HPV - bad initials?

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Registered: 10-24-2006
HPV - bad initials?
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Sat, 11-04-2006 - 3:31pm
I love the names Hayden and Parker for a son. However, my husband's name is Mark and my daughter's name is Carson, so I'm afraid it'll be very confusing have another "ar" sound calling around the house. So I was thinking of Hayden Parker, except that our last name begins with a V which makes the initials HPV, which is an STD. Are enough people aware of HPV that I shouldn't use this combo. I could go Parker Hayden and then the initials would be PHV.
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Registered: 07-13-2006
Sat, 11-04-2006 - 4:00pm

Well, I work in pharmaceuticals and was on an HPV vaccine account for a year, so I'm probably more aware of it than most, but with all the recent ads for the Merck vaccine and GSK coming out with another one in a year or so, I think a lot more people will be aware of it than before. So, no, I wouldn't make his initials HPV.

I think Parker Hayden sounds better anyway.

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Registered: 03-20-2003
Sat, 11-04-2006 - 4:11pm

A couple of years ago, I had never heard of HPV, but I see it on TV and in magazines all the time now because of the new

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Registered: 10-24-2006
Sat, 11-04-2006 - 7:21pm
I would do Hayden Mark, except my son is Mark Jr.
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Registered: 07-11-2006
Sat, 11-04-2006 - 8:57pm
I think that most people have heard of HPV, and with all the commericals out recently, more and more will know it. Therefore I would not use, especially if you like the reversal of the names just as much. Parker Hayden does sound nice, so this would be a safer bet.
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Registered: 09-25-2006
Sun, 11-05-2006 - 12:55pm
Yeah, I'd keep thinking on names.
 
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Registered: 06-08-2006
Sun, 11-05-2006 - 9:16pm
I think that's a combo I'd avoid...
sorry!
You could call him Parker Hayden and have him go by his mn? Otherwise I'd stick with Hayden and choose another mn. Just my opionion, hth...
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Registered: 04-10-2003
Sun, 11-05-2006 - 9:40pm
Definitely avoid that combo!
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Registered: 11-01-2005
Mon, 11-06-2006 - 4:32pm

Yes, there's a huge ad campaign for HPV right now - "tell someone." So, the people who aren't aware yet, will be. I'd go for a different mn.

Love Hayden, by the way. Great name.

AJ, enjoying life with C.

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Registered: 11-06-2006
Mon, 11-06-2006 - 7:29pm
HPV are REALLY bad initials. Enough people know about it.
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Registered: 08-20-2001
Tue, 11-07-2006 - 4:20pm
sorry, I think the initials are bad- information about HPV is becoming more and more widespread, and I would guess by the time your child reaches school age, the name of the disease will really be common knowledge...
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