I met a person today whose first name is Virus.

[Astral Rejection]

I interviewed a girl two days ago named Genesis. Pronounced "Hen-uh-see." Smart kid, rough name.

[Marley23]

Originally Posted by Astral Rejection

I interviewed a girl two days ago named Genesis. Pronounced "Hen-uh-see." Smart kid, rough name.

If we're collecting data on whether intelligence is inherited, this would go in the "no" column.

[MsRobyn]

Originally Posted by Alessan

"Og" is actually a legitimate Biblical name. Not one people actually use, but still.

Was he very large?

There is (or was; he died in 1996) a fairly well-known author named Og Mandino, but his actual first name was Augustine.

[Kolga]

A friend of mine met a woman and a little girl in the park the other day while he (my friend) was walking his dog. The little girl's name was Wasabi.

[Skald the Rhymer]

Originally Posted by Marley23

If we're collecting data on whether intelligence is inherited, this would go in the "no" column.

Not necessarily. Genesis's parents could have been intelligent but cruel.

[Marley23]

Originally Posted by Skald the Rhymer

Not necessarily. Genesis's parents could have been intelligent but cruel.

True. Meanwhile I am wondering if Virus has a twin sister named Vera.

[Skald the Rhymer]

Originally Posted by Marley23

True. Meanwhile I am wondering if Virus has a twin sister named Vera.

Other than the frequent use of alliterative names for twins, I don't get it.

[Marley23]

Originally Posted by Skald the Rhymer

I can imagine someone thinking Virus and Vera sounds like a male-female pair of names. I can't imagine a lot of people thinking that way, but if you're the kind of person who thinks naming your son Virus is a good idea, you're already in a very small minority.

[Skald the Rhymer]

Originally Posted by Marley23

I can imagine someone thinking Virus and Vera sounds like a male-female pair of names. I can't imagine a lot of people thinking that way, but if you're the kind of person who thinks naming your son Virus is a good idea, you're already in a very small minority.

Fifteen or twenty years ago I briefly dated a woman with two little kids named Sunshine and Shadow. Sadly, Sunshine was the little boy.

[Eve]

Originally Posted by Kolga

A friend of mine met a woman and a little girl in the park the other day while he (my friend) was walking his dog. The little girl's name was Wasabi.

She's saucy!

[Hal Briston]

Originally Posted by Little Nemo

Maybe he has older siblings named Onus, Tootie, Trey, and Forrest.

Naw, those are Fievel's brothers and sisters.

[Shodan]

Originally Posted by rachelellogram

Labia would be a pretty name, too!

It should be "labium", unless it is twins.

Regards,
Shodan

[Malleus, Incus, Stapes!]

Originally Posted by Skald the Rhymer

Even without my Evil hat on, I don't see anything wrong with Eris, though of course there is another name from Greek myth I would prefer.

Well, she was basically the first troll.

[SpyOne]

Family story is that before I was born my parents had an apartment across the hall from a family named Wood.
Decades later my Dad was still horrified at the name they'd given their daughter, and just hit a mental log jam at how to politely address the issue to them. The thing was, they totally didn't see it, because they pronounced her name oddly.
They said it like "Hawley", but written down her name was Holly Wood.

[Khadaji]

I went to school with a girl who was going to name her child Blight or Blightina. I never found out why.

[Haste]

I dated a girl in college who's grandmother's name was Nylic. New York Life Insurance Company. The reason she was named that had something to do with her parents getting some life-saving loan and they wanted to honor the bank.

[Junkman209]

Originally Posted by MikeG

My gf gets some amazing names at her work. The winner this year:

L-a


Pronounced leh Dash uh.

Originally Posted by Eyebrows 0f Doom

Can there ever be a thread on names on this board that doesn't include the same standard urban legends? I don't understand how people still believe some of these.

Sorry, Eyebrows 0f Doom, but this is NOT an urban legend. My sister performed tests on a child with the first name "L-a", in Baltimore, MD. I wish it were a joke.

[BigT]

Originally Posted by Malleus, Incus, Stapes!

Well, she was basically the first troll.

Oh, yeah. For some reason, when I see Eris, I always think of Eros instead.

[szabrocki]

I work with a woman who's name is Andrea Doria. Born after the ship with the same name sank.

[TheMightyAtlas]

Originally Posted by WordMan

We have friends with an oldest who goes by TJ. When they were pregnant with another son, they contemplated Max until my wife pointed out the connection with TJ Maxx, the discount store chain. They went with a different choice.

A few from my first hand experience:

A co-worker has two kids, Jimmy and Paige. When I asked her if she was a huge Led Zeppelin fan, she was completely confused. She had only a vague idea who Led Zeppelin was. Her husband thought it was hilarious.

I used to work with two partners named Archer and Bowman. They had been working together for many years and no one had ever realized that their names were synonyms.

Then I was hired by a guy whose last name was King. His assistant's last name? Jester. Again, no one had ever pointed it the conincidence before.

My very next boss had the last name Cipolla. I fully expected his boss to be a Pomodoro. but alas the streak had ened.

