I don't have people with Teen-Drama-related names around me (I think), but there was a girl in university named Lisa Weil - and I never asked her what she thinks about Liza Weil (Paris, "Gilmore Girls").
my cousin's son is named Luke (that's not super-common in Germany), so I asked her "after Luke Skywalker? After... Luke Perry?" (she definitely watched parts of "Beverly Hills, 90210" growing up), but she said she just liked the name.
there's also a writer named Katja Bohnet who told me that lots of people tell her "Did you know that there's a songwriter named Kadhja Bonet" (what are the odds?).
my favorite teen drama naming thing, though, is the "One Tree Hill" tradition of naming a kid after the mother's maiden name. every time a friend of mine is pregnant, I think "Wait, by OTH logic, her kid would be named... [completely inappropriate and weird German surname as a given name]"
Thank you for sharing, Stefan! There are a handful of people out there with my full name, including one who went to the same college as me several decades ahead of me, which just blows my mind.
I love how you do the "OTH" naming with your friends!
I don't have people with Teen-Drama-related names around me (I think), but there was a girl in university named Lisa Weil - and I never asked her what she thinks about Liza Weil (Paris, "Gilmore Girls").
my cousin's son is named Luke (that's not super-common in Germany), so I asked her "after Luke Skywalker? After... Luke Perry?" (she definitely watched parts of "Beverly Hills, 90210" growing up), but she said she just liked the name.
there's also a writer named Katja Bohnet who told me that lots of people tell her "Did you know that there's a songwriter named Kadhja Bonet" (what are the odds?).
my favorite teen drama naming thing, though, is the "One Tree Hill" tradition of naming a kid after the mother's maiden name. every time a friend of mine is pregnant, I think "Wait, by OTH logic, her kid would be named... [completely inappropriate and weird German surname as a given name]"
Thank you for sharing, Stefan! There are a handful of people out there with my full name, including one who went to the same college as me several decades ahead of me, which just blows my mind.
I love how you do the "OTH" naming with your friends!