What name should the new pope give himself?

[BeBMan]

I'm not sure that this important topic has been covered here before. As you all know, teh pope does not use his own name, but chooses a new one. So, post suggestions for cool names a new pope could have.....

[Dry]

Complete list of previous names:

http://www.crystalinks.com/romereligionpopes.html

And here are the last numbers for each names:

St. Peter the Apostle Symeon (Simon) died c.64
St. Linus c.66-c.78
St. Evaristus c.100-c.109
St. Telesphorus c.125-c.136
St. Hyginus c.136-c.142
St. Anicetus c.155-c.166
St. Soter c.166-c.174
St. Eleutherius (Eleutherus) c.174-189
St. Zephyrinus 198-217
St. Hippolytus 217-235
St. Pontianus (Pontian) Jul 21, 230-Sep 29, 235
St. Anterus Nov 21, 235-Jan 3, 236
St. Fabian Jan 10, 236-Jan 20, 250
St. Cornelius Mar 251-Jun 253
Novatian Mar 251-c.258
St. Dionysius Jul 22, 260-Dec 26, 268
St. Eutychian Jan 4, 275-Dec 7, 283
St. Gaius (Caius) Dec 17, 283-Apr 22, 296
St. Marcellinus Jun 30, 296-c.304
St. Eusebius Apr 18, 310-Oct 21, 310
St. Miltiades (Melchiades) Jul 2, 311-Jan 11, 314
St. Mark Jan 18, 336-Oct 7, 336
Liberius May 17, 352-Sep 24, 366
St. Damasus I Oct 1, 366-Dec 11, 384
Ursinus Sep 366-Nov 367
St. Siricius Dec 384-Nov 26, 399
St. Zosimus Mar 18, 417-Dec 26, 418
Eulalius Dec 27, 418-Apr 3, 419
St. Hilary (Hilarus) Nov 19, 461-Feb 29, 468
St. Simplicius Mar 3, 468-Mar 10, 483
St. Symmachus Nov 22, 498-Jul 19, 514
Lawrence Nov 22, 498-Feb 499
St. Hormisdas Jul 20, 514-Aug 6, 523
Dioscorus Sep 22, 530-Oct 14, 530
St. Agapitus I May 13, 535-Apr 22, 536
St. Silverius Jun 8, 536-Nov 11, 537
Vigilius c.538-Jun 7, 555
Pelagius II Nov 26, 579-Feb 7, 590
Sabinian Sep 13, 604-Feb 22, 606
Severinus May 28, 640-Aug 2, 640
St. Eugene I Aug 10, 654-Jun 2, 657
St. Vitalian Jun 30, 657-Jan 27, 672
Deusdedit III (Adeodadus II) Apr 11, 672-Jun 17, 676
Donus Nov 2, 676-Apr 11, 678
St. Agatho Jun 27, 678-Jan 10, 681
Conon Oct 21, 686-Sep 21, 687
Sisinnius Jan 15, 708-Feb 4, 708
St. Zachary (St. Zacharius) Dec 3, 741-Mar 15, 752
Constantine Jul 5, 767-Aug 6, 768
Philip Jul 31, 768
Valentine Aug 827-Sep 827
Formosus Oct 6, 891-Apr 4, 896