[Justin_Bailey]

I've issued a library card (complete with driver's license verification) to a Shithead.

I shit you not.

[Surly Chick]

I have a friend whose actual name is Lala. I asked her mom why she chose it and she said she just liked how it sounded. Needless to say there was lots of ear plugging and saying "Lalalalala, I can't hear you!" growing up.

[GuanoLad]

Originally Posted by Qadgop the Mercotan

Really. Truly. Virus.

Did he look like John Malkovich?

[TruCelt]

I know a child named Tensix 7. Spelled just like that.

But seriously, I wonder if when his mother got pregnant the doctor, or someone else, told her she "just had a virus."

[TruCelt]

Originally Posted by MikeG

My gf gets some amazing names at her work. The winner this year:

. . .

my flabber was well and truly gasted.

TMI

[Earl Snake-Hips Tucker]

Originally Posted by szabrocki

I work with a woman who's name is Andrea Doria. Born after the ship with the same name sank.

Who counterintuitivley to a lot of us anyway, was actually a man!

[Bam Boo Gut]

I just received a booking from someone with the first name Viral.

[Ferret Herder]

Originally Posted by Justin_Bailey

I've issued a library card (complete with driver's license verification) to a Shithead.

IIRC, that's a pretty common name in... India, I think? Pronounced something like "Shi-theed."

[Justin_Bailey]

Originally Posted by Ferret Herder

IIRC, that's a pretty common name in... India, I think? Pronounced something like "Shi-theed."

You are correct sir! The patron was Indian he did say it was pronounced "Shi-theed."

Still funny from an American context though.

[JRDelirious]

I am aware of a European porn performer who on ocassion has gone by the name of "Virus Vellons", which definitely strikes me as a name you do NOTwant to use in that line of work.

Originally Posted by Skald the Rhymer

Not necessarily. Genesis's parents could have been intelligent but cruel.

Or Spanish speakers, where you pronounce "Genesis" as HEN-eh-sees and the kid may drop the final s in casual conversation (and a few dialects tend to just drop the final s anyway).


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BTW I've seen how some people tend to be of the idea that ANY word in the Bible is a suitable name. I suspect the kid named "Eunuch" may be a misspelling of "Enoch", BUT also it could be intentional, that his mother may have read Matthew's passage about how some people "are eunuchs for the sake of the Kingdom" or the passage in Acts about Philip meeting "a eunuch of great authority in the court" and not being quite clear on what that means but figuring it appears in a favorable context it must be a positive thing...

[nashiitashii]

Originally Posted by Justin_Bailey

I've issued a library card (complete with driver's license verification) to a Shithead.

I shit you not.

We had a regular in the library who was named Notorious. She was a young teenager at the time, so I imagine her parents were fans of the Notorious B.I.G. when they named her.

Originally Posted by Junkman209

Sorry, Eyebrows 0f Doom, but this is NOT an urban legend. My sister performed tests on a child with the first name "L-a", in Baltimore, MD. I wish it were a joke.

One of my relatives works in financial aid and had a client with L-a within the past four or five years. It's apparently uncommon but exists.

[Dung Beetle]

One of my cousin’s kids is named Braxton. His mama had Braxton-Hicks contractions when she was pregnant and liked the sound of it. They actually are hicks, too.

[Skald the Rhymer]

Originally Posted by Dung Beetle

One of my cousin’s kids is named Braxton. His mama had Braxton-Hicks contractions when she was pregnant and liked the sound of it. They actually are hicks, too.

Braxton doesn't strike me as a terribly odd name. The medical term is named after the physician who first described them, and using surnames as first names is a time-honored practice.

[DirkGntly]

When I was in elementary school, we had 3 kids with the following names:
Dusty Rhodes (yep, his parents thought it was clever)
Tommy Storms
Renee Rains
Those last two weren't special in and of themselves, but being the elementary-school-age turds that we were, it didn't take us long to come up with, "Tommy Storms, but Renee Rains."

[Eve]

Years ago--in the age of phone books--I was looking up a friend whose last name was Yu, only to find a "Fuk Yu" living on East 15th Street.

Now, true, that could have been a "performance artist name," this being New York. But can you imagine his day to day life, as he thinks he hears people calling to him on the street all the time? Trying to meet girls in bars? "Hi, there, what's your name?" "Fuk Yu, Miss!" [slap]

[Moirai]

Originally Posted by Skald the Rhymer

Fifteen or twenty years ago I briefly dated a woman with two little kids named Sunshine and Shadow. Sadly, Sunshine was the little boy.

Had a teacher in HS who named his kids Summer (girl) and Winter (boy)- seriously, his name was Winter Sean (totally average American last name here).

Twins went to my HS named Jingle & Jolly.

Attended HS with a girl named Charity Muff. Really. Parents were well-educated, nice people (dad was an MD, in fact)- no idea WTH they were thinking.

[MacLir]

Originally Posted by Skald the Rhymer

When I was a high school freshmen, my English teacher claimed to have known someone named Ophelia Tiddy.

