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The minute I saw that the leading character in the new sitcom “Life Unexpected” was a young girl named Lux, a bell went off. Does this mean that there will be a slew of baby Luxes (Luxi?)? Will Lux be the new Lexi? Or won’t it have any effect at all in this era of diminished network TV viewing?
We certainly know that some TV characters’ names of the past have had an impact, from Samantha on “Bewitched” to Alexis on “Dynasty” to Brandon and Dylan on the old “Beverly Hill 90210” to Xander on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” to Aidan on “Sex and the City” right up to the female Addison on “Grey’s Anatomy.”
So what about the current line-up? Though some of these are not strictly speaking new names, here are the somewhat out of the mainstream character names of current (and a few about to launch) shows. Think any of them will make an impression on baby namers?
GIRLS
ADALEEN – “Big Love”
ADRIANNA, nickname for ADE – “90210”
AMITA – “NUMB3RS”
ARIZONA – “Grey’s Anatomy”
BREE – “Desperate Housewives”
BRITTA – “Community”
CERIE – “30 Rock”
DOROTA – “Gossip Girl”
FIA – “Miami Medical” (upcoming)
FRANKIE – “The Middle”
JULES – “Cougar Town”
JULIET – “Lost”
HENRIETTA/”HETTY” – “NCIS: Los Angeles”
KALINDA – “The Good Wife”
KENSI – “NCIS: Los Angeles”
LUX – “Life Unexpected”
MARGENE – “Big Love”
MARISOL – “Miami Medical” (upcoming)
MERCEDES – “Glee”
NAEVIA – “Sparticus: Blood & Sand”
NICOLETTE – “Big Love”
RILEY – “Melrose Place”
SILVER (her last name used as first) “90210”
SLOAN – “Entourage”
SURA – “Spartacus: Blood & Sand”
TANCY – “Big Love”
WILHELMINA – “Ugly Betty”
ZOEY – “Nurse Jackie”
BOYS
ANDO – “Heroes”
ARI – “Entourage”
ARLO – “24”
ASHUR – “Spartacus: Blood & Sand”
AXL – “The Middle”
BAZE, nickname for Nate Bazile – “Life Unexpected”
BOONE – “Lost”
CASTIEL – “Supernatural”
CREED – “The Office” (the real first name of the actor who plays him)
CROSBY – “Parenthood”
DANOI – “Treme” (upcoming)
DEXTER – “Dexter”
DIXON – “90210”
FINN – “Glee”
FITCH – “Nurse Jackie”
FRITZ – “The Closer”
GREYSON – “Cougar Town”
HIRO – “Heroes”
HUGO/”HURLEY” – “Lost”
IGNACIO – “Ugly Betty”
KIMBALL – “The Mentalist”
MILES – “Lost”
ORSON – “Desperate Housewives”
PIERCE – “Community”
ROWDY – “The Deep End
RUFUS – “Gossip Girls”
THATCHER – “Grey’s Anatomy”
THOR – “Nurse Jackie”
ZEEK – “Parenthood”