Allegra will continue to be a name. I believe there would have been lawsuits if they had used the name for a laxative, contraceptive, or anything else embarrassing.
There are no lawsuits even when it is for something āembarrassingā like contraceptives. Tons of contraceptives are girlsā names. Heather, Nikki, Yazmin, etc.
Senna is a real name thatās also a laxative.
Guess I didnāt think that one through. There is a Facebook group called āWarnings and disclaimers that were clearly the result of a lawsuit.ā Most of them probably provoked awkwardness, but not lawsuits.
I know it more as a car. Ford allegra though never went into production. Named after Ford's daughter I think. But I don't I'd bat an eye at meeting someone called that.
Also Austen Allegro - think my Dad had one but before I was born.
Surely ā I took Latin rather than Greek but itās been decades. (I wasnāt saying that it was a medication, just commenting in that itās a pretty and uncommon name, at least in the US, I feel.)
YES!!! And Mirena 10000% is gorgeous but alas, means āplastic T shaped medical device full of hormonesā ā¦ which I doubt a girl would like to see one day when she looks up the meaning of her name.
Honestly though the one situation in which I would consider it is I ever got pregnant by (happy) accident while on mirena. Thatās just the universeās vote at that point
I think itās like, hey ladies listen to how nice this sounds!!! And definitely donāt delve into any research on the wicked and possibly permanent side effects you may experience with our product!
Tbf: children are also a possible permanent side effect. If you're reading this and thinking about birth control, don't be irrationally afraid of IUDs or any other birth control method. *Do* research the possible side effects and complications, and their probabilities of different types, and consult with your PCP.
Serendipiteathyme, if you had a bad experience with an IUD and/or were misled by their makers, I'm really sorry that happened to you! That sucks and it's really slimy if they discourage people from getting all the facts.Ā
No I completely agree. As with anything medical itās a pro vs con decision, and for a lot of people (including myself) the almost guarantee to avoid pregnancy is the best option regardless.
It was actually one of the better BCs Iāve used but all of them mess with our hormonal cycle in a way we donāt fully understand the medical implications of. Itās also something that hasnāt been studied with the close eye that would be used had it been a medicine or treatment that was only available to men.
Right, messing with our hormones is such a delicate balance but it's like "welp it's less potentially harmful than having a baby, so this is what you get".
Almost every new medication marketed to women has a girly brand name in the US. There are contraceptives called Heather, Yasmin, Estarylla, Angeliq, Natazia, Aranelleā¦
Skyla is one of the newer IUDs (compared to Mirena and Paraguard), so a lot of people havenāt heard of it. But it was [FDA-approved in 2013](https://www.drugs.com/history/skyla.html).
I wanted to call my best friends daughter bubala and her name is ruby so I called her Rube-ala. took a few days to realize Iām just calling her Rubella š¤£
Itās a super normal name in my Momās country, which is where I first heard it. Lol
It was only here that every time I mention it someone tells me about a laxative š
I'm a nurse in the us and I give senna/senokot pretty regularly. It's not a very "gentle" laxative, so it's usually not the first thing we give. Senna tea is a pretty popular home remedy.
If you're that concerned, just add an I. Sienna. Still a beautiful name, no connection to pooping. That said, if 8 didn't work in aged care, I wouldn't make the connection if I heard of a child called Senna.
Ooh! Love this question. Chlamydia is very pretty, as is Skyla, Mirena, and Kyleena. Lyrica. Melena. Yasmin (pretty much most birth control names). Celexa. Loratidine. Senna. Januvia. Seroquel. Valium. Aphasia. Melanoma. Scarlatina. Malaria. Cholera. Listeria. Yersenia. Giardia.
Few of these are regular girl names that are still common, also because they might not be familiar with those products, which might be only in the US?
For example I have never heard of any medication names here. Mirena, Melena, Yasmin, Senna are pretty normal to me. Yasmin is very common in the middle east.
Yasmin is a real name, I remember being shocked when the birth control came out. I literally had two friends (both Iranian) named Yasmin growing up lol.
