Children named after Character in a show...

[stagemomfromhell]

Posted: 2/6/05 at 2:08pm

I enjoyed the pet name one so much that I thought it would be interesting to see if anyone is named after a theatrical character. I have a daughter named "Genevieve" after the song in Camelot. I also know someone who named her daughter "Tess" after Tessie in Gypsy.

[Razz77]

Posted: 2/6/05 at 2:30pm

...I have a friend named Maria because her father's favorite musical is the Sound of Music and her mother's favorite musical is West Side Story...

..and don't you mean Guinevere?

[GypsyRoseLee]

Posted: 2/6/05 at 2:36pm

I'm currently only 17, but I've often thought that I would like to name my children after characters from great Shakespearian(sp?) plays. Especially Ophelia, Desdemona or Juliet if I ever have a daughter in the very distant future or Benedick, Antony or Sebastian for boys. I should probably consider the fates of the characters in the plays before bestowing some poor child with a name that is associated with murder or suicide!

Also, interesting that someone would name their child after a character who is a stripper! I guess that would also be a situation under which the fates of the characters must be considered.

[Mythus]

Posted: 2/6/05 at 2:38pm

Roger Bart named one of his kids Eller.

[pndmnd]

Posted: 2/6/05 at 2:38pm

Guinevere sings a song in Camelot that is directed to St. Genevieve.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/6/05 at 2:47pm

We're about to start trying for another, and if it's a girl, I like the name Daisy (Emily Skinner in "Side Show"). I also like Mina, after Melissa's character in "Dracula", even though the show was bad. The name is pretty.

[JohnnysGurl]

Posted: 2/6/05 at 2:50pm

Im 14 but this family i baby-sit for has 3 children all named after musicals.
Cosette: Les Miserables
Christine: Phantom
jack: Into the woods

They are due with another one in june and i suggested princeton for a boy and kate for a girl!

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 2/6/05 at 2:52pm

I think Mina is a GREAT name. I also love Fosca and Dot. Yeah, my poor kids are going to hate me.

[JohnnysGurl]

Posted: 2/6/05 at 2:52pm

and they have a dog named Ti Moune from Once on this island

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/6/05 at 2:54pm

I couldn't name my child Fosca. There's probably bad karma attached to the name.

[CatieElphie1]

Posted: 2/6/05 at 2:56pm

Thursday's ER had a guy named Lysander...:)
I'm 17 but when I have kids, I'm thinking about naming one of them Christine...I really like that name. Or Emily. (Our Town)

[Thesbijean]

Posted: 2/6/05 at 2:57pm

My friend is named Barbra, after, well, yeah....

[JohnnysGurl]

Posted: 2/6/05 at 2:59pm

I really like the name Brooklyn for a girl.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/6/05 at 3:07pm

My friend and his wife named their daughter Nico, after the heroin addicted German singer.

[CurtainUp]

Posted: 2/6/05 at 3:08pm

I'm 17 AND very into the Shakespeare thing too! How funny! I think Juliet is a beautiful name, but the character's too passive. I really like Emilia after reading Othello, it's a pretty name and she's a strong woman.

[futurebroadwaystar1]

Posted: 2/6/05 at 3:14pm

I'm only 16, but when I have children, my first daughter's name is going to be Johanna Chavaleh. (Johanna from Sweeney Todd & Chava from Fiddler)

[Schuyler]

Posted: 2/6/05 at 3:27pm

Toni Ann Gisondi (molly in the 1982 movie version) named her oldest daughter Molly

[UptownGirl]

Posted: 2/6/05 at 3:31pm

When I first saw Wicked, around a year and a half ago, I was REALLY obsessed and actually considered naming my children Galinda and Elphaba. But then, I realized how badly that would affect their lives, and how cruel that would be, haha.

Oh but I love the name Princeton for a guy... it's cute.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/6/05 at 3:32pm

I wouldn't mind naming my next child Clara ("Passion"). We're really hoping for a girl; we haven't even thought about boy names!

[La Vie Boheme]

Posted: 2/6/05 at 3:40pm

I named my dog Wizard after well...ya know

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 2/6/05 at 3:44pm

Um, my clown name is Ophelia?

[apdarcey]

Posted: 2/6/05 at 3:45pm

i think rod is a really strong boy's name.

[yarn769fink034]

Posted: 2/6/05 at 3:46pm

i want a girl named Ti Moune and a boy named Angel

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 2/6/05 at 3:52pm

I named my dog Wizard after well...ya know

You named your dog after me?

I'm a big Shakespeare freak, so I named my computer Horatio. I'm looking for a name for my future iPod too.

I love the name Ophelia, but I don't know if it's kosher to name your child after a girl who goes mad and jumps into a river.

I've also met one or two women called Regan....I wonder what the reasoning was behind that.

[musicgal04]

Posted: 2/6/05 at 3:56pm

I have really considered Genevieve for a girl's name, as well as Wendy. Its funny you can tell what my obsession was at the time I got each of my cats by their names. Flora (Sleeping Beauty), Luke and Leia (Star Wars), Audrey (Little Shop), Lotte (Phantom) and Harold(The Music Man). I also had a dog named Jedi. Boy I was a nutty kid. But I know that I will most likely name my children after characters in shows or movies.