Study Links Unusual Surnames To Criminality

The Washington Times ^ | January 29, 2009

[Wings-n-Wind]

O-o--ooooo KK-k-kkkk....

Back to square one on names for the twins....
Hmmmmm... we were going with-- LASCIVIOUS...and OBLIVIOUS...

Apparently -- These simply WILL NOT do!

[RegulatorCountry]

There exists a frightening correlation between firearms discharging and the name “Plaxico.”

The name should be banned. It’s a public safety hazard.

[Canedawg]

Henry Hudson
Helen Hayes
Harry Harrison

and Horatio Hornblower, evun.

[mylife]

Harry Hiney?

[BenLurkin]

Like “John Wayne Gacy”?

[Steelfish]

Very discerning post! Krb

[EDINVA]

The column writer and headline writer are usually two different people in a big city newspaper.

[KoRn]

"Wth?"

That was my first thought. lol

[gigster]

Yep,my middle name is Wayne,but, I won’t tell you what my first name is.
Suffice to say, that it seems like there are thousands of dumb criminals with my first two names that are in the nations papers everyday.
But,I’m cool.
“Don’t tase me,bro!”

[This_far]

“Study Links Unusual Surnames To Criminality

The headline talks about surnames, or family names, while the article talks about first names.

Wth? “

Last name first, first name last... it’s on all of the forms, comes from the Latin ‘facto, ipso’.

[rabscuttle385]

...first names.

Otherwise known as given names.

[Onelifetogive]

Michael, for example, was rated at 100, and the least likely name to be associated with juvenile delinquency.

I have a cousin who is a wretched pile of steaming human debris....His name is Michael.

[This_far]

“...surnames.”

Otherwise knows as last names.

(I got it, pardon my reply)

[Onelifetogive]

There are a lot more “HH’s” but I am drawing a blank at this minute.

One must not forget the famous Harold Hecuba.

[pandoraou812]

Hmm I wonder where your name is in this list...

[untwist]

I know that Austin Powers ran into some nasty ones with very peculiar names in his crime fighting ventures:

Alotta Fagina
Ivana Humpalot
Dixie Normus

[Onelifetogive]

http://www.newsoftheweird.com/wayne.html

[lonestar]

LOL!!!!

[gigster]

Yes,the “surname” is the last name.
The last chapter in the book “Freakonomics”
is called, “Perfect Parenting,Part 2;or: Would a Roshanda
by Any Other Name Smell as Sweet?
Fascinating reading,but not conclusive,by any means.

[Between the Lines]

Hubert Humphrey

Horatio Hornblower

Hedda Hopper

Henry Higgins

Helen Hunt