# Names you associate with "white trash" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 28, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-associate-with-white-trash/204364 "2003-09-28T21:35:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2003, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-associate-with-white-trash/204364/21 "2003-09-28T23:22:08Z")
Blanche is good. Any two-syllable name followed by another one-syllable name. And there’s the ever-popular “Bubba.” ---
**Author:** ![G-RAY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@G-RAY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G-RAY)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-associate-with-white-trash/204364/22 "2003-09-28T23:25:44Z")
Nola, Nola Stienkie. Thats a real person by they way. I worked with her at a Fred Meyer store in Spokane. She was late forties, about 5’6" built like a refrigerater with a head. Her husband Duke was sort of semi-employed, he got fired from jobs alot, so he hung around the house all the time.She once asked one of the women at work who had recently dyed her hair if she “Mixed a double batch to dye the snatch to match”. She drove an old pick up truck with a shovel and a broom sticking up out of the bed. ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-associate-with-white-trash/204364/23 "2003-09-28T23:26:35Z")
Faith, Chastity, Hope, America. ---
**Author:** ![carlotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2003, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-associate-with-white-trash/204364/24 "2003-09-28T23:36:51Z")
Florence or Flo Mabel Marge Doris Rhetta Lou Billie Jo Lynn Ida ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-associate-with-white-trash/204364/25 "2003-09-28T23:37:05Z")
Bubba Sue (just kidding). > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elmwood \* > \*\*I have met several shopworn, seen-much-better-days women named _ **Tammy** _ in rural and blue collar industrial areas in the North. _ **Dee Dee** _ is a similar Northern name, although the name reminds me more of a slightly chunky blonde sports bar hag than someone matronly. Buffalo’s blue collar neighborhoods are filled with fourtysomething women named _ **Joanne, Frances** _ and _ **Francine.** _ \*\* I’ll second both the experience and the names. Out of those mentioned, I’d vote for Francine. ---
**Author:** ![heimarkj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c2a13f/32.png) [@heimarkj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heimarkj)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2003, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-associate-with-white-trash/204364/26 "2003-09-28T23:43:20Z")
mavis becky ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-associate-with-white-trash/204364/27 "2003-09-29T00:12:44Z")
We don’t cotton much to you uppity big city story writers here in IMHO. Why don’t you come along real peaceful-like to the county line, and you can go bother those furriners over in Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-associate-with-white-trash/204364/28 "2003-09-29T00:25:16Z")
If you want to be a good writer, avoid stereotypes. If you character lives in a trailer or if she is physically unattractive, giver her a beautiful or elegant name. Much better. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-associate-with-white-trash/204364/29 "2003-09-29T00:51:35Z")
Bobbie ---
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-associate-with-white-trash/204364/30 "2003-09-29T00:51:55Z")
Bobbie Sue Bobbie Ann Peggy Sue Birdie MetalMaven ---
**Author:** ![liirogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-associate-with-white-trash/204364/31 "2003-09-29T00:59:19Z")
Dangit, **Czarcasm**! I thought long and hard about this one, and figured since it was a poll it woul suit IMHO. And this character does not live in a trailer park. And I’m not going for “good writer” status here… I think a “good writer” would look down their nose at my story. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-associate-with-white-trash/204364/32 "2003-09-29T01:01:27Z")
Delightra Pearlette Blondeen Wenderella Dawnelle TaffiLyn Florabelle Clitoris Aquanette Bimberly Ralphene I have no idea if these people are white trash or not, but they are but a small sample of actual names from the [Utah Baby Namer](http://www.wesclark.com/ubn/). I’m not saying that Utahans are white trash, they just name their kids that way. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-associate-with-white-trash/204364/33 "2003-09-29T01:51:01Z")
I know of someone exactly like that. The last names have been changed to protect others from her. Earline Jones. Born Earline May Jackson. Married Smitty Bodine at 15, divorced at 18. Married Bertram Jones at 19 and had 5 kids in 7 years. Divorced Bertram at 33 when she caught him in bed with her little sister Tabitha. Married Dick Chesterfield a few years later. Dick is a trucker and isn’t home much which suits Earline just fine. 7 years later Dick is killed in an accident and Earline uses the money from Dick’s life insurance to buy a new double wide. Earline also changes her last name back to Jones because it is easier to spell. Earline is now 45 and single and still has 4 of her 5 children living with her. Andy Gibb Jones is 25 and is between jobs. He has a couple of warrants out for him so he is laying low to avoid trouble. He claims he will be arrested if he gets a job. Whitney Houston Jones is 24 and has 2 kids of her own. She is working as a waitress and will move out when her back child support check comes in. She has been waiting for 4 years. Ted Nugent Jones, 22, is in the Army. He works at the motor pool at Fort Ord, California. Says he is waiting for secret orders to Iraq to help find Saddam himself. In reality his unit will not be going anywhere. Mel Gibson Jones is 20 and works at Burger King. He is the only child of Earline to graduate from high school. He also owns his own car. He can’t afford new license tabs so he only drives the car for emergencies. Which happen 4 or 5 times a day. Janet Jackson Jones at 18 is the youngest. She is pregnant with her first child. She won’t know who the father is till the child is born and blood tests are done. She has her list narrowed down to 5 guys now. Each child was named for the artist of the song Earline was listening to when they were conceived. Except Mel, he was conceived in the back of a 68 Chevy while Road Warriors was playing at the local drive in. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-associate-with-white-trash/204364/34 "2003-09-29T01:54:00Z")
No other name but _Tammy_ will do. ---
**Author:** ![SnoopyFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@SnoopyFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnoopyFan)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-associate-with-white-trash/204364/35 "2003-09-29T02:52:46Z")
Dreama. ---
**Author:** ![vengence\_will\_be\_mine.maybe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/58956e/32.png) [@vengence\_will\_be\_mine.maybe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vengence_will_be_mine.maybe)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-associate-with-white-trash/204364/36 "2003-09-29T02:53:05Z")
Definitley without a doubt the perfect name would be Joliene. ``` Joliene ``` ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-associate-with-white-trash/204364/37 "2003-09-29T03:14:20Z")
I’m just trying to decide if posting to this thread will make me look/sound like someone who goes around with preconceived notions about people. (sigh) It’s been my observation that some people with less-than-middle-class lifestyles tend to like fancy names. And since I’m in Illinois, where your story is set, I’ll give you a few I’ve encountered: Raquel Crystal Doris Alexis Tonya Bernadette Rosalie Jennifer & Jessica & Jacqueline & Janice (there are a gazillion of these J names) (No offense intended to anyone who has any of the above names.) ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-associate-with-white-trash/204364/38 "2003-09-29T03:17:38Z")
Wanda Irene Trisha Blanch ---
**Author:** ![Extraneous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/0ea827/32.png) [@Extraneous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Extraneous)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-associate-with-white-trash/204364/39 "2003-09-29T04:14:11Z")
Evangeline curses the soul of a Mississippi queen… ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-associate-with-white-trash/204364/40 "2003-09-29T04:30:22Z")
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