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Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube
Wanda is a dumb name. Does anyone actually know a person in real life under 80 years old named Wanda? Just got sick of hearing it in this show. Wanda Wanda Wanda Wanda.
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I have a sister named Wanda. She's about the same age as Wanda Maximoff.
My sister was born in late 1963, the Scarlet Witch made her debut in March 1964 (so Stan Lee probably came up with her name around the same time my parents named my sister). Also, comedian Wanda Sykes was also born in March 1964.
Really, though, most of the older comic characters have out of date names. How many young people do you know named Bruce, Clark, Arthur, or Barry? Same with Lois or Diana (which had a bit of a resurgence in popularity in the 80s and 90s because of the real-life princess)? How about anyone with a mother named Martha?
In the 1930s and 40s, those names wouldn't have seemed odd at all.
Strangely, Wolverine is one character that seems to buck that trend. Logan has become much more popular in recent years than it ever was when the character was created.