Thank you, television.

[obladi-oblada05.livejournal.com]

What names are "ruined" for you thanks to pop culture? Names that just make you cringe in terror whenever you hear them? For me:

Lilah, Lila, Lyla, Laila
Josie
Catherine
Sofia
Will
Andrea nn Andi
Faith
Warren
Andrew
Dawn
Connor

Comments

[p-inkjeans.livejournal.com]

Angelina (Jolie), Brad (Pitt), Jennifer (Aniston), Tom (Cruise), and Katie (Holmes).

[itcouldbelove.livejournal.com]

Haha, oh, Lindsay.

[p-inkjeans.livejournal.com]

Haha, sorry! They all annoy me. Angelina's not THAT bad, but I am so sick of hearing about her it's not even funny.

[cocinadelfeto.livejournal.com]

LOL Angelina was at the top of my list. I knew someone a couple years ago who named her daughter Angelina Jolie (first and middle). *shudder*

[p-inkjeans.livejournal.com]

Hahahahahaha, seriously??? I used to like Angelina, but I get so sick of hearing about her and Brad that I can't stand the name anymore. Jennifer Aniston isn't quite as bad, but I get SO SICK of the Team Aniston/Team Jolie shit. It's like...who the fuck cares?

Angelina's kids are adorable, though, so I can't hate her too much, LOL.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I don't know what the pop culture references are to any of those names...except I think Dawn and Faith could be from Buffy.

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

yeah i'm not sure of the references either unless it's Will Smith and/or Faith Hill but those aren't really from TV so idk

I'll do the ones I know or think I know...

[cold-still-life.livejournal.com]

Lilah, Lila, Lyla, Laila--Lilah Morgan was an evil conniving bitch of a Lawyer on Angel .
Josie-- the only Josie I know from pop culture was Josie Sullivan on Cold Case.
Catherine-- ??
Sofia-- From CSI.
Will-- ??
Andrea nn Andi-- From The West Wing.
Faith-- "rogue" slayer from Buffy.
Warren-- The guy who killed Tara on Buffy.
Andrew-- Another dude in Warren's group on Buffy (I'm assuming this because it's right under Warren.)
Dawn-- Buffy's sister.
Connor-- Angel's evil son.

Re: I'll do the ones I know or think I know...

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

Ah, thanks. I haven't watched Buffy or Angel in forever and I didn't watch it much then anyway lol

Re: I'll do the ones I know or think I know...

[tiffrobyn.livejournal.com]

Josie and the Pussycats

Re: I'll do the ones I know or think I know...

[x-lostinyou.livejournal.com]

Catherine could also be from CSI...

Re: I'll do the ones I know or think I know...

[ciara-belle.livejournal.com]

Will could also be from The West Wing, since he's next to Andi. He was on in the later seasons and sort of replaced Sam before going to work for the VP.

Re: I'll do the ones I know or think I know...

[cold-still-life.livejournal.com]

Duh.

He kinda looked like a fish.

[darabelle.livejournal.com]

Yeah I love the name Angelina but now that I pretty much hate Angelina Jolie I could never name my daughter that. Oh well. lol

[sayga.livejournal.com]

I always have loved the name Homer, but just couldn't use it because of Homer Simpson. Plus, Homo would probably be a common nickname, and that would suck.

[krosp.livejournal.com]

I doubt anyone is called Homer anymore. Bart is pretty bad too, yet there's nothing wrong with the other names like Lisa... hmm

[holly-megan.livejournal.com]

Lindsay and PARIS!

Although I never really liked those names to start with, but I definately cringe whenever I hear them.

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

You must be a Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Angel fan. :)

Theresa (Lopez-Fitzgerald Crane, Passions)
Belle (Black Kiriakis, Days of our Lives)
Meredith (Grey, Grey's Anatomy)
Grace (Standish Bennett, Passions)
Whitney (Houston; Russell, Passions)
Britney (Spears)
Kevin (Federline)

[secret-x-stars.livejournal.com]

Avril. like woah.

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

Warren
Dawn was for a while, but I'm over that ;)
Xander
Sabrina
Felicity
Kat
Homer (I think it's a perfectly nice name!)
Jayne (this isn't so much ruined for me as it is, well, I now associate it with a big, burly trained-ape-without-the-training of a man, which is a weird association to have with a girl's name!)
Hilary

Is Josie because of Cold Case, by any chance?

[ciara-belle.livejournal.com]

Are you a Buffy/Angel fan by any chance? ;) I agree with Dawn and Connor. But I always liked Faith and Lilah. They were cool.

In a sort of psycho kind of way.

Names that have been ruined for me:

Kennedy
Amy
Angela
Paris
Lindsey