George Garratt changed his name through an online site, Legal Deed Poll Service. The site issued a legal name-change certificate.
His name beats the Guinness Book of Records’ longest name registered on a birth certificate by 24 letters. The current record holder is named Rhoshandiatellyneshiaunneveshenk Koyaanisquatsiuth Williams, with 57 letters.
Stumblerz website says a German immigrant to US has the longest given name: Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quiney Randolph Sherman Uncas William Xerxes Yancy Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorft.