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[lbd_nytetrayn]

Thanks to atreyu452 for pointing this out.

They may be onto something here.

At the very least, about ruining good names, anyway. I wonder if this is at all why it seems like some names are only held by the elderly anymore? Because after they were born, a hurricane ruined the name?

LBD "Nytetrayn"

Comments

[guido-jacobs.livejournal.com]

"Hurricane Nytetrayn sucks Canada dry"?

[anotherdelta.livejournal.com]

In some years, no one will associate the names Katrina and Rita, etc., to anything bad. I mean, lots of people have been named Andrew since that hurricane, I believe. I think names disappear because so many people are named this, that it becomes unoriginal and unpopular.

[kyouryuu.livejournal.com]

That's an interesting point. Look at a lot of names that were popular once, but no longer are. They are shared with some major hurricanes:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/retirednames.shtml

A listing of all names is at:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml

If you're in the Eastern North Pacific, make sure to watch out for cyclone Wiley. ;)

[guido-jacobs.livejournal.com]

oh good, they don't have Guido. lol

[woekitten.livejournal.com]

If a hurricane is particularily devistating, they don't use that hurricane's name ever again. There will never be another hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Andrew.

That said, some people actually choose to name their children after hurricanes if they're born in that particular year.

[steelthorns.livejournal.com]

Makes for an interesting story, at least. I imagine explaining why a kid was named so to a three-year-old to be highly amusing.