7 of the Most Obvious Villain Names in Literature

What’s in a name? Well, if you’re a fictional villain, probably lots of heavy-handed and scary-sounding imagery. Seriously, sometimes it feels like all villains are named things like Dr. Murder or Timmy McBadGuy. Has there ever been a villain named Steve, or Tim, or Bob? (I know all about Killer Bob, Bob Ewell, and Robert California, okay? I’m just trying to make a point. Don’t list evil Bobs at me, I don’t want to hear it.)

These are, in no particular order, the worst (and by worst I mean most obvious) names in all of fictional villainy.