[name]Hi[/name] everyone! We are TTC, so I shared my carefully edited list with my husband. We agreed on a boy’s name, but he vetoed [name]EVERY[/name] SINGLE girl name on my list! I asked him to come up with a name and he could only think of one he liked…[name]Josephine[/name]. [name]Josephine[/name] is a lovely name, but DS1’s middle name is [name]Joseph[/name] so that is out for me.
I asked him what he liked about [name]Josephine[/name] and his response…it was [name]Wyatt[/name] Earp’s wife. I wanted to smack my forehead. Then I thought…what if I could find a lovely name from a Western, have us watch the movie together, and let him think it was his idea? This would avoid so many problems! Unfortunately I don’t watch westerns so I don’t have any ideas.
So my question is…have you seen any westerns with lovely girl names? Please share!
I’m sorry … TTC? I’ve seen this a few times & am not sure what it means.
What a fun challenge! With some help from IMDB.com (note, I haven’t actually seen a lot of these, so no telling if one of the names is, like, a prostitute’s character or something.
- [name]Laurie[/name] (The Searchers)
- [name]Alice[/name], [name]Delilah[/name] (Unforgiven)
- [name]Tess[/name] ([name]Red[/name] [name]River[/name])
- [name]Helen[/name], [name]Amy[/name], [name]Mildred[/name] nn [name]Millie[/name] (High [name]Noon[/name])
- [name]Etta[/name], [name]Agnes[/name] ([name]Butch[/name] [name]Cassidy[/name] & the [name]Sundance[/name] Kid)
- [name]Lola[/name] (Winchester 73)
- [name]Laura[/name], [name]Rose[/name] (The Outlaw [name]Josey[/name] [name]Wales[/name])
- [name]Clementine[/name] (My Darling [name]Clementine[/name])
- [name]Hallie[/name] (The [name]Man[/name] Who Shot [name]Liberty[/name] Valance)
- [name]Jill[/name] (Once Upon a Time in the [name]West[/name])
- [name]Peggy[/name], [name]Molly[/name] (The Gunfigher)
- [name]Emma[/name], [name]Alice[/name] (3:10 to [name]Yuma[/name])
- [name]Petra[/name] (The Magnificent [name]Seven[/name])
- [name]Lorena[/name], [name]Clara[/name] (Lonesome [name]Dove[/name])
- [name]Lucy[/name] (Stagecoach)
- [name]Mattie[/name] ([name]True[/name] Grit)
- [name]Marisol[/name] (A Fistful of Dollars)
[name]Clint[/name] [name]Eastwood[/name]'s High Plains Drifter:
[name]Sarah[/name], [name]Callie[/name], [name]Mariana[/name] (actress name)
[name]Clint[/name] [name]Eastwood[/name]'s The Outlaw [name]Josey[/name] [name]Wales[/name]:
[name]Laura[/name], [name]Rose[/name]
[name]Clint[/name] [name]Eastwood[/name]'s Unforgiven (modern, 90s, western):
[name]Delilah[/name], [name]Strawberry[/name] [name]Alice[/name] (I’m suggesting [name]Alice[/name] here not strawberry! lol), [name]Sue[/name], [name]Faith[/name], [name]Kate[/name], [name]Frances[/name] (actress), [name]Anna[/name] (actress), [name]Tara[/name] (actress) and [name]Josie[/name] (actress)
[name]Dustin[/name] Hoffman’s [name]Little[/name] Big [name]Man[/name]:
Stars [name]Faye[/name] Dunaway (love [name]Faye[/name]!), [name]Aimee[/name] (actress name), [name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Errol[/name] [name]Flynn[/name]'s [name]Virginia[/name] City:
[name]Julia[/name], [name]Miriam[/name] (actress) and of course you could be inspired by the title and opt for [name]Virginia[/name]!
[name]John[/name] [name]Wayne[/name]'s The [name]Man[/name] Who Shot [name]Liberty[/name] Valance:
[name]Hallie[/name], [name]Vera[/name] (actress), [name]Nora[/name], [name]Jeanette[/name] (actress) and of course…[name]Liberty[/name] could be a name too 
[name]John[/name] [name]Wayne[/name]'s [name]Rio[/name] [name]Grande[/name]:
[name]Margaret[/name] [name]Mary[/name], [name]Kathleen[/name], [name]Maureen[/name] (actress)
[name]John[/name] [name]Wayne[/name]'s The Searchers:
[name]Vera[/name] (actress), [name]Laurie[/name], [name]Natalie[/name] (actress), [name]Debbie[/name], [name]Olive[/name] (actress), [name]Dorothy[/name] (actress), [name]Martha[/name], [name]Lana[/name] (actress), [name]Pippa[/name] (actress), [name]Lucy[/name].
[name]John[/name] Wayn’es Stagecoach:
[name]Louisa[/name] (actress), [name]Lucy[/name] [name]Mallory[/name] ([name]Mallory[/name] would make a cool name too!)
[name]John[/name] [name]Wayne[/name]'s [name]Fort[/name] Apache:
[name]Philadelphia[/name], [name]Anna[/name] (actress), [name]Emily[/name], [name]Mary[/name],
[name]John[/name] [name]Wayne[/name]'s She Wore a Yellow Ribbon:
[name]Joanna[/name] (actress), [name]Olivia[/name], [name]Mildred[/name] (actress), [name]Abby[/name],
[name]John[/name] [name]Wayne[/name]'s 3 Godfather’s:
[name]Mae[/name] (actress), [name]Jane[/name] (actress), [name]Florie[/name]
[name]John[/name] [name]Wayne[/name]'s [name]Red[/name] [name]River[/name]:
[name]Joanna[/name] (actress), [name]Tess[/name], [name]Coleen[/name] (actress)
[name]John[/name] [name]Wayne[/name]'s The [name]Alamo[/name]:
[name]Linda[/name] (actress), [name]Graciela[/name] [name]Carmela[/name] [name]Maria[/name] (love [name]Graciela[/name]!), [name]Joan[/name] (actress), [name]Veda[/name] (actress), [name]Nell[/name], Aissa (actress), [name]Lisa[/name], [name]Sue[/name], [name]Olive[/name] (actress)
[name]John[/name] [name]Wayne[/name]'s The Big [name]Trail[/name]:
[name]Ruth[/name], [name]Marguerite[/name] (actress), [name]Louise[/name] (actress)
[name]Paul[/name] [name]Newman[/name] and [name]Robert[/name] [name]Redford[/name]'s [name]Butch[/name] [name]Cassidy[/name] and the [name]Sundance[/name] Kid:
[name]Katharine[/name] (actress), [name]Etta[/name], [name]Agnes[/name]
[name]Henry[/name] [name]Fonda[/name]'s Once Upon a Time in the [name]West[/name]:
[name]Claudia[/name] (actress), [name]Jill[/name], [name]Gabriele[/name] (actress)
[name]William[/name] [name]Holden[/name]'s The [name]Wild[/name] Bunch:
[name]Elsa[/name]
[name]Yul[/name] Brynner’s The Magnificent [name]Seven[/name]:
Rosenda (actress), [name]Petra[/name]
[name]Alan[/name] [name]Ladd[/name]'s [name]Shane[/name]:
[name]Jean[/name] (actress), [name]Marian[/name], [name]Ellen[/name] (actress), [name]Nancy[/name] (actress)
[name]Gary[/name] [name]Cooper[/name] and [name]Grace[/name] [name]Kelly[/name]'s High [name]Noon[/name]:
[name]Grace[/name] (of course!), [name]Amy[/name], [name]Katy[/name] (actress), [name]Helen[/name], [name]Eve[/name] (actress), [name]Mildred[/name]
[name]Hope[/name] that helps at all!! I don’t know how significant some of these characters are in the films though. Oh and very good idea by the way, very clever! You may have to do some, “oh isn’t that a pretty name” or “ooo look at that actress’ name” while the credits are rolling! Hehe.
My favs are: [name]Olive[/name], [name]Faye[/name], [name]Graciela[/name], [name]Agnes[/name], [name]Etta[/name], [name]Mariana[/name]/[name]Marian[/name], [name]Eve[/name], [name]Claudia[/name], [name]Ruth[/name], [name]Tess[/name], [name]Callie[/name], [name]Laura[/name], [name]Rose[/name], [name]Delilah[/name], [name]Alice[/name], [name]Martha[/name], [name]Nora[/name], [name]Margaret[/name] and [name]Mary[/name]! It depends on your style though!
Good luck
Sorry, I’m intrigued. A few more suggestions from history rather than the movies:
- [name]Virginia[/name] ([name]Wyatt[/name] Earp’s mother)
- [name]Mariah[/name] (his sister)
- [name]Sarah[/name] ([name]Josephine[/name] Earp’s middle name)
- [name]Agnes[/name] ([name]Wild[/name] [name]Bill[/name] Hickok’s wife)
- [name]Jane[/name] (Calamity [name]Jane[/name])
- [name]Alice[/name] [name]Jane[/name] ([name]Doc[/name] [name]Holliday[/name]'s mom)
- [name]Margaret[/name] (this is a good one – [name]Margaret[/name] [name]Mitchell[/name], writer of Gone with the Wind, was [name]Doc[/name] [name]Holliday[/name]'s cousin)
- [name]Kate[/name] ([name]Holliday[/name]'s companion)
TTC = Trying to Concieve [name]Love[/name] some of your suggestions! [name]Clemence[/name], [name]Lola[/name], [name]Molly[/name], [name]Lorena[/name] and [name]Marisol[/name] stand out!!
Wow, you guys are so so so awesome! I have a lot of movies to watch now lol!! Thank you so much!
I don’t see “the one” yet, but I really like a lot of the names and I’m going to keep going through them. I’m sure will will jump out for me! Sometimes it takes a while, you know?
(TTC=trying to conceive)
Interestingly enough, he has also suggested [name]Sarah[/name], [name]Mariana[/name], and [name]Elsa[/name]. Now I know where he got them from! LOL!! Those (and [name]Josephine[/name]) are the only names he has ever suggested. I am just laughing inside!
Oh by the way, here are the names he vetoed (in case anyone was wondering!):
[name]Eliza[/name]
[name]Marina[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name]
[name]Georgiana[/name]