TV Moms provide more than just good (sometimes bad…) examples of how to be a mom and raise a family. Some of them also provide baby name inspiration. In honor of Mother’s Day, here are some of the coolest TV Mom names:
1950s
June Cleaver from Leave it to Beaver
Lucy Ricardo from I Love Lucy
1960s
Morticia Addams from The Addams Family - this name is awesome, but not one I’d recommend trying at home
Lily Munster from The Munsters
Samantha Stevens from Bewitched
Jane Jetson from The Jetsons
1970s
Olivia Walton from The Waltons
Florida Evans from Goodtimes
Caroline Ingalls from Little House on the Prairie
1980s
Elyse Keaton from Family Ties – a spelling variation on the traditional Elise
Clair Huxtable from The Cosby Show
Kate Mcardle from Kate and Allie
Murphy Brown from Murphy Brown
Maggie Seaver from Growing Pains
Sophia Petrillo from The Golden Girls
1990s
Vivian Banks from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
Miranda Hobbs from Sex and the City
Charlotte … from Sex and the City
Kitty Forman from That 70s Show – I was torn about what section to put this in, it’s a 90s show about the 70s…
Carmela Soprano from The Sopranos — I adore the name Carmela
2000s
Lorelai Gilmore from The Gilmore Girls
Bree Van De Camp from Desperate Housewives
Martha Kent from Smallville
Betty Draper from Mad Men — again this is a show about the 60s, but it’s filmed in the 2000s
Did I miss your favorite? Post a comment and let me know your favorite TV Mom name.
And a big Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there – especially mine!
Happy naming,
♥ Amanda
WANT MORE BABY NAME INFO?
Subscribe to the RSS feed so you don’t miss any future baby name posts.
GET YOUR OWN COPY OF BABY NAMES MADE EASY
HAVE BABY NAME QUESTIONS?
If you have baby name questions, email me at amanda@amandabarden.com.
Your question might appear in a future edition of Ask Amanda.
DO YOU TWEET?
Follow me on TWITTER to get up-to-the-minute celebrity baby name news, interesting names I come across and so much more! I’m @babynameauthor!
For more information on baby names and their meanings get your copy of
BABY NAMES MADE EASY: THE COMPLETE REVERSE-DICTIONARY OF BABY NAMES
