new name you can use on your kid

[Jonathan Lighter]

OED has "Jheri-Kurl" (trade name) from the late '70s.

Somehow it reminds me of a girl, possibly in the National Lampoon in the
early '70s, named "Velveeta."

JL

On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> GB includes _The Baby Name Countdown_, by Janet Schewegel (2008). Among
> "Girls' Names" in the environs of "Jherrica," we find:
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> "Ji'neahl Jieva Jilyanna Jindveer Jezabel Jhakya Jhenia Ji'rah Jiffany
> Jilyenne Jinea Jezabella Jhakyiah Jheniah Ji'teana Jiggi Jilyian Jineen
> Jezabelle Jhalah Jheraldin Ji'terrius Jihaan Jilyssa Jineily Jezali
> Jhalena  *Jherika*  [sic] Ji'yea"
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> (Reading across, not alphabetically.)
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> But no "Jher[r]ica."  Get with it, Janet!
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> There are scores of such names beginning with {Jh}, though that may depend
> on the meaning of "There are."  The "J" section of "Boys' Names" is not
> viewable.
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> A quick scan of all GB reveals to me just one real live "Jher[r]ica":
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> 2011 J. W. Smith _No Love Lost_  (N.p.: XLibris) 7: Special thanks to my
> three kids: Tyquan Cashe', Jernisha Lashune, and Jherica Sharell.
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> On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 9:10 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> > At 9/13/2011 08:24 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> > >The computerized sales slip from the supermarket tells me that my
> cashier
> > >was "Jherrica."
> > >
> > >Over 10,000 raw Google hits for "Jherrica," over 150,000 for "Jherica."
> > >
> > >To generalize from my experience, they should be mostly twentyish white
> > >ladies with hair the color of blood.
> >
> > The feminine of "Jherrico"?  123,000 hits.  For "Jherico", 250,000
> > hits.  All unanalyzed, except that some are clearly given names.
> >
> > http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Jherico tells us "Jherico
> > \j-herico, jhe-ri-co\ as a boy's name is a variant of
> > <http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Jericho>Jericho (Arabic),
> > and the meaning of Jherico is "city of the moon".  And "Jherico is
> > not a popular first name for men and an equally uncommon surname or
> > last name for all people."
> >
> > Gender bias rears its ugly head.  This site has no entry for
> > "Jherica/Jherrica".
> >
> > But you knew that.
> >
> > Joel
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> > >JL
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