Romanus Aug 897-Nov 897
Theodore II Nov 897
Christopher Sep 903-Jan 904
Lando c.Aug 913-c.Mar 914
Marinus II Oct 30, 942-May 946
Agapetus (Agapitus II) May 10, 946-Dec 955
Sergius IV Peter Jul 31, 1009-May 12, 1012
Damasus II Poppo Jul 17, 1048-Aug 9, 1048
Stephen IX (X) Frederick of Lorraine Aug 2, 1057-Mar 29, 1058
Theodoric Sep 1100-Jan 1101
Albert (Adalbert) 1101
Silvester IV Maginulf Nov 18, 1105-Apr 12, 1111
Gelasius II John of Gaeta Jan 24, 1118-Jan 29, 1119
Anacletus II Pietro Pierleoni Feb 14, 1130-Jan 25, 1138
Anastasius IV Corrado Jul 8, 1153-Dec 3, 1154
Victor IV Ottaviano Sep 7, 1159-Apr 20, 1164
Paschal III Guido of Crema Apr 22, 1164-Sep 20, 1168
Luicius III Ubaldo Allucingoli Sep 1, 1181-Nov 25, 1185
Honorius IV Giacomo Savelli Apr 2, 1285-Apr 3, 1287
St. Celestine V Pietro del Morrone Jul 5, 1294-Dec 13, 1294
Boniface IX Pietro Tomacelli Nov 2, 1389-Oct 1, 1404
Martin V Oddo Colonna Nov 11, 1417-Feb 20, 1431
Benedict XIV Bernard Garnier Nov 12, 1425-?
Eugene IV Gabriele Condulmaro Mar 3, 1431-Feb 23, 1447
Felix V Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy Nov 5, 1439-Apr 7, 1449
Nicholas V Tommaso Parentucelli Mar 6, 1447-Mar 24, 1455
Callistus III Alfonso deBorja (Borgia) Apr 8, 1455-Aug 6, 1458
Adrian VI (Hadrian VI) Adrian Dedal Jan 9, 1522-Sep 14, 1523
Julius III Giovanni Maria del Monte Feb 8, 1550-Mar 23, 1555
Marcellus II Marcello Cervini Apr 9, 1555-May 1, 1555
Sixtus V Felice Peretti Apr 24, 1585-Aug 27, 1590
Urban VIII Mafeo Barberini Aug 6, 1623-Jul 29, 1644
Alexander VIII Pietro Ottoboni Oct 6, 1689-Feb 1, 1691
Innocent XIII Michelangelo dei Conti May 8, 1721-Mar 7, 1724
Clement XIV Lorenzo Ganganelli May 19, 1769-Sep 22, 1774
Gregory XVI Bartolomeo Albert Cappellari Feb 2, 1831-Jun 1, 1846
Leo XIII Gioacchino Vincenzo Pecci Feb 20, 1878-Jul 20, 1903
Benedict XV Giacomo Della Chiesa Sep 3, 1914-Jan 22, 1922
Pius XII Eugenio Maria Giovanni Pacelli Mar 2, 1939-Oct 9, 1958
John XXIII Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli Oct 28, 1958-Jun 3, 1963
Paul VI Giovanni Battista Montini Jun 21, 1963-Aug 6, 1978
John Paul II Karol Wojtyla Oct 16, 1978 -

