Despicable Me Name Origin

/des-PIK-uh-buhl mee/

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The name 'Despicable Me' is a title of a popular animated film series produced by Illumination Entertainment. It is a coined phrase used as a brand name for the movies, which features a villainous character named Gru. The phrase itself is English, combining 'despicable' (meaning deserving contempt) with 'me' as a personal pronoun, emphasizing the character's self-identification as despicable.

This chart shows how many babies were given the name Despicable each year, based on data from the U.S. Government's Social Security Administration (SSA).

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