Name riddles are pun games: the answer is a first name that sounds like the clue. A man lying on your doorstep is Matt, and a woman between two buildings is Ally. They are quick, silly and perfect for car trips and classrooms.
Every riddle in this collection has a different name as its answer, followed by some real facts about names and a few classic name brain teasers.
Funny Name Riddles
- What do you call a man with a rubber toe? 👉 Roberto
- What do you call a man lying on your doorstep? 👉 Matt
- What do you call a woman with one leg? 👉 Eileen
- What do you call a man lying in a pile of leaves? 👉 Russell
- What do you call a woman standing between two buildings? 👉 Ally
- What do you call a man floating in the sea? 👉 Bob
- What do you call a man with a spade on his head? 👉 Doug
- What do you call a man who fills in the holes Doug digs? 👉 Phil
- What do you call a woman who sets fire to her bills? 👉 Bernadette
- What do you call a man with a car on his head? 👉 Jack
- What do you call a man who always owes money? 👉 Owen
- What do you call a woman with a frog on her head? 👉 Lily
- What do you call a woman with a radiator on her head? 👉 Heather
- What do you call a man with a seagull on his head? 👉 Cliff
- What do you call a woman standing in the middle of a tennis court? 👉 Annette
- What do you call a man sitting in a pot of stew? 👉 Stu
- What do you call a woman lying on the beach? 👉 Sandy
- What do you call a man hanging on the wall? 👉 Art
- What do you call a woman with a cash register on her head? 👉 Tilly
- What do you call a man with a duck’s beak? 👉 Bill
Name Fact Riddles
These riddles are about real facts and words related to names.
- I am often said to be the most common first name in the world. What am I? 👉 Muhammad
- I am the international organization that chooses the lists of names for hurricanes. What am I? 👉 The World Meteorological Organization
- I am the study of names and where they come from. What am I? 👉 Onomastics
- I am a made-up name a writer uses instead of their real one. What am I? 👉 A pen name
- I am the friendly short name your friends call you. What am I? 👉 A nickname
- I am the family name passed down from parents to children. What am I? 👉 A surname
- I am the name that sits between your first name and your last name. What am I? 👉 A middle name
Name Brain Teasers
- Mary’s father has five daughters: Nana, Nene, Nini and Nono. What is the fifth daughter’s name? 👉 Mary
- I am a six-letter girl’s name that reads the same forward and backward. What am I? 👉 Hannah
- I am a short boy’s name that reads the same forward and backward, and I float in water. What am I? 👉 Bob, again! (other palindrome names include Otto and Anna)
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