A long time, before the internet was around, there was a game we played to come up with our drag queen names. Anyone remember?
Your DQ first name is the name of your very first pet and your DQ last name is the name of the first street you lived on.
Mine is Ziggy Dillon.
Hubs drag queen name, as it turns out, would be Mazel Tov Marie. I think if we just add Antoinette to the end, we might be working with something here.
Mazel Tov Marie Antoinette: Let them eat kugel.
I dunno. I’ve always been disappointed in mine. It just doesn’t have enough of that DQ oomph.
Let me show you what I mean.
Here is a short list of previous competitors on RuPaul’s Drag Race:
Latrice Royale
Jiggly Caliente
Madame LaQueer
Shangela LaQuifa Wadley
Mimi Imfirst
Venus D-Lite
Pandora Boxx
Mystique Summers Madison
Bebe Zahara Benet
Shannel
Ongina
A good DQ name has a lot of wink-wink mixed in with some trashy-fancy. If you can make reference to a female body part and also make it sound French, score one for the lady-boy!
For many years, I considered taking the name of a couple of exits along Interstate 65 in lower Alabama. There are 2 right in a row that would be perfect for drag queen names.
Georgiana Starlington.
Grace Garland.
Finding those lacking that FMP zing, I thought hard about Garland Minnelli.
But still, something just wasn’t working for me.
As you can see, I take this drag queen name business as seriously as an actual DQ takes tucking..
Finally, last night, in a dream, it came to me.
At last, the drag queen inside me can feel at home in my skirt.
My drag queen name is Sashay LaBootay.
Now if I could just learn to apply makeup with the same expertise as a drag queen.
I need a drag mama, stat!
Btw, you can play this game all over the internets if you want. Google “drag queen name generator.” Or just go to sleep, thinking sparkly thoughts and it will come to you as you dream of feather boas.
What’s your drag queen name?
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Vote for Sashay LaBootay, honey-child!
I just tried one of the online generators out, and my first try came back with “Bera Breast”.
With your creativity, you can do MUCH BETTER yourself! Let me know what you come up with!
This is what I got when I tried: Charlamaine Duvet, lol!! Thanks for the pure entertainment this morning!!!
That’s a pretty good one, Janine!
This is awesome! My DQ name is Callie Clinton… Not terrible, but I’m going to keep thinking of a better one…
You just need to dress it up a little bit. Maybe Calliope Vajayjay Clinton?
Mine is Callie McGowan. We are almost DQ name twins!
If i use the animal/street one…
Snowball Wright
Butterscotch Colony
Candy Coldspring
Lola Ana Raquel
Gracie Arid
…..ugh I’m lame….
Girl, just combine 2 of them. Butterscotch Candy is an EXCELLENT DQ name!
Agate Paterson. It has always sounded more fitting for a male porn star than a drag queen!
I think that sounds really drag-queeny. Just needs a middle name. Agate LaGia Paterson. Where’s my WIG?!
Jane Manhands? WTF?
You lived on Manhands Avenue? That in and of itself is freaking hilarious!
Oh… no… I used a generator for that one…
It would be Jubilee Adolphus.
I think Jubilee is a real winner. Maybe work on that last name a bit. Something French…
Mine is Duchess Chestnut…hhhhmmmm
Shana DeVonne
Oh my
That’s just sheer perfection. In fact, some new drag queen is gonna see this and steal it!
When we played this is school it was our current pet/street. Mine was Midge Access which I loved and thought was so awesome.
Access is brimming with potential for a naughty drag queen name! ; )
Love Rupaul’s Drag Race!!! Mine is Frisky Orchid – not too shabby I think. I say Latrice when she came to Columbus! She fierce and fabulous of course. New season starts on the 28th.