Names that have been ruined

[Ron Burgundy]

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Henry Lee

Helen - this is due to both the Young Ones (Helen back) and Jeff Goldblum in The Tall Guy when he meets Helen (Hitler Tampon scene)

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I'll bet you like Dennis Miller.

[recondite7]

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I don't think I'd ever not laugh if I met someone named Homer.

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I had a neighbor 10 years ago named marge simpson. Only marge i've ever known

[Blarg]

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John Wayne is a fairly common pairing of first and middle names that seems to show up in a lot of fairly heinous criminals.

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John Wayne Gacy was awesome!

j/k

I think this speaks to the parents and raises questions about genetics. After Kennedy died, there were a lot of Lee Harvey's spawned.

[rageotones]

buckner

[RunDownHouse]

Genz,

Of course its still used in compound nouns. But its my experience that if you called your museum tour guide, "Der Fuehrer," he'd check the color of your shoelaces.

[Kramer.]

I think Dick wins. Homer's a good one too.

Helen is just outdated, not ruined. 30 Helens agree.

[nath]

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30 Helens agree.

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re John Wayne, are there any notable ones besides Gacy, Bobbitt, and the former Marion Morrison?

[TurdFerguson]

Bart

[IlliniLou]

Horacio
Sylvester

[kazana]

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Of course its still used in compound nouns. But its my experience that if you called your museum tour guide, "Der Fuehrer," he'd check the color of your shoelaces.

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Lol, absolutely true. "Reisefuehrer", "Zugfuehrer", "Fahrzeugfuehrer", "Geschaeftsfuehrer", etc. are okay, but simply "Fuehrer" - a big no-no unless you're running around in eastern german regions with a really short haircut.

Back to the names, I knew two girls called Pamela who weren't too happy about it, either.