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There was a death notice in the local newspaper recently: a lady, apparently Jewish, apparently unmarried, apparently a monumentally excellent and dedicated Scrabble player, who died quietly at the age of 96. She was a Venus. I've never seen another reference to a real one, though someone put Venus in a boy GP list the other day.

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It sounds like a minor character in an old outer-space galactic cowboys-and-crooks kiddies' TV series. At least, that's where I'd have expected to hear it, until the old Scrabble lady got her final mention.

rhymes with.....

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you know.

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I don't like it. The sound is just not attractive to me.

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Also, it makes me think of a venus fly trap, which would actually be a cool reference if I didn't already dislike the sound

My associations are:
1) The goddess of love
2) The planet
3) Mariska Veres (great voice) singing this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXCHehlDpgw
4) Venus Williams
5) The 'Mound of Venus' or mons veneris

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I would probably like it, except for that last one there.

It makes me think of the planet. I am kind of neutral to it.

I knew a Venus as a child and I always found her name odd. Now I'm not sure how I feel. A lot of Greek / Roman mythology names are becoming quite common, I've across a few Apollos & Persephones and Athena is climbing the charts. I think Venus would fit in just fine, even if it's too much for me.

"I'm your Venus"

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"I'm the fire of your desire."

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That's the first thing that comes to mind.

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It also sounds like a stage name for a third-rate Vegas lounge singer. Venus LaChance, the French Songbird.

I wish I didn't think of the razor because I feel like it'd be a cute name to see every now and then like Juno and other mythological names but I really can't get the razor commercials out of my mind.

Actually I didn't think of the razor, the first thing I thought of is Venus Williams - the tennis player.
If I try to remove the connotation of tennis, I think the name is strong and beautiful. But then again, I do like names that are associated with the planets and stars - Juno and Luna are two of my favourite names. A pretty name indeed :)