# Who of us were named after someone famous? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 14, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-of-us-were-named-after-someone-famous/368728 "2006-08-14T21:43:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![King\_Friday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/43a26b/32.png) [@King\_Friday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Friday)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-of-us-were-named-after-someone-famous/368728/1 "2006-08-14T21:43:08Z")
People think I’m nuts for wanting to name my first boy Floyd, after Pink Floyd. My sister was named Shelley after Shelley Winters, and no one called my Mother crazy. By the way, my sister eventually married a Johnathon Winters…and I’m not joking. So, who were you named after? ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-of-us-were-named-after-someone-famous/368728/2 "2006-08-14T21:57:38Z")
I was named after Eva Gabor’s character on _Green Acres_, not because my mother particularly cherished the show, but because she liked the name (Lisa). I’m truly a child of the television generation. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-of-us-were-named-after-someone-famous/368728/3 "2006-08-14T22:01:14Z")
My middle name is taken from a song about a hooker. Thanks, Mom! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-of-us-were-named-after-someone-famous/368728/4 "2006-08-14T22:08:26Z")
I’m named after Bob Marley, which inspires some questions. It makes for a good way to introduce myself. ---
**Author:** ![MrJackboots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MrJackboots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrJackboots)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-of-us-were-named-after-someone-famous/368728/5 "2006-08-14T22:09:13Z")
My parents went to a lot of Bond movies when they were dating, so my dad gave me the middle name Sean. ---
**Author:** ![GLWasteful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f05b48/32.png) [@GLWasteful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GLWasteful)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-of-us-were-named-after-someone-famous/368728/6 "2006-08-14T22:09:28Z")
Named after Gregory Peck. Of course, my mother with her naivete never anticipated the ribbing I would take what with being known as “Pecker”, but I maintain that her heart was in the right place. I sort of have to. ---
**Author:** ![RachelChristine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RachelChristine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RachelChristine)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-of-us-were-named-after-someone-famous/368728/7 "2006-08-14T22:38:04Z")
I’m not named after anyone famous, but my daughter’s middle name is Gillian, after G. Anderson. I wanted to name her after my mom, but hubby is a die-hard X-fan (oddly enough, only starting to watch it after the show went off the air). We’ve taken a little good-natured ribbing, but that’s all. To make things worse, we often call her Piper or Piper Maru. When she was a newborn she would just open her eyes enough that all we could see was the black, so we figured the black oil got her! LOL ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-of-us-were-named-after-someone-famous/368728/8 "2006-08-14T22:46:37Z")
Named after Dirk Bogarde ( [Dirk Bogarde - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001958/) ) and Duane Eddy ( [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0248885/](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0248885/) ) (though my mom spelled Duane incorrectly that is indeed where they got it. ---
**Author:** ![solkoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@solkoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solkoe)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-of-us-were-named-after-someone-famous/368728/9 "2006-08-15T00:39:27Z")
My nephew is Kyle Alexander and the Alexander part comes from Alex Keaton of Family Ties. My sister really liked that character. ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-of-us-were-named-after-someone-famous/368728/10 "2006-08-15T00:51:36Z")
Just because I would never think to do it, I feel I must mention here that a friend of mine named his daughter after Ezri-Dax (or as I liked to call her Katiecouric-Dax) from DS9 ---
**Author:** ![Noel\_Prosequi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@Noel\_Prosequi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noel_Prosequi)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-of-us-were-named-after-someone-famous/368728/11 "2006-08-15T02:25:42Z")
[QUOTE=Antigen] My middle name is taken from a song about a hooker. Thanks, Mom! [/QUOTE] I’m guessing the name from the Sting song? If you wound up looking anything like Daryl Hannah in the movie of the same name, I guess you can’t complain 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-of-us-were-named-after-someone-famous/368728/12 "2006-08-15T02:31:50Z")
My name is Robert Kennedy. I was named after an uncle, though, and born in 1961, when RFK wasn’t yet a household name. I went to school with a Billy Carter in the late 70s, the poor bastard! ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-of-us-were-named-after-someone-famous/368728/13 "2006-08-15T02:34:27Z")
My real name is Maverick. I was named loosely after the television character Brett Maverick played by James Garner. ---
**Author:** ![King\_Friday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/43a26b/32.png) [@King\_Friday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Friday)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-of-us-were-named-after-someone-famous/368728/14 "2006-08-15T02:55:15Z")
[QUOTE=Krokodil] My name is Robert Kennedy. I was named after an uncle, though, and born in 1961, when RFK wasn’t yet a household name. I went to school with a Billy Carter in the late 70s, the poor bastard! [/QUOTE] Sounds like the same problem Micheal Bolton had in _Office Space_. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-of-us-were-named-after-someone-famous/368728/15 "2006-08-15T02:57:04Z")
I was named for my aunt, the author Elizabeth Ogilvie. While perhaps not famous, definitely well known in East Coast literary circles for her novels set in Maine and New England. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2006, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-of-us-were-named-after-someone-famous/368728/16 "2006-08-15T02:58:15Z")
St. Paul. ---
**Author:** ![XaMcQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/f9ae1b/32.png) [@XaMcQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XaMcQ)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-of-us-were-named-after-someone-famous/368728/17 "2006-08-15T03:02:48Z")
According to my baby book, I was named after the 1965 Poultry Princess of my small town, though the spelling is different. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-of-us-were-named-after-someone-famous/368728/18 "2006-08-15T03:20:13Z")
My name was taken from the character Bette Davis played in the movie “Jezebel.” The weird part is that Mom didn’t so much like the name as she liked the way Henry Fonda _said_ the name. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-of-us-were-named-after-someone-famous/368728/19 "2006-08-15T03:21:47Z")
Named after the lead actor in the movie **The Incredible Shrinking Man**. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-of-us-were-named-after-someone-famous/368728/20 "2006-08-15T04:13:04Z")
My friend’s brother was named Derek after Derek & The Dominoes. The spelling is considered unique in the US. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-of-us-were-named-after-someone-famous/368728.md?page=2)