# Sharing a name with a famous song

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-name-with-a-famous-song/780023>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 17, 2017, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-name-with-a-famous-song/780023 "2017-02-17T03:38:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-name-with-a-famous-song/780023/101 "2017-03-01T23:41:24Z")

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I share a name with a song that was popular when I was a little kid. I remember my frustration at being teased by adults who thought it was funny to sing the song to me and to see me squirm.

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**Author:** ![Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_Hey_Paula)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-name-with-a-famous-song/780023/102 "2017-03-02T00:13:03Z")

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My first name is Paula, and I was born the year before a certain song, sung by a duo called “Paula and Paula” became a hit. I used to hate when people sang the first line at me, but eventually I embraced it, as you might guess from my user name.

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**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-name-with-a-famous-song/780023/103 "2017-03-02T05:12:30Z")

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> [@HeyHomie](#):
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> I know a woman named Rhiannon, who was named after the Fleetwood Mac song. She has a love/hate relationship with her name.

I worked closely with a Rhiannon, and spent years resisting the urge to sing her name.

Then they hired another woman for our team, whose office was above ours (artsy open plan creative studio), so I often had to yell her name when we needed her. Can you imagine the self-control it took to merely call out “Hey, Roxanne? Can you come down here a minute?”

The second I got in the car to drive home, I’d let out with a windows-rattling _“RAAAAAAAAAHK-zanne!”_

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