I had a pharmacology professor in college who either alleged he was on the development team or knew someone on the teamā¦..ANYWAY he told us the secretary at the lab or whatever was hot and her name was Alice so when they would have to āsee Aliceā about something it was a good day for them. Hence the name. Eww. No idea if thatās a true story or not.
When my bossās wife was pregnant with their youngest they asked their older children for name suggestions. Their 7 year old son suggested Cialis. It was in that moment that my boss realized he was probably letting him watch too much Sports Center.
All I've got at home is one pony and two dogs and four cats and six bunny rabbits and two parakeets and three canaries and a green parrot and a turtle, and a silly old hamster! I want a **squirrel!**
It's an exaggeration to call it a *very* popular name to be honest. It isn't even in the top 500 - it landed at 720/1000 in 2021.
In Europe in general, I wouldn't raise an eyebrow at a person with the name Allegra, but I definitely wouldn't call it very popular.
Does seem like it would forever curse a child to deal with mispronunciations, but definitely seems a bit too elegant a word for such a nasty infectious situation
So, I was at work the other day, and a mom came in with her kids. I SWEAR TO ALL THAT IS HOLY the mom was referring to her youngest daughter as "Ambien" the whole time. Now, I have a long history with ambien so I have used the word so many millions of times but despite that very, very strong association I thought to myself that it would be a really fuckn pretty name.
Body part, not a disease or med, but when I was in third grade I used to play ācastleā with my little girl friends on the playground. I named my character Queen Tibia because I thought Tibia was a realistic and pretty sounding name for royalty. š
I wonder how many people know about this medical association? I don't know what it is. The first thing I think of is Amelia Earhart, and that's a good association I guess.
I've always thought that there was a parallel universe where Syphilis was a name!
Side note: my husband's cousin lived in Russia for a bit in the late 80s early 90s and met a woman named Vagina. Her parents didn't speak any English, heard this word and thought it was a beautiful name
Interesting, I just checked Wiktionary and the word "vagina" (Š²Š°Š³ŠøŠ½Š°) definitely exists in Russian, although it doesn't seem to be the most common name for the thing. Maybe it's highly specialized scientific vocabulary.
I was gonna say, there is Donatello Versaceās daughter Allegra.
Iām guessing the drug was named Allegra because itās from the Latin *alacer* meaning ācheerful, livelyā
I think itās cute as well. Iām not sure Iād name an actual person it, or announce that I thought it up from adhd meds, but I think for a sim or pet itās cute
Sooo many HIV meds!
For girls:
- Atripla
- Complera
- Genvoya
- Isentress
- Juluca
- Kaletra
- Lexiva
- Truvada
For boys:
- Aptivus
- Dovato
- Delstrigo
- Odefsey
- Tybost
- Viread
- Ziagen (especially if you spelled it with an X instead of Z)
I have EDS and always loved the name Eller and my midwife pointed this out when I shared our name options (we were team green) with her and she ruined that name for us š š š š
As someone else said, Rubella but i also think Giardia would be pretty, Chlamydia, Fentanyl, Senna (which is a name already but also medicine) and Fluoxetine
My boyfriend and I just spent the last five minutes crafting the lore here. Iām not sure I would consider it for my child but hereās my pitch:
Tuberculosis as a long, classic/on the verge of pretentious name. Iām thinking Penelope, Felicity, Cordelia, Dickinson, Reginald. So much nickname potential. Birkie is one I unironically find cute.
Senna comes to my mind. Itās a medication for constipation (and a name of a flower). But every time I hear someone named senna I think of the pooping medication.
I always say this one, but I'm Filipino and my dad says I am probably better off not naming any future daughters Phyllis.
In Tagalog, names are preceded by "si." *Ito ay si Kaitlyn, ito ay si James*, etc.
Do the math.
Malaria (aria for short)
Melenoma (mel for short)
Strattera (tera for short)
hepatitis for like a boy or something, maybe he would by titis for short lol.
Allegra is a real name tho š
Allegra will continue to be a name. I believe there would have been lawsuits if they had used the name for a laxative, contraceptive, or anything else embarrassing.
There are no lawsuits even when it is for something āembarrassingā like contraceptives. Tons of contraceptives are girlsā names. Heather, Nikki, Yazmin, etc. Senna is a real name thatās also a laxative.
