Suggest A Name
May 5, 2007
American Hell varies from being written using people’s names to just using the third person singular.
The main rule I apply when picking a name for a cartoon is that nobody I know who happens to have that name is likely to believe that I’m talking about them – because that would be too obvious; I’m much more likely to be talking about their sister.
The other rule I have in picking a name is that it sounds right, like Peter being a fish for example when William could never be.
You can’t help me directly with the second issue but sometimes I get tired of thinking up names. So feel free to suggest a name to be used in a future cartoon. I don’t care if it’s your own name, the name of someone you love, or the name of someone you hate; it just needs to be a name.
And only suggest a name please – don’t suggest that the name be applied to a good guy, a bad guy, or a fish. If you suggest anything further than a name I’ll moderate your ass.
I’ll leave this post in the sidebar for you to add names to and for me to pick names off. And maybe I’ll keep it there until we’ve all run out of names and ideas.
If and as I use the names suggested I’ll link to their cartoons from your comments.
Stumble it!
Clarence, Wilhelmina, Edgar, Talulla… I love this game!
Seymour
Bernard, Henry, Sebastian, Philip, George
Helena, Rebecca, Concepta,
I LOVE YOUR BLOG
Will add to my blogroll when I move site – sorry for the delay
No apologies necessary Flirty – this is a guilt-free zone. And thanks.
James, Thomas, David, Michael – They sound so serious and biblical.
Niamh, Medbh, RóisÃn, SÃle – To challenge/confuse English speakers.
I’ve always wanted to see a character called Methuselah.
Lester
Colm (my name), markie, borbert, Chi, genevieve, erica, Tobias, – your drawings are wacky as i dont know what, and funny as well. Cheers
Mufasa, from Lion King
Thanks Colm.
And some challenges coming in there for me from a few sources. We’ll see what happens. Thanks.
pablo, victor, wallace, stephen, harold, earl, oliver, charles
natalie, cheryl, louise, mildred, henrietta, josephine, helen, anais
David. James. Raphael. Oh, and Bruno or Toby.
And I really like what you’ve done here.
just so you don’t run short…
percival, howard, nathaniel, finbarr, ferdinand, stanley rosamund, esmeralda, judith, esther, nancy, barbara
Mariel
Mikey
Dora
Kay
Dick
Gilbert
Ursula
Brona
Iggy.
Sheila, Frank, Maureen, Vinnie,
Really enjoying your cartoons.
Coll – thank you very much missus.
Fionat – And thank you too.
And thanks for names everyone. Maybe I’ll run a Baby Naming website.
How about Nuala or Liam?
Beautiful work here, Eolai.
Love your site. Esteban, Nirmal, Bibi & Eurydice. Oh, and Mallow but would have to be a cat
Greg from Death’s Door told me about your site, and I’ve been hooked ever since.
Here’s my name suggestions…
Harriet
Moselle
Franchesca
Wilbur
Willard
Medbh, Robyn, and Michelle – Thank you all very much indeed for the nice words. Honoured.
Dexter, Lance, Emile, Vladimir
Francesca, Olive, Malin, Bridgette.
Nice blog sir. A blogroll add may be on the cards me thinks.
Cheers John
Theodocious
Cranford
Autumn
Ulysses
dear eolai,
i love your cartoons, and i love searching my memory banks for more names for them! here’s a few more:
sawyer, phillip, donal, jameson, henry, desmond
hawise, brianna, adalaide, renee,bridget,eloise
Thanks Crummy. And great site by the way.
Martha, I could probably run the site just with your input alone – thanking you very much.
Robyn, you are not forgotten – you’ve almost made the last two cartoons in fact, but I went with different ones and so your names are waiting for their moment.
From the creative minds of my students’ parents (coz this is fun!):
Krystyna Jucinta
Aimonn Elle-Shae
Ashayla Dwayne
Charis Kirby
Basha Eamonn
Ricardo Tayla-Rose
Harold Chelcie
Ruhama Payton
Hanusia Fletcher
Love the blog, eolai.
Hope some of these are new and useful.
MissE, why thank you so very much indeed. And that would be a yes on some of your names being new, and all of them useful. Very, in fact.
