According to name act in Taiwan, a Taiwanese citizen may have one legal name. A Taiwanese indigenous person or an ethnic minority member may register a name in accordance with their culture and customs. A Taiwanese indigenous person can also restore their ethnic name if a Han Chinese name was registered before. While a person can change their name if their transliteration is too long, the law doesn't limit the length of a person's name. A person can change their name three times in their lifetime.

A notable long name in Taiwan before was Huang Hong-cheng, with fifteen Chinese characters of "黃宏成台灣阿成世界偉人財神總統". Some of the longest names in Taiwan were created during the salmon chaos on March 17 and 18, 2021; a promotion by Sushiro offered a free sushi buffet to people with the name "鮭魚" (guīyú, salmon). Currently, the longest name in Taiwan recorded is "陳**有震天龍砲變身*****於二零二一三月十四日與**穩定交往中愛妳愛一生一世此生想帶妳一起吃鮭魚" with fifty Chinese characters.

This list includes the longest names reported by local media in Taiwan, with their lengths in Chinese characters, English translations, and other notes. The list stops at "朗論·馬哩吉·以斯馬哈善·以斯立段", the longest unchanged name in Taiwan.

List + Longest names in Taiwan Name Length in Chinese characters English Translation Notes Sources 50 Chen ○○, wielding a Black Dragon Cannon and can transform into △△△△△, has been in a steady relationship with ×× since March 14, 2021. Love you, my true love in this lifetime, and I want to eat salmon with you for the rest of my life. The person is a male who lives in New Taipei City. "Chen ○○" is his former name. Black Dragon Cannon () is a weapon in Counter-Strike Online. "△△△△△" is a special skill in a game. "××" is his girlfriend's name. The man changed his name during the Salmon Chaos. 40 Lee guī guī guī guī guī guī guī guī guī yú yú yú yú yú yú yú yú yú yú yú yú yú yú yú yú yú yú yú yú. Forget it, I can't think of any more, whatever. The person is a male who lives in Tainan City. The last of guī and the first of yú is "鮭魚". Nine characters after "李" (lee) and before "鮭" are pronounced guī, while all twenty characters before "算" (suan) are pronounced yú. The man changed his name during the Salmon Chaos. 40 ○○○ of the Department of German Language. The Generalissimo of Yamaha, Motorcycle Cornering, Kneeling Down, and Salmon. Thanks to ××× for letting me change my name. Prosperity to the △△ family. The person is a male who lives in Changhua County, a college student majoring in German language and a motorcycle enthusiast. "Yamaha" () refers to the Yamaha Motor Company, a Japanese manufacturer of motorcycles. "Motorcycle Cornering" and "Kneeling Down" are cornering techniques in motorcycles. "×××" is the person's mother, and the "△△ family" is his family. The man changed his name during the Salmon Chaos. 36 Chen loves the Taiwan’s's National Day, abalone, tuna, salmon, snow crab, sea urchin, conpoy, lobster, Wagyu, Mayfull, , Palais de Chine, Regent, Hilton, , and The person is a male who lives in New Taipei City. The name combines luxury foods and hotel chains in Taiwan. The man changed his name during the Salmon Chaos, and once held the longest name in Taiwan at the incident before Chen. 32 Gao Shih-Cheng, son of Nanzih, Kaohsiung shakes Kaohsiung and Pingtung. (Also known as) A-Cheng, forebear of migration in the Houjin River, Nanzih. Salsuke Uchiha The person is a male who lives in Kaohsiung City. The name was changed during the salmon chaos. "Salsuke Uchiha" () is a calque from "salmon" () and "Sasuke Uchiha" (), a character of Naruto. The word "" (lit, "explosive") in this context is slang describing something over-the-top. The man changed his name during the Salmon Chaos. 29 Liu Yu-Chyuan: Salmon, tuna, billfish, fresh shrimp, sweet shrimp, conpoy, abalone, sea urchin, Wagyu, snow crab, Chinese mitten crab, and lobster The person changed their name during the Salmon Chaos, which combines with seafood. 26 Hong, the braising premium parmesan Salmon Itachi Uchiha wants to eat scorched abalone Sasuke Uchiha The person is a male who lives in Taichung City. He is a classmate of "Huang the Salsuke Parmesan" below. "洪燒" is pronounced hóngshāo in Chinese, making it a pun on "紅燒" (hóngshāo, braising). The man changed his name during the Salmon Chaos. 26 Huang, the golden premium parmesan Salsuke Uchiha wants to eat scorched abalone Itachi Uchiha The person is a male who lives in Taichung City. He is a classmate of "Hong the Itachi Parmesan" above. The man changed his name during the Salmon Chaos. 25 Huang Da-Lan is a beloved child blessed by all deities, including the God of Fortune, the God of Wealth, the God of Misfortune, and the righteous God of Virtue and Blessing The person is a male who lives in Tainan City. He is a Taoist taxi driver who sought the blessing of all Taoist deities and therefore changed his name. Huang believed that fortune and misfortune are both part of life, so there's no need to avoid misfortune in his name. It was the longest name in Taiwan before the Salmon Chaos. 22 ○○○, the Handsome Salmon King, changed his name to eat (free) sushi. How does it feel to lose money, Sushiro? The person is a male who lives in Taichung City. The man changed his name during the Salmon Chaos. 