# Baby name: Foccacia?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 20, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-name-foccacia/846725 "2020-01-20T22:11:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-name-foccacia/846725/1 "2020-01-20T22:11:55Z")

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My friend posted to Facebook today, “I wonder if anyone had ever named their child Foccacia?” Off-the-wall musings are something of a specialty of hers, but this seems like one that could have a definite answer. My feeling is there’s got to be someone somewhere, right? I’ve been to the US Census and various baby name sites though and haven’t found a way to search for any existence of a first name. Can anyone with better Google-fu help me out?

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-name-foccacia/846725/2 "2020-01-20T22:31:53Z")

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I prefer Sourdough. Or possibly Baguette for a girl.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-name-foccacia/846725/3 "2020-01-20T22:36:10Z")

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The bread is spelled “focaccia.”

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-name-foccacia/846725/4 "2020-01-20T22:38:22Z")

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That makes my name sound positively ‘white-bread’

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-name-foccacia/846725/5 "2020-01-20T22:38:54Z")

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Talk about a bun in the oven.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-name-foccacia/846725/6 "2020-01-20T22:39:04Z")

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I’m still waiting for a girl named Chlamydia or Placenta. But Baguette is good.

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**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-name-foccacia/846725/7 "2020-01-20T23:22:20Z")

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On Buffy the Vampire Slayer there was a young woman who changed her name to Chanterelle. She was crestfallen when Buffy told her it was a mushroom.

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**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-name-foccacia/846725/8 "2020-01-20T23:23:21Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> I’m still waiting for a girl named Chlamydia or Placenta. But Baguette is good.

I once saw a Target cashier named “Ameba”, so we’ve got that going for us.

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**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-name-foccacia/846725/9 "2020-01-20T23:35:11Z")

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> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#):
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> I once saw a Target cashier named “Ameba”, so we’ve got that going for us.

How low class. She should have spelled it “Amœba”.

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-name-foccacia/846725/10 "2020-01-20T23:35:59Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> I’m still waiting for a girl named Chlamydia or Placenta.

A friend of mine works at a hospital, and once saw that they had a newborn girl in the hosptial’s maternity ward named “Vaginal Love.” :eek:

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**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-name-foccacia/846725/11 "2020-01-20T23:39:06Z")

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> [@kenobi\_65](#):
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> A friend of mine works at a hospital, and once saw that they had a newborn girl in the hosptial’s maternity ward named “Vaginal Love.” :eek:

Technically correct is the best kind of correct!

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**Author:** ![Swampwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Swampwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swampwolf)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-name-foccacia/846725/12 "2020-01-20T23:44:17Z")

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I’m waiting for “Elloelle.” I’d google it to see if anyone’s named their child that, but my faith in humanity is low enough, thankyouverymuch

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**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-name-foccacia/846725/13 "2020-01-21T00:04:12Z")

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Foccacia–sounds pretty cheesy to me!  
~VOW

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**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-name-foccacia/846725/14 "2020-01-21T00:05:25Z")

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I watched an episode of “Divorce Court” and the divorcing wife was Trasha.

Yes, Trasha!  
~VOW

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-name-foccacia/846725/15 "2020-01-21T00:08:07Z")

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Can we ever forget Olympic gymnast: Nastia Luiken?

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**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-name-foccacia/846725/16 "2020-01-21T00:18:45Z")

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> [@panache45](#):
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> The bread is spelled “focaccia.”

Fair point. I cut-and-pasted it from Facebook, so it’s not my fault! Sure, I didn’t notice, but that’s not going to stop me from throwing my friend under the bus.

A [names.org](http://names.org) search for either spelling says \<100 in the U.S. in 2010, but doesn’t explicitly rule out zero. Oddly, they also list names “related” to Focaccia:

Related Names  
[ul]  
[li] Schmeer[/li][li] Oasdi[/li][li] Janowski[/li][li] Guala[/li][li] Greasers[/li][li] Khutulun[/li][li] Donor[/li][li] Nigglet[/li][/ul]

I’d love to get a peek at the AI that compiled that list. Oasdi?

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-name-foccacia/846725/17 "2020-01-21T00:19:02Z")

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I’m a fan of Ry Cooder’s music.

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-name-foccacia/846725/18 "2020-01-21T00:30:27Z")

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Not given names, so they are a different breed of names, but the people who gave these two former baseball players their nicknames should have known better:

[Russell “Rusty” Kuntz](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kuntzru01.shtml) (at least his last name is pronounced “KOONTZ”)  
[John “Boof” Bonser](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bonsebo01.shtml) - when he was still in the minor leagues, he apparently had his name legally changed to “Boof” :eek:

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**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-name-foccacia/846725/19 "2020-01-21T00:42:27Z")

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My sister told the tale of seeing an announcement of a name change. The woman abandoned the first name Lesbia.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-name-foccacia/846725/20 "2020-01-21T00:48:54Z")

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> [@VOW](#):
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> Foccacia–sounds pretty cheesy to me!  
> ~VOW

Is the family upper-crust?

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