On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:55:03 +0000, Invisible wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
> 
>> There's rather well-known Delilah in the Bible......
> 
> Sure. But she's not a real person. ;-)

That's debatable.....mythologies tend to have a basis in reality.

>> So I could make a converse claim - that nobody in history has ever been
>> named Gemma. ;-)
> 
> Heh, well, maybe it's only popular in the UK.

I know nobody in the UK with the name either, I think the one I've e-
mailed is in one of the northern European countries, maybe the 
Netherlands, but probably more likely in Germany now I think about it.

> On the other hand, most people have names like "Sarah" which
> (apparently) means "princess". Naming your daughter Delilah is... hell,
> why not go the whole hog and name her "Satan" or something? :-P

I'm sure you'd find some people who are named Satan out there. :-)

Jim

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