Normally, I’d agree with you, but this Gretchen is cute as a button IMO. Not supermodel beautiful, but damned cute in a girl-next-door way. Especially her dimples.
When I read this, I immediately thought of the video store sketch in Amazon Women on the Moon:
Saturday night. Ain’t got a date. What’s your name kid?
Ray.
Ray?..
And we’re off to the races.
Old Benny Hill bit has the patriarch (Hill) on his deathbed, surrounded by his fine, strong strapping sons… and Filbert. He begs his wife to tell him, now that he’s dying, that Filbert is not his son. Her reply? “He is, the others ain’t!”
Jubal Harshaw once opined that a name ending in “a” always suggests at least a “C” cup.
*“Why Jubal! And none of us with a name ending in “a”!”
“Flat-chested bunch, aren’t you?”*
So is Natalie Portman. But when I was going through puberty, this is the “Natalie” I was most familiar with, and is still the first image that comes to mind when I hear the name.
The link didn’t work for me, but I assume you are talking about the Facts of Life girl. If I didn’t live in Peekskill and start wondering what people were referring to, I never would have seen the show at all.
Natalie Wood was much older than I was, but I saw her grow up in old movies as I was growing up. And when you get to the end of Gypsy, puberty hits you like a truck.
I have never known a guy named Chris(topher) who wasn’t at least cute – most have been downright adorable and/or hot.
Sure the name doesn’t sound all that great to me, but I’ve never met a Gretchen that wasn’t incredibly sexy looking.
All the Jessicas I’ve know are hot. Celebrities too. Jessica Alba, Biel, Rabbit…
Yah, This Gretchen is not to hard on the eyes either.
Ellen; Jessie; Rebecca (maybe; not enough samples); Katie
All them have been some hot peppers.
The only “boy” Bambi I’ve ever seen or heard of was the original in the Disney movie. And he wasn’t a “boy”, he was a deer.
I think it’s a safe bet that close to 100% of all subsequent Bambi’s have been female.
Vanessa the Undresser?
I’ve never met a Tiffany who wasn’t a giggling airhead. I guess that doesn’t preclude hotness, though.
Every girl I’ve met named “Isabelle” (all French Canadian) has been hot, so that’s kind of lodged in my brain as a hot name.
I had an off-beat book a long time ago ('70s) on what to name your kid, and which reveled in stereotypes about what the child would become based on what he/she was named, i.e. “Kim is a 3-year-old who bites.”
The same book suggested that Gertrudes were assigned/characterized by the shortened form of their name. Trudy if they were cute, Gert if they were smart.
First person I had sex with was a Matt.
First boyfriend was a Mike.
So, I guess names that start with an M for me.
Gregs are hot.
Brians & Ryans are douchebags.
Mikes are really nice.
I always think of the “A” names: Amanda, Amy, Ashley, Anna…
I’m sure there are exceptions - my wife rejected all of those as potential baby names because of people she knew in high school.