Favorite names from songs--something light to discuss

[tigress-oils.livejournal.com]

We all know that songs with a name in the title (usually a woman's name) are instant hits. What are your favorite names from songs/songs with names/whatever? Has a positive association with a beloved song ever changed your opinion of a name? Has a song you hated ever ruined a name for you?

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Admittedly, I am totally into the name Vidalia because of the Sammy Kershaw song. I love cheesy puns, so when he begs "Tell me why, sweet Vidalia, you always gotta make me cry?" I just get the biggest kick. I also love that the first verse of the song is about how she got her name (parents' names are Violet and Dale) and how her parents didn't realize when they combined her name that they were dooming her to an onion-y lifetime of making men cry.

The George Strait song "Adalida" has gotten me intrigued by that name.

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[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

Phil Vassar's "Carleen" made my like the name more.

Ummm... I'm sure there are more...

[tigress-oils.livejournal.com]

ooh, that made me think of Dolly's "Jolene," a name I probably wouldn't like without the positive association of that song.

[missamerican.livejournal.com]

I love that song and that name! :)

[solyma.livejournal.com]

"sarala" by caedmon's call. it's a hindu name, but i really like it because of the song.

[tigress-oils.livejournal.com]

i'm not familiar with the song. how is it pronounced? it's interesting

[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

I heart Caedmon's Call. Probably my favorite band ever. :)

[rhondaaerosmith.livejournal.com]

how bout 'help me rhonda', it's my name and when i was working people would sing it to me all the time.

[ireane.livejournal.com]

If my husband and I ever have multiples, I'm all for naming them Sage, Rosemary, and/or Thyme.

[tigress-oils.livejournal.com]

hehe, but they will feel incomplete without a parsley!

[missamerican.livejournal.com]

I actually started liking my own name (Jamie) when hearing the songs "Jamie" by Weezer and then Dashboard Confessional and "Dear Jamie" by Hellogoodbye. And well... a couple of other Jamie songs. haha.

When I heard Austin (Blake Shelton) I really feel in love with that name though.

[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

I also LOVE Austin because of the song. That will probably be our boy's name, as my hubby loves it too.

[darabelle.livejournal.com]

clementine

layla

ophelia

brandy (i hate the name but i would totally use it because of the song lol) ok maybe not

daniel

[apple-seed.livejournal.com]

ugh sorry, that was supposed to be a reply to the post, not to your comment! :P

[apple-seed.livejournal.com]

I was named after a song- Melissa by the Allman Brothers.

I love the song Romeo & Juliet by Dire Straits, since Juliet is my daughter's name.

My sister was also named after a song- Amanda by Boston.

My mom wasn't named after the Weezer song Susanne, but it's a song I like :)

Names I like from songs are some of the more typical ones: Layla (Eric Clapton) Jamie (Weezer) and Jonas (Weezer.)

[darabelle.livejournal.com]

I loooooove Sweet Melissa. =D

[secret-x-stars.livejournal.com]

'Eli, the Barrow Boy' by The Decemberists made me fall in love with the name Eli.

also, Rasputina has a song called 'Dig Ophelia,' and it made Ophelia grow on me more. :)

[tigress-oils.livejournal.com]

oh, i love that decemberists song. i have a friend named eli who loves the decemberists; oddly, he hates that song.

i also have a friend who named her son Eli Magellan. i think the combo is stellar.

[annieareyouokay.livejournal.com]

I love love love Haligh from the Bright Eyes song. And Lyla from the song by Oasis. Actually thinking about it, I'll have to run Lyla Haligh by my husband. :)

[tigress-oils.livejournal.com]

oh i love the song, but i don't care for the name. i always wondered where he found it.

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

Cecilia, by Simon and Garfunkel, is probably the big one for me. It's just such a happy song for me, something I sing along to loudly every chance I get.

[neroli.livejournal.com]

I have memories of jumping on the bed with my sister singing along to this song. I can only imagine how appalled my mother must have been to have her preschoolers singing about afternoon delight... :-O

(In all seriousness, I am pretty sure we only knew the words to the chorus.)

[so-there.livejournal.com]

The Hippos have a song called Paulina and I never really thought of it until recently (as in, about 2 days ago!), but I really do like that name.

[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

I was names after a song: Rosalee McFall by the Graterful Dead

I love Layla, Austin, and Sara Beth. Sara Beth is from the country song about the girl with cancer, "sara beth was scared to death..."

