The Dos Equis advertising campaign “The Most Interesting Man in the World” has been around since 2006, and it’s still producing some awesomely clever stuff.

The actor who portrays the titular character has stated that Fernando Lamas, who was a personal friend, partly inspired the character—which, let’s face it, is awesome.

They never reveal the Most Interesting Man’s name, though, because frankly, nothing can compare to whatever name our imaginations can conceive. The actor’s name is Jonathan Goldsmith. From an American perspective (well, my middle-class white American perspective), that’s not a very, um, interesting name, but I had a bit of fun with Bing Translator and have a suggestion.

“Goldsmith” doesn’t have a Spanish translation (I’m starting with the assumption, based on the character’s accent, that he would have a Spanish name). Neither does “Jonathan.” If you translate the component words of “Goldsmith” (adapting “smith” to “blacksmith” for Translator purposes), and make some tweaks to the first name, you get a pretty cool-sounding name: Continue reading →