# What is it with “F” names? Goodbye, Felicia. Lighten up, Francis. Friedo Corleone. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 10, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338 "2018-03-10T14:55:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338/1 "2018-03-10T14:55:04Z")
Am I connecting random dots, or do F names connote something? Fraser Crane… Are F-named folks particularly smack-able? ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338/2 "2018-03-10T14:59:52Z")
I have no idea what you’re talking about. What does “smack-able” mean in this context? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338/3 "2018-03-10T15:15:31Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > I have no idea what you’re talking about. What does “smack-able” mean in this context? It means you want to smack them across the face because they’re being annoying/whiny/pretentious/difficult/unpleasant/etc. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338/4 "2018-03-10T15:25:32Z")
Fish. Frog. Flamingo. What’s up with animals beginning with F? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338/5 "2018-03-10T15:43:22Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > It means you want to smack them across the face because they’re being annoying/whiny/pretentious/difficult/unpleasant/etc. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338/6 "2018-03-10T15:47:27Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Fish. Frog. Flamingo. > > What’s up with animals beginning with F? I’d never really thought about it before, but you’re right. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338/7 "2018-03-10T16:19:21Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > I’d never really thought about it before, but you’re right. :eek: I don’t know if they deserve a smack, but you wouldn’t want to cuddle those f-ers. And don’t get me started on ferrets and fire-bellied toads. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338/8 "2018-03-10T16:33:21Z")
‘Goodbye, Felicia.’ ‘Lighten up, Francis.’ ‘Friedo Corleone.’ And of course, ‘Chuck you, Farley!’ I don’t know if it’s that the names begin with ‘F’, or if it’s just that they are unusual names in the U.S. How about [Myron](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2hFxmva0FQ) or [Milton](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsayg_S4pJg)? ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338/9 "2018-03-10T17:16:49Z")
Not only that, but what’s up with all the breakfast foods beginning with T? Toast, Texas toast, toasted bagel, toasted English muffin, toast (French)… mmm ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338/10 "2018-03-10T17:24:40Z")
I know a Fred that pisses me off. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338/11 "2018-03-10T17:39:02Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Not only that, but what’s up with all the breakfast foods beginning with T? And what’s up with the sitting presidents beginning with T? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338/12 "2018-03-10T17:47:31Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I know a Fred that pisses me off. Tell him to drop dead. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338/13 "2018-03-10T17:51:48Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Tell him to drop dead. I want to hear Fred’s side of it. Beckdawreck’s real name could be Ffion. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338/14 "2018-03-10T17:51:51Z")
Frank, Fran, Frannie… Little Frannie Pooh ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338/15 "2018-03-10T17:53:23Z")
> [@](#): > > Friedo Corleone. Ahem. His name is _Fredo_. It’s short for Frederico. He sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338/16 "2018-03-10T17:55:53Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Ahem. His name is _Fredo_. It’s short for Frederico. He sucks. Yeah, who’d have a name that looks like fried dough? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338/17 "2018-03-10T18:15:13Z")
What about that Fauntleroy guy? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338/18 "2018-03-10T18:22:25Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Ahem. His name is _Fredo_. It’s short for Frederico. He sucks. Damn. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338/19 "2018-03-10T18:25:46Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Damn. Sorry. Don’t worry about it. By the way, what’s your shoe size? I need to tell my cement guy for, uh, reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338/20 "2018-03-10T18:30:40Z")
It’s clearly a conspiracy by those sign-making guys, who had a surplus of interchangeable ‘F’s.’ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-f-names-goodbye-felicia-lighten-up-francis-friedo-corleone/810338.md?page=2)