India, Oct. 11 -- For most people, a name is simple - they have a moniker and can change it legally if they want. However, there have been very few instances where someone has entered into a legal battle to keep their name. That happened with a man who pleaded before a High Court in New Zealand to officially make his 2,253 middle names legal. Laurence Watkins made a name for himself and entered the Guinness World Records (GWR) list for "world's longest name."

"I was always fascinated by the quirky, unusual records that some people went for, and I really wanted to be part of that scene. I read the Guinness World Records book from cover to cover to see if there was a record I could beat and the only one I had a chance at beating was adding...