If she went to school in central Illinois in the early 1900's, it's quite possible. Except the last name didn't have d's in it, but three t's. My grandmother said she went to school with her.

Or perhaps there was more than one.

[purplehorseshoe]

I went to middle school with a Summer Fields.

[Malleus, Incus, Stapes!]

Regarding first-hand sightings of L-a: I suppose someone could have heard the urban legends and entirely missed the point of it. I mean, if you're dumb enough to think L-a is a good name, you might not get that you're supposed to laugh at the kid in the story.

[Dr. Girlfriend]

I find the birth announcements in the newspaper strangely fascinating. I've noticed the name Paisley (and the variants Paisleigh, Paislie, and Paislee) showing up more often than I'd care to see. I think there were three in the list today. This isn't a huge city either.

No clue as to the gender of these kids. Who names their kid after a fabric pattern?

"Hi, I'm Paisley, this is my brother Plaid, and this is my sister Polka-Dot!"

Today's list had a name that made me laugh out loud. Trinitystarr. I wish I was kidding. That kid's gonna grow up to be a stripper for sure...

[jbenoit89]

My wife has worked in childcare for many years. She has run into one child named Shithead, pronounced shi-THEED, and another named Lemongelo, le-MAAN-jello, because his mom really liked lemon jello.

[jbenoit89]

Incidentally, the Shithead my wife met was not Indian, his mother just liked the name.

[Earl Snake-Hips Tucker]

Originally Posted by Malleus, Incus, Stapes!

Regarding first-hand sightings of L-a: I suppose someone could have heard the urban legends and entirely missed the point of it. I mean, if you're dumb enough to think L-a is a good name, you might not get that you're supposed to laugh at the kid in the story.
.

Which do not occur in this thread. But I think the rest of your point still holds up.

[Zabali_Clawbane]

Originally Posted by Dr. Girlfriend

I find the birth announcements in the newspaper strangely fascinating. I've noticed the name Paisley (and the variants Paisleigh, Paislie, and Paislee) showing up more often than I'd care to see. I think there were three in the list today. This isn't a huge city either.

No clue as to the gender of these kids. Who names their kid after a fabric pattern?

"Hi, I'm Paisley, this is my brother Plaid, and this is my sister Polka-Dot!"

Today's list had a name that made me laugh out loud. Trinitystarr. I wish I was kidding. That kid's gonna grow up to be a stripper for sure...

If parents can name their kids Paris, or Sydney after towns, I don't see such a big leap to Paisley... (The fabric pattern is named after the Scottish town where it originated.)

[rucciface]

I used to work with a brother and sister pair named Buster and Cherry. They had a (younger, I think) sister named Dulce.....which, in Spanish, means "sweet".

[samclem]

Originally Posted by jbenoit89

My wife has worked in childcare for many years. She has run into one child named Shithead, pronounced shi-THEED, and another named Lemongelo, le-MAAN-jello, because his mom really liked lemon jello.

Originally Posted by jbenoit89

Incidentally, the Shithead my wife met was not Indian, his mother just liked the name.

Makes a good story, but it didn't happen. Read snopes

[ugly ripe tomato]

I used to work in the kids' department of a store. There was this family that would come through every month or so, and they were from some part of Africa. They had a son and a daughter, the son was 3 or 4 and extremely bratty, and when he'd act up the mother would shout at him.

His name?

Wedgie (I don't know how they spelled it, but that's what it sounded like.)

So the mother would be shouting "WEDGIE! WEDGIE! WEDGIE!!!" across the whole sales floor the whole while they were shopping. It was so hard not to laugh.

"WEDGIE! WEDGIE! WEDGIE!"

ETA I also waited on a woman one time whose last name was Wench.

[Eve]

Originally Posted by Zabali_Clawbane

If parents can name their kids Paris, or Sydney after towns, I don't see such a big leap to Paisley... (The fabric pattern is named after the Scottish town where it originated.)

Yes, but if they spell it Payslee, the kid's gonna wind up buried in the back yard and the parents being talked about by Bill Kurtis on American Justice, with all the Baylees, Caylees and Haylees.

[Nava]

Originally Posted by rucciface

I used to work with a brother and sister pair named Buster and Cherry. They had a (younger, I think) sister named Dulce.....which, in Spanish, means "sweet".

Were they Catholic, or did the parents just happen to like the adjective and had no idea of the existence of the name's full form (Dulce Nombre de María, Sweet Name of Mary)?

[Eyebrows 0f Doom]

Originally Posted by nashiitashii

One of my relatives works in financial aid and had a client with L-a within the past four or five years. It's apparently uncommon but exists.

Originally Posted by Junkman209

Sorry, Eyebrows 0f Doom, but this is NOT an urban legend. My sister performed tests on a child with the first name "L-a", in Baltimore, MD. I wish it were a joke.

Again, it's always "a relative/friend once met this person who..." Are there any first-hand accounts of the name existing? If not, then sorry, it's still an urban legend.