I saw a jazz album by this man today, and you simply must use his name. It is:
Thenolious Monk.
Astounding. He could only be a jazz musician. Or a private dick, with asthma.
Hey, Eolai!
It’s been a couple of weeks since anyone augmented your name bank, so here goes:
reginald, brent, micah, holden, warren, samuel
francine, elsie, morgan, brenda, rhiannon, nicole
I was disappointed there was no July 16 entry, but I guess you need a break sometimes. Or maybe nothing was funny?
Later,
MWK
Thanks Martha.
I just couldn’t find the 20 minutes necessary for Jul 16. And now the sun is coming up and I need to take the dog out. Hopefully then the 20 minutes will be ready for me when I get back – just like my tea.
Hey, I didn’t know KC Irish and American Hell were from the same brilliant mind.
Name suggestions: Catherine, Owen
Fine names mon petit Oiseau. And thank you very much.
Ervin
Tara, Eddie and Ian. And Hannah and Henry.
Breffni
Jane
Jamie
Hughie
Tony
Katie
Nikola
Katie
MalachÃ
Eric
A mix of people I know…
James and Catherine…..
Mr.Kite
Theodore
Jems
Ticky
Sarah-Jane
I’d suggest mine…
Emeline, Emmy, Olivia, Coralie, Francisca, Sylvette, Claude, Maurice…
Xavier Onassis
or
Galadriel Tanqueray Omassis.
great cartoons, sugar! adding a few names to your list:
demopolis
altamaha
sharifa
calistoga
Rosalee
Solomon and Janet
Jane and Fintan
Kristine and Rodney.
LaQuisha
Hi There
These are some of the nick names and names of people I know,
Oda, Lalo, Chucho, Diddi, Letty, Juana, Coco, Pico, Ruy, Marcus, Tito, Flaca, Chela, Kike, Pappi, Luna, Veranda, Roddy, Izza, Lotta, Paquita, Ello (From Eloisa) Luisa, etc.
I will continue later.
Maria
Maria,
Is etc. a name?
And what’s Marcus doing in your gang?
Cheers!
Beannachtaà an séasúir duit, a EolaÃ. Hope you’re well.
Names of friends of my nephew, or his in fact:
Sam agus Ella, nó Emmett
Clinton
Since we’re coming up on Twelfthnight, a small Christmas offering for you:
Lucan, Balthazar, Gabriel, Maxwell, Leonard, Ciaran
Rachel, Rita, Mona, Genevra, Rowena, Maud
I’m definitely coming here next time I’m pregnant!!
Ici
Aja
Prince
Quinn
Rex
What a fun list.
Trying not to repeat by remembering names of students I taught:
Rakia
Tyrin
Latisha
Daijsha
KeNeice
Power
Quindale
i wanted to open a sports wear shop, please suggest me a good name .
Anything for a ride
Chardonnay
Bridie
Nora
Cosmo
Griff
Maureen.
Sienna.
Padraig.
Tadhg.
Rasher.
Ooh, just noticed Maureen’s been done, and exceedingly well too.
Let’s have Deirdre then.
snogglewort
OisÃn, Darragh, Corneilius, Cáit, Eoin, Cathal, Gobnait.
Bedhead.
Rance
Names: Seth, Bertha, Marigold, Bertrand, Ignatious.
J.J.
Really Bad Bart
I cannot believe you left out
GRANDAD
Kay
Iggy
Blanche
Ambrose
[…] • Grandad got his cartoon from me only days after suggesting his name. • Damien Mulley met me and was prompted to dump Take That! • Eske picked up the painting I left in Dublin city centre. […]
Gobber
Bellyjade
Joolikda Spoon
Spanky
Ignatius
Fonsie
Xavier
Myra
Flo
Cepta
[…] Meanwhile, whatever happens to me, posts will continue to appear here – for a time, but no comments will be approved until I can get online again. American Hell will however, as always, suffer. Why don’t you go suggest some names over there (to be used in cartoons) so I’m all set when I return to action? […]
John and Ben
Isabella
Bryce
Kleinborg
John-Declan
Collsy
Dónal
Nance
Lily
MáirtÃn
Freda
Sorry about the head cold, Eolai. Since I can’t hand you tissues, tea, whiskey or anything else useful, here’s a few names fer ye!
