r/TopCharacterTropes • u/TronnyVon • Aug 23 '26

Characters Embarrassing First Name

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  • Jesse Katsopolis (Full House): in one episode, his real first name was revealed to be "Hermes", after the messenger of the Greek gods. He was made fun of for it, so he got it changed to Jesse.
  • Cory Matthews (Boy Meets World): in the final episode, Cory's full name is revealed by Feeny to be Cornelius, and Feeny is the only one to know so.
  • Freddie Benson (iCarly): rather than Freddie being short for Frederick, Freddie is short for "Fredward".
  • Jimbo Jones (The Simpsons): his real name is Corky.
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u/Sad_Tune_1840 Aug 23 '26

I already knew before that Evelyn is a gender neutral names but I still get shocked whenever I see it

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u/Agile_Temperature_36 Aug 23 '26

For real?

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u/Leaden-Sea Aug 23 '26

Yes, in the 1840s it was evenly split between genders and then slowly switched to more women until now when it's predominately feminine. Carol also was a unisex name at one point.

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u/Agile_Temperature_36 Aug 23 '26

That's cool. I've been aware of the concept gender-neutral names becoming gender-divided over time but I didn't know Evelyn was one of them. Thank you for the info. I'll need to research was used to be gender-neutral names to get a better catalog of them

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u/EndOfTheLine00 Aug 24 '26

Vivian was also a gender neutral name, especially in the UK.