Members knowjack Posted January 14, 2008 Members Share Posted January 14, 2008 I don't think any soap would ever use names that are tied to the icons who play them (like Erica or Reva). . or just too show-specific (like B&B's Ridge & Thorne, but sometimes I wonder why some names get used over and over. I seem to remember at one point Y & R had two Michaels! In the 20-plus years I've been watching AMC there have been two Davids, Melanies, Zachs, and Amandas. There have also been tons of Jakes, Brookes, Victorias... Is it just that there aren't enough "regular" names to go around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JackPeyton Posted January 14, 2008 Members Share Posted January 14, 2008 i see what you are saying but i dont want them all to use the same names over and over - it gets confusing. and i hate it when they name a kid after the last name of a family on the show when people in that family are called by the last name... like Brady Black and Bo Brady on Days. too confusing. i hated that. granted, only hope called bo Brady but still. it annoyd me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members R Sinclair Posted January 14, 2008 Members Share Posted January 14, 2008 What's been annoying me about GH is the overuse of last names either as first names or just the name they go by. Morgan, Spencer, Cooper, Logan, Spinelli... I'm amazed they were creative enough to come up with Epiphany, but let down when they last named her Johnson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Darcy Posted January 14, 2008 Members Share Posted January 14, 2008 ... and Jax whose first name he goes by is his last name (this confused me a bit when I was introduced to the character who had already been on the show awhile). At least some recent new characters have very common names: Kate, Johnny, Anthony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stenbeck212 Posted January 14, 2008 Members Share Posted January 14, 2008 On ATWT Jack and Carly are on their second child named J.J., from the second of Jack's wives to be named Julia! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Port Oak Valley Posted January 14, 2008 Members Share Posted January 14, 2008 What about Storm(B&, Cord(OLTL), Lucky(GH) has there ever been another Dorian(OLTL) or Marlena(DOOL) on another soap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheyenne Posted January 14, 2008 Members Share Posted January 14, 2008 It buggs me how B&B named Brooke's daughter Hope. IMO there's only one "Hope" and she's not on B&B. Hope is not a common name like Lisa, and the character Hope Brady has been around for decades. I just don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members R Sinclair Posted January 15, 2008 Members Share Posted January 15, 2008 But there are two Bo's in daytime, Days and OLTL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JackPeyton Posted January 15, 2008 Members Share Posted January 15, 2008 i disagree. hope, destiny, and faith are rather common now. IMHO anyways. well maybe not like Lisa, but... i also hate hopeless on days so that may say something. imw aiting for B&B to name a child Forrest or Forrester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted January 15, 2008 Members Share Posted January 15, 2008 There's been quite a few Hope's on soaps throughout the years..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AddictedToSoaps Posted January 15, 2008 Members Share Posted January 15, 2008 LOL - how about Forest Logan Forrester? It kills me that Y&R names all its babies after the maiden name of the mom. First there's Fenmore, then Summer, and now Reed (yes, it's Nikki, not Victoria, but it's still a maiden name). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MoTheGreat Posted January 15, 2008 Members Share Posted January 15, 2008 We'll never get another Greenlee, Kendall, Bianca, Drucilla, Evangeline, Joshua, & Paloma. Maybe a Whitney, Ivy, Paige, Bonnie, Kiesha, Leo, Jared, Jana, Ethan, Cane, Brad, & Colleen. But I see a bunch of Lizabeth, Lily, Jessica, Carly, Bo, Nicholas, Jonathan, Victoria, Nicole, Sara, Jack, Olivia, Billy, Jamie, Daniel, & Frank . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted January 15, 2008 Members Share Posted January 15, 2008 Does that mean if/when Jill has another baby, she'll name it "Foster"? 'Cause, that'd be kinda cool. "Foster Abbott," paired up w/ Lily's kid, "Winter Ashby." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members R Sinclair Posted January 15, 2008 Members Share Posted January 15, 2008 Even though it's Leyla instead of Layla, GH and OLTL both have one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JackPeyton Posted January 15, 2008 Members Share Posted January 15, 2008 none of those actually bother me. i think its because Fenmore is a cute off the wall name, and i have an obsessive love of Lauren, lol. Summer is a rather common name now. and i think Reed is a hot name. well not for a baby because babys i dont find hot... but ya know what i mean. every reed i ever met was hot. lol. and i do love Sami's twins names on Days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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