http://www.wordnik.com/lists/loaded-names.xml Certain character names (first, last or both) are loaded with archetypal (or stereotypical, depending on your POV) meaning. Their origin is a chicken-or-egg question: do TV and film use these names because of their social significance or do they have social significance because TV and film use them? <br />At any rate, there they are. Put 'em down and comment on the archetype therein contained. Foreign-language entries highly encouraged, so long as there's a comment accompanying them. <br />It is curious, also, whether different English-language communities have different name-stereotyping (does a nerd by another name smell as sweet in Australia?). http://www.wordnik.com http://www.wordnik.com/words/kitty Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:11:56 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/kitty http://www.wordnik.com/words/fred Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:56:00 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/fred http://www.wordnik.com/words/bubba Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:42:40 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/bubba http://www.wordnik.com/words/eugene Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:37:31 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/eugene http://www.wordnik.com/words/stefan Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:34:07 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/stefan http://www.wordnik.com/words/celia Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:22:11 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/celia http://www.wordnik.com/words/wallace Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:17:31 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/wallace http://www.wordnik.com/words/ram Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:13:50 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ram http://www.wordnik.com/words/edna Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:12:33 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/edna