Proper names with apostrophes?

[Neal Whitman]

If we're not limited to possessive apostrophes, there are plenty of names with decorative ones, like De'Andre.

Neal

On Jan 2, 2012, at 5:18 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:

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> I don't know how common this is.  But there's a basketball player for =
> St. John's University (NYC) named God'sgift Achiuwa (as he appears in =
> box scores) or God's Gift Achiuwa (as he appears on the web, e.g. in =
> http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/ncb/columns/story?columnist=3Ddarcy_kie=
> ran&id=3D6480215).  No doubt not the only Christian (I assume) name with =
> an apostrophe in it but I can't think of others I've encountered.   =
> (Maybe it's something about the Big East Conference; a basketball player =
> for rival Providence College a few years ago was named God Shammgod.  =
> Too bad he never got the chance to go man-on-man against God'sgift.)  =20=
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