Are the muppets the reason names like Kermit and Grover have become archaic?

Snakes have hips?! :flushed:

Nah, just a name..

A local Polish roofing contractor is named Kacper, not many of those since the cartoon ghost.

Perhaps relatedly, an Elmer is an old timer amateur radio op who shows less experienced folks the ways of the waves.

The band is just fantastic! That is really what I think.

I don’t even know a single Gonzo. ;(

On a side note, Oscar is great name and deserves a comeback.

When I think of the name Oscar, I first think of Oscar Nunez (of The Office) and Oscar Isaac (who played Poe Dameron in the Star Wars films) before I think of the muppet. It’s still a very valid name.

And your partner can call you “Kermie”

My son’s first name was his grandfather’s middle name because it was his mother’s maiden name.

I’m not sure, but Bugs Bunny definitely killed off any hope Nimrod ever had of becoming popular.

I went to high school with a woman named Phyllis (she didn’t like it). She’d be about 46 years old now.

I apologize for any suggestion to the contrary in the OP.

I’m imagining he just sang to the frogs.

Of course it helps that “nimrod” already sounds like it should be an insult (à la “numbskull” or “dimwit”).

Now that you mention it, The Office had both an Oscar and a Phyllis…