13 Names of Bond Girls Ranked from Amusing to Outstanding

      Here are 13 Bond girl names ranked, from those that are so absurd we can't help but love them to those that simply fit well.

      First, Let's Talk About Bond Girls

      Dr. Christmas Jones (Denise Richards) in The World Is Not Enough. MGM – Credit: C/O

      James Bond is a notorious womanizer who occasionally finds love, sometimes strategically seduces his foes, and often cannot resist the allure of beautiful women at a casino table.

      Bond creator Ian Fleming signaled that much of the spy series was done with a wink by giving the various Bond girls in his novels names that were often punny or laden with double meanings. Bond screenwriters have maintained this playful tradition.

      Sure, some Bond girls have generic names (like Pam Bouvier?) while others are humorous but miss the mark; Christmas Jones, for instance, is a name intended to set up a horrible punchline. However, the names of the Bond girls featured in the following slides are all cleverly crafted in some way. They are ranked from least impressive to most impressive.

      13 — P—- Galore

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      In Goldfinger, the third Bond film, there’s no shortage of silly character names. Even Auric Goldfinger has a rather obvious name for someone who has a passion for gold. Then there’s Oddjob, the manservant assassin. And, of course, there's the woman who commands a group of female pilots: P—- Galore. (We can’t fully spell out her name due to syndication restrictions, sorry.)

      No Bond girl name has been parodied more than Ms. Galore’s. It’s so obvious that it’s hard not to chuckle, isn’t it? The fact that the production successfully used this name is surprising.

      Portrayed by Honor Blackman (above), she transitions from being the villain’s ally to joining forces with Bond. Galore almost serves as her own satire, and thus holds the title for the most ridiculous name in all of Bond history—yet it also sets the standard for outlandish names.

      12 — Sylvia Trench

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      Bond's reputation as a womanizer was evident from the very beginning, though he didn't have a different woman in every location. In fact, the same character, played by the same actress, appears in the first two Bond films, Dr. No and From Russia with Love. Indeed, for a brief moment, Bond actually had a semi-regular partner named Sylvia Trench.

      Bond encounters Trench, played by Eunice Gayson, during a game of Baccarat in Dr. No. While it seems he’s still involved with her when From Russia with Love starts, he abandons her to pursue his spy duties. Although Trench never truly fulfills the role of Bond Girl in any film, appearing in two movies as a romantic interests for Bond justifies her inclusion.

      Plus, we wanted to highlight her since her name is Sylvia Trench. Sylvia. Trench.

      11 — Xenia Onatopp

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      This is where we diverge most from the standard image of a Bond girl. Xenia Onatopp is an outright femme fatale and villain. So much so that she meets a pretty brutal end in Goldeneye. While many of the women Bond sleeps with become disposable in the films, to receive an over-the-top death like Xenia’s, one has to perform well as a villain—and she certainly does.

      Forecasting the absurdity characteristic of Pierce Brosnan's era, Xenia’s entire persona feels somewhat played out. She is a sadistic female antagonist who crushes a man to death with her thighs. The name is wonderfully silly, with Onatopp being especially amusing.

      Honestly, Xenia is the cooler part of her name.

      10 — Holly Goodhead

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      Moonraker represents the Roger Moore era at its most absurd. It attempts to be campy but doesn’t quite succeed. At times, Moonraker can be a bit tedious to watch, but it is filled with examples of Bond at his most ridiculous. The Bond girl in this film exemplifies that.

      Holly Goodhead is simply a ludicrous name and exemplifies the “first thought, best thought” approach prevalent in Moonraker. She ranks higher than P—- Galore since Holly is an actual first name, and only half of her name is a double entendre.

      9 — Jinx

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      The 007 franchise scored a major victory by casting Halle Berry in 2002, the same year she won the Best Actress Oscar for Monster’s Ball. At least her Bond film, Die Another Day, provided her with a fantastic name: Jinx.

      To be precise, her full name was Giacinta “Jinx” Johnson, and she collaborated with Pierce Brosnan’s Bond to confront British