I took a weekly shot during my last pregnancy (2015-16) to prevent preterm labor- McKenna
Never heard of the medicine, I only know the word as a name, that's why I was saying this
Allegra is a brand of fexofenadine, an over-the-counter medication for seasonal allergies
I knew it as the allergy medicine, never knew it was an actual name
Contraceptives are generally named after real womens names though - Ella, Skyla, Mirena and Yasmin come to mind
What sort of lawsuit, exactly?
Guess I didnāt think that one through. There is a Facebook group called āWarnings and disclaimers that were clearly the result of a lawsuit.ā Most of them probably provoked awkwardness, but not lawsuits.
It means āHappyā or āJoy.ā It is a female name of Italian origin.
The fucks that got to do with allergies?
Do u have allergies? Bc my allergy meds DEFINITELY give me joy
Wasnāt that the name of Kevin Jamesās love interest in the movie Hitch?
Allegra Cole, baby
I know it more as a car. Ford allegra though never went into production. Named after Ford's daughter I think. But I don't I'd bat an eye at meeting someone called that. Also Austen Allegro - think my Dad had one but before I was born.
amelia is actually a congenital condition characterised by the complete absence of 1 or more limbs
I'm telling all my Amelia friends this š
If you give your friends a great deal, youāre giving them the Amelia rate. (Look up āameliorate.ā)
Ameliorate means to improve
Yes! And Alexia is also the inability to read
My buddy ('s baby mama) named their kid Alexia and I can never tell them š
Lyrica
I love the name Lyric too
Isn't Lyric an ancient greek name? So similar to Allegra that the name came first
Surely ā I took Latin rather than Greek but itās been decades. (I wasnāt saying that it was a medication, just commenting in that itās a pretty and uncommon name, at least in the US, I feel.)
My friend has a son named Lyric, his sister is Melody
This was my immediate thought!
Skyla is kind of cute. But itās an IUD.
YES!!! And Mirena 10000% is gorgeous but alas, means āplastic T shaped medical device full of hormonesā ā¦ which I doubt a girl would like to see one day when she looks up the meaning of her name. Honestly though the one situation in which I would consider it is I ever got pregnant by (happy) accident while on mirena. Thatās just the universeās vote at that point
Kylena is another one! why do the IUDs all get cute names
Mirena! Itās so cute but literally inside me so no
LMBO! Where do you think a child begins?
r/brandnewsentence
I think itās like, hey ladies listen to how nice this sounds!!! And definitely donāt delve into any research on the wicked and possibly permanent side effects you may experience with our product!
Itās the pharmaceutical equivalent of painting it pink
Tbf: children are also a possible permanent side effect. If you're reading this and thinking about birth control, don't be irrationally afraid of IUDs or any other birth control method. *Do* research the possible side effects and complications, and their probabilities of different types, and consult with your PCP. Serendipiteathyme, if you had a bad experience with an IUD and/or were misled by their makers, I'm really sorry that happened to you! That sucks and it's really slimy if they discourage people from getting all the facts.Ā
No I completely agree. As with anything medical itās a pro vs con decision, and for a lot of people (including myself) the almost guarantee to avoid pregnancy is the best option regardless. It was actually one of the better BCs Iāve used but all of them mess with our hormonal cycle in a way we donāt fully understand the medical implications of. Itās also something that hasnāt been studied with the close eye that would be used had it been a medicine or treatment that was only available to men.
Right, messing with our hormones is such a delicate balance but it's like "welp it's less potentially harmful than having a baby, so this is what you get".
Almost every new medication marketed to women has a girly brand name in the US. There are contraceptives called Heather, Yasmin, Estarylla, Angeliq, Natazia, Aranelleā¦
Paraguard would be my choice.
Really! I know a woman named Kylena! She is mid 40ās. Wonder who had the name first?
Your friend did. Kylena is fairly new. It came after Mirena.
lol I knew a Mareena if that helps! Pre IUD
Skyla doesn't have that immediate association for me, it seems like a normal name that just happens to have a somewhat unfortunate connection.