[wildirishgypsy.livejournal.com]

Sara
Juliet
Rhiannon
Lily

(all from Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac songs... can anyone guess my fav band?)

[tigress-oils.livejournal.com]

girl, i was raised on rumours. i have four copies of it on vinyl, and tons of stevie memorabilia. when i was a kid, i thought i was stevie nicks.

my mom confessed to me when i was a teenager that she secretly wanted to name me rhiannon but knew my dad would never go for it, so she never even brought it up. i could have been a rhiannon!

[in-the-starlite.livejournal.com]

I really started to like Carmelina after the Matthew Good Band song.
I like Rhiannon.

And I'm sure there are tons of others that I just can't think of right now.

[tigress-oils.livejournal.com]

ooh, similarly, i started loving Carmella after the Beth Orton song

[mysticamor.livejournal.com]

I would have to say....
Layla by eric clampton....I would love to use that name but my brother in law has an ex he is totally scared by so that name is off limits :(

Rhiannon by fleetwood mac
Alexa by Billy Joel
Anna "Begins" by Counting Crows
Ophelia by Rasputina
Scarlet by tori amos
Talula by tori amos
Zoe Jane by Staind
Aurora by Bjork
"A letter to" Elise by the cure
Helena by My Chemical Romance


okay I'm done :)

[rockstargrrrlie.livejournal.com]

I was named after the Beatles song "Michelle," like many other children of Baby Boomers. I actually go through periods of extreme hatred for that song, mostly due to people calling on me in class during middle school by singing it and then asking me if I'd ever heard the song. Now, I occasionally do enjoy listening to it. I do LOVE being named after a song though, and I also like the Guns n Roses song "My Michelle," even though I wasn't actually named for it.

If I ever had twin girls, I would name them Lily and Luna after "Lily (my one and only)" and "Luna" by the Smashing Pumpkins. Other song names I LOVE:

"Letters to Elise" by the Cure
"Charlotte Sometimes" by the Cure
"Sweet Adeline" by Elliott Smith
"Clementime" by Elliott Smith
"Aurora" by the Foo Fighters
"Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" by the Beatles
"Lilian" by Depeche Mode

[shyloh.livejournal.com]

My name is also Michelle and I hate the Beatles song. I hate it when people sing it to me. I also like the Guns 'n Roses song "My Michelle".

Did you ever hear the song "Season's in the Sun" by Terry Jacks? There is verse in there that starts off with "Goodbye Michelle my little one"...My aunt used to tell me that song was made for me. I still like it to this day.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i swear, just about every time i meet someone they start singing 'sweet caroline' by neil diamond. so. its also infamously one of the songs they play at every red sox games, so while at a game once, a friend of mine stood up (he was one section over - it was a big group of us and we couldnt all sit together) and he started serenading me. :)

on another note, some of the name songs i like are: 'cecilia' by simon and garfunkel, 'kathleen' and 'lillian egypt' by josh ritter, 'mary' by patty griffin, 'lily, rosemary and the jack of hearts' by bob dylan, 'estelle' by dan bern, 'my sister rose' by 10000 maniacs, 'so long suzanna' by martin sexton, 'suzanne' by leonard cohen, 'daisy' by ben lee, 'why georgia' by john mayer, 'rosalita' by bruce springsteen, 'thank you louise' by ryan adams, 'elizabeth' by catie curtis, 'madeline and nine' by mike doughty, 'anna begins' by the counting crows, 'caroline dreams' by the nields, 'thinking amelia' by deb talan, 'faith' by shawn mullins, 'sister kate' by the ditty bops, 'my antonia' by emmylou harris, 'lucy at the gym' and 'claire' by jill sobule, 'sophie' by willy mason, 'carolina' by josh rouse, 'bobby lee' by kris delmhorst, 'michael' by maggi, pierce & ej, 'jolene' by ray lamontagne, 'alice' by tom waits, 'song for sarah' and 'maria' by stephen kellogg.

there are a bunch in there that i wouldnt use for myself, but the songs i like.

[hitzpink.livejournal.com]

I used to love Lucy and Madeline because of Hanson..

[thorabrighid.livejournal.com]

Jolene -- Dolly Parton.

Julia -- Limbeck.

[oh-vibrant.livejournal.com]