My favorites:
Linus II, to p*** off Billy Gatos
Dionysius II, for the thirst
Hilary II, (to p*** off the republicans
Conon II the barbarian?
Formosus II, to p*** off the Chinese
Silvester VI, for the movies.
Sixtus VI, just for the fun of the name: Sixtus-Six. And if he's a saint: Saint Sixtus Six.

[Lancer]

Bob. Pope Bob.

[Al'Kimiya]

Medulla Oblongata I

[Provost Harrison]

Pope Kevin I

[Urban Ranger]

Apolyton of course.

[Heerscher]

Pope Heliogabalus I

[Nacht]

Popes had much more freedom in choosing their names in the first millennium it seems.

[Ben Kenobi]

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12272b.htm

A much more complete and accurate list

[Ben Kenobi]

St. Peter (32-67)
St. Linus (67-76)
St. Anacletus (Cletus) (76-88)
St. Clement I (88-97)
St. Evaristus (97-105)
St. Alexander I (105-115)
St. Sixtus I (115-125) -- also called Xystus I
St. Telesphorus (125-136)
St. Hyginus (136-140)
St. Pius I (140-155)
St. Anicetus (155-166)
St. Soter (166-175)
St. Eleutherius (175-189)
St. Victor I (189-199)
St. Zephyrinus (199-217)
St. Callistus I (217-22)
St. Urban I (222-30)
St. Pontain (230-35)
St. Anterus (235-36)
St. Fabian (236-50)
St. Cornelius (251-53)
St. Lucius I (253-54)
St. Stephen I (254-257)
St. Sixtus II (257-258)
St. Dionysius (260-268)
St. Felix I (269-274)
St. Eutychian (275-283)
St. Caius (283-296) -- also called Gaius
St. Marcellinus (296-304)
St. Marcellus I (308-309)
St. Eusebius (309 or 310)
St. Miltiades (311-14)
St. Sylvester I (314-35)
St. Marcus (336)
St. Julius I (337-52)
Liberius (352-66)
St. Damasus I (366-83)
St. Siricius (384-99)
St. Anastasius I (399-401)
St. Innocent I (401-17)
St. Zosimus (417-18)
St. Boniface I (418-22)
St. Celestine I (422-32)
St. Sixtus III (432-40)
St. Leo I (the Great) (440-61)
St. Hilarius (461-68)
St. Simplicius (468-83)
St. Felix III (II) (483-92)
St. Gelasius I (492-96)
Anastasius II (496-98)
St. Symmachus (498-514)
St. Hormisdas (514-23)
St. John I (523-26)
St. Felix IV (III) (526-30)
Boniface II (530-32)
John II (533-35)
St. Agapetus I (535-36) -- also called Agapitus I
St. Silverius (536-37)
Vigilius (537-55)
Pelagius I (556-61)
John III (561-74)
Benedict I (575-79)
Pelagius II (579-90)
St. Gregory I (the Great) (590-604)
Sabinian (604-606)
Boniface III (607)
St. Boniface IV (608-15)
St. Deusdedit (Adeodatus I) (615-18)
Boniface V (619-25)
Honorius I (625-38)
Severinus (640)
John IV (640-42)
Theodore I (642-49)
St. Martin I (649-55)
St. Eugene I (655-57)
St. Vitalian (657-72)
Adeodatus (II) (672-76)
Donus (676-78)
St. Agatho (678-81)
St. Leo II (682-83)
St. Benedict II (684-85)
John V (685-86)
Conon (686-87)
St. Sergius I (687-701)
John VI (701-05)
John VII (705-07)
Sisinnius (708)
Constantine (708-15)
St. Gregory II (715-31)
St. Gregory III (731-41)
St. Zachary (741-52)
Stephen II (752)
Stephen III (752-57)
St. Paul I (757-67)
Stephen IV (767-72)
Adrian I (772-95)
St. Leo III (795-816)
Stephen V (816-17)
St. Paschal I (817-24)
Eugene II (824-27)
Valentine (827)
Gregory IV (827-44)
Sergius II (844-47)
St. Leo IV (847-55)
Benedict III (855-58)
St. Nicholas I (the Great) (858-67)
Adrian II (867-72)
John VIII (872-82)
Marinus I (882-84)
St. Adrian III (884-85)
Stephen VI (885-91)
Formosus (891-96)
Boniface VI (896)
Stephen VII (896-97)
Romanus (897)
Theodore II (897)
John IX (898-900)
Benedict IV (900-03)
