# What movie is this from...? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 13, 2010, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-from/524767 "2010-01-13T07:43:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Carliepuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Carliepuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carliepuck)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-from/524767/1 "2010-01-13T07:43:11Z")
So my friends name is hillary… and for some reason or another… i just blurted out, “Hillary is a girl’s name!” “No hillary is not a girl’s name… Hillary is a boy’s name!” Now… I KNOW its from some movie… for some reason i have an image of john cleese saying it… or someone with an english accent… and this person is talking to a kid who tells him that hillary is a girls name, and he argues back… but i cant for the life of me think of what movie it is… and my degree from Google Tech, and Wiki U, are not helping… anyone have any idea? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-from/524767/2 "2010-01-13T07:59:37Z")
I don’t know the answer to your question, but I was reminded that Alan “Dickie” Bird’s (Bill Paterson) male boss in the movie [Comfort and Joy](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0087072/) (by Bill Forsythe) is named Hilary. Sorry for the randomness, but I love anything that reminds me of that wonderful movie. Edit to add, it’s a Scottish movie, so Hilary as a man’s name would seem to be common in the UK. I don’t think it would fly in the US. ---
**Author:** ![Carliepuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Carliepuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carliepuck)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-from/524767/3 "2010-01-13T10:35:56Z")
Doh… just figured it out… its not hillary is a girls name… its Edith is a girls name… No its not… Edith is a boys name… and its from Ghost dad… dunno how i got it mixed up! ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-from/524767/4 "2010-01-13T12:43:35Z")
> [@Carliepuck](#): > > Doh.. just figured it out.. its not hillary is a girls name.. its Edith is a girls name.. No its not.. Edith is a boys name.. and its from Ghost dad… dunno how i got it mixed up! Funnily enough, that’s the film I thought of when I read your OP. He pronounced it ‘edd-ith,’ the edd rhyming with red. Reminded me of Evelyn Waugh. Hillary as a man’s name is not unknown in the UK, but it’s far more common as a woman’s name. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-from/524767/5 "2010-01-13T14:20:01Z")
For some reason I was reminded of a line from the 1967 spoof version of _Casino Royale_, during the introduction of the character Evelyn Tremble: “Isn’t that a girl’s name?” “No. It’s my name.” ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-from/524767/6 "2010-01-13T14:25:36Z")
_“Claire?”_ “Claire. It’s a family name.” “Oh, it’s a fat girl’s name.”