Saturday Night Live has been around for 34 years, and over its long run it has featured many of the funniest, most creative, offbeat comic talents in America–some of whom have gone on to become so iconic that we’ve almost forgotten they were ever regulars on the show. As in Billy Crystal, Robert Downey Jr, Bill Murray, Dennis Miller, Chris Rock, Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Adam Sandler, Martin Short and Senator Al “I’m good enough, I’m smart enough” Franken.
The question is: did they apply their quirky creativity when it came to naming their babies? The answer is: not so much. For example, Billy Crystal named one of his daughters Jennifer, Julia Louis-Dreyfuss and Brad Hall have a Henry and a Charles, Dana Carvey a Thomas, Al Franken a Joe, and Jim Belushi a Robert.
But there are some who did–to lesser and greater degrees–think outside the box, most recently Maya Rudolph with her choice of Lucille. Here are some others:
ALEXANDRA – Joe Piscopo
ALICE ZENOBIA – Tina Fey
AUBREY – Victoria Jackson
BELLA ZAHRA – Eddie Murphy
BELLE KINGSTON – Dan Ackroyd
BIRGEN – Phil Hartman
BRIA –Eddie Murphy
BRIDEY – Chris Elliot
CARA MIA – Damon Wayans
ELLA OLIVIA – Ben Stiller
FRANCES – Ana Gasteyer
GITRID – Tracy Morgan
HARPER – David Spade
JAMISON – Jim Belushi
KYLA – Damon Wayans
LILY ASTER – Gilbert Gottfried
LOLA SIMONE – Chris Rock
LUCILLE – Maya Rudolph
OLIVIA – Joe Piscopo
PEARL BAILEY – Maya Rudolph
SADIE MADISON – Adam Sandler
SCARLET – Victoria Jackson
SHAYNE AUDRA – Eddie Murphy
STELLA IRENE AUGUST — Dan Ackroyd
SUNNY MADELINE – Adam Sandler
THOMASIN – Al Franken
ZAHRA SAVANNAH – Chris Rock
ZOLA IVY – Eddie Murphy
BOYS
ARCHIBALD WILLIAM EMERSON – Amy Poehler
CALEB – Bill Murray
COLIN – Michael McKean
COOPER – Bill Murray
DEX – Dana Carvey
DYLAN – Norm McDonald
FLETCHER – Michael McKean
GABLE – Kevin Nealon
HOLDEN – Dennis Miller
HOMER – Bill Murray
INDIO – Robert Downey, Jr.
JARED – Jim Belushi
LINCOLN – Bill Murray
LUKE – Bill Murray
MAGNUS – Will Ferrell
MALCOLM – Tracy Morgan
MARLON – Dennis Miller
MATTIAS – Will Ferrell
MILES – Joan Cusack
MYLES MITCHELL – Eddie Murphy
NOLAN – Molly Shannon
OLIVER PATRICK – Martin Short
QUINLIN DEMPSEY – Ben Stiller
December 7th, 2009 at 9:36 am
I’m heart-glad to see a Thomasin!!!
Overall, though, I think the boy’s list fared better.
Archibald William Emerson – Gutsy.
Fletcher – Glad to see one on this side of the pond.
Caleb
Homer
Miles
Colin
Lincoln
Oliver – Always a winner.