Opie Wan Kenobi his full name is.
Robert
Orville
Samuel
Edward
Benjamin
Ulysses
David
Oh. Wait…
Sadly, I recognized your reference (but tripped over an ottoman while doing so)
The demise of their empire saddens me.
But the beard lives on.
yes indeed there is indeed a whole family of Opie’s not five miles away from me in deepest Cornwall. And there is John Opie 1761-1807 portrait painter, born St Agnes Cornwall.
Not exactly; it didn’t say “the Opie in Opie Cates is short for Opal”.
Of course not. That would have to have been the third post.
I thought it was initials O.P. that evolved into the name Opie. I have seen this happen on occasion. I had a friend, J.D., who through time became Jaydee. I thought this is what happened to Andy’s boy.
Orenthal.
The Taylors were Greek and it was short for Opilopolous.
Hershiser?
Opie is indeed O. P. Taylor - full name Obama Potus Taylor.
(Given the name by a traveling psychic from Kenya who went through Mayberry back in the day.)
That’s what I assumed. When I was a kid, the family across the road had a boy whose first name was “C.L.”. The man who lived next door to us had the first name “R.D.”. Even then I thought it odd that the initials were actually names.
I figured that “Opie” evolved from the name of his ancestor O.P. Taylor or something.
Was this him?
Well, the hairstyle was similar, but my neighbor kid’s dark complexion was not resistant to soap & water.
Opie Gangnam Style