Happy 40th Anniversary Sesame Street! I’m sure many of you have happy memories of watching Sesame Street when you were growing up and now you’re passing the tradition on to your children. Maybe there’s an even bigger Sesame Street tradition you can pass on to your children…in the form of a name.
Here’s a look at Sesame Street character names (and the names some of the actresses, actors and puppeteers). While names like BIG BIRD, JUGHEAD and MR. NOODLE won’t work, there are plenty of interesting options that are worth considering. Enjoy!
FEMALE CHARACTER NAMES
ABBY Cadabby
ALICE Braithwaite Goodyshoes
ALICE Snuffleupagus
BETTY LOU
BUFFY
CELINA
DEENA Monster
DOROTHY
Dr. GINA Jefferson
GABRIELLA “GABI” Rodriguez
Granny FANNY Nesselrode
INGRID
JANE Tuesday
KAMI
LEELA
LEXINE “LEXI”
LILLIAN “LILLY”
LINDA “LYNNE”
LULU “LOUISE”
MARCIA Middlewell
MARGARITA
MARIA Rodriguez
MOLLY the mail lady
OLIVIA Robinson
PEARL Monster
PHOEBE
POLLY Darton
Prairie DAWN
Rodeo ROSIE
ROSITA
RUBY
RUTHIE
TARAH
WANDA Falbo
ZOE
MALE CHARACTER NAMES
ALOYSIUS Snuffleupagus
Bad BART
BARKLEY
BERT
BRUNO the Trashman
DAVIE
ELMO
ERNIE
GORDON Robinson
GROVER
HARVEY Kneeslapper
HERBERT Birdsfoot
HIROSHI
HUMPHREY
JAMAL
JOEY
KERMIT the Frog
KOTY
LEONARD “LEO” the Wolf
LUIS “LOU” Rodriguez
MARCO
MEL “MELVIN”
MIGUEL
MILES Robinson
Mr. HAROLD Hooper
MURRAY Monster
OSCAR the Grouch
OSVALDO the Grouch
PLACIDO Flamingo
RAFAEL
RALPH
ROBIN
SAM the Robot
SAVION
SIMON the Soundman
SOLOMON Grundy
STEVIE
SULLY
TOM “THOMAS”
VINCENT “VIN” Twice
WALLY
WATSON
WILLY
WOLFGANG the Seal
FEMALE ACTRESS/PUPPETEER NAMES
ALAINA Reed
ANNETTE Claud
BUFFY Sainte-Marie
CAMILLE Bonora
DESIREE Casado
FRAN Brill
IRRA Verbitsky
KYLA Taub
LEXINE Bondoc
LORETTA Long
SONIA Manzano
STEPHANIE D’Abruzzo
TARA Schaeffer
MALE ACTOR/PUPPETEER NAMES
BRIAN Meuhl
CASEY Kasem
CHRISTOPHER Cerf
EMILIO Delgado
GABRIEL Velez
JIM Henson
JOEY Mazzarino
JOU JOU Papailler
KERMIT Love
KEVIN Clash
KHALID Moultrie
MICHAEL EARL Davis
RICHARD Hunt
ROSCOE Orman
SAVION Glover
TOBY Tobson
WILL Lee
SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_characters_in_Sesame_Street
I actually didn’t watch Sesame Street when I was growing up, so maybe some of you readers can let me know what your favorite characters (and names!) are. Post a comment and let me know!
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