# Sharing a name with a famous song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 17, 2017, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-name-with-a-famous-song/780023 "2017-02-17T03:38:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-name-with-a-famous-song/780023/81 "2017-02-22T21:29:17Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > If I was your coworker I would get a big kick out of this 🙂 Several of them have. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-name-with-a-famous-song/780023/82 "2017-02-22T21:37:05Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > 😕 Of course 😕 Have you never heard someone enunciate the _awe_ sound? What about words spelled with _au_, such as “sausage” or “applause” ? > Sorry for the hijack. In my accent they’re all the same sound. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-name-with-a-famous-song/780023/83 "2017-02-22T21:37:45Z")
I’ve always liked The Beach Boys’ “Wendy,” so that hasn’t been a problem. I was convinced for years as a kid that I was named after it. I like The Association’s “Windy” (the local HS marching band played it for my parents after I was born), too, but I hate when people try to spell my name that way. Just don’t get me started on the Wendy’s “Where’s the Beef” ads. Like my teenage years weren’t awkward enough… ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-name-with-a-famous-song/780023/84 "2017-02-23T01:10:34Z")
The following song was directly named after me, because it’s so horrible, just like the band. Plug your ears [@ 0:47](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD5rND-Nlq0) And trust me, if _I_ say “plug your ears”, that would be a quite advisable thing. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-name-with-a-famous-song/780023/85 "2017-02-23T14:22:15Z")
For the longest time, I hated my given name, preferring to use my nickname. Imagine how thrilled I was when _Michelle_ became a hit just in time for my early teen years. :rolleyes: Then when I was nearly 20, I dated a guy who didn’t like nicknames and started calling me Michelle. He didn’t sing it at me and I decided it was OK after all. And I’ve gone by that for more than 40 years now. Incidentally, I found out my dad had wanted to name me Roxanne… ---
**Author:** ![Made\_in\_Macau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-name-with-a-famous-song/780023/86 "2017-02-23T17:43:10Z")
> [@BobArrgh](#): > > Not trying to hijack the thread, but as a guy named “Bob”, I absolutely hate it when someone makes a crack saying, “What About Bob?”, referencing the 1991 Bill Murray movie. Sorry, haven’t seen it. Nope, don’t get the joke. Annoyed? Why, yes, actually. You must be a different Bob. MiM ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-name-with-a-famous-song/780023/87 "2017-02-23T18:05:00Z")
Every time I see this thread, I start singing Hey, Carrie Anne, what’s your game now Can anybody play and think of Carrie-Anne Moss who was named for it. Oh, the earworm. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-name-with-a-famous-song/780023/88 "2017-02-23T18:46:55Z")
I have a cousin who was born a few years before _Jessica_, but I have no memory of her complaining about it. Most of her childhood, she was called Sica. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-name-with-a-famous-song/780023/89 "2017-02-24T03:54:11Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Incidentally, I found out my dad had wanted to name me Roxanne… My parents were deciding between Julia and Cecilia. I think I would have had thread-related issues were I Cecilia! ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-name-with-a-famous-song/780023/90 "2017-02-24T12:28:15Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Does _anybody_ pronounce them differently? As others have noted, it’s regional. In the New York City metro area, for many speakers, the words could not be more different. “Dawn” almost has two syllables – “DOO-ahn.” ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-name-with-a-famous-song/780023/91 "2017-02-24T12:44:37Z")
I physically destroyed a recording of Bobby Goldsboro’s “Watching Scotty Grow”. It didn’t help that my mother is sentimental AF about that treacley shit… ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-name-with-a-famous-song/780023/92 "2017-02-24T13:55:33Z")
> [@Quercus\_alba](#): > > I physically destroyed a recording of Bobby Goldsboro’s “Watching Scotty Grow”. > It didn’t help that my mother is sentimental AF about that treacley shit… At least your name isn’t Honey. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-name-with-a-famous-song/780023/93 "2017-02-28T23:16:34Z")
I know a woman named Rhiannon, who was named after the Fleetwood Mac song. She has a love/hate relationship with her name. ---
**Author:** ![black\_rainbow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d26b3c/32.png) [@black\_rainbow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rainbow)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-name-with-a-famous-song/780023/94 "2017-02-28T23:25:42Z")
There’s this cheesy 80s song called Ah Leah. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-name-with-a-famous-song/780023/95 "2017-03-01T03:01:04Z")
> [@black\_rainbow](#): > > There’s this cheesy 80s song called Ah Leah. Cheesy??!!! It was the height of cool I’ll have you know. /old fogey ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-name-with-a-famous-song/780023/96 "2017-03-01T03:10:07Z")
I have a case manager named Rhonda; when I’m having a hard time remembering her name, “Help Me, Rhonda” is a good mnemonic. (Unfortunately, I’m about to get a new case manager; she’s moving departments.) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-name-with-a-famous-song/780023/97 "2017-03-01T11:29:58Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Not a song, but… when I was born, my older brother was really into Winnie the Pooh. So my parents came very close to naming me Christopher. Middle name Robin. You probably would have been the first Jewish guy named “Christopher”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-name-with-a-famous-song/780023/98 "2017-03-01T14:09:33Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Not a song, but… when I was born, my older brother was really into Winnie the Pooh. So my parents came very close to naming me Christopher. Middle name Robin. [Not a song? I beg to differ!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G5x3fpfpFI) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-name-with-a-famous-song/780023/99 "2017-03-01T14:50:28Z")
My mother’s family name was Robinson. She did not appreciate the Simon & Garfunkel song from The Graduate. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-name-with-a-famous-song/780023/100 "2017-03-01T16:50:22Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Cheesy??!!! It was the height of cool I’ll have you know. > > /old fogey Yeah, I love Ah Leah! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-name-with-a-famous-song/780023.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-name-with-a-famous-song/780023.md?page=6)