Is Nana Visitor the dumbest stage name of all time?

[Mr. Scott]

This is not a dig on the actress, but has anyone ever thought that Nana Visitor was the dumbest stage name of all time? First, how does one pronounce Nana?

Where does the Visitor part come in? Her maiden name is Tucker, and she never married anyone named Visitor, so it was just something that she chose. Visitor as a name just strikes me as odd.

Her poor son's name is Django El Tahir El Siddig. Django? WTF?

Scott

 

[Praetorian]

Rofl, Django.

And Nana Visitor does sounds silly, I remember my stepmother asking what kind of silly name was that...

 

[Edinburgh]

Being young dumb and full of - eh! - fun

I use to see her name and think, This must be a different character on the show . someone from the planet Nana.

Anyone else think that.

 

[Mistral]

It took me forever to connect her to Kira-I thought, this lady looks like a "Mary" or an "Alice"....

 

[TheMasterOfOrion]

She could have done worse as in Portia de Rossi worse

I don't think its so bad since there is much worse to be found in the rock, hiphop world with names like Snow the Informer, Biff Byford, Lil' Scrappy, Kokane, Randyn Rhoads, Flea, LL DJ or whatever the hell he's called etc

 

[Shatmandu]

This is not a dig on the actress, but has anyone ever thought that Nana Visitor was the dumbest stage name of all time? First, how does one pronounce Nana?

Like the end of banana.

As far as the last name she chose, eh. Could be worse. Could be Nana Pickledick.

Joe, nee Pickledick

 

[Nerys Ghemor]

It seems to me the point of a stage name is to be very easily remembered. Given this...I wouldn't say her choice is all that dumb considering that we're all remembering and remarking on it.

 

[iguana_tonante]

This is not a dig on the actress, but has anyone ever thought that Nana Visitor was the dumbest stage name of all time? First, how does one pronounce Nana?

Like the end of banana.

Actually, I think it's nah-NAH, stress on the last syllable, and it's originally a French name. I remember it from a stage appearance she did at an convention in Italy some years ago.

I agree that the Visitor part is quite odd, but it's distinctive, a good point for a screen name.

 

[MeanJoePhaser]

She got the name when the home team won and the crowd jeered the visitors away

"Nah-nah-nah-nah, hey, hey, good bye!"

 

[Mr. Fergy]

I heard worse stage names, but not many...

 

[Michael]

I must be weird, because I don't find her name strange at all ...

 

[Navaros]

I find "Nana" to be a far more strange name than Visitor. Nana to me sounds like something a baby would say, not a grown person. Especially how RA says it on the DVD extras when he talks about the kiss. He says it really fast, "NAW!NAW!" like that. I was laughing my butt off the first time I heard him say it like that. If that's how her name is usually said, then wow...I'd never wanna have that name if I was a girl. LOL

Django is a badass name. Try listening to Django Reinhardt music - it's frickin' brilliant! And although long-deceased, he remains a wildly popular rockstar among gypsies to this day.

 

[iguana_tonante]

I find "Nana" to be a far more strange name than Visitor. Nana to me sounds like something a baby would say, not a grown person. Especially how RA says it on the DVD extras when he talks about the kiss. He says it really fast, "NAW!NAW!" like that. I was laughing my butt off the first time I heard him say it like that. If that's how her name is usually said, then wow...I'd never wanna have that name if I was a girl. LOL

Yeah, God protect us from the crazy sound of foreign names...

 

[DeVario]

"Nana Visitor" is kind of...unique, but it sounds downright normal compared to something like "Yahoo Serious."

 

[PKTrekGirl]

I thought "Nana" was a French name - I know of at least two films with that name in the title...and at least one of those was a French film.

I never really thought it was weird - you want something that stands out so that people won't forget you.

The fact is that many of the actors in DS9 have at least one name that is odd or difficult to pronounce.

 

[Marie1]

Like Rene's last name...

I remember hearing Casey Biggs pronounce it a bit like I_I did- Na-NAH. Not sure why the "Visitor" was chosen...

But I'm guessing Django was her husband's idea... has the Eastern/ African ring.

 

[PKTrekGirl]

^ Yep. Rene's last name is one example.

But how about the first name of 'Cirroc'? Or 'Armin'? Not exactly names you run into every day. And even once Sid changed his name to Alexander Siddig, 'Siddig' is not exactly an everyday name either.

Shoot...even 'Avery' isn't used all that commonly. Or, at least I don't know any other Averys IRL.

 

[iguana_tonante]

But I'm guessing Django was her husband's idea... has the Eastern/ African ring.

According to IMDB, it is taken from the jazz musician Django Reinhardt (cited by Navaros, too), which was a Belgian Gypsy.

 

[Dane_Whitman]

"Django" also happens to be both the title and the name of the protagonist in Italian director Sergio Corbucci's second-best spaghetti western, a landmark in the genre. Corbucci's choice was also inspired by the musician Reinhardt.

I always liked the name Nana Visitor. Its memorable.

 

[Aquehonga]

Nana Visitor ain't got nuffim' on
BOOTROS-BOOTROS GALLY!

Did I even spell the dude's name right

Best, or worst, part is this BB Gun Gally character isn't even an actor

BOOTROS-BOOTROS GALLY is his real name dudes!

When I first heard of'im I was like:
“No way dude! That's his real name Bumber! ”

BB Gally is some politician guy UN dude from some foreign country-like place.

I'd take NANA VISITOR anyday over
BOOTROS-BOOTROS GALLY