Leo V (903)
Sergius III (904-11)
Anastasius III (911-13)
Lando (913-14)
John X (914-28)
Leo VI (928)
Stephen VIII (929-31)
John XI (931-35)
Leo VII (936-39)
Stephen IX (939-42)
Marinus II (942-46)
Agapetus II (946-55)
John XII (955-63)
Leo VIII (963-64)
Benedict V (964)
John XIII (965-72)
Benedict VI (973-74)
Benedict VII (974-83)
John XIV (983-84)
John XV (985-96)
Gregory V (996-99)
Sylvester II (999-1003)
John XVII (1003)
John XVIII (1003-09)
Sergius IV (1009-12)
Benedict VIII (1012-24)
John XIX (1024-32)
Benedict IX (1032-45)
Sylvester III (1045)
Benedict IX (1045)
Gregory VI (1045-46)
Clement II (1046-47)
Benedict IX (1047-48)
Damasus II (1048)
St. Leo IX (1049-54)
Victor II (1055-57)
Stephen X (1057-58)
Nicholas II (1058-61)
Alexander II (1061-73)
St. Gregory VII (1073-85)
Blessed Victor III (1086-87)
Blessed Urban II (1088-99)
Paschal II (1099-1118)
Gelasius II (1118-19)
Callistus II (1119-24)
Honorius II (1124-30)
Innocent II (1130-43)
Celestine II (1143-44)
Lucius II (1144-45)
Blessed Eugene III (1145-53)
Anastasius IV (1153-54)
Adrian IV (1154-59)
Alexander III (1159-81)
Lucius III (1181-85)
Urban III (1185-87)
Gregory VIII (1187)
Clement III (1187-91)
Celestine III (1191-98)
Innocent III (1198-1216)
Honorius III (1216-27)
Gregory IX (1227-41)
Celestine IV (1241)
Innocent IV (1243-54)
Alexander IV (1254-61)
Urban IV (1261-64)
Clement IV (1265-68)
Blessed Gregory X (1271-76)
Blessed Innocent V (1276)
Adrian V (1276)
John XXI (1276-77)
Nicholas III (1277-80)
Martin IV (1281-85)
Honorius IV (1285-87)
Nicholas IV (1288-92)
St. Celestine V (1294)
Boniface VIII (1294-1303)
Blessed Benedict XI (1303-04)
Clement V (1305-14)
John XXII (1316-34)
Benedict XII (1334-42)
Clement VI (1342-52)
Innocent VI (1352-62)
Blessed Urban V (1362-70)
Gregory XI (1370-78)
Urban VI (1378-89)
Boniface IX (1389-1404)
Innocent VII (1404-06)
Gregory XII (1406-15)
Martin V (1417-31)
Eugene IV (1431-47)
Nicholas V (1447-55)
Callistus III (1455-58)
Pius II (1458-64)
Paul II (1464-71)
Sixtus IV (1471-84)
Innocent VIII (1484-92)
Alexander VI (1492-1503)
Pius III (1503)
Julius II (1503-13)
Leo X (1513-21)
Adrian VI (1522-23)
Clement VII (1523-34)
Paul III (1534-49)
Julius III (1550-55)
Marcellus II (1555)
Paul IV (1555-59)
Pius IV (1559-65)
St. Pius V (1566-72)
Gregory XIII (1572-85)
Sixtus V (1585-90)
Urban VII (1590)
Gregory XIV (1590-91)
Innocent IX (1591)
Clement VIII (1592-1605)
Leo XI (1605)
Paul V (1605-21)
Gregory XV (1621-23)
Urban VIII (1623-44)
Innocent X (1644-55)
Alexander VII (1655-67)
Clement IX (1667-69)
Clement X (1670-76)
Blessed Innocent XI (1676-89)
Alexander VIII (1689-91)
Innocent XII (1691-1700)
Clement XI (1700-21)
Innocent XIII (1721-24)
Benedict XIII (1724-30)
Clement XII (1730-40)
Benedict XIV (1740-58)
Clement XIII (1758-69)
Clement XIV (1769-74)
Pius VI (1775-99)
Pius VII (1800-23)
Leo XII (1823-29)
Pius VIII (1829-30)
Gregory XVI (1831-46)
Blessed Pius IX (1846-78)
Leo XIII (1878-1903)
St. Pius X (1903-14)
Benedict XV (1914-22)
Pius XI (1922-39)
Pius XII (1939-58)
Blessed John XXIII (1958-63)
Paul VI (1963-78)
John Paul I (1978)
John Paul II (1978-2005)

[Zoid]

Thanks for filling in the blanks BK

[MikeH]

George Ringo I

[molly bloom]

Belial I .

[DAVOUT]

I think that Georgius-Pius I would be appropriate : We all know a Georges who is very pious.

[Zoid]

Biggus Dickus II