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I saw the name Zacharias Mulletstein in a newsgroup and thought "what a peculiar yet interesting name." When I mentioned this name to a friend (because the post by this fella was amusing) they said "Oh come now. That person really needs to get a better name."

So I'm wondering, what is the meaning of this name? I couldn't find anything useful from Google aside from more postings by this person, and I neglected to ask my friend why they thought that about this name.

Thanks a lot for any insight you can provide, even if only for one half of the name.

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A mullet is a type of hairstyle: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_%28haircut%29 – JAM Jan 15 at 19:03
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@JAM put that as an answer. The mullet is a derided hairstyle. – Marcus_33 Jan 15 at 19:06
Are you sure it has any significant meaning? Maybe it's just someone's name. – Jay Jan 15 at 20:23

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Zacharias is a variant of Zechariah which is a biblical name meaning "Yahweh has remembered".

No idea about Mulletstein (family names are almost always harder anyway), but I suspect what triggered your friend's response is that mullet has several names one of which is a haircut which is short on the top and sides and long at the back, fashionable in some subcultures in the 70s and 80s but later much-mocked to the point of being a punchline.

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the -stein ending is almost definitely a reference to Frankenstein – Kevin Jan 15 at 19:30
Business in front, party in the back. – MT_Head Jan 15 at 19:40
Wow! That Zacharias variant explanation makes perfect sense actually because his messages are posted mostly in atheist forums, protesting atheism. Since that poster is also a troll, the "much-mocked" part also fits well. Thank you very much. – user35789 Jan 15 at 20:13
"Stein" is German for "stone". It is found in some Eastern European Jewish names, like "Bernstein" (burned-stone), "Goldstein" (gold-stone) and "Epstein" (I have no idea what an "ep" is). What this has to do with mullets I don't know, whether "mullet" has another meaning or if this is just a joke. – Jay Jan 15 at 20:22

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