# Song Titles: Just a girl's name **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 14, 2002, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-just-a-girls-name/108960 "2002-05-14T03:24:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-just-a-girls-name/108960/1 "2002-05-14T03:24:13Z")
So, how many can we all list? E.g.: “Gloria” by Laura Brannigan, “Valerie” by Steve Winwood. ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-just-a-girls-name/108960/2 "2002-05-14T03:25:26Z")
Angie -Rolling Stones ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-just-a-girls-name/108960/3 "2002-05-14T03:26:46Z")
Adia - Sarah McLachlan ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-just-a-girls-name/108960/4 "2002-05-14T03:28:00Z")
Mandy - Barry Manilow Sarah - Fleetwood Mac Michelle - Beatles Monica - Circus Custers ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-just-a-girls-name/108960/5 "2002-05-14T03:29:31Z")
Aubrey - Bread Renee - Talk Talk Venus - Shocking Blue ---
**Author:** ![Osbie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cdc98d/32.png) [@Osbie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osbie)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-just-a-girls-name/108960/6 "2002-05-14T03:29:31Z")
Sherry - Four Seasons ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-just-a-girls-name/108960/7 "2002-05-14T03:30:56Z")
Suzanne - Leonard Cohen ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-just-a-girls-name/108960/8 "2002-05-14T03:33:09Z")
Lucille - Kenny Rodgers Sandra - Barry Manilow ---
**Author:** ![tsarina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@tsarina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsarina)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-just-a-girls-name/108960/9 "2002-05-14T03:34:22Z")
Julia - Beatles Layla - Eric Clapton Lily - Smashing PumpkinsÃŽ ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-just-a-girls-name/108960/10 "2002-05-14T03:35:08Z")
Kayleigh - Marillion ---
**Author:** ![Osbie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cdc98d/32.png) [@Osbie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osbie)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-just-a-girls-name/108960/11 "2002-05-14T03:38:00Z")
Nancy - Frank Sinatra ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-just-a-girls-name/108960/12 "2002-05-14T03:40:15Z")
Anne - Kayak ---
**Author:** ![Osbie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cdc98d/32.png) [@Osbie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osbie)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-just-a-girls-name/108960/13 "2002-05-14T03:40:41Z")
Maria - Leonard Bernstein ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-just-a-girls-name/108960/14 "2002-05-14T03:52:06Z")
Original recording artists will take some time to track down, but “Maria Elena”, “Mary”, “Rosemary”, “Lily Marlene”, and “Linda” we all songs of my parents generation (and I can still remember the lyrics - that’s scary). ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-just-a-girls-name/108960/15 "2002-05-14T03:52:16Z")
Amanda - Boston Carrie - Europe Christie Lee - Billy Joel Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac Sussudio - Genesis Beth - Kiss ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-just-a-girls-name/108960/16 "2002-05-14T03:52:44Z")
Carrie - Cliff Richard Carrie-Anne - Hollies Babara-Ann - Beach Boys ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-just-a-girls-name/108960/17 "2002-05-14T03:55:29Z")
Rosanna - Toto ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-just-a-girls-name/108960/18 "2002-05-14T03:57:48Z")
Luka - Suzanne Vega ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-just-a-girls-name/108960/19 "2002-05-14T03:58:24Z")
Valerie - The Monkees recorded such a song, I don’t know who wrote it Claire - Gilbert O’Sullivan Roxanne - I don’t know ---
**Author:** ![mdf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@mdf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mdf)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-just-a-girls-name/108960/20 "2002-05-14T03:59:29Z")
Aja - Steely Dan Dinah Moe Humm - Frank Zappa Althea - Grateful Dead Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-just-a-girls-name/108960.md?page=2)