Movie Character Names: Movie monikers, part deux
We’ve looked at some of the trends in movie character names of Hollywood’s Golden Age – the widespread use of nickname names and boys’ names for girls and place names. Now, here are some of the more unusual character names (and the sometimes surprising actors who portrayed them) thought up by the screenwriters—or novelists or playwrights who originally created them) of that era , as well as some that haven’t been heard of for some time and might be worth reviving.
Get ready for a looooong list, even though we haven’t included the iconic Rhetts and Ricks:
GIRLS
LOUVETTE – Paulette Goddard
LOXI – Paulette Goddard
LULU – Shirley Temple, Barbara Stanwyck
MELSA – Barbara Stanwyck
PENNY – Shirley Temple, Judy Garland
RAPHAELITA – Barbara Stanwyck
REGINA — Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn
SIERRA NEVADA – Barbara Stanwyck
ZAZA – Claudette Colbert, Gloria Swanson
Then there’s a whole little group of exotic “native” names created for sarong-wearing Dorothy Lamour in her jungle-set pics:
DEA
MARAMA
TURA
BOYS
AMBROSE – W. C. Fields, Gregory Peck
AUGUSTUS – W.C. Fields
BOAKE – Charleton Heston
HEATHCLIFFE – Laurence Olivier
LARSON – W. C. Fields
LEWTON – Gregory Peck
LINUS – Humphrey Bogart, James Stewart
QUENTIN – Groucho Marx, Kirk Douglas
QUINCY – Groucho Marx, Gary Cooper
ROLLO – W. C. Fields
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Alyssa Says:
www.legitbabenames.wordpress.com Says:
This is quite an interesting list. Serafina pops up, I wonder if this was the inspiration for Garner and Affleck?…
These are some pretty spiffy names:
MAGNOLIA
MELSA
RAPHAELITA
SABRA
STANLEY-this is the real first name of Barack Obamas mother
ROMER-I can definitely see this getting trendy
Courtney W. Says:
Love this list of names. My son’s name is on the list and I’ve loved Drue for a girl for a long time. Not too keen on Sky & Aubrey for guys, though. Prefer them on girls.
Macy Says:
Aubrey and Sky is for boys, and so is Courtney for that matter.
Audrey and Skye are the female varients.
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Love it. The name we used for our first son is on that list and the name we plan to use for our next– which was actually inspired by the character from the movie. Great names.