# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2012, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/81 "2012-06-25T10:40:01Z")
> [@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. > [@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. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2012, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/82 "2012-06-25T13:33:03Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/83 "2012-06-25T15:56:49Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/84 "2012-06-25T18:10:36Z")
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.” ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/85 "2012-06-25T18:19:49Z")
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_] ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/86 "2012-06-25T18:38:00Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![MacLir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@MacLir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacLir)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/87 "2012-06-25T18:48:44Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/88 "2012-06-25T21:06:07Z")
I went to middle school with a Summer Fields. ---
**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 26, 2012, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/89 "2012-06-26T01:12:24Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/90 "2012-06-26T01:26:38Z")
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… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![jbenoit89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/77aa72/32.png) [@jbenoit89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jbenoit89)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/91 "2012-06-26T11:47:07Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![jbenoit89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/77aa72/32.png) [@jbenoit89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jbenoit89)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/92 "2012-06-26T11:56:00Z")
Incidentally, the Shithead my wife met was not Indian, his mother just liked the name. ---
**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 26, 2012, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/93 "2012-06-26T12:22:42Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/94 "2012-06-26T12:24:59Z")
> [@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… :eek: If parents can name their kids Paris, or Sydney after towns, I don’t see such a big leap to **[Paisley](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisley)**… 😉 (The fabric pattern is named after the Scottish town where it originated.) ---
**Author:** ![rucciface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rucciface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rucciface)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/95 "2012-06-26T14:00:53Z")
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”. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/96 "2012-06-26T14:10:11Z")
> [@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. Makes a good story, but it didn’t happen. Read snopes ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/97 "2012-06-26T14:13:41Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/98 "2012-06-26T14:52:21Z")
> [@Zabali\_Clawbane](#): > > If parents can name their kids Paris, or Sydney after towns, I don’t see such a big leap to **[Paisley](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/99 "2012-06-26T14:54:39Z")
> [@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)? ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795/100 "2012-06-26T14:59:44Z")
> [@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. > [@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. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-a-person-today-whose-first-name-is-virus/625795.md?page=6)