# I met a person today whose first name is Virus. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 20, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795 "2012-06-20T22:38:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/61 "2012-06-22T16:54:42Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Maybe he has older siblings named Onus, Tootie, Trey, and Forrest. Naw, those are Fievel’s brothers and sisters. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/62 "2012-06-22T17:02:40Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > Labia would be a pretty name, too! It should be “labium”, unless it is twins. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/63 "2012-06-22T17:16:26Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![SpyOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@SpyOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpyOne)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/64 "2012-06-23T15:18:30Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/65 "2012-06-23T16:57:20Z")
I went to school with a girl who was going to name her child Blight or Blightina. I never found out why. ---
**Author:** ![Haste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Haste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haste)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/66 "2012-06-23T19:59:24Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Junkman209](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/junkman209/32/5522_2.png) [@Junkman209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junkman209)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/67 "2012-06-23T20:51:27Z")
> [@MikeG](#): > > My gf gets some amazing names at her work. The winner this year: > > L-a > Pronounced leh Dash uh. :eek: > [@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. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/68 "2012-06-24T08:03:53Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![szabrocki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@szabrocki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/szabrocki)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/69 "2012-06-24T11:28:00Z")
I work with a woman who’s name is Andrea Doria. Born after the ship with the same name sank. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/70 "2012-06-24T11:49:22Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/71 "2012-06-24T12:02:42Z")
I’ve issued a library card (complete with driver’s license verification) to a Shithead. I shit you not. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/72 "2012-06-24T12:10:16Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/73 "2012-06-24T12:27:33Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Really. Truly. Virus. Did he look like John Malkovich? ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/74 "2012-06-24T13:35:27Z")
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.” ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/75 "2012-06-24T13:42:34Z")
> [@MikeG](#): > > My gf gets some amazing names at her work. The winner this year: > > . . . > > **my flabber was well and truly gasted**. TMI ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/76 "2012-06-24T13:57:36Z")
> [@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! ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/77 "2012-06-25T00:56:50Z")
I just received a booking from someone with the first name Viral. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2012, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/78 "2012-06-25T01:07:20Z")
> [@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.” ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2012, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/79 "2012-06-25T01:43:32Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2012, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/80 "2012-06-25T05:44:58Z")
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. > [@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). 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… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795.md?page=5)