# Middle names of TV Characters **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 17, 2018, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668 "2018-11-17T05:21:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668/21 "2018-11-17T18:20:44Z")
**Maynard G. Krebbs** According to Maynard, the G was for “Walter” (“the G is silent”). ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668/22 "2018-11-17T18:22:52Z")
Pavel Andreevich Chekov ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668/23 "2018-11-17T18:28:10Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Sheldon Lee (Leigh?) Cooper If he’s from **Texas** , it’s gotta be “Lee.” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668/24 "2018-11-17T18:31:20Z")
> [@Sefton](#): > > Clayton Runamede Endicott III - Runamede was the field on which the Magna Carta was signed Runnymede, “mede” in this case meaning “meadow.” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668/25 "2018-11-17T18:35:52Z")
Christopher Cross Griffin ---
**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668/26 "2018-11-17T18:37:15Z")
Julian Subatoi Bashir. Miles Edward O’Brien. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668/27 "2018-11-17T18:44:34Z")
Christmas Noelle Snow (“Chrissy”) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668/28 "2018-11-17T18:50:32Z")
Father John Patrick Francis Mulcahy was sometimes John P., other times John Francis. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668/29 "2018-11-17T18:53:05Z")
Benjamin Franklin Pierce BJ Hunnicut (named after his mother Bea and his father Jay) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668/30 "2018-11-17T18:57:46Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Father John Patrick Francis Mulcahy was sometimes John P., other times John Francis. When you have that many names, you can afford to skip a few now and then. 😛 ---
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My Little Pony: Pinkamena Diane Pie. Which is pretty weird since it’s the only human sounding name in the series. I wonder if it’s a deliberate shout out or just a weird coincidence that Pinkie’s middle name starts with D and so does Luffy’s in _One Piece_. ---
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Stanislaus Tadeusz Wojciehowicz (“Wojo”) ---
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Leroy Jethro Gibbs, from NCIS ---
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Timothy Farragut McGee, also from NCIS ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668/35 "2018-11-17T21:48:07Z")
Michael Casimir Stivic ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668/36 "2018-11-17T22:55:39Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Father John Patrick Francis Mulcahy was sometimes John P., other times John Francis. Was he ever called John Francis? It was “John P.” in the pilot, but usually just “Francis” in the rest of the series, when he didn’t use the full name. The one time I remember him saying the full name was when Radar was leaving; he told him something like, “John Patrick Francis Mulcahy - remember that if you have any children!” Speaking of Father Mulcahy, how about characters that are called by their middle names: Lucille Quinn Fabray, from _Glee_ W. Seymour Skinner, from _The Simpsons_ - however the only time his name appears that way is in one of the “Who Shot Mr. Burns?” episodes (as part of the whole “Burns points to WS, or is it MS” plot point) ---
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> [@blindboyard](#): > > Julian Subatoi Bashir. > Miles Edward O’Brien. And Benjamin LaFayette Sisko ---
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Sheriff Andrew Jackson Taylor - the Andy Griffith Show Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli - Happy Days ---
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A couple more: Dana Katherine Scully and Fox William Mulder. ---
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