Rosemary (“Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes” by Edison Lighthouse)
They Call the Wind Maria from Paint Your Wagon
We’ve already got Maria (although maybe not pronounced with a long “i”), but that song does also mention Tess, which hasn’t come up before.
Third page and mention of “Rio” by Duran Duran!?
:eek: :smack:
“Carlene” - Phil Vassar
“Amazing Grace” - Phil Vassar
“Bernadette” - Paul Simon
“Amy’s Back in Austin” - Little Texas
“Austin” - Blake Shelton
“Cleopatra, Queen of Denial” - Pam Tillis
“Julie” - Merril Bainbridge
“Margarita” - Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
“Mildred, Won’t You Behave” - Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra
“Nancy Whiskey” - Scottish Folk Song
“Rebecca Lynn” - Brian White
“Mambo No. 5*” and “All My Ex’s Live in Texas**” both name many names.
*: Monica, Erica, Rita, Tina, Sandra, Mary, Jessica, as well as Angela and Pamela
**: Rosanna, Eileen, Allison, and “Dimples”
I see PJ Harvey’s Elise has already been mentioned, but she also sings about:
Angelene
Leah
Joy
Catherine
Nina
Rebecca
April
Stella
Sixteen Horsepower sings about:
Ruthie (Last name: Lingle)
Phyllis Ruth
Asher Joanna
Leah Samantha
Ooh, thought of one more!
Bjork:
Isobel
(Poison) Ivy.
“Bitch” numerous artists.
I’ve known women with that as their first name
(or it should have been) 
Sorry to revive this, but I just watched a rerun of Flight of The Conchords and remembered the “Carol Brown” song:
I LOVE it! Thanks. (and that last look that she gives him–that is so me at a young age. I wonder if they just made all the cute girls wear Eleanor tags or if they had a cattle call for CYTs* that are named Eleanor.)
*CYT=cute young things.
Allison has already been mentioned, but not the Pixies song which kicks ass.
My additions come from Dion’s the Wanderer.
Flo, Mary, Janie, and Rosie. I think Flo at least has not yet been mentioned.
From Billy Joel songs:
Brenda – Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, a reworked version of a song called The Ballad of Brenda and Eddie
Rosalinda – Rosalinda’s Eyes
Gordon Lightfoot gives many of his female characters memorable names, and others ordinary monikers:
Sweet Guinevere
Daylight Katy
Approaching Lavender
Dream Street Rose
Sundown
Surprised I haven’t seen 867-5309/Jenny by Tommy Tutone.
“Katie Casey was baseball mad” is the actual opening line of a song known better for its chorus.
A popular song of the early twentieth century featured an invitation to “Come away with me, Lucille/ In my merry Oldsmobile”.
Besides the already-mentioned Sukey Tawdry and Lotte Lenya, Mack the Knife also features references to Jenny Diver and Lucy Brown. Some versions also include Polly Peachum.
And finally, the Beatles have been invoked often in this thread, yet I didn’t notice any acknowledgment of Lovely Rita meter maid.
I thought that was “Brender”. 