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Frisco Jones (GH)

Colby Chandler (AMC)

Krystal Chandler (AMC) (the first time she read her name off the marriage certificate, I died laughing, because it sounded like crystal chandelier)

Arabella "Babe" Carey (AMC)

Nico Kelly (AMC)

Sonny Corinthos (GH)

Spencer Cassadine (GH)

Emily Bowen-Quartermaine (GH)

Adrian Sword (AMC)

Todd Manning (OLTL)

Sybil Thorne (AMC)

Emily Ann Sago (AMC)

Hayley Vaughn (AMC)

Maxie Jones (GH)

Gia Campbell (GH)

Jackson Montgomery (AMC) (Megan McTavish said she, um, "went to the bathroom" and came up with that name. I'm gonna leave that alone, for now)

Holden Snyder (ATWT)

Taylor Roxbury-Cannon (AMC)

Trask Bodine (AMC)

Mickey Horton (DAYS)

Victoria Lord (OLTL)

Seabone Hunkle (AMC)

Delbert Hunkle (AMC)

Dimitri Marick (AMC)

Helga Voynitzheva (AMC)

Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald (PSSNS)

Omarosa Manigault Stallworth -- oops!

Gwen Hotchkiss [YUCK] (PSSNS)

Erica Kane Martin Brent Cudahy Chandler Montgomery Montgomery Marick Montgomery (the Roys weren't legal... and thanks to McTavish doing her favorite pasttime of rewriting history, neither were the first two Montgomerys since Adam Chandler apparently sent Stuart in his place to sign the divorce papers thereby making her marriages to Travis illegal... I'm just thankful she didn't become a Stamp.)

And, I'll never forget in the summer of 1999 when AMC announced the new character of "GREENLEE SMYTHE!" :lol: People on the board I was posting at the time, including myself, were all like "What the fuck is THAT?!"

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R. Sinclair mentioned "Taylor Roxbury-Cannon." Such an over-the-top "aristocratic" name, but so perfect for the character.

Gabrielle Medina - OLTL

India von Halkein - GL

Lauren Fenmore - Y&R

Brian Bodine - AMC (such a masculine name yet reminds me of "Brian Boitano")

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Some more of my favorites...

Toni Ferra Powers (DOC)

Gina Dante (GH)

Alexandra Spaulding (GL)

Alan-Michael Spaulding (GL)

Gillian Andrassy (AMC)

Meredith Lord (OLTL)

Cathy Craig (OLTL)

Luna Moody (OLTL)

Talbot Huddleston (OLTL)

Brock Reynolds (Y&R)

Vanessa Dale Sterling (LOL)

Belle Clemens (SS)

Jacqueline Dubujak (RH)

Max Dubujak (RH)

Tiso Novotny (RH)

Serena Faraday (EON)

Felicia Gallant (AW)

Cass Winthrop (AW)

The award for best soap opera character name ever, though, goes to Ms. Kit Vestid, of "The Guiding Light." Kit Vestid, Mother Approved.

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All My Shadows commented on shows that used the same names.On long running shows,it can become difficult to keep coming up with appealng names,I guess,especially when writers change and don't know(or care)about history.

Bill Bell did repeat a lot of names ,which is interesting considering Y&R had a fairly stable cast and one person in charge.Some examples:

Brad Eliot/Brad Carlton

Chris Brooks/Christine Blair

Michael Scott(Julia's lover)Michael Crawford(Jill's lawyer/lover) Michael Baldwin

Kevin Bancroft(Nikki's 2nd husband)Kevin

Barbara Anderson/Barbara Harding(April's twin)

Steve Williams(Paul's brother)Steven Lassiter(Ashley's 1st husband)

Jack Curtis/Jack Abbott

Sharon Reaves/Sharon Newman

Matt Miller/Matt Clark

Scott Adams/Scott Grainger

Neil Fenmore/Neil Winters

David Mallory/David Kimble

Other names from the past

Laine Adamson (SFT)

Lisha Steele Koda(Young Dr Malone)

Clipper Curtis (TX)

Mona Aldrich Croft (TD)

Niele Neeves(SS)

Bambi Brewster(LOL)

Lucien Goff(GL)

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I Agree that Egypt from Loving is one of the funniest and most interesting name, along with Opal from Amc,here are some more:

Winter, Edge Of The Night

Raven, Edge of the Night

Nola, Edge Of The Night

Drucilla, Young and the restless

Right now, i am a little bit off, Vivica Strand, who where she?...

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Preacher Emerson/EON

Ivan Kipling/OLTL

Wallingford/AW

Giovanni (Jack) Fenelli/RH

Jillian Coleridge/RH

Logan Swift/EON

Gunther Wagner/EON

Kayla Brady/DOOL

Cord(ero) Roberts/OLTL

Oh, and one of my particular OLTL faves...when Tina was in Italy searching for her missing baby (later to be named CJ), she met a giant named Piccolino (little one). :lol:

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Iris Cory Carrington Delaney Bancroft Wheeler (AW)

Felicia (Fanny Grady) Gallant (AW)

Donna Love (AW) <-----this one always struck me as pure soap, I mean 'Love' as a last name? Also ironic because of how everyone slept with everyone else's husband in that family.

Sally Spectra (B&B)

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Some more, lol. Both utterly soapy and extremely ridiculous...

Pauline Rysdale (SS)

Brandy Henderson (EON)

Cookie Pollack (EON)

Elizabeth Talbot (ATWT)

Cecile DePoulignac (AW)

LeeAnn Demerest (OLTL)

Brandon Kingsley (AMC) [and his cosmetics company, Sensuelle]

Jingles the Clown (SOM)

Jason Maxwell (AMC)

Tom Cudahy (AMC)

Gilly Speakes (GL)

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Travis Tourneur Sentell (SFT)

Mia Marriot (LOL)

Blaine Ewing Frame (AW)

Bitsy Davidson (AMC)

Ashley Abbott (Y&R)

Deveny Dickson (B&B)

Miles Cavanaugh (EON)

Devon Shepherd (AMC)

What do you think are the most used names on soaps?

I would say Steve/Steven for males and Sara/Sarah for females.It seems every shhow,past and present ,has used these at one time.

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These Marland creations for ATWT are wonderfully androgynous:

Connor Jamison Walsh

Taylor Baldwin

Not sure about this one:

Sierra Estaban (IIRC, Marland began in mid-85, but Sierra the character started somewhat earlier than that--all the same, a great name.)

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About Zarf...

I could be wrong, but it seems to me, at least, the writers were trying to conjure up David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust" persona.

Unfortunately, however, it's not 1973 anymore, and androgynous glam rock is about as relevant today as corsets and powdered wigs.

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Damn, I forgot all about Strata. She was the therapist who Greenlee and Tad both saw right? And she and Tad struck up a brief affair, right? I think I have an episode February 2003 where she's in the previews throwing water on Greenlee.

...and abortions that existed then no longer exist now...sorry, I just had to say it lol

Victoria (or Vicki, Vicky, and Viki) is definitely up there. Even after OLTL's Viki became a major character, soaps still popped up Victoria's, Vicki's, and Vicky's left and right. Paul is also a pretty common name, as is Natalie.

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