Anonymous
Post 08/18/2025 14:25     Subject: Re:"Most Powerful Male Names"
The most powerful male names are Steve (for good guys) and Dave (for bad guys). Or is it Dave for bad guys and Steve for good guys?
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2025 14:25     Subject: "Most Powerful Male Names"
There was a Simpsons episode about a guy who changed his name to Max Power and then he had it (am I remembering this right?).

Christopher makes me think of Adriana ("Ade") in the Sopranos saying, "Chris-to-fuhh!"
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2025 14:24     Subject: Re:"Most Powerful Male Names"
Anonymous wrote:“They ruined all our best names like Lance and Bruce and Julian. Those were the toughest names we had!”


Yes, we must now look to Ashley and Leslie as the manliest of them all.
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2025 14:18     Subject: Re:"Most Powerful Male Names"
Anonymous wrote:“They ruined all our best names like Lance and Bruce and Julian. Those were the toughest names we had!”


I immediately thought of this quote when I opened the thread
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2025 13:45     Subject: Re:"Most Powerful Male Names"
“They ruined all our best names like Lance and Bruce and Julian. Those were the toughest names we had!”
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2025 13:42     Subject: Re:"Most Powerful Male Names"
The most powerful male name of all:

Jackson
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2025 13:40     Subject: Re:"Most Powerful Male Names"
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Four brothers: Peter, Rod, Dick, and Willie. The Johnson family. Obviously.

In the UK, it’s Roger.


Roger can be their cousin across the pond.


I cannot hear that name without “Wrelease Wodger!” springing to mind.
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2025 13:35     Subject: "Most Powerful Male Names"
I like Merlin.
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2025 13:23     Subject: "Most Powerful Male Names"
To the witty writer analyzing the names - thank you! Your efforts are appreciated.
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2025 13:16     Subject: "Most Powerful Male Names"
Stonewall is a powerful male name.
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2025 13:11     Subject: "Most Powerful Male Names"
Love the names Craig and Bruce. Also Nickolas.
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2025 12:58     Subject: "Most Powerful Male Names"
Anonymous wrote:That list is made of names that are common for white Christian American males of a certain age. It absolutely matches the demographic that holds the most power in our country, and in the world.

If you compare the percentage of Americans with those names to the percentage or generals or CEO’s or billionaires you would find that they are far overrepresented.

I would probably replace Christopher with William.

+1 If you look at the most popular names for American boys born during the silent and boomer years the ones in the OP would all be on it.
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2025 12:54     Subject: Re:"Most Powerful Male Names"
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Four brothers: Peter, Rod, Dick, and Willie. The Johnson family. Obviously.

In the UK, it’s Roger.


Roger can be their cousin across the pond.


Yep, Roger and Alistair are brothers.
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2025 12:53     Subject: "Most Powerful Male Names"
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is in Off-Topic because it's not about expecting. Fox5 morning so-called news just listed the "five most powerful male names." Here is the list. Unreal they think these are powerful names.

Robert
Michael
James
John
Christopher

Really? These are the names of dentists. I guess Michael could own his own landscaping company and Christopher would make a good glass artist at Glen Echo. Certainly not powerful names. Fox5 "news" tends to suddenly turn from news into a Starbucks filled with shrieking teen girls -- which is when you have to change the channel if you've already graduated from high school -- and this is one of those "news" stories apparently.

Give me a good paragraph or two about your most powerful males with these names. Fiction preferred (obviously).


Powerful male names are monosyllabic.

Ward
Grant
Jack
Will
John
Mark


All of the names you list have a definition:

Ward - separate area in hospitals or division of city

Grant - to give or allow

Jack - a tool for lifting

Will - an estate document

John - a toilet; prostitutes client

Mark - an area on a surface with a different color.
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2025 12:52     Subject: Re:"Most Powerful Male Names"
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Four brothers: Peter, Rod, Dick, and Willie. The Johnson family. Obviously.

In the UK, it’s Roger.


Roger can be their cousin across the pond.