Children named after Character in a show...
Children named after Character in a show...
#0Children named after Character in a show...
Posted: 2/6/05 at 2:08pmI 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
Broadway Star Joined: 11/22/04
#1re: Children named after Character in a show...
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
Broadway Star Joined: 7/5/04
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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.
"This is what I trained to do, and this is what I love about theater. What I love about being an actress is being able to really look into myself and understand another human being. And out my own self, to shape and form and fashion a real human being--and to present that in such a way that people see something of themselves or their own understanding in that human being."
--Phylicia Rashad
Mythus
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/04
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Posted: 2/6/05 at 2:38pmRoger Bart named one of his kids Eller.
pndmnd
Broadway Star Joined: 4/3/04
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Posted: 2/6/05 at 2:38pmGuinevere sings a song in Camelot that is directed to St. Genevieve.
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Posted: 2/6/05 at 2:47pmWe'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
Stand-by Joined: 2/2/05
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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
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
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Posted: 2/6/05 at 2:52pmI think Mina is a GREAT name. I also love Fosca and Dot. Yeah, my poor kids are going to hate me.
"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL
JohnnysGurl
Stand-by Joined: 2/2/05
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Posted: 2/6/05 at 2:52pmand they have a dog named Ti Moune from Once on this island
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Posted: 2/6/05 at 2:54pmI couldn't name my child Fosca. There's probably bad karma attached to the name.
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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)
Was that a fat joke?
Thesbijean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/9/04
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Posted: 2/6/05 at 2:57pmMy friend is named Barbra, after, well, yeah....
JohnnysGurl
Stand-by Joined: 2/2/05
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Posted: 2/6/05 at 2:59pmI really like the name Brooklyn for a girl.
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Posted: 2/6/05 at 3:07pmMy friend and his wife named their daughter Nico, after the heroin addicted German singer.
CurtainUp
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/9/04
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Posted: 2/6/05 at 3:08pmI'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.
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- from Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
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Posted: 2/6/05 at 3:14pmI'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)
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Schuyler
Featured Actor Joined: 5/20/03
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Posted: 2/6/05 at 3:27pmToni Ann Gisondi (molly in the 1982 movie version) named her oldest daughter Molly
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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.
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Posted: 2/6/05 at 3:32pmI wouldn't mind naming my next child Clara ("Passion"). We're really hoping for a girl; we haven't even thought about boy names!
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Leading Actor Joined: 1/7/05
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Posted: 2/6/05 at 3:40pmI named my dog Wizard after well...ya know
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Posted: 2/6/05 at 3:44pmUm, my clown name is Ophelia?
"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."
apdarcey
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/10/04
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Posted: 2/6/05 at 3:45pmi think rod is a really strong boy's name.
yarn769fink034
Stand-by Joined: 11/28/04
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Posted: 2/6/05 at 3:46pmi want a girl named Ti Moune and a boy named Angel
#23re: Children named after Character in a show...
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.
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Posted: 2/6/05 at 3:56pmI 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.
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