Comments on: Names From… Barbie and Friends

By: danscobey

danscobey — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:08:10 +0000

Was there ever a male Barbie friend named Adam? He had a 60’s/70’s look, bell bottoms with silver rivets and a red long-sleeved knit shirt. He has very dark hair with side-burns & blue eyes. (this is actually dan’s wife lisa)

By: Paige

Paige — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:34:39 +0000

Yeah, Bopsy will never make it onto my top 10 anytime soon. But there’s something a little intriguing about Midge… she isn’t the cutest nn name around granted, but I like her coziness.
That’s so smart about “visiting” toys! You should publish that somewhere- I’m sure a million moms would be grateful.

By: JNE

JNE — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:04:20 +0000

I actually like Barbie’s parents’ names – George and Margaret. Solid names – surprisingly! But from there, I am not sure I can get behind too many names on the list. (My girl is too young for Barbie still, so I don’t have anything to rely on but memory… and all I have there is a vague memory of getting a Skipper when I wanted a Barbie and being unhappy with Skippers flat feet – no heels for her!) I never blew up a Barbie, but I did chop of hair, squish a head, and rip off hands/toes. Poor dolls are tortured!

Slightly off topic – a new passtime for me when I head to the toy aisle at the store (to allow my daughter to “visit” toys – she doesn’t yet know we can buy them and take them home, and I intend to milk that for as long as possible) is to read the “birth certificates” inside the re-hash of cabbage patch dolls. I had two when I was a kid: Danella and Julia (can’t remember the middles)… some of the names are silly, some unusual – it’s a bit of fun! Latest one I saw and remember: Maci Marguerite – not fond of Maci at all! But Marguerite is a goodie for me… Barbie names made me think of other dolls…

The Barbie friends – I kind of like Hudson… and Lara (I say that differently than Laura)… but Bopsey and Midge – yikes!

By: Cat

Cat — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:59:30 +0000

Barbara Millicent is very retro cool. I don’t like the nickname Barbie, but, well, that’s because there’s only one Barbie! George and Margaret are great; Margaret was my grandmother’s name so I’m in a constant state of loving it. Of the friends, I really like Gillian and Lara. Very nice for dolls.

By: Paige

Paige — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:34:41 +0000

I think they still make Skippers. That is hilarious what you did to the poor doll!
I think you’re right about PJ being Skipper’s bud, though there isn’t a wealth of info on her on the Internet.

By: Lola

Lola — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:25:13 +0000

Do they even still make Skipper? I had one (Cut her hair half off, dyed it orange and blew her head off witha firecracker the week before Halloween, My brother then tied her in a noode and hung her from the by then bare Magnolia tree for a decoration) but Josephine doesn’t, I’ve never seen one to be able to get it for her! Teresa & Belinda are her favorites and well, I have a soft spot for Ken… As for the rest of them, they have dated, for their era type names, Midge included. Wasn’t PJ, Skipper’s friend? Maybe my brain is a touch rusty, but I think so.