Ranegonde, Hepzibah, Meiko, Sylvia, Dixie, Faustine, Olivia
Reginald, Harcourt, Malichai, Sigmund, Dimitri, Franklin, Orlando
Hope you get to feeling better soon.
My name is Michelle. But people have called me Belle for years. How bout using that name?
Leigh-Ann
Kay
Lerina
Xanell (as in Zanel)
Danica
Ulrich
Neil
Clive
Robin
Suri
Love your stuff!!!!
Augie
Alice
Cassie
Honora
Kay
Val
William
what about Betsy? it seems such an american name. xoxo
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What about Dwight Le Sandal? Or Penelope Swith-Pencil?
[Twitter]
a possible cartoon character name – “Aloisius P. McGrady“, popped into my head from nowhere and rattled around with the other junk
What about Cliona or Jeremiah?
Nashua, Patricio
I’m submitting “Elva“, not to be confused with my confession of submission! Enjoyed the ‘toons, even the ones that take me aback
Shane
Ava
T.J
And what the hell… Lorna
Great website love it!! x
Knut, Magdalena, Ove, Sven, Anja, Göran, Bertil, Magnus, Wanja…
a few Swedish names in case you hadn’t guessed!
Slán, Tim.
Panchita
Hebseba
Gasius
Devan
I had some wonderful aunts. One especially nice had an awful name, but to me, funny. Hertha. I think that it sounds hateful, whereas she was sweet and loving. The name never did fit her.
It’s been awhile since I contributed…here you go:
Sam, Rick, Louis, Carl, Steve, Eddie
Ilsa, Yvonne, Marie, Betty, Lauren, Katherine
Here’s looking at you, kid.
Cady Crenik, Marny, Bluetooth, Boxer, Yuri, Hijaka Hermitsmith
[…] At the time of posting there are 195 cartoons on American Hell, and dozens of them have appeared on other people’s blogs. I also continue to run a feature whereby readers can suggest names for use in a cartoon and to date have used over 150 of those suggested. […]
Callum and Lara
Cuthbert and Cecil
i like Kalkaloony … i don knw y!!
i like ur blog ..
Justine
Eunice
Lyle
Hans
Getrude
Bertrand
Barton, Prester, Isaac, Foley, Eli, Anatoli, Epic, Ander, Fisher, Lennie, Gruad…
Jack Vance is great at names. I always seem to notice that first.
Hey, I love your blog. Here are some names:
Sasha
Seamus
Larry
Kjerstin
Sofia
Carsten
Efrain!
Hebsebah
Bilious
Lamar
Lenticulus
Cat
How about Darcy? that’s my name
Abuzar
Dr. Magnifico – works at a hospital I consult at sometimes. I’m always hearing him paged overhead “Dr. Magnifico please dial extension 4879” “Dr. Magnifico please report to the ER”. How comforting to know that if you are in trouble, Dr. Magnifico is on his way…
I enjoy your dry wit and sarcasm. Keep writing.
Your average small town tags like Dave, Pete, Les, Joe, Reggie, Jimmy, Gordie, Roger, Harry, Ernie, Hector, Paul, Russ, Mel, Tom as a name suggestion.
HI,
Id really appreciate a cartoon with the names charlie (female) and shaun (male) maybe somethinga bout love (like black/happy) ?? Cheers LOVE your stuff. :)keep it cool bro.
[…] Name suggested by Debbie […]
girl
she doesn’t look like a smith
Elly
Eleanor
Oh, OK! some of these will be redundant, I’m afraid. Here goes:
Kelly, Connie, Margaret, Maria, Claire, Christy, Ginnie, Jennifer, Carol, Barbara, Judy, Angela, Julie, Jean, Jody, Andi, Rebecca, Beth
The pottery ladies…..
Jennifer, Frank, Leopold, Ãine, Harry, Kerry, Konrad, Ita, Sadhbh, Amos.
Deniz..
and Burak
Sorrryyy….
Asa is a great name.
my name please… shella
leopold
laurice
Miss Wobblewattle. Of course.