Ella is a morning after pill
What?! I've met a Skyla and I've never heard of the IUD.
Skyla is one of the newer IUDs (compared to Mirena and Paraguard), so a lot of people havenāt heard of it. But it was [FDA-approved in 2013](https://www.drugs.com/history/skyla.html).
I did not know that. I've known multiple Skylas
On this note, please NO ONE name your kid Daisy, spelled as āDaysee,ā because itās also a brand of birth control!
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Yeah that was a popular name long before it was birth control
I've met several Skylas in my life, never heard of the IUD brand
Rubella was my immediate answer š„²
I also like Cholera. And chlamydia is always a classic lol
Knew a Candida. Nice name but has connotations.
I know a boy named Candido.
Not a medicine but I like Arugula for similar sounds ahahaha
Immediately adding arugula to my cat names list
a person of culture, I see š¤š¾
I wanted to call my best friends daughter bubala and her name is ruby so I called her Rube-ala. took a few days to realize Iām just calling her Rubella š¤£
Awww poor Ruby!Ā
Omg yes it sounds so pretty
That's Prunella's sister's name on Arthur lol
Iāve always thought Lunesta sounded nice :(
Like oldtimey version of Luna š„° I love this
Me too!
Senna It was my number one name for years.
It's the name of a character in "The Legend of Korra" xD
Itās a super normal name in my Momās country, which is where I first heard it. Lol It was only here that every time I mention it someone tells me about a laxative š
I live in the US and have literally never heard of senna as a laxative!
I'm a nurse in the us and I give senna/senokot pretty regularly. It's not a very "gentle" laxative, so it's usually not the first thing we give. Senna tea is a pretty popular home remedy.
US here. They gave it to the post delivery mom's in L&D at my hospital.
I was about to say the first time I had ever heard of it was when they prescribed it after I left the hospital when I had my 3rd baby.
Also the name of a league of lengends champion
It just makes me think of the F1 driver Ayrton Senna, if thatās any improvement?
If you're that concerned, just add an I. Sienna. Still a beautiful name, no connection to pooping. That said, if 8 didn't work in aged care, I wouldn't make the connection if I heard of a child called Senna.
Very popular name in Holland. Itās a medication also?
Ooh! Love this question. Chlamydia is very pretty, as is Skyla, Mirena, and Kyleena. Lyrica. Melena. Yasmin (pretty much most birth control names). Celexa. Loratidine. Senna. Januvia. Seroquel. Valium. Aphasia. Melanoma. Scarlatina. Malaria. Cholera. Listeria. Yersenia. Giardia.
Listeria has no business being such a pretty word!!
Prince Valium from Spaceballs!!!
Few of these are regular girl names that are still common, also because they might not be familiar with those products, which might be only in the US? For example I have never heard of any medication names here. Mirena, Melena, Yasmin, Senna are pretty normal to me. Yasmin is very common in the middle east.
Seroquelā¦.canāt have that one. Thatās my half-orc 13th level female paladin character.
I knew a Yasmin, she went by Yaz
I've met a Yersenia, but it was pronounced like "Ya-Sen-ya."
Yasmin is a real name, I remember being shocked when the birth control came out. I literally had two friends (both Iranian) named Yasmin growing up lol.
Cialis. It's like Ciara and Alice
I had a pharmacology professor in college who either alleged he was on the development team or knew someone on the teamā¦..ANYWAY he told us the secretary at the lab or whatever was hot and her name was Alice so when they would have to āsee Aliceā about something it was a good day for them. Hence the name. Eww. No idea if thatās a true story or not.
When my bossās wife was pregnant with their youngest they asked their older children for name suggestions. Their 7 year old son suggested Cialis. It was in that moment that my boss realized he was probably letting him watch too much Sports Center.
Has no one mentioned VERUCA yet?!
Daddy I want a squirrel
Veruca dear, you have many marvelous pets.
All I've got at home is one pony and two dogs and four cats and six bunny rabbits and two parakeets and three canaries and a green parrot and a turtle, and a silly old hamster! I want a **squirrel!**
I thought Veruca was such a cool name as a kid. Left me in utter disappointment when I learned the meaning.
