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TV Character Names: So what’s new?

Linda Rosenkrantz
By Linda Rosenkrantz
Updated Mon Aug 23 2010

Every new TV season or so we like to check out the recently launched shows, as well as those still running, for any interesting names that have emerged since the last time we looked. Most scripters continue to come up with the obvious and the formulaic, giving their characters names like Jessica and Jeff and Rick and Robin, Amy and Andy.

But there are some who do think out of the box—though usually for not more than one character per show.  The list below steers clear of reality shows, so no Khloes or Kourtneys, and no cartoon characters or kiddie shows.

Girls

  • Astrid —  Fringe

  • Calleigh – CSI Miami

  • Chastity – Ten Things I Hate About You

  • Chima – The Philanthropist

  • Cricket – The Starter Wife

  • Divya – Royal Pains

  • Effy – Skins

  • Elka — Hot in Cleveland

  • Felix — Waking the Dead

  • Fiona —  Burn Notice

  • Jinx – In Plain Sight

  • Lavender – The Starter Wife

  • Lyla —  Friday Night Lights

  • Nessa – Gavin & Stacey

  • Pandora – NCIS

  • Petra – Minder

  • Remy — House

  • Ria – Lie to Me

  • Roxy – Army Wives

  • Santana – Glee

  • Sookie – True Blood

  • Tangie – Just Jordan

  • Temperance – Bones

  • Willamina – Huge

  • Ziva —NCIS

    • BOYS

  • Arlo —Justified

  • Ash — Hustle

  • Auggie —Melrose Place

  • Beck – Victorious

  • Brick —The Middle

  • Bryn – Gavin & Stacey

  • Creighton – Treme

  • Davis – Treme

  • Dax – The Philanthropist

  • Dov – Rookie Blue

  • Duncan —City Homicide

  • Horatio —CSI Miami/ In the Motherhood

  • Hoyt – True Blood

  • Ianto –Torchwood

  • Jethro – NCSI

  • Joaquin — Just Jordan

  • Kale – Rubicon

  • Lafayette – True Blood

  • Landry –Friday Night Lights

  • Lawson – Rush

  • Malik —The Game

  • Math —Life Unexpected

  • Maxxie – Skins

  • Miro —The Guard

  • Nucky–Boardwalk Empire

  • Odafin — Law & Order: SVU

  • Pius — Boardwalk Empire

  • Puck (Noah)– Glee

  • Rajesh —The Big Bang Theory

  • Raylan — Justified

  • Ruxin —The League

  • Seeley–Bones

  • Sinjin – Victorious

  • Warrick —CSI

  • Wolfgang –Scoundrels

    • About the Author

    Linda Rosenkrantz

    Linda Rosenkrantz

    Linda Rosenkrantz is the co-founder of Nameberry, and co-author with Pamela Redmond of the ten baby naming books acknowledged to have revolutionized American baby naming. You can follow her personally at Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. She is also the author of the highly acclaimed New York Review Books Classics novel Talk and a number of other books.

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    Find your perfect baby name together with our new mobile app.
    • Swipe through thousands of names with your partner
    • Names you match on are saved to your shared list
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    • Backed by Nameberry's 20 years of data around name preferences.
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