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Yikes.

schmucacschmucac member
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Today I was introduced to a brother and sister.  Their names?

Beneficial and Genuine.

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  • klp927klp927

    "Ben and Jen?"

    Those parents are craziness! 

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  • alliejo725alliejo725 member

    While not everyone's taste (and those two aren't mine), virtue names have a pretty interesting history and are real, legitimate names. I would guess that anyone who used them would be a Calvinist (think Baptist, Presbyterian, etc) wanting to honor their religious heritage. Or maybe they have ancestors that were Pilgrims.

    Faith and Grace and Honor are prettier choices, but that doesn't make Beneficial and Genuine illegitimate. These aren't my favorite virtue names, but at least they're spelled correctly and not made up. I'd rather meet someone named Beneficial than another Brayden. 

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  • almostjenniferalmostjennifer member

    Party!!!

    This one wins the award today. 

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  • aalex0320aalex0320 member
    Like alliejo said, they're also not the worst virtue names either...in my family tree, there are several women with the name "Silence." A friend of mine has an ancestor named "Fear-not."  
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