### Author:  [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2006, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-only-sound-right-together-like-rock-hudson/364827/1 "2006-07-17T08:10:55Z")
I did not know how to name this thread (as you can see).
There are some names that sound really good or look right like ‘Rock Hudson’. But just ‘Rock’ does not seem right. Nor does ‘Goldie’ or ‘Red’.
Other examples -Tuesday Weld,Zero Mostel, Demi Moore,Goldie Hawn,Red Buttons,Sigourney Weaver,Vin Diesel.
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### Author:  [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2006, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-only-sound-right-together-like-rock-hudson/364827/2 "2006-07-17T10:38:59Z")
> [@blinkingblinking](#):
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> I did not know how to name this thread (as you can see).
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> There are some names that sound really good or look right like ‘Rock Hudson’. But just ‘Rock’ does not seem right. Nor does ‘Goldie’ or ‘Red’.
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> Other examples -Tuesday Weld,Zero Mostel, Demi Moore,Goldie Hawn,Red Buttons,Sigourney Weaver,Vin Diesel.
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### Author:  [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2006, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-only-sound-right-together-like-rock-hudson/364827/3 "2006-07-17T10:59:37Z")
> [@chowder](#):
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> Ben Turpin
Dick also works with Turpin.
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### Author:  [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2006, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-only-sound-right-together-like-rock-hudson/364827/4 "2006-07-17T12:23:30Z")
Nothing really to add other than the anecdote that Rock Hudson used to share the story that he almost didn’t end up as “Rock.” The manager who gave him the name (and who also named Tab Hunter…ooh, Tab Hunter, that’s a good one) almost called him either “Jump” or “Click.”
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### Author:  [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2006, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-only-sound-right-together-like-rock-hudson/364827/5 "2006-07-17T12:43:57Z")
> [@Otto](#):
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> Nothing really to add other than the anecdote that Rock Hudson used to share the story that he almost didn’t end up as “Rock.” The manager who gave him the name (and who also named Tab Hunter…ooh, Tab Hunter, that’s a good one) almost called him either “Jump” or “Click.”
Either of those names would have ensured that I never saw one of his movies. Jump?\* JUMP?\*
A slightly different approach here, but I always prefered Sonny and Cher to just plain _Cher_. It kinda rolls of the tongue.
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### Author:  [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2006, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-only-sound-right-together-like-rock-hudson/364827/6 "2006-07-17T15:03:59Z")
**Jude Law** , now there’s a name (which, IIRC is his given name).
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2006, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-only-sound-right-together-like-rock-hudson/364827/7 "2006-07-17T15:06:02Z")
Rhett Butler. Could anyone else be a Rhett?
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### Author:  [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2006, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-only-sound-right-together-like-rock-hudson/364827/8 "2006-07-17T15:10:09Z")
Just a goshdarn minute here.
Are we talking real or fictional 'cos Rhett aint real unlike Buck Rogers
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### Author:  [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2006, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-only-sound-right-together-like-rock-hudson/364827/9 "2006-07-17T16:16:06Z")
Bugs Bunny
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### Author:  [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2006, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-only-sound-right-together-like-rock-hudson/364827/10 "2006-07-17T16:39:38Z")
> [@LunaV](#):
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> Bugs Bunny
What about Bugs Meany or Bugsy Siegal?
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### Author:  [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-only-sound-right-together-like-rock-hudson/364827/11 "2006-07-17T17:15:01Z")
[George Costanza] Buck Naked! [George Costanza]
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### Author:  [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2006, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-only-sound-right-together-like-rock-hudson/364827/12 "2006-07-17T17:35:22Z")
Wolfman Dave wouldn’t have been famous. Wolfman Ted couldn’t get a job. But Wolfman Jack = the right name. (Incidentally, his name was Bob.)
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### Author:  [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2006, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-only-sound-right-together-like-rock-hudson/364827/13 "2006-07-17T17:47:36Z")
Engelbert Humperdink
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### Author:  [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-only-sound-right-together-like-rock-hudson/364827/14 "2006-07-17T17:52:24Z")
Wolf Blitzer and Stone Philips (sorry iffen spelling is wrong) come to mind.
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### Author:  [@TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoneyKingofNowhere)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2006, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-only-sound-right-together-like-rock-hudson/364827/15 "2006-07-17T17:57:12Z")
Rip Torn.
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### Author:  [@Bytegeist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bytegeist)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-only-sound-right-together-like-rock-hudson/364827/16 "2006-07-17T18:37:01Z")
Biff McLargeHuge
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### Author:  [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2006, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-only-sound-right-together-like-rock-hudson/364827/17 "2006-07-17T18:42:19Z")
Randy VanWarmer and Boxcar Willey . Somebody once said that the latter sounds like a type of STD.
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### Author:  [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-only-sound-right-together-like-rock-hudson/364827/18 "2006-07-17T18:45:11Z")
Rection, Hugh G.
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### Author:  [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-only-sound-right-together-like-rock-hudson/364827/19 "2006-07-17T18:47:09Z")
Raquel Welch.
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### Author:  [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-only-sound-right-together-like-rock-hudson/364827/20 "2006-07-17T18:57:48Z")
Back in the 60’s a whole “stable” of British rock stars were renamed . Thus we ended up with Vince Eager, Johnny Gentle, Dicky Pride , Billy Fury, Georgie Fame and Marty Wilde.
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