaning Oak) is a fairly common last name in Swedish, as in Joel Eriksson-Ek. If he had only gone by his mother's name he would have been Joel Ek, which is six combined letters. His dad Clas Eriksson was a pretty good player (winger) at the domestic level in Sweden in the late 90s.

Shortest male name in Sweden would probably be Bo, but that name isn't that common anymore among the younger generations, but Bo Ek, there are people with these combined names in Sweden, though not anyone involved in pro sports I think.
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Bo is one of those names you associate with older men, but that I could see reemerging as a cutesy one in this day and age. As a matter of fact, I know of one wee Bo today. Looking at statistics, it doesn’t seem to have caught on in a big way like all the little girls named Elsa and Signe like old hags used to do, but who knows, we might see a Bo Ek in the NHL 20 years from now.

Speaking of which, it’s unfortunate the late goaltender Boo Ahl had the redundant O and H in his names. Bo Al would have been perfectly efficient.

For longer non-NHL names, first that sprung to mind was former Luleå defensive defenseman Per Savilahti-Nagander, but his surname falls one short of the 18 letter record. I do remember those letters sprawling onto the shoulders of his jersey.
 
Yozhik v tumane said:
For longer non-NHL names, first that sprung to mind was former Luleå defensive defenseman Per Savilahti-Nagander, but his surname falls one short of the 18 letter record. I do remember those letters sprawling onto the shoulders of his jersey.
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Sure, but as I said up thread, those are two names so IMO it shouldn't count as one name. I would also have 18 if I combined the names of my parents.

Also, all these suggestions up thread about Jon, Ron, Rob, Bob and Cliff, all those are shortened versions of their actual names.
 
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