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Help[Opinions] Corona
I didn't realise that this was a real name before the pandemic. It as a 37% rating on BtN and out of curiosity, I looked at the Wayback Machine for a capture in late 2018 and it was at 72% before the pandemic. From this, I can see it was pretty well liked with users thinking it was Youthful and Natural. After, however, it is seen as Devious and Rough.
Out of a second curiosity, I am now asking if anybody knew of this name before the outbreak and, if so, what you though of it? (in the past, to specify, before the outbreak). Did you ever rate the name? Do you remember what you chose for it?
If you like(d) it, would it have been a baby name contender (or a middle name option)?
As for me, I only think of the beer. Thought it was a beer brand and it still looks like a beer brand... but also the name of a virus now, so poor Corona has it pretty bad. Not sure I'd have liked it anyway, the "coro-" prefix isn't a sound I enjoy.
If I were rating it without the context of the pandemic, I'd have chosen Natural, Rough and Strong, mostly because of the beer.
The virus was named after the fact that they think the spikes on the outside of the virus looks like a crown and since "corona" means "crown", they named it Corona. I am curious to see crowns with a full 360 degree array of spikes - or perhaps I don't have the same imagination the scientists had.
I still think they were reaching with that description though, but then again, I also don't think any of the constellations look like their supposed representation, either.
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"one particular boogie will move mirror massaging with stirring crepe mixture, positioning loaves while in the furnace then toting items in containers" ~ best Russian daing sites (guest, 198.144.149.xxx) (2020)
Formally PrincessZ and Princess Magpie
Out of a second curiosity, I am now asking if anybody knew of this name before the outbreak and, if so, what you though of it? (in the past, to specify, before the outbreak). Did you ever rate the name? Do you remember what you chose for it?
If you like(d) it, would it have been a baby name contender (or a middle name option)?
As for me, I only think of the beer. Thought it was a beer brand and it still looks like a beer brand... but also the name of a virus now, so poor Corona has it pretty bad. Not sure I'd have liked it anyway, the "coro-" prefix isn't a sound I enjoy.
If I were rating it without the context of the pandemic, I'd have chosen Natural, Rough and Strong, mostly because of the beer.
The virus was named after the fact that they think the spikes on the outside of the virus looks like a crown and since "corona" means "crown", they named it Corona. I am curious to see crowns with a full 360 degree array of spikes - or perhaps I don't have the same imagination the scientists had.
I still think they were reaching with that description though, but then again, I also don't think any of the constellations look like their supposed representation, either.
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"one particular boogie will move mirror massaging with stirring crepe mixture, positioning loaves while in the furnace then toting items in containers" ~ best Russian daing sites (guest, 198.144.149.xxx) (2020)
Formally PrincessZ and Princess Magpie
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Beer, yeah. That would always have made it unappealing, at least as an Anglophone name. It might have seemed charismatic, even brassy, as a Hispanic one.
Coronavirus was always the name for cold viruses. I learned it long ago. Named, I presume, because of how it looks under a microscope (only one plane is in focus). So it would look like a (cartoonish) crown seen from above.
I don't like the sound of Corona ... k'Rona .. to me it's just kind of grating. I like the idea of the name, meaning crown.
Coronavirus was always the name for cold viruses. I learned it long ago. Named, I presume, because of how it looks under a microscope (only one plane is in focus). So it would look like a (cartoonish) crown seen from above.
I don't like the sound of Corona ... k'Rona .. to me it's just kind of grating. I like the idea of the name, meaning crown.
This message was edited 9/5/2023, 1:09 AM
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All I hear is «crown», literally; and I think of a heavy bejewelled crown and... crows.
It was and it is too wordy and blunt and, therefore, boring.
I think I might have been a tad more neutral on it, though, before the pandemic.
All in all, I would not have rated it as natural, youthful, complex, informal, or bad and unintellectual.
But it's definitely rough and strong... because of a croaking sound, IMO.
It was and it is too wordy and blunt and, therefore, boring.
I think I might have been a tad more neutral on it, though, before the pandemic.
All in all, I would not have rated it as natural, youthful, complex, informal, or bad and unintellectual.
But it's definitely rough and strong... because of a croaking sound, IMO.
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I actually now a woman named Corona.
I've met her shortly before the pandemic started.
I liked the name because it's rare, but not too crazy. It's also a good mix of strong and soft.
But I always had Simon and Garfunkel sing in my head "Goodbye to Rosie, the queen of Corona".
I've met her shortly before the pandemic started.
I liked the name because it's rare, but not too crazy. It's also a good mix of strong and soft.
But I always had Simon and Garfunkel sing in my head "Goodbye to Rosie, the queen of Corona".
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Poor woman
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I'm Spanish, and I didn't know it existed as a given name until I first went on Behind the Name, around early 2019. I've only seen it as a surname and as a common word. I've never heard of the beer brand before the outbreak either.
I was surprised to know this was a name, but the reaction wasn't negative, however I didn't like it enough to be used. Now it's going to be doomed for a couple of decades.
I was surprised to know this was a name, but the reaction wasn't negative, however I didn't like it enough to be used. Now it's going to be doomed for a couple of decades.
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My only association is the beer, although not a drinker
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It's a fairly common Spanish last name. But although I wouldn't be surprised to hear that it's been used as a first name, I doubt very much it ever got all that much use, probably not enough to chart.
It's a brand name to me; beer, and it also sounds like it could well be an appliance brand.
It's a brand name to me; beer, and it also sounds like it could well be an appliance brand.
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I may have been vaguely aware of it as a name before. Mostly I remember learning the word in Spanish class. And I'm not a drinker, but I'm also aware of it because of the beer. I wouldn't ever have used it as a name because of the beer association previously, but I don't have an other issue with it. It sounds nice (independently of the virus) and has a pleasant meaning. If I had used it all, it would probably have been as a middle name. To me, it sounds strong because of the long o sound.
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