My trip to Los Angeles last week got me thinking about great Hollywood names. So I put together a list of celebrity names from the Hollywood Walk of Fame. I think there are some good picks here. Let me know what you think!

 

Some of these stars have last names that could also work as a first name. My picks are in caps and bolded.

 

 

HOLLYWOOD FEMALE BABY NAMES

 

AUDREY Hepburn

AVA Gardner

CICELY Tyson

CID CHARISSE

CLARA Bow

CLAUDETTE Colbert

CORRINE Griffith

GRACE KELLY

GRETA Garbo

JOSEPHINE Hull

JUNE Lockhart

KATRINA Paxinou

KITTY CARLISLE

LANA Turner

LAUREN Becall

LENA Horne

LILA LEE

MAE WEST

MARILYN Monroe

MERCEDES McCambridge

MITZI Gaynor

OLIVE Borden

RAQUEL Welch

RUBY Keeler

SONJA Henie

SOPHIA LOREN

SPRING Byington

TALLULAH Bankhead

VERONICA Lake

VIVIAN LEIGH

WINONA Ryder

 

 

HOLLYWOOD MALE BABY NAMES

 

ALEC Guiness

BING CROSBY

BRONCO Anderson

BUCK Jones

CARY GRANT

CLARK GABLE

DEAN MARTIN

JAMES DEAN

JOHNNY Depp

KING Vidor

LAIRD Cregar

LEO Carrillo

MACK Sennett

MARLON BRANDO

MAX Factor

MONTGOMERY Clift

MORGAN Freeman

OLIVER Stone

ORSON Welles

OWEN Moore

PIERCE Brosnan

REX Harrison

RICARDO Cortez

ROBIN Williams

ROCK HUDSON

RUDOLPH VALENTINO

SPENCER TRACY

VAN Johnson

 

As far as last names that work as first names, from this list I especially like CARLISLE and VALENTINO. MONTGOMERY feels like a last name even though it’s a first name here. What do you think?

 

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♥  Amanda

 

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For more information on baby names and their meanings check out

BABY NAMES MADE EASY: THE COMPLETE REVERSE-DICTIONARY OF BABY NAMES