# Christina AGUILERA - you don't rate a one-name moniker **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 10, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera-you-dont-rate-a-one-name-moniker/560222 "2010-11-10T21:10:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera-you-dont-rate-a-one-name-moniker/560222/21 "2010-11-11T05:37:04Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Here’s two things: > > 1. Please don’t quote an _entire lengthy post_ just to add a couple of lines underneath. > > 2. _Especially_ don’t do it when your reply is _immediately after_ the post you’re quoting. I’ve done that before, and have had someone else get a post in before me. Then I have to go back and edit my post to let people know who I was responding to. Quoting what I’m responding to keeps that from happening. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera-you-dont-rate-a-one-name-moniker/560222/22 "2010-11-11T05:51:57Z")
You just did it again! Argh! ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera-you-dont-rate-a-one-name-moniker/560222/23 "2010-11-11T06:00:52Z")
It’s annoying as fuck isn’t it **Lad**? On topic: John \> John. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera-you-dont-rate-a-one-name-moniker/560222/24 "2010-11-11T06:25:57Z")
> [@Manduck](#): > > I thought it was Whitney with the pipes? Whitney who? ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera-you-dont-rate-a-one-name-moniker/560222/25 "2010-11-11T08:06:34Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I’m still not sold on Beyonce. She’s still Beyonce Knowles to me. On all her albums and singles, she’s officially credited as “Beyoncé” (except, I think, for some early featured appearances, when she used her last name), and when acting, she’s “Beyoncé Knowles”. Maybe she thinks having a last name makes her a more credible actress? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera-you-dont-rate-a-one-name-moniker/560222/26 "2010-11-11T08:07:20Z")
Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera-you-dont-rate-a-one-name-moniker/560222/27 "2010-11-11T08:15:16Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > Sorry. I wouldn’t worry. I do the same thing, for the same reasons; my only suggestion would be to cut the wall-o-text quote down to a sentence or two that expresses what, in particular, you’re responding to. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera-you-dont-rate-a-one-name-moniker/560222/28 "2010-11-11T08:17:13Z")
Good idea. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera-you-dont-rate-a-one-name-moniker/560222/29 "2010-11-11T08:20:44Z")
**Elton** is a good one. Though if he’d kept his real name, **Reginald** probably would’ve been unique enough to work as well. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera-you-dont-rate-a-one-name-moniker/560222/30 "2010-11-11T10:31:54Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > **Elton** is a good one. Yes, but his last name is so short, there’s no reason to reduce. Heck, you can say the guy’s name in two syllables if you soften the T, like people often do. As for Aguilerra–what always bothered me more is that her name is pronounced oddly. Why in the world does the I become silent, and the U become an American “you”? Still, it’s unique, so she should go by that if she wants a one-name moniker. Then again, I still don’t think Lindsay Lohan deserves a single name. Stupid tabloids. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera-you-dont-rate-a-one-name-moniker/560222/31 "2010-11-11T10:43:16Z")
Which other Christinas are you confusing her with? ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera-you-dont-rate-a-one-name-moniker/560222/32 "2010-11-11T11:06:45Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Then again, I still don’t think Lindsay Lohan deserves a single name. Stupid tabloids. In my experience those outside of her fanbase/those who aren’t tabloid junkies can’t even spell her first name properly (I always see Lindsey, Lyndsay, Lyndsey, Lynndhsie) (okay maybe not that last one), let alone refer to her by it exclusively. Anyway, it’s not really a matter of “deserve”, it’s just who’s the most famous right now with a name not shared with any comparable celebrities. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera-you-dont-rate-a-one-name-moniker/560222/33 "2010-11-11T11:50:21Z")
Hey, I didn’t know **Frank** was a musician! Agreed that Ms. Aguilera isn’t single-name, but yeah, some of the examples in the OP aren’t either - or the single name is not the firstname. If I hear “Sinatra”, I’m not going to think “Nancy”, but if I hear “Frank”, I’ll ask “Frank, which one?” ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera-you-dont-rate-a-one-name-moniker/560222/34 "2010-11-11T11:56:09Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > “Frank, which one?” Stallone. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera-you-dont-rate-a-one-name-moniker/560222/35 "2010-11-11T14:12:49Z")
[QUOTE=BigT] As for Aguilerra–what always bothered me more is that her name is pronounced oddly. Why in the world does the I become silent, and the U become an American “you”? [/QUOTE] Only one R. Aguilera. And who pronounces it without the L? ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera-you-dont-rate-a-one-name-moniker/560222/36 "2010-11-11T14:42:41Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > Which other Christinas are you confusing her with? That’s just what I was going to say. I think that she’s supremely talented, very hot and has the claim on “Christina”. If you don’t agree, just google “Christina”. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera-you-dont-rate-a-one-name-moniker/560222/37 "2010-11-11T14:50:52Z")
Could be worse. Could be Mariah. At least we don’t know Christina Aguilera can’t act. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera-you-dont-rate-a-one-name-moniker/560222/38 "2010-11-11T16:34:48Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > , but if I hear “Frank”, I’ll ask “Frank, which one?” Who are other Franks that are famous singers? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera-you-dont-rate-a-one-name-moniker/560222/39 "2010-11-11T16:39:42Z")
Frank Stallone. Huh, I see \*\*GuanoLad \*\*beat me and the question positor to it. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera-you-dont-rate-a-one-name-moniker/560222/40 "2010-11-11T16:46:35Z")
I’ve heard the name, but am not familiar with his work. According to Wikipedia… > [@Wikipedia](#): > > Stallone wrote and performed “Far From Over” for the 1983 film Staying Alive.[2] The song was released mid April 1983. The song peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his only major pop hit. I’m going to have to look that up on Youtube, because the name of that song doesn’t sound familiar. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera-you-dont-rate-a-one-name-moniker/560222.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera-you-dont-rate-a-one-name-moniker/560222.md?page=3)