Joseph. Joe. Cup o' Joe. Joe the Plumber. Joey Bag O'Donuts. That name is stitched across the American landscape in a big bad way. I have a friend, however, that wishes that were not so. At first, when Joe was still "little Joey" he got a kick out of all the people named after him on television. Then, he noticed a pattern as he got older: when a character named "Joey" came along on a TV show, he (or she) was often either an uber man-child, a moron, or an annoying hippie. Comic relief, basically. Even in movies "Joey" was often put down, like in Back to the Future
with Uncle "Jailbird" Joey or in the Peter Boyle movie Joe
where Joe is kinda nuts.Hit the link for some TV examples of Joey's gone wrong.
Show: My Two Dads
Actor: Greg Evigan
Profession: Artist
Homelife: Loft in New York with his possible daughter and her other possible father
Distinctive Joey-ness: Wacky artist that makes his own furniture and clothes (or that was just the 80s)
Catch phrase: "Paul Reiser sure is funny" followed by career slump
Actor: Dave Coulier
Profession: Comedian
Homelife: Lives in best friend's house helping take care of best friends three daughters.
Distinctive Joey-ness: Fondness for impressions and improvisation
Catch phrase: "Cut-it-out", with hand motions
Show: 
Actor: Joey Lawrence
Profession: High School
Homelife: Lives at home with his single dad, ex-drug addict brother, and sister whose name no one can remember
Distinctive Joey-ness: Dumb as a brick
Catch phrase: "Whoa" followed by audience applause
Actor: Matt LeBlanc
Profession: Actor
Homelife: Lives with his best friend Chandler and hangs out with his other friends
Distinctive Joey-ness: Dumb as a brick and smooth with the ladies
Catch phrase: "How you doing?" followed by booty
Actress: Katie Holmes
Profession: High School
Homelife: Lives with her sister after her dad was arrested, also spends lots of time on boats in a creek
Distinctive Joey-ness: Aloof artist with a thang for men
Catch phrase: "Dawson, you're my two dimensional hero" followed by chaste one-dimensional kiss that lead to weirdly religious short people.
There's also a Joe, North Carolina. That's about all I got.