More on Character Names
I was just reading a capsule summary for a new movie and it mentioned one character with the last name "St. John" or something like that. It got me thinking...
Do any of you know anyone with the last name St. anything? No, not "St. Anything!" I'm 99.9% sure none of you know anyone like that. But St. anything, as in St. John, St. James, St. Swithin, whatever. I'm sure they are out there, but they seem to be much more popular as pseudonyms, or character names in bad novels or soft-core porn. I've been thinking, and I don't know any that I can come up with, and as my parents can confirm, I know a lot of people!
So, any of you out there know a St. something? And I'm not talking about people you've heard of, or people who have changed their names. I mean people that you actually know and who had that name since birth. Chime in!
Tags: screenwriting, movies, character+names
Do any of you know anyone with the last name St. anything? No, not "St. Anything!" I'm 99.9% sure none of you know anyone like that. But St. anything, as in St. John, St. James, St. Swithin, whatever. I'm sure they are out there, but they seem to be much more popular as pseudonyms, or character names in bad novels or soft-core porn. I've been thinking, and I don't know any that I can come up with, and as my parents can confirm, I know a lot of people!
So, any of you out there know a St. something? And I'm not talking about people you've heard of, or people who have changed their names. I mean people that you actually know and who had that name since birth. Chime in!
Tags: screenwriting, movies, character+names
posted by Fun Joel | 1:39 AM
13 Comments:
I hardly know anyone...but I do know a St. Nicholas.
Are you talking about Santy Claus, or do you know an actual St. Nick?
And of course, I forgot...
I know a David St. Hubbins! He was, after all, the patron saint of quality footwear.
Jill St. John.
St. John (pronounced sin-gin) is not a unique last name or even given name in the UK.
I even knew a guy whose first name was St. Paul. He had fun online.
I went to school with a guy named Ben St. John. His mom, Mrs. Priscilla St. John, was one of my kindergarten teachers. He also had a bunch of brothers and sisters, all St. Johns.
I know 2:
Benjamin St. Crease
Christian St. Christian
Yeah, Christian is catholic.
Unk
I've known two folks with "Saint" last names.
And don;t tell me that David St Hubbins isn't real, man-- I cherish the man's entire catalog.
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There's a teacher at my school named St. John. But we don't pronounce it the British way. We're American over here.
Bear St. Clair
Not kidding. I remember it because he spelled it 'St.' on his P.E. jersey when I was a kid.
That and the first name 'Bear' is just amazing.
Okay, so I guess the lesson here is that, despite knowign a ton of people, my horizons are apparently not sufficiently broad!
I went to college with Mike St. Eloi who restores classic 60s musclecars now
Me too -- Tom St. George...though that has been anglicized from the Hungarian Szentzgyorgi...which he then changed back, I think.
chris
I was dug out of the snow once by a St. Bernard.
Which isn't really helping.
Pick up a phonebook and look under ST.
Admittedly, that may be a bit harsh, but sometimes the easy answers are. Remember if you need to find a good name for a character, phone directories are your friend.
Answering the pertinent question: Yes, I knew St. George and probably another one, though my memory fails me at the moment.
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