Names Inspired By Comic Strip Characters

[aimeewins.livejournal.com]

Andy
Blondie
Brenda
Calvin
Cathy
Charlie
Dennis
Dick
Dolly
Elly
Florrie*
Garfield
George
Hagar
Heathcliff
Helga
Hiram
Jeffy
Lois
Luann
Michael
Odie
Rex
Sally
Ziggy

Too many of these are forever associated with the comics for me to ever use.

Comments

[so-there.livejournal.com]

heh. you didn't put Linus (my son's name) on the list :)

[satunian.livejournal.com]

yeah Linus was one of the first names that stood out too!
I also knew Dennis would be on there but Dennis is my dad (who is nothing like a menace!) so I will always equate that name with dear ol' dad.

[nothingtolose19.livejournal.com]

Dennis FTW! :D

Hehe, that's my dad's name, too, so I'm in the same boat as you with equating that name with my daddy :)

[nobutterflies.livejournal.com]

Hm, I only know about half of these as comic characters.

You forgot Batman and Superman (http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=5)!

[satunian.livejournal.com]

iawtc

[sweet-light.livejournal.com]

those are comic book characters.
not comic strip characters.
difference.

[nobutterflies.livejournal.com]

Not really. There are different media (book, strip, novel). The art form is the same--comic. The superheroes started out as strips, and comic strips such as Garfield etc., are collected in books too.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i like:

charlie and elly (but spelled ellie), and both as nicknames.

odie? ziggy? hahaha maybe for a pet. although zig is kind of a cool nickname.

[singhappy02.livejournal.com]

What about Diana? As in Diana Prince, aka Wonder Woman, aka the baddest bitch ever.

[murderprotocol.livejournal.com]

The only one I like is Dennis, and maybe Ziggy.

[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

I like:
Charlie
Elly
Rex