diseases that make lovely baby girl's names

yarb commented on the list diseases-that-make-lovely-baby-girls-names

This is fun - would you mind making it an open list?

And where did I read a very similar idea in a book recently?

January 7, 2009

reesetee commented on the list diseases-that-make-lovely-baby-girls-names

I think a complementary boys' names list is in order. :-)

January 7, 2009

yarb commented on the list diseases-that-make-lovely-baby-girls-names

Thanks for opening it!

n.b. diphtheria is the spelling you want.

January 7, 2009

reesetee commented on the list diseases-that-make-lovely-baby-girls-names

Fun! Thanks, quinn.

January 8, 2009

yarb commented on the list diseases-that-make-lovely-baby-girls-names

Acne, pomegranate?? I'm not feeling it.

January 8, 2009

chained_bear commented on the list diseases-that-make-lovely-baby-girls-names

That's because men think women are diseases, so diseases (like hurricanes, for a long time) only have girly names.

*poking the Wordie-hive with a big stick*

:)

January 8, 2009

yarb commented on the list diseases-that-make-lovely-baby-girls-names

Diseases tend to have latinate names ending in 'a', which makes them sound feminine.

For some reason the few unfeminine disease-names like mumps don't suggest themselves as names for boys. Flu, maybe?

I think there's a greater flexibility and variety in the naming of girls; it seems to me that society is more accepting of novelty and variation in girls' names than in boys'. So it's not as hard to imagine a world where gonorrhea is a girls' name as it is to imagine a world where colic is a boys' name.

January 8, 2009

vanishedone commented on the list diseases-that-make-lovely-baby-girls-names

Apparently, Colic is a surname.

January 8, 2009

chained_bear commented on the list diseases-that-make-lovely-baby-girls-names

You're right, yarb, I was just being a wanker. Hey! Colon would make a great boys' name. I'm starting a list, here. (Which I'll gladly give to quinn if he/she desires.)

January 8, 2009

quinn commented on the list diseases-that-make-lovely-baby-girls-names

I think it works for boys, hence Syphilis, it just seems slightly funnier for girls. Girl's names are just meant to sound sweeter, like Cholera, without self consciousness of the whole death by diarrhea thing. Bilharzia Sciatica and Acne don't work for me as much because they don't have the nearly saccharine sweet sound I'm looking for, but I can still see them.

January 8, 2009

reesetee commented on the list diseases-that-make-lovely-baby-girls-names

Quinn, I'd be happy to remove my sciatica contribution if you wish. Although I do think it's a damn funny name for a girl. :-)

January 8, 2009

quinn commented on the list diseases-that-make-lovely-baby-girls-names

Oh no, reesettee, that would be silly. And poor Sciatica, not only does she cause countless people terrible pain, but now I'm saying her name doesn't sound sweet enough.

I'm a mean person.

January 8, 2009

pterodactyl commented on the list diseases-that-make-lovely-baby-girls-names

Hey, quinn, thanks for making this list! It's funny how lyrical these words are, given their meanings.

I keep a similar, but broader list: New baby names for girls. If you guys come up with any words that aren't diseases but would nevertheless make lovely names for girls, well, here's a place for them.

January 8, 2009

reesetee commented on the list diseases-that-make-lovely-baby-girls-names

No worries, quinn. If you've ever experienced sciatica, you'd know she's no shrinking violet.

*winces at the mere thought*

January 8, 2009

quinn commented on the list diseases-that-make-lovely-baby-girls-names

you realize now we're talking about these girl's personality traits.

January 8, 2009

reesetee commented on the list diseases-that-make-lovely-baby-girls-names

Well, that's where the fun is, no?

Wait...with this list, maybe not.

January 8, 2009

chained_bear commented on the list diseases-that-make-lovely-baby-girls-names

Not girls' personality traits -- diseases'.

January 8, 2009

reesetee commented on the list diseases-that-make-lovely-baby-girls-names

Right. Exactly so.

January 9, 2009

quinn commented on the list diseases-that-make-lovely-baby-girls-names

ok, i am actually going to argue with halitosis. hali, maybe, but not halitosis. that doesn't sound like a baby girl's name at all, even with unfortunate names like mackenzie and madison becoming popular.

January 9, 2009

chained_bear commented on the list diseases-that-make-lovely-baby-girls-names

Okay! Put it on my list then!

January 9, 2009

quinn commented on the list diseases-that-make-lovely-baby-girls-names

done

January 9, 2009

chimp_conspiracy commented on the list diseases-that-make-lovely-baby-girls-names

Wonderful to know other people do this too.

I have a pair of degus called Typhus and Chlamydia, for a boy and a girl respectively.

Actually Typhus turned out to also be a girl, but I've never been able to subsequently think of her as one and rename accordingly. Is that psychologically damaging to a rodent?

Come to think of it, my mum calls me rickets.

January 12, 2009

marco_nj commented on the list diseases-that-make-lovely-baby-girls-names

These are great names for fantasy role playing gaming.

January 17, 2009

madmouth commented on the list diseases-that-make-lovely-baby-girls-names

is it OK to twiddle some existing disease names to make them sound more feminine?

if not, delete away.

April 29, 2009

chained_bear commented on the list diseases-that-make-lovely-baby-girls-names

They're not diseases, but Armada and Militia are possibilities, seen here.

September 1, 2009

BrokenEye commented on the list diseases-that-make-lovely-baby-girls-names

Halitosis? That's a terrible name for a baby girl

June 7, 2016

bilby commented on the list diseases-that-make-lovely-baby-girls-names

She's Greek.

June 7, 2016

brubban commented on the list diseases-that-make-lovely-baby-girls-names

Just started treatment for Borrelia, the Latin for lyme disease and also a great name for a girl, and discovered it wasn't on your list! And neither are Condyloma or Amnesia, which are equally charming.

September 25, 2019

alya commented on the list diseases-that-make-lovely-baby-girls-names

Silesia isn't a disease. It's a place in Europe.

October 30, 2020