# Celebrity Names You Just Love **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 19, 2003, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-names-you-just-love/149603 "2003-01-19T06:53:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Murcielago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Murcielago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murcielago)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-names-you-just-love/149603/21 "2003-01-19T19:44:03Z")
Peter O’Toole – It takes real balls to go through life with that name. ---
**Author:** ![WolfDaddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dbc845/32.png) [@WolfDaddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfDaddy)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-names-you-just-love/149603/22 "2003-01-19T20:02:29Z")
Emo Phillips ---
**Author:** ![thirdshiftgrottoslack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@thirdshiftgrottoslack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdshiftgrottoslack)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-names-you-just-love/149603/23 "2003-01-19T22:13:08Z")
wolf blitzer. the guy sounds like a genetically engineered nazi supersoldier. ---
**Author:** ![Omorka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Omorka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omorka)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-names-you-just-love/149603/24 "2003-01-19T22:28:46Z")
I’d like to know how we got two good actors by the name of Orlando (Jones and Bloom) at the same time . . . IANA teenybopper, but: Rupert Grint Emma Watson Both veddy veddy British names, to my ears . . . ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-names-you-just-love/149603/25 "2003-01-19T23:19:22Z")
Vaclav Havel (so many Vs!) Sofia Coppola Ethan Hawke (I’m not a fan but the name is cool) ---
**Author:** ![thi6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e99b99/32.png) [@thi6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thi6)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-names-you-just-love/149603/26 "2003-01-19T23:38:28Z")
Angus McFadyen Gerard Butler love those Celtic names of course, some of liking the name is liking the actor too:) Colm Feore Madchen Amick Rutger Hauer Harrison Ford Clint Eastwood Juliette Binoche Sorry, this is getting out of hand. ---
**Author:** ![typhoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@typhoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typhoon)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-names-you-just-love/149603/27 "2003-01-19T23:49:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TheeGrumpy \* > \*\*Almost as much as **Lance Armstrong**. \*\* And the way “Lance” rhymes with “Tour de France”? Just too damn perfect. But is there a cooler name than Joaquin Phoenix? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-names-you-just-love/149603/28 "2003-01-19T23:52:16Z")
**Isabella Rossellini** ---
**Author:** ![TheeGrumpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheeGrumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheeGrumpy)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-names-you-just-love/149603/29 "2003-01-20T00:02:01Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by **typhoon** > …is there a cooler name than Joaquin Phoenix? It’s better than [Leaf Phoenix](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0091993), I’ll give you that much. ---
**Author:** ![Landshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/77aa72/32.png) [@Landshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Landshark)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-names-you-just-love/149603/30 "2003-01-20T00:09:46Z")
**Sting** ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-names-you-just-love/149603/31 "2003-01-20T01:05:38Z")
Edna St. Vincent Millay It has to be a poet’s name. ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-names-you-just-love/149603/32 "2003-01-20T01:38:12Z")
**Obba Babatundé** I just love the rhythm of this name. _Oh_-buh _Bah_-buh-_toon_-day ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-names-you-just-love/149603/33 "2003-01-20T01:51:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Michael Ellis \* > \*\*Hugh Jackman. It’s so almost a porno name. \*\* Huge Ackman would be his porno name. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-names-you-just-love/149603/34 "2003-01-20T01:55:56Z")
Vivian Vance ---
**Author:** ![Merejane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@Merejane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merejane)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-names-you-just-love/149603/35 "2003-01-20T02:23:06Z")
Ralph Fiennes (ryhmes with “safe vines”). And I second Joaquin Phoenix. ---
**Author:** ![Merejane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@Merejane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merejane)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-names-you-just-love/149603/36 "2003-01-20T02:23:25Z")
Ralph Fiennes (rhymes with “safe vines”). And I second Joaquin Phoenix. ---
**Author:** ![Merejane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@Merejane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merejane)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-names-you-just-love/149603/37 "2003-01-20T02:26:03Z")
Oops, sorry about the double post! (I noticed I misspelled a word and thought I successfully stopped the first post from going through. Guess not!) ---
**Author:** ![penny\_dreadful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@penny\_dreadful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penny_dreadful)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-names-you-just-love/149603/38 "2003-01-20T02:57:51Z")
Ione Skye Charisma Carpenter Siobhan Fallon ---
**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-names-you-just-love/149603/39 "2003-01-20T02:59:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BuckleberryFerry \* > \*\*IANA teenybopper, but… > > **Elijah Jordan Wood** \*\* [Butt-Head] Huh huh “Wood” huh huh[/Butt-Head] Not sure how famous she is, but I like the name of sci-fi author Mary Jane Engh. ---
**Author:** ![xchu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/50afbb/32.png) [@xchu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xchu)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-names-you-just-love/149603/40 "2003-01-20T02:59:37Z")
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