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Maidens with Manly Monickers

Edgy DC Apr 02 2010 07:29 AM

Mill on the Floss-writing Novelist George Eliot Michael Steele, Bangle bassist, songwriter, and singer on such tracks as "September Gurls." Here she is out of sync: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL67lMDNzp0

sharpie Apr 02 2010 07:44 AM Re: Women with Fella Names

George Sand

G-Fafif Apr 02 2010 07:46 AM Re: Women with Fella Names

There was a chick down the hall from me one semester named Kevin. More famously, Ma Walton and game show contestant, Michael Learned.

Valadius Apr 02 2010 07:54 AM Re: Women with Fella Names

The President's mother, Stanley Ann Dunham:

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 02 2010 08:07 AM Re: Women with Fella Names

Frayed Knot Apr 02 2010 08:11 AM Re: Women with Fella Names

French novelist George Sand - although that was a pseudonym for Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin TV shows seem to be big on giving female characters guys' names, leading me to think that it's considered cool in some circles. There was the early 90s show 'Sisters' - which, even though I never watched it, it remains stuck in my mind for their 'intentionally edgy' use of giving all the leads (looking this up) guys' names: Alex, Georgie, Teddy and Frankie 'Scrubs' was also big on this with lead characters Eliot and Jordan, plus sometimes (but not always) giving girlfriends of the male lead names of Danny, Jamie, and Alex

Edgy DC Apr 02 2010 08:15 AM Re: Women with Fella Names

Sisters was a show that, no matter how desperate I was, I couldn't make it five minutes. But hey, it's too easy with fictional folks.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 02 2010 08:20 AM Re: Women with Fella Names

There's a natural progression of names going from being boys names to being girls names. I discovered that when reading about names when naming my kids. My daughter's name, Lindsey, has gone through that progression. Beverly was once a man's name. Some names go through a three-step process, from place name or last name to boys name to girls name. (Like Taylor for example.) There's been some indication that James is about to make that switch, but it doesn't seem to have really picked up steam yet. I think Michael may also go that way.

DocTee Apr 02 2010 08:25 AM Re: Women with Fella Names

I've a student--a former Marine, moreover--named Julian Rose.

Kong76 Apr 02 2010 09:29 AM

RealityChuck Apr 02 2010 09:41 AM Re: Maidens with Manly Monickers

RealityChuck Apr 02 2010 09:46 AM Re: Women with Fella Names

The other other brother . . . .

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 02 2010 10:02 AM Re: Women with Fella Names

Twofer! Also, staying in the world of music...

Edgy DC Apr 02 2010 10:05 AM Re: Maidens with Manly Monickers

Rory Kennedy, because, if you're rich enough, you can pull of any kind of name.

G-Fafif Apr 02 2010 10:16 AM Re: Maidens with Manly Monickers

Mrs. Fafif and I once share space at a bar with a woman named Syd: Syd Straw. Meanwhile, Jack Klugman will take Brett Somers to match:

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 02 2010 10:31 AM Re: Maidens with Manly Monickers

You have to be a 14-year-old smackhead to name your daughter James King. Former Star Trek alien/alienated spouse of a senatorial candidate (our president tips his hat to thee, Missus), Jeri Ryan. And, completing the toothsome trifecta, model/"actress"/hibachi-joint heiress Devon Aoki.

Kong76 Apr 02 2010 10:36 AM Re: Maidens with Manly Monickers

How the hell did I miss this thread? I need rest.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 02 2010 10:39 AM Re: Women with Fella Names

[quote="G-Fafif":1pjt8m4f]There was a chick down the hall from me one semester named Kevin.[/quote:1pjt8m4f] In college, was friends with a female Ilya. Yours is weirder.

Frayed Knot Apr 02 2010 10:57 AM Re: Maidens with Manly Monickers

[quote="G-Fafif":sprkxyy9]Mrs. Fafif and I once share space at a bar with a woman named Syd[/quote:sprkxyy9] I once went out with a girl named Sid. Sidonie was the full name IIRC The kicker was she later hooked up with - and I think eventually married - a guy named Ray Caeser. If so it would make her Sid Caeser

Benjamin Grimm Apr 02 2010 10:58 AM Re: Maidens with Manly Monickers

So you could tell people you once dated Sid Caesar!

Frayed Knot Apr 02 2010 01:05 PM Re: Maidens with Manly Monickers

Billie Holiday - although not a given name Also in that same vein: Billie Burke aka Glinda 'The Good Witch' from the 'Wizard of Oz', and Billie (Mrs Hank) Aaron

Frayed Knot Apr 02 2010 02:56 PM Re: Maidens with Manly Monickers

And how did I leave out Billie Jean King in the above post? And her brother - former SF Giant pitcher Randy Moffitt - sort of works in the other category.

TheOldMole Apr 05 2010 06:26 AM Re: Maidens with Manly Monickers

Edgy DC Apr 05 2010 07:12 AM Re: Maidens with Manly Monickers

Morgan is sort of in the middle. It's kind of a girly name on a man and a manly name on a maid. Actress Christopher Norris, known for playing Gloria "Ripples" Mancusi, RN on Trapper John, MD. Along with Michael Learned, she was part of the vanguard of actresses with manly monikers playing nurses in the eighties.

Edgy DC Apr 07 2010 08:00 PM Re: Maidens with Manly Monickers

Centerfield Apr 08 2010 07:55 AM Re: Maidens with Manly Monickers

Megan Fox Jessica Alba Wait, what was this thread about?

Benjamin Grimm Apr 08 2010 08:32 AM Re: Maidens with Manly Monickers

I... don't... remember... Wait a minute... Is Megan Fox stuffing a teddy bear with cotton extracted from her vagina????

Centerfield Apr 08 2010 09:12 AM Re: Maidens with Manly Monickers

Luckiest bear in the world.

Edgy DC Jul 08 2010 12:37 PM Re: Maidens with Manly Monickers

Artie

Centerfield Jul 08 2010 04:49 PM Re: Maidens with Manly Monickers

Adorable.

Kong76 Jul 08 2010 04:54 PM Re: Maidens with Manly Monickers

Look at that dimple! Oh, baby's cute too ...

Centerfield Jul 08 2010 04:57 PM Re: Maidens with Manly Monickers

Kudos to LW for resisting the urge to dress the baby girl in pink Mets gear.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 08 2010 10:54 PM Re: Maidens with Manly Monickers

Hey, you wear the colors, you wear the colors.