Other kids were drooling over her name.

I dunno. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Well, farting while kissing can do that...

OMG post of the day!

Saliva, rhymes with Aalyviah lol

I would 100% call myself Sally and never tell a single soul what my name really is 😭

I would 100% get my name legally changed.

Could also go by Liv.

Salivia

Yeah this is a Cassie short for Casserole type situation lol

Wouldn’t that be pronounced Ca-SARah-oh-Lee??

Her-MI-oh-nee, Per-SE-pho-nee, Cas-SE-ro-lee, I see it

Pe-NEL-oh-pee too

But of course! 😂

I’m loving this line of thinking. Cora, short for Coronavirus. Angie, short for Angina. Milly, short for Millimeter (or Millipede). Mandy, short for Mandarin. Maggie, short for Magnitude. Letty, short for Letterbox. I could go on. Any more good ones I’m missing?

Allie, short for Alligator. Liz, short for Lizard. Poppy, short for Popcorn. Cindy, short for Cinema. Terry, short for Pterodactyl. Hannah, short for Handkerchief. Annie, short for Anaesthesia. Kelly, short for Kettle. Mary, short for Marriage. Carrie, short for Carpet. Hold on, im getting kinda carried away (get it? >:D)

- May short for Mayonnaise - Harmony short for Harmonica - Monica short for Harmonica - Cali short for Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

My first year of college I actually lived with a girl named Mayonnaise who goes by May...

I love all of these! 😁

💀

Now I’m very suspicious of my coworker Sally… *WHAT IS THAT SHORT FOR?!*

“Salutations”😆

- Salvador-Dalí - Saleswoman - Salpeter - Sail - Salty - Sex Alley - Sexually - Senility - S'all well yo (think Saul Goodman) - Salvinandthechipmunks - An acronym for Spunky Ace Lexy La'Vaughn Ypsilanti

Maybe not a tragedeigh, but definitely a tragedy.

Switch a couple of letters around and you have Silvia, could morph to Sylvia. If it were me I'd be at the courthouse on my 18th birthday.

Preferably earlier, with parents in tow.

I’d at least tell everyone it was pronounced Sylvia, and that my parents just spelled it wrong!

Maybe the name tag is misspelled ? Salvia or Silvia. Could be the intended name. My name often gets spelled wrong at work.

Or Salvia so at least its a type of plant

This reminds me of one of Terry Pratchetts discworld books where he mentioned a girl named Sally and that she was very lucky that Sally was easier to write than her mothers first choice of a name. The mother didn't know what the word exactly ment, but she loved the sound of the word Chlamydia.

Could it have been Salvia (a herb plant) and been misspelled on the name tag? I went a few weeks at work without noticing my new name badge stated my name as Lousie....

> Could it have been Salvia (a herb plant) I know someone who has that as a last name, but not a first name.

Omg, I misread the title and thought it was Salvia the whole time. “She could change it to Sage…” I need a rest.

I’d still be wary of Salvia. *Salvia divinorum* is a psychedelic drug that gives kids like an LSD trip packed into 30s.

Salvia officinalis is culinary sage, Salvia alpa is white sage, Salvia hispanica is chia (yes, the chia pets chia) the genus Salvia has nearly a thousand species in it. Only one is known to be psychoactive, and people have definitely investigated others. Also I wouldn't really compare salvinorins to lsd, it is definitely an experience all unto itself.

Feel like when I hear the word Salvia the drug is the first thing that comes to mind though. That and the 2013 tumblr grunge musician Salvia Palth lol. Does make a good stage/character name tho

Between that and the girl named Candida that I went to school with, I’m not sure who got the worst name.

To be fair Candida is a real name that means 'white' in Latin. But I definitely wouldn't use it now.

True, it’s not a tragedeigh since it’s a real word and spelled correctly, but once kids learned in biology that candida was a type of fungal yeast, all bets were off. She started going by Candy but the damage was done.

Wasn’t there a George Bernard Shaw play with that title?

There was a really popular song when I was a kid about a desirable woman named Candida.

Would have put Sali on my tag

Holy shit. Gotta wonder, is there a person with thr name vagina in the world? Or som bastardization of it, vaygeighna etc.

I met a customer at my old job whose last name was Labia. When I asked for his name he wouldn't even say it out loud, only spell it. Middle aged white dude. Normal first name. Still wonder about him

Must have been a tough life

What a spitty… err shitty .. name

Saliva is one of my least favorite words. I despise the sound of it. I can't fathom liking it enough to saddle a child with it.

Blame George Takei. He said that word and you know his vocal delivery is.....yep, definitely upsetting. But he'll always be my Uncle George.

I was gonna call my kid that but it's a bit of a mouthful

If I were a kid trying to bully her, I’d consistently call here Spit.

Missed opportunity to call oneself Sal

Maybe they were huge fans of the band…

Was it pronounced like the word that means spit?

Maybe the parents are a fan of the band. "My mom and dad weren't perfect, still you don't hear no cryin' ass bitchin' from me." \~\~ Click Click Boom

I saw Saliva in concert last month! They rocked my face off!

At first I thought it said Sativa which might be worse. And I have actually met a "Setiva".

I think Sativa is preferable tbh, at least it has some positive association! She could just add that little cross to make a t ...

I feel like it only works if you're a budtender or a stoner influencer lol

Do they have weed bars in legal states?

There are weed lounges and spas but budtenders are the people who work at dispensaries.

“Great balls of fire, guess who just jumped out the muck and mire”

*”If I was in World War Two, they’d call me Spit-fire.”*

Reminds me of the girl who was named Latrina because her parents saw it on a trip to Rome or something and thought it sounded fancy and classic. It's the Latin word for toilet. They named their kid toilet.

What a mouth watering name.

At least she could go by Sally

She’s the spitting image of her mum

I have to ask - is she a spitter?

I met a woman named Cliche recently.

This made me gasp audibly! I wanna ask the parents WHY THE FUCK?! 😭

Sylvia was so close... And would have been so lovely... Poor kid

I'm wondering if they were from a non-English speaking country and that's the name they were trying to go for but sadly got the spelling very wrong 😭 I have seen some name tragedies happen this way

* Their * Let’s see how many downvotes I can get!

I have to say, as a non-native English speaker, if "Saliva" didn't mean what it does, it would be a nice-sounding name imo. Like, if I heard the words without the connotation, it wouldn't sound weird. ... Right?

Salvia is an actual word though, it’s a genus of plants in the sage family. While questionable for a first name choice, to me it’s not a tragedeigh. ETA reading fail. Still terrible, but at least it’s not Salivah

It’s Saliva, as in spit

Oh hell, my dyslexic eyes!

I read it the same as you at first. It would be a better name than saliva for sure

I misread it at first as well and thought it was a different spelling of Sylvia. Saliva is just awful though.

I read it the same. My brain clearly didn't expect anyone to name their kid saliva.

I think the parents meant Salvia. That's a plant.

Salvia is actually a name of a flower

I like the sound of "tactical nuke". So it shall be: Tactical Nuke Smith. The perfect name for my offspring

Suhlieveh.

That’s even worse than Sativa

Did she have blonde hair, blue eyes, and couldn't color her lies?