# How many real people can we name with months for first names? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 21, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-real-people-can-we-name-with-months-for-first-names/679410 "2014-01-21T22:48:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-real-people-can-we-name-with-months-for-first-names/679410/41 "2014-01-23T02:36:29Z")
Auguste Rodin. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-real-people-can-we-name-with-months-for-first-names/679410/42 "2014-01-23T03:04:43Z")
Me! That, is, if you accept Julia as July. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JacksMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/839c29/32.png) [@JacksMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacksMom)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-real-people-can-we-name-with-months-for-first-names/679410/43 "2014-01-23T09:43:39Z")
Another tangent…my mom went to school with a girl named Mary Christmas (seriously, I saw it moms yearbook) and I went to school with a girl named Sunny Holiday. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-real-people-can-we-name-with-months-for-first-names/679410/44 "2014-01-23T10:56:04Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > And since “Julio” means July in Spanich, Julio Iglesias may count. (That sounds like it’s gonna have extra iron and be good for your bowels’ health…) Both _julio_/July as month and Julio as firstname derive from Caius Iulius, so I’d say they count; and for the same reason so do the Julias and Julies, and the occasional Julius (Henry Marx). ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-real-people-can-we-name-with-months-for-first-names/679410/45 "2014-01-23T14:17:25Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > (That sounds like it’s gonna have extra iron and be good for your bowels’ health…) > > Both _julio_/July as month and Julio as firstname derive from Caius Iulius, so I’d say they count; and for the same reason so do the Julias and Julies, and the occasional Julius (Henry Marx). I might accept the possibility that there’s a Julius Orange out there somewhere. That surname is not all that rare. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-real-people-can-we-name-with-months-for-first-names/679410/46 "2014-01-23T14:22:19Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > October is the stage name of a British singer. Her real name is apparently October Hamlyn-Wright. > > March Fong Eu is a politician from California. I actually met a woman yesterday named October, before I had seen this thread. Very strange! ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-real-people-can-we-name-with-months-for-first-names/679410/47 "2014-01-23T14:29:57Z")
> [@JacksMom](#): > > Another tangent…my mom went to school with a girl named Mary Christmas (seriously, I saw it moms yearbook) and I went to school with a girl named Sunny Holiday. We came very close to naming our twins Summer and Winter - possibly as middle names but we tried them on for size as first names. Went instead with the family tradition of ordinary first names and very unusual middle names - which can be hidden, used as a first or (particularly for girls) dropped altogether. I think it’s crippling to give kids bizarre names they can’t escape. Maybe even a little cruel. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-real-people-can-we-name-with-months-for-first-names/679410/48 "2014-01-23T14:39:09Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > I actually met a woman yesterday named October, before I had seen this thread. Very strange! Miraculous! Did you look right away for something to bet money on? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-real-people-can-we-name-with-months-for-first-names/679410/49 "2014-01-23T15:03:33Z")
I see we’ve already got lots of Septembers, but there’s also a porn actress named September Corrino. Assuming that _is_ her real name, of course. And according to [whitepages.com](http://names.whitepages.com/December/Martin), there are 12 people named December Martin in the US. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-real-people-can-we-name-with-months-for-first-names/679410/50 "2014-01-23T16:30:04Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Miraculous! Did you look right away for something to bet money on? Well, I got three job interviews yesterday, so I think that counts! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-real-people-can-we-name-with-months-for-first-names/679410/51 "2014-01-23T16:34:09Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Well, I got three job interviews yesterday, so I think that counts! That counts! Great for you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-real-people-can-we-name-with-months-for-first-names/679410.md?page=2)