What's the most utterly normal, typical, unremarkable name for a person that you can think of?
by 
RFlagg
ANSWERS: 36
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Bob. 3 letters. 2 constanant. One vowel. 1 syllable. Rhymes with all sorts. Millions of people are called it. It just screams humdrum
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John
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Bob Smith
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"Bob" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._%22Bob%22_Dobbs
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"Michael" was the front-runner for a very long time. In the last eight years, "Jacob" has taken the lead. It's looking like "Emily" is the new favorite for females. It all depends on when and where you grew up. I would have said that John and Mary were the most unremarkable names I could think of. It changes with time. Educated people tend to pick the more interesting names for their children but 20-30 years later those names catch on with the uneducated and become commonplace. When I was growing up, Brandon and Brittany were rich kids' names. These days you can't swing a dead cat without hitting one.
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Chris Smith
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I have a friend who is Joe Smith.
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John tops the list for me, but it also depends on where you're from. Different countries or even parts of the country are going to have different common names.
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Bill Taylor. Jim/John Smith. Joe Jones...
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john smith
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Chris and Ashley.
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Mark. I have good friends named this, but the name seemed plain to me.
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Norm
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Larry - John - Tom - Mike
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My brother in law (believe it or not) is Bob Bob...you can't get more ordinary (in any sense of the word) than that. lol
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Where I live John Smith is pretty unusual. Here John Boudreax or Andrea Thibodeaux is way more popular and common.
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mine.. which is Bobbi Jo... blah
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Ben
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Bob is the most boring name on the planet. I had a boyfriend named Bob who I was absolutely crazy about....but his name.....echhh. I hated it. He wouldn't even let me call him Robert or Robby or Bobby. We didn't last. *Sigh*
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John Doe or Jane Doe
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Julie
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john
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I had a co-worker named John Smith. He knew someone with the same name.
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Fred
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Bob. Or John. Or Smith. I knew a Bob Smith once. Guy was a jerk.
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Marie or Maria for the latins
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Bob or John
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Bob or John
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Joe Smith. Or heck, my grandparents were Bob and Betty, not much more cliche than that.
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zack smith.
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Yolande... Very beautiful name to me. Not that unusual. Rather normal and a bit typical? :)
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John
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brittany, michelle, nicole james, daniel, joe
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John Jones? <-- i dont know anybody with that name.. but..it seems... common :)
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John Smith, and I met two men with this name.
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Herb and Bertha
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