From a 1982 Washington Post article about actors Lucie Arnaz and Laurence Luckinbill:
Lucie Arnaz, whose illustrious pedigree is evident in her name, and actor Laurence Luckinbill were Simonized several years ago.
He was on Broadway doing Neil Simon’s “Chapter Two.” She was on Broadway doing Neil Simon’s “They’re Playing Our Song.” They met at Joe Allan’s, the famous Broadway restaurant, and started seeing each other entr’acte.
[…]
Twenty months ago, they had a son, whom they named…Simon.
From a case study (pdf) of Amtrak’s automated customer service representative, “Julie,” launched in 2001:
Julie became popular with callers and even garnered national acclaim through blogs, YouTube videos, and as an answer on the TV quiz game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Her persona was even featured on Saturday Night Live. “I’ve been surprised about how attached people have gotten to Amtrak Julie,” says the woman who provides the voice of Julie, Julie Stinneford. “I find it funny. Because they’re not really talking to me. They’re talking to a computer.”
From a recent Crunchyroll article about parents who named their son Asta after the anime character (Black Clover):
We came up with that name early on but had other names we considered like Natsu, Sora, Roxas, and Yuki.
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