Members All My Shadows Posted January 3, 2015 Members Share Posted January 3, 2015 Other names I hate: Brady Black (DAYS) Gigi (OLTL) Carlo Hesser (OLTL) Harmony (Y&R) Frame (AW) Georgie (GH) I LOVE LOVE LOVE when young characters are given old people names, especially if the character is a bitchy villainess. PLL's Mona comes to mind as well as The Secret Circle's Faye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted January 3, 2015 Members Share Posted January 3, 2015 My brother named his son Trey, even though he wanst named after anyone. To be honest, before he did that, I planned on naming my first son Trey as well. My grandma was crazy though. She never could get over the fact that he named his child after a plate, in her words...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted January 3, 2015 Members Share Posted January 3, 2015 A plate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ellabelle Posted January 3, 2015 Members Share Posted January 3, 2015 Depends on how "old." Right now it's the names of our grandparents' and great-grandparents' generation that are being dusted off and given new life with tons of little Sophias and Henrys and Mabels and Olivers. It's the names of my parents' generation that seem kind of "stale" to me. I think though that soaps have a unique ability to capitalize on naming trends by grabbing a name as it's beginning a steep ascent up the popularity charts, assigning it to a new character who is probably a bit old to have that name, and then contributing to the rise in popularity of the name as the character becomes more popular. Take Kendall for example. Kendall as a girl name did not break the Social Security name index top 1000 in 1970, which is when Kendall Hart would have been born. As a boy name, Kendall peaked in popularity about 1990. But as you get into the early 90s, the name begins to skyrocket in popularity for girls, and by 2012, it's ranked as the 116th most popular name for baby girls born that year. I believe AMC played a role in that. Depends on how "old." Right now it's the names of our grandparents' and great-grandparents' generation that are being dusted off and given new life with tons of little Sophias and Henrys and Mabels and Olivers. It's the names of my parents' generation that seem kind of "stale" to me. I think though that soaps have a unique ability to capitalize on naming trends by grabbing a name as it's beginning a steep ascent up the popularity charts, assigning it to a new character who is probably a bit old to have that name, and then contributing to the rise in popularity of the name as the character becomes more popular. Take Kendall for example. Kendall as a girl name did not break the Social Security name index top 1000 in 1970, which is when Kendall Hart would have been born. As a boy name, Kendall peaked in popularity about 1990. But as you get into the early 90s, the name begins to skyrocket in popularity for girls, and by 2012, it's ranked as the 116th most popular name for baby girls born that year. I believe AMC played a role in that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted January 3, 2015 Members Share Posted January 3, 2015 What about those southern names over the years? Rhonda Sue Huckaby (SFT) Seabone Hunckle (AMC) Lurlene Harper (TX) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted January 3, 2015 Members Share Posted January 3, 2015 Ambrose- ATWT…Lucinda's attorney Bunny-Santa Barbara…that was the worst…LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sivad40 Posted January 3, 2015 Members Share Posted January 3, 2015 I credit the creation of Ashley Abbott in 1982 as the reason for skyrocketing popularity of the girls name Ashley in the early 80s. There's a quite a few girls names that were popular during my generation (X) like Angela, Jennifer, Kimberly, Melissa, Sharon and Stephanie that aren't used that much at this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GregNYC Posted January 3, 2015 Members Share Posted January 3, 2015 Bill Bell named Phyllis after Phyllis Diller, a longtime family friend of the Bells and a Y&R fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted January 3, 2015 Members Share Posted January 3, 2015 Greg who is the hunk in your avatar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GregNYC Posted January 3, 2015 Members Share Posted January 3, 2015 Rising young GOP congressman, Aaron Schock. http://www.menshealth.com/fitness/aaron-schock-fitness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted January 3, 2015 Members Share Posted January 3, 2015 As far as bad soap character names go, you couldn't do any worse than Jazz Jackson. You really couldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted January 3, 2015 Members Share Posted January 3, 2015 Damn…. And welcome back Khan!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slick jones Posted January 3, 2015 Members Share Posted January 3, 2015 Yeah, welcome back khan...you've been missed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted January 3, 2015 Members Share Posted January 3, 2015 I take that back. You couldn't do any worse than "Valene." I mean, what, was the poor dear born at a filling station or something? And thanks, slick and Soapsuds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted January 3, 2015 Members Share Posted January 3, 2015 Opal Gardner (AMC) Elsie Mae Krumholtz (GH) Beaufort Oglethorpe Buchanan (OLTL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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