The news has just leaked out that in the September issue of Archie Comics, after more than 65 years of boomeranging back and forth between sweet blonde Betty and sultry brunette Veronica, perennial teenager Archie Andrews has finally made his pick, and he’s about to propose to….Veronica!  Personality and character aside, we all know the real reason behind his choice—it’s because VERONICA HAS THE BETTER NAME!

　　Newspaper funny pages and comic books have always offered a rich variety of girls’ names. In the early days there were lots of sassy career gals–reporters, aviatrixes and secretaries with names like Fritzi and Mitzi, Tessie the Typist, Tillie the Toiler, and Nellie the Nurse. Some of these early career girl names still retain their spunk:

　　DIXIE

　　DORA

　　ELLA

　　ETTA

　　FRITZI

　　GINGER

　　KATY

　　KITTY

　　LIBBY

　　LULU

　　MARGIE

　　MARGO

　　MILLY

　　MIN

　　MITZIE

　　NELLIE

　　NINA

　　PATSY

　　POLLY

　　SUZIE

　　TESS

　　TESSIE

　　TILLIE

　　The comics have also always featured more exotic heroines–adventuresses and temptresses with mysterious, sometimes bizarre names like:

　　AMETHYSTARTIMISCAIRO

　　CALLISTOCHESHIRECHILI

　　ELEKTRAHIPPOLYTAIVANA

　　JETTA

　　JOCASTALEITALILLANDRALLYRALYJAMAI

　　MAXIMA

　　MYSTIQUENAMORANARDA

　　NIKANYOKAOLGAOOLAPANTHAPOLARISSHAKIRA

　　SHEENASIRYNTERRATIGRATITANIAZATANNA

　　The more recent comix and graphic novels have shown a penchant for female characters with word names, including:

　　ARGENTCOBRADOMINO

　　DOVE

　　FROSTGLORYJOLTJUBILEEORACLEPARADISEPHASERAVEN

　　ROGUESPIRALSTORM

　　TAROT

　　THORNTHUNDERVELOCITYVELVETVIXEN