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in reply to a message by Malin
I haven't even taken a close look at all the BAs yet (will do in a minute), but I just have to ask:
what's Weiron?
The name also appeared in that other bunch of Swedish BAs some days ago and I meant to ask back then but kind of came too late to the party ;)
Anyway, it was mentioned a couple of times in those other BAs and that got me curious...
what's Weiron?
The name also appeared in that other bunch of Swedish BAs some days ago and I meant to ask back then but kind of came too late to the party ;)
Anyway, it was mentioned a couple of times in those other BAs and that got me curious...
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Well, it's most famous for being a character in a television series from 1995. According to Wikipedia, this character was to some extent based on an actor called Weiron Holmberg (born in 1935). I have no idea why he was named Weiron, though ... Not counting the ones in the BAs, there are 17 Veiron/Weiron/Veyron in the population, eight of them born after the series premiered. The first one I can find was born in 1926. Possibly his parents made it up and inspired a few others, which in turn inspired the TV series and then the rest of the nation?
Anyhow it is quite odd that such a rare name was used for two babies born in two different parts of the country just six days apart (I checked). :S
Anyhow it is quite odd that such a rare name was used for two babies born in two different parts of the country just six days apart (I checked). :S
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Whoa, so this is shaping up to be another name mystery, a whodunit! Similar to the "Valmai files" we talked about a couple of months ago.
Consider me hooked :D
It is quite the coincidence that the name, which I figure is more or less a rarity, should suddenly appear twice within the same week. Was there any mention of it somewhere not too long ago or came this really out of the blue? Weird.
By the way, when I first saw Weiron/Veiron among these other BAs, my first thought was "wait, this looks somehow like a phonetic respelling of the English pronunciation of Myron, only that they swapped the M for a W/V... Should someone really have... what?". That's why I asked in the first place. And now I want to solve that mystery ;)
Consider me hooked :D
It is quite the coincidence that the name, which I figure is more or less a rarity, should suddenly appear twice within the same week. Was there any mention of it somewhere not too long ago or came this really out of the blue? Weird.
By the way, when I first saw Weiron/Veiron among these other BAs, my first thought was "wait, this looks somehow like a phonetic respelling of the English pronunciation of Myron, only that they swapped the M for a W/V... Should someone really have... what?". That's why I asked in the first place. And now I want to solve that mystery ;)
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I have asked on a Swedish Asperger forum where I'm a member. Whatever you ask, there always seems to be an Aspergian knowing exactly! ;)
We'll see what happens...
We'll see what happens...
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Veiron/Weiron and Beiron are names that are typical for the Bohuslän/Gothenburg area, but I don't know where they might come from originally. Perhaps they are inspired by English or Scottish names, since this area historically has had much contact with the Brittish isles?
Osborn, Oleana and Rustan are other names that are almost only found in this area.
Osborn, Oleana and Rustan are other names that are almost only found in this area.
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Okay, so this is totally off topic, but - Oleana is rather pretty!
Tell me more! Please? ;)
Okay, so this is totally off topic, but - Oleana is rather pretty!
Tell me more! Please? ;)
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Right, Beiron exists too, and they have to be the same thing. And Beiron's (a little) more common and occurs earlier ... The earliest in 1898, though not in Gothenburