Bad Associations that made you like a name?

Are there any bad associations (in pop-culture or other) that brought a name that you now like to your attention?

For me it would be [name_m]Caleb[/name_m] [name_m]Prior[/name_m] from Divergent and [name_u]Maria[/name_u] [name_u]Reynolds[/name_u] in [name_m]Hamilton[/name_m], which made me like the Muh-rye-uh pronounciation of that name.

It depends on people’s perspectives of bad. I like a lot of names of villains but I also like the villains themselves.

Ren- [name_m]Kylo[/name_m] [name_u]Ren[/name_u] ([name_f]Star[/name_f] Wars)
[name_f]Regina[/name_f]- [name_f]Regina[/name_f] [name_m]Mills[/name_m] (OUAT)
[name_f]Prudence[/name_f]- [name_f]Prudence[/name_f] Blackwood (CAOS)
[name_f]Mystique[/name_f]- X-Men
[name_f]Morgana[/name_f]- [name_m]Little[/name_m] Mermaid 2
[name_f]Druscilla[/name_f]- [name_f]Buffy[/name_f]
Angelus- [name_f]Buffy[/name_f]
[name_u]Amos[/name_u]- [name_u]Fox[/name_u] and the Hound
[name_m]Draco[/name_m]- HP

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Some villain names that I like:
[name_m]Kylo[/name_m] (Star Wars)
[name_f]Azula[/name_f] (Avatar)
[name_f]Melisande[/name_f] (Kushiel’s [name_u]Legacy[/name_u])
Seladon (Dark [name_f]Crystal[/name_f])

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Ursula (The [name_m]Little[/name_m] Mermaid) made me fall in love with the name!

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I don’t consider these bad associations but they’re mostly the bad guys in movies so I guess to some could consider them bad associations.

Ransom- Knives Out! I never heard of Ransom before the movie and Chris Evans plays him so great.

Azula- Azula from ATLA is so confident and suave, she made me love this name

Zola- Not my favorite character but I first heard Zola on Arnim Zola from Captain America comics and movies

Ulysses- First started liking on Ulysses Klaue from Marvel comics

Tarquin- Grand Admiral Tarkin is a villain in Star Wars and it’s not spelled the same but still

Probably more that I don’t remember…

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Carmelita Spats from ASOUE made me like [name_u]Carmel[/name_u].

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That series is where I fell in love with the name [name_f]Esme[/name_f] even though her character is absolutely atrocious.

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Arsinoë - [name_f]Cleopatra[/name_f]’s younger sister who tried to overthrow her
[name_f]Melisande[/name_f] - [name_f]Melisandre[/name_f] is the red witch in Game of Thrones
[name_m]Ronan[/name_m] - [name_m]Ronin[/name_m] is an antagonist in [name_u]Marvel[/name_u] comics

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Oh yeah!

[name_u]Clove[/name_u] - The Hunger Games
[name_u]Dexter[/name_u] - [name_u]Dexter[/name_u]
[name_m]Theon[/name_m] - Game of Thrones
[name_f]Bellatrix[/name_f] - [name_u]Harry[/name_u] [name_m]Potter[/name_m]

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I can agree with [name_u]Clove[/name_u] from the Hunger Games. I hadn’t heard the name until I read the series. I didn’t like it at first, but now I do.

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