Names scarred by movies
 

what names used in movies do you consider to be scarred by that movie and why? for example i think that adam sandler movie scarred the name Develin. why? because it was used to referrence solid waste(poop).

Interesting topic. Um, I love the name Casper, but thanks to movies, it's connected to a certain friendly ghost...

That is true and then there's the name Jacob. Now scarred by twilight.

I've never thought of it that way...I mean, certain names trigger movies, books or shows, but I can't think of a specific name that I would ONLY associate to, or associate badly because of, a movie.

I mean, I never liked the name Edward or Bella or Buffy, but I certain NOW wouldn't be any more inclined to use them.

I used to like the name Bella until Twilight happened.

Yea alot of movies can sway your choice in names.

Truthfully, I loved the name Alice, (and even though Alice was one of the few good characters in Twilight) I would think twice about using it.

On another note, I had never thought of really liking Ginny, Minerva, Molly, Lavender, or Lily until Harry Potter, but now I've kind of grown attached to them.

That is true some names have become more popular due to movies while others lost some popularity.

I think most Twilight names are ruined save maybe Alice since it is fairly common. Fantasy character names on the other hand I think will see a rise. The way entertainment is going, the more "nerdy" stuff is becoming more popular. I know I plan to name my kids after fantasy characters.

I see what your saying but I think ima create my kids' names

Names being used in a movie doesn't make a bean of difference to me, unless I've never seen the name used anywhere *but* a movie. I notice it more when they are associated with real people, not that it would bug me to use a certain name but it would annoy me to have people assume that I named my kid after someone when I didn't.

Well - my real name is the name of a cartoon and an avenger. <3

Faux now I want to play the name guessing game...I'm quite good at it at times, but I don' know if you LIKE your name or not(as someone who does NOT like their name I try to not assume)

While I do associate names from popular movies with names that I hear, I'm not sure it actually makes that much of a difference to me.

I guess it makes a difference to some but not all... It may just mean more when you think about what to name your kids and don't want people to assume where the name came from.

I do wonder about people thinking about where a name came from, and it's something that I am curious about myself, but movies are not the first thing I think of. For instance, when I think "Alice" I immediately think of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland because of how long it's been around, and I also haven't known anyone named Alice. While I like the name "Jacob" to me it's a Biblical name. Twilight doesn't even come to mind.

I find it does make a difference if I've met people with a particular name. For instance one of my grandmother's names was Zena (or Xena, not sure how it was spelt). I never would have thought of giving a kid that name before I knew that because to me it was always attached to the TV show and I thought it didn't exist anywhere else.

it is spelled xena

Sadly, in this day and age, how a name is 'supposed' to be spelled is dependent on the person doing the naming.

Oh I know the show is, but I'm not sure about my grandmother. I've never seen her full name in print, and she's Danish so I'm not sure which letter would be used to get the sound.

Names today alone are related mostly to books or movies. So alot of names have meaning to different people.

I've never known anyone to name a kid from a movie or book, and I wouldn't say that names are largely related to those since it depends on what names people have encountered in a book. I haven't read Twilight so I don't know anyone besides Bella, Edward, and Jacob. I typically associate names with other people. "Edward" is my cousin's middle name so I think about it in relation to him. It probably depends on where one hears the name first. The names I attach to books or movies are the ones where I first heard the name and if it's become iconic to the book. "Bella" I think of twilight because I've rarely heard it before, and "Ishamael" makes me think of Moby Dick with the whole "Call me Ishmael" thing. The rest of the time they are just names attached to a person like any other name, except the person happens to be ficitonal.

Edward will always be the Spoony Bard to be. :P

I have a vague recollection of this particular bard.

how about Damien. This is the boys name form the omen movies. He was the child of satan.

Hm, I like the name Edward, was recently considering not using it for a character in a story because of the Twilight association, and then decided nobody would think of Twilight for more than a couple seconds so am going to use it anyway.

I'm now rethinking giving him the surname "Harper" though XD How did I forget about Edward from FFIV??

I don't think I associate most names ONLY with characters unless the name is really unusual.

i have met a few people that had a name that triggered a movie and or show. like in first grade i had a friend named peter scully and i loved x-files and had to ask him if his mom was dana scully.

my sister named my nephew donald and i could not help myself when she told me his name i added Duck to the end. then she named his brother jerimiah and it popped jerimiah was a bullfrog into my head.

i have a cousin named cycilia and until she was 12 was convinced that the song cycilia was about her.

Forgot about Edward Scissorhands, and Edward from Narnia, and Edward from Sense and Sensibility...

Edward is actually the name given to the first born male in my family line, and it's a pretty strong tradition in my family. I do feel a little bad for my son though, I'm thinking of nicknaming him Tiny Teddy >.>

i think sabrina is a pretty name but it makes me think of the movie sabrina and the tv show sabrina the teenage witch

Edward is now scarred for life to me because of Twilight.

In having to go through the naming game twice now, looking at names has taken on a new light for me. There were names that I like (Damien, Jacob, Edward) that I didn't use simply because I didn't want people thinking I named my kid after a fictional character.