Silence My Name is Paul Maud’Dib Atreides Meme Explained

You might have seen a person shouting “Silence! My name is Paul Maud’Dib Atreides, duke of Arrakis” in a TikTok video.

Students are taking part in this trend are sent to detention and getting suspended because of it.

However, some of the videos of students doing the trend got millions of views, so it’s probably worth it.

If this is your first time seeing the trend, you might not know where it came from or what it’s referencing.

In this article, you’ll learn what is the Silence My Name is Paul Maud’Dib Atreides meme on TikTok, who is he, and why is it a trend.

What is the Paul Atreides meme?

The Paul Atreides meme is where people will stand up on a platform and shout an iconic sentence from the movies Dune and Dune 2.

The sentence is “Silence! My name is Paul Maud’Dib Atreides, duke of Arrakis!”.

The Paul Atreides meme is referencing the movies Dune and Dune 2.

In the movie, Paul Maud’Dib Atreides is the son of Duke Leto Atreides and Lady Jessica.

He became a prominent figure in a complicated political and religious narrative.

Paul rose from heir to House Atreides to becoming a figure known as Muad’Dib.

User @johnny.garcia_ posted a video of his classmate shouting the phrase and got over 2.5 million views.

The origin of the Silence My Name is Paul Maud’Dib Atreides meme is from Dune and Dune 2.

However, the iconic sentence combines two seperate clips from the movies.

The first clip is when Paul shouts, “Silence!” and the second clip is when Paul shouts, “I am Paul Maud’Dib Atreides, duke of Arrakis!”.

The second clip can be heard from Dune 2’s official trailer at the 2:33 mark.

Paul in Dune 2 is played by Timothée Chalamet, who also acted in WONKA (2024).

On TikTok and YouTube, there’s a popular edit that combines one clip from WONKA and another from Dune 2.

The edit includes Timothée Chalamet announcing his name in WONKA followed by announcing his name in Dune 2.

It got over 300k views on YouTube and over 3 million combined views on TikTok.