The Cicierega Effect (named for Neil Cicierega) is when *
literally nobody can spell your name without having to google it*. Whoever decided what your last name is was an absolute dick.
The namesake itself is only a mild example. A famous
mega-example is
Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorffwelchevoralternwarengewissenhaftschaferswessenschafewarenwohlgepflegeundsorgfaltigkeitbeschutzenvorangreifendurchihrraubgierigfeindewelchevoralternzwolfhunderttausendjahresvorandieerscheinenvon
derersteerdemensch
derraumschiffgenacht
mittungsteinundsiebeniridiumelektrischmotorsgebrauchlicht
alsseinursprungvonkraftgestartseinlangefahrthinzwischensternartigraumauf
dersuchennachbarschaft
dersternwelchegehabtbewohnbarplanetenkreisedrehensichundwohin
derneuerassevonverstandigmenschlichkeitkonntefortpflanzenundsicherfreuenanlebenslanglichfreudeundruhe
mitnichteinfurchtvorangreifenvorandererintelligentgeschopfsvonhinzwischensternartigraum Sr. (And yes, he gave his name on to his son.)
Cases of it can be found in
names of other things, for example places (Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein), or departments of governments (Mannanafnanefnd), but it's mostly in human names, perhaps because names of other things have a tendency to be memorized by nerds.
person one: how tf do you
spell your last name
person
two: orfenblinklenienerweiner
person one: how tf am I supposed to remember that, this is a
solid the cicierega effect moment