Sons of Anarchy kicks off its seventh (and final) season in September 2014. In SOA's honor, we've compiled a baby name list that pays tribute to the series colorful characters. To help us keep them all straight, we've notated main characters (M), supporting characters (S) and antagonists (A).
Season 1 (2008), filled with plenty of lawbreaking and conflict, introduced us to the show's major players:
- Jackson/Jax, the show's star/vice president of SAMCRO (M)
- John, Jax's deceased father and co-founder of SAMCRO (S)
- Piermont/Piney, co-founder of SAMCRO (M)
- Wendy, Jax's meth-addict wife
- Abel, Jax and Wendy's infant son
- Gemma, Jax's mother (M)
- Clarence/Clay, Gemma's husband/former president of SAMCRO (M)
- Tara, Jax's ex-girlfriend (M)
- Josh, Wendy's ex-boyfriend/ATF agent
- Alexander/Tig, SAMCRO most violent member (M)
- Filip/Chibs, Scottish SAMCRO member (M)
- Robert/Bobby, SAMCRO member (M)
- Harry/Opie, SAMCRO member/Piney's son (M)
- Juan Carlos/Juice, SAMCRO intelligence officer (M)
- Otto, SAMCRO member (S)
- Happy, nomadic SOA member
- Kip/Half-Sack, prospective SAMCRO member (M)
- Chuck/Chuckie, Otto's prison friend (S)
- Cherry, Clay's mistress
- June, ATF agent (A)
- Wayne, corrupt police chief (M)
- Luann, Otto's wife
- Donna, Opie's wife
The much-anticipated season 2 kicked off with intense action, drama and new characters:
- Ethan, League Of American Nationalists leader (A)
- A.J., Ethan's enforcer (A)
- Polly, Ethan's daughter
- Georgie, Luann's rival
- Jimmy, head of the IRA (A)
- Edmond, Polly's lover
- Cameron, Edmond's father
Season 3 (2010) added more new characters to the already-complicated mix in the make-believe town of Charming:
- Nate, Gemma's father
- Fr. Kellan, Cameron's cousin/IRA intermediary
- Maureen, Fr. Kellan's sister
- Amy, June's ATF partner
- Elliott, local real estate developer
- Hector, former president of the Calaveras Motorcycle Club
- Margaret, Tara's boss (S)
- Marcus, Mayans leader (A)
- Jacob, mayoral candidate (S)
- Lenny, Niners member
In 2011, SOA fans eagerly returned for the fourth season to meet the latest in the ongoing saga:
- Eli, sheriff's department lieutenant (S)
- Lincoln, U.S. attorney
- Lyla, Opie's fiancée
- Laroy, Niners member
- Veronica, Laroy's murdered girlfriend
- Romero/Romeo, high-ranking member of the Galindo drug cartel (S)
- Luis, CIA agent
- Damon, powerful gangster/father of Veronica (A)
- Thomas, son of Jax and Tara
- Nero, Mexican-American pimp/head of Byz Lats
- Lucius, Nero's developmentally disabled son
- George/Ratboy, prospective SAMCRO member
Seasons five and six were loaded with retaliation and conflict among the gangs:
- Frankie, nomad
- Lee, former U.S. Marshal (A)
- Pamela, murdered sister of Lee
- Henry, Chinese-American Lin Triad leader
- Galen, IRA arms trafficker (A)
- August, Damon's right-hand man
- Charles, a crooked cop, aka Charlie
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