Populate blank cells in a column until all populated from repeating list - excel

Question

I need to use VBA code to populate a list of filtered blank cells. I decided to make a picture with small example to explain it easier. Column D should be populated with names from col A repeating until each ID has a name.
I have absolutely no idea how to loop it to make it work - it's mind boggling! I have been searching the web for hours so I am now asking for help. Please note that column C and D are filtered with criteria blanks for column D.
Here is working code to populate blank cells of a filtered list with the same 3 names alternating.
Sub Macro1()
Dim last As Long
Dim counter As Integer
Dim nameRange As Range
Dim cell As Range
last = Range("A2").End(xlDown).Row
Set nameRange = Range("D2:D" & last).SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible)
counter = 1
For Each cell In nameRange
If counter = 1 Then
cell.Value = "Carrie"
counter = counter + 1
ElseIf counter = 2 Then
cell.Value = "Lisa"
counter = counter + 1
Else
cell.Value = "Bob"
counter = 1
End If
Next
End Sub
thanks for everyone's input - Hopefully, this will help someone else in the future.

Answer 1

This will do it without the need of filtering the data.
Sub foo()
Dim ws As Worksheet
Dim lastrowa As Long
Dim lastrowd As Long
Dim counta As Long
Dim rng As Range
counta = 2 'First row of name list in column A
Set ws = Sheets("Sheet1")
With ws
lastrowa = .Range("A" & .Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
lastrowd = .Range("D" & .Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
For Each rng In .Range(.Cells(2, 5), .Cells(lastrowd, 5))
If rng.Value = "" Then
rng.Value = .Cells(counta, 1).Value
If counta = lastrowa Then
counta = 2
Else
counta = counta + 1
End If
End If
Next rng
End With
End Sub

Answer 2

Range("D2:D4").Value = Range("A2:A4").Value
Range("D2:D4").AutoFill Destination:=Range("D2:D11")
If you don't know where column C ends that is easy enough to work out. Something like
Range("D2:D4").Value = Range("A2:A4").Value
Range("D2:D4").AutoFill Destination:=Range(Range("D2"), _
Range("C2").End(xlDown).Cells(1, 2))
If you don't know how far the data extends in column A:
Dim last As Integer
last = Range("A2").End(xlDown).Row
Range("D2:D" & last).Value = Range("A2:A" & last).Value
Range("D2:D" & last).AutoFill Destination:=Range(Range("D2"), _
Range("C2").End(xlDown).Cells(1, 2))

Answer 3

My example doesn't work perfectly, or even well... Its late :)
Create a named range that encapsulates all your "names" (called namesRange in my example).
In your "assigned" column put the following formula:
=INDEX(namesList,ROW()-((INT(ROW()/ROWS(namesList))*ROWS(namesList))),1)
Update...
Thought about it, and remembered how to excel a little more.. The following is what I was trying to do in my first example.
=INDEX(namesList,MOD(ROW()-1,ROWS(namesList)-1)+1,1)