19 Jin-Wei, son of Taitung. Big Trouble votes for Osas the YouTuber "Votes for" (, also a homophone of "藥頭", i.e. "drug dealer") is a Taiwanese YouTuber. "Big Trouble" () is a YouTuber promotion group whose name plays a pun on "Marijuana" () and "Troubles" (). "Osas" refers to Ovuvuevuevue Enyetuenwuevue Ugbemugbem Osas, a meme in Taiwan for its difficult pronunciation. Big Trouble described the change as "performance art". 19 Lin Tsai Salmon, Zhao Tuna, Happy birthday to you. Everyone, let's perish together with salmon The person is a male who lives in Kaohsiung City. "同鮭魚盡" is a homophone pun of a Chinese idiom "同歸於盡" ("to perish together"). The man changed his name during the Salmon Chaos. 19 An energetic young architect from Taichung who eats as much salmon as he can. A dictator-seumnida. The person is a male who lives in Taichung City. -seumnida () references "-습니다", a formal polite declarative suffix in Korean language. The man changed his name during the Salmon Chaos. 18 ○, The proper way to eat ○-kan and salmon with wasabi and never soy sauce The person is a male who lives in Taichung City. In Chinese, the greater amberjack is called "" (hong-kan), close to "○-kan" (); "○" represents the person's surname. The man changed his name during the Salmon Chaos. 18 Luca eats salmon. Miku, Yu-Moe, and Shark-Shark are adorkable! Ping-Ping Pong-Pong The person is a male who lives in Hsinchu City. In Taiwan, "Shark-Shark" () is a nickname of Gawr Gura, a virtual YouTuber from Hololive English. The man changed his name during the Salmon Chaos. 17 A passive young architect from Taichung who eats as much salmon as he can. A communist-seumnida. The person is a male who lives in Taichung City. The man changed his name during the Salmon Chaos. 17 ○○○ is going with ba-bu to find momoka and buy Salmon Uchida The person is a male who lives in Hsinchu City but changed his name in Taoyuan. The man changed his name during the Salmon Chaos. 16 Yeh, without the colour of Blue and Green Should Both Support the Special Sex Zone. The colour is Tien Shen-chieh Molly Yen is a Taiwanese politician in Chiayi City. The name references Taiwan's two major political coalitions, the Pan-Blue and Pan-Green, framing the "colour field" as emphasising the ostensibly bipartisan nature of the special sex zone issue, i.e. the establishment of regulated red-light districts. The last character is also a homophone of , which means "pure" or "innocent". The final part of the name can therefore be read as "be cautious of being pure/innocent", a reference to the . Yen changed her name back on 26 December 2023. 15 Lin Chia-Chen, Light of Taiwan; Robert Osas, God of Wealth The person is a male who lives in Kaoghuing City. Lin said he had bad luck in 2020, and hoped the new name would bring good fortune. The man changed his name before the Salmon Chaos. 15 Huang Hong-cheng, Ah Cheng from Taiwan, World's Greatest Man, God of Wealth, and President Huang Hong-cheng is a Taiwanese performance artist. He changed his name twice, and his last change occurred on 23 May 2015. It was the longest name in Taiwan before Jin-Wei and the Salmon Chaos. 15 Lee I want to exclusively list my tribal name, my Bunun tribal name is is a Bunun female and a Taiwanese indigenous activist. She used the Han name "Li Pinhan" before using her Bunun name. Dissatisfied with the government's mandatory usage of Chinese characters for Indigenous Taiwanese names, Savungaz changed the name into "Lee I want..." to protest the policy. She changed her legal name to "" in 2026. According to Savungaz, "Balincinan" is closer to the pronunciation than "Valincinan". 15 Chiang, who finds salmon and bear's paw delicious, wishes to pass her pharmacist test on the first try. The person is a female who lives in Kaoghuing City. There's a proverb (lit, "One cannot get fish and bear's paw at the same time") in Chinese which means "You can't have your cake and eat it". The woman changed her name during the Salmon Chaos. 15 Liu eats salmon's scale. Sushiro buffet. Any girls to hang out? The person is a male who lives in Tainan City. The man changed his name during the Salmon Chaos. 15 Chang ○○, son of Yilan, the Super Big Thick Deep Sea Salmon King The person is a male who lives in Keelung City. While living in Keelung, the police officer was born in Yilan. The man changed his name during the Salmon Chaos. 15 Hsiao the playboy and the handsome salmon. Well, is this name hot to you? The person is a male who lives in Tainan City. The man said he changed the name so he could treat friends in Sushiro after losing a bet with them. The man changed his name during the Salmon Chaos. 15 Pan "Salmon" Chi-Shou, the first staff member of Sushi Express Arena Branch The person is a male who lives in Kaohsiung City. He is an employee of a Sushi Express restaurant near Kaohsiung Arena. The man changed his name during the Salmon Chaos. 14 Salmon Abalone Jun-Kai-Min and Min Shan Zhu Ma Kim Tai-Er The person is a male who lives in Taichung City. The man changed his name during the Salmon Chaos. 14 Salmon. I changed my name for Sushiro. The person is a male who lives in Taichung City. The man changed his name during the Salmon Chaos. 14 The person is a Bunun male of mixed Rukai descent living in Kaohsiung City. According to Landrun, Landrun is his Bunun name and Maleji is his Rukai name. Ismahasan is his father's surname and Islituan is his ancestor's surname. It is the longest unchanged name in Taiwan.

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