On 10/29/2009 7:05 AM, Invisible wrote:
> In America, the name "Delilah" is apparently *8 times* more common than
> the name "Gemma".
>
> Which is odd really, considering that there are millions of people
> called Gemma (I've personally met at least a dozen of them), and nobody
> in history has ever been named Delilah (except in that song...)
>
> Or perhaps it's just because we're talking about America? Apparently
> about 30 years ago, "Brandy" was a very popular name...

Americans like to pick the most obscure names from the Bible. That way 
there's no chance anyone can mistake them for a Jew.

Mike

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