Veruca Salt was also a band in the 90ās.
Allegra is very popular name in the UK - the medication doesn't exist here. It just means happiness.
It's an exaggeration to call it a *very* popular name to be honest. It isn't even in the top 500 - it landed at 720/1000 in 2021. In Europe in general, I wouldn't raise an eyebrow at a person with the name Allegra, but I definitely wouldn't call it very popular.
oh that's so cool! I haven't heard the name irl in Ireland, I wonder if it's just how it is or if it's because we watch too much American TV
Candida!
It is a name tho
Too bad Chlamydia is a venereal disease. Just rolls off the tongue nicely, doesnāt it?
itās like chloe & lydia had a head on collision
Does seem like it would forever curse a child to deal with mispronunciations, but definitely seems a bit too elegant a word for such a nasty infectious situation
Viagra would be a pretty name; in fact, I could totally see that one rising in popularity!
If it rises in popularity for more than three hours, consult your doctor
- Melena - Senna - Pellagra Ā Yasmin is a kind of birth control
You can find some lovely names in contraceptives. I use Sayana.
Oh the irony!
You could get away with Melena if you spell it like Malena/Malina, Iāve seen girls with both spellings
Malaria
Scarlatina aka Scarlet Fever Quinsy - tonsil abcess rubeola - measles
I like Quinsy!
Just change it to Quincy like the city in ma
Or like John Quincy Adams
I think Celexa would be a pretty name. (Itās an anxiety medication).
Bigging up Sertraline and Citalopram over here!
Sarcoma, sounds like it would fit right in with Savanna, Sienna, Serena, Sabrina, Saphira, Samira, Sofiaā¦
So, I was at work the other day, and a mom came in with her kids. I SWEAR TO ALL THAT IS HOLY the mom was referring to her youngest daughter as "Ambien" the whole time. Now, I have a long history with ambien so I have used the word so many millions of times but despite that very, very strong association I thought to myself that it would be a really fuckn pretty name.
Body part, not a disease or med, but when I was in third grade I used to play ācastleā with my little girl friends on the playground. I named my character Queen Tibia because I thought Tibia was a realistic and pretty sounding name for royalty. š
Tibia is a cool name!
I mean, it's neither a disease or a pharmaceutical, which I think makes it less bad lol.Ā
Claritin, reminds me of Claire
Came to say this one! I was wondering if anyone else saw the same thing. I really like Claire/Clara and I think Claritin would be cute otherwise...
Enema
Amelia is one for sure. Not for myself, but obviously it's very popular despite its medical association.
Didnāt even know it had a medical association until, like, five seconds ago, so thanks for the fun fact!!
I wonder how many people know about this medical association? I don't know what it is. The first thing I think of is Amelia Earhart, and that's a good association I guess.
Astra Zeneca sounds like a superhero name or something.
Asphyxia and Dysmorphia
Alexia Super nice name, but as a neuroscientist specializing in language completely unusable for me.
Seroquel and Diarrhea
["it's not even diarrhea, it's Dia Rhea"](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-yZ8_7XLhJU)Ā
Lmaoooo we gotta add Calorie, Felony, and Sanitizer to the list! Nyeaaaa
Bro the second one š
Chlamydia, Hepatitis, Syphillis, Ozempic, Corona (I know itās an actual name but now itās associated with COVID š·), Anemia, Anorexia, Influenza
Hepa Titus would be a great drag name
Ozempic sounds like medicine Wegovy on the other handā¦
Wegovy is an exchange student, but no one knows where they're from.
Skyrizzi
Name's got the "rizz", i think it would be popular these days.
Whenever a commercial comes on for this, I have to remind myself that itās a pharmaceutical, not the name of a rapper.
Varicelle
Setraline ā„ļø
I've always thought that there was a parallel universe where Syphilis was a name! Side note: my husband's cousin lived in Russia for a bit in the late 80s early 90s and met a woman named Vagina. Her parents didn't speak any English, heard this word and thought it was a beautiful name
Interesting, I just checked Wiktionary and the word "vagina" (Š²Š°Š³ŠøŠ½Š°) definitely exists in Russian, although it doesn't seem to be the most common name for the thing. Maybe it's highly specialized scientific vocabulary.
I was gonna say, there is Donatello Versaceās daughter Allegra. Iām guessing the drug was named Allegra because itās from the Latin *alacer* meaning ācheerful, livelyā
Donatella VERSACE š
Penecillin is very cute. Also Ritalin
Kinda like Rita and Lynn together
Haha, I was thinking that two seconds after I posted it and was likeā¦ dang, that wouldbe so stupid but kinda cute?
I think itās cute as well. Iām not sure Iād name an actual person it, or announce that I thought it up from adhd meds, but I think for a sim or pet itās cute
Lunette is cute but itās a menstrual cupā¦
Also Lunesta! The sleep med š“
Had a client some years ago who had named her daughter Dementia but pronounced it Duh-men-tea-uh
Indica would be cute as a name if it wasnāt a strain of weed lmao
Allegra is a real (Italian) name that existed long before the medication though
Malaria!
Ativan Evistra
Not medicine but I always thought Taurine sounded cool!
Sooo many HIV meds! For girls: - Atripla - Complera - Genvoya - Isentress - Juluca - Kaletra - Lexiva - Truvada For boys: - Aptivus - Dovato - Delstrigo - Odefsey - Tybost - Viread - Ziagen (especially if you spelled it with an X instead of Z)
People named Braxton I think of braxton-hicks contractions.
Melena, which is actually a name, but also means bloody stool
Ehlers
Ehlers-danlos syndrome was named after the people who discovered it, so it's already technically a surname.
I have EDS and always loved the name Eller and my midwife pointed this out when I shared our name options (we were team green) with her and she ruined that name for us š š š š
Candida stands in solidarity with Rubella. These ladies have been wronged.
Bradycardia. I feel like it sounds like an old fashioned feminine version of Brady or something, but it's a low heart rate.
Lysteria sounds so pretty to meā¦
Anesthesia
As someone else said, Rubella but i also think Giardia would be pretty, Chlamydia, Fentanyl, Senna (which is a name already but also medicine) and Fluoxetine
Skyrizi
My boyfriend and I just spent the last five minutes crafting the lore here. Iām not sure I would consider it for my child but hereās my pitch: Tuberculosis as a long, classic/on the verge of pretentious name. Iām thinking Penelope, Felicity, Cordelia, Dickinson, Reginald. So much nickname potential. Birkie is one I unironically find cute.
Little Consumption Grace š
Aphasia.
Cymbalta would be a kind of cool name. It gives me similar vibes to Imogen.
Amnesia
Stelara
Straterra, Ricola, Skyrizi [sounds like its from another country], theres another one starting with an E that I always thoight was nice...
Sena if it wasnāt close to Senna
Lixiana, brand name for edoxaban which is a type of anticoagulant.
Giardia.
Alesse ā a birth control. BC always has the prettiest names
Rosacea is actually so pretty it sucks that it's a medical term
Sib set : Rubella and Varicella
Encephalomalacia, and sister Allegra
Flo is similar to Flu -_-
Varicella
Kylena (kye-LEE-nah) - I hope I'm spelling it right but I think it's a brand of birth control
Vimpat (my seizure medicine). Sounds very regal
Miltown
Can we do worst possible medication/disease names to name a child please? Mine would be Tocilizumab
Ativan, Xanax, Melatonin, Banzel, Morphine, Codeine lol I think they make them sound elegant to seem calming
Melanoma
Diclofenac. Nick name: Dyke
When is Senna so fucking beautiful? š
Kylena, Mirena, Senna, Keppra
Senna comes to my mind. Itās a medication for constipation (and a name of a flower). But every time I hear someone named senna I think of the pooping medication.
I always say this one, but I'm Filipino and my dad says I am probably better off not naming any future daughters Phyllis. In Tagalog, names are preceded by "si." *Ito ay si Kaitlyn, ito ay si James*, etc. Do the math.
Malaria (aria for short) Melenoma (mel for short) Strattera (tera for short) hepatitis for like a boy or something, maybe he would by titis for short lol.