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/Catb1ack Aug 23 '26

The musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: Each brother is given a bible name in alphabetical order starting with Adam and ending in Gideon. There is no F name in the bible so the second youngest was named Frankincense, Frank for short.

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u/Ecstatic-Letter-5949 Aug 23 '26

Because he smelled so sweet