first name

• “The contemplative young man was a distant connection of the Teller, and his first name being Quincy, was commonly called Quee.”

  Euphemia Among the Pelicans

• “Equating the two is like accusing Joe the Plumber of being a murderous dictator because he shares a first name with Joseph Stalin, or claiming that Joseph Stalin must be a brilliant writer due to the skill of Joseph Conrad.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Panic Virus

• “Berham, a Kurdish worker from Kamishli who would only give his first name out of fear of government retaliation, said both sides of the divide are exploiting the situation.”

  USA Today: Violence fuels protests in Syria

• “Larry Bowa, to shortstop rival Davey Concepcion: “Is your first name Elmer?””

  Simon & Schuster: Baseball’s Even Greater Insults

• “My answer was simple: “Would I want to be tested by someone who has an adjective as their first name or by an accredited professor like Dr. Gary Schwartz ... like I do?””

  Simon & Schuster: The Sacred Promise

• “He called her "Sachs" most of the time; using her first name now was like a slap in the face.”

  The Coffin Dancer

• “His first name is Joel, as in the Bible, Mr. Gaite tells me.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Song of The Dodo

• “See, I told myself — walking over to Kepler's Quark and giving my first name to a waitress with chopped-off hair and a waitress uniform that probably wasn't a uniform — things are looking up already.”

  Futures Imperfect

• “Under questioning by Andrew Northrup, Weaver said she remembered Aloysius from a keyboarding class because his first name was so unusual.”

  Simon & Schuster: Defending the Damned

• “Since it had to be so, let us be thankful that it was Vespucci's first name which was selected, and not his last one.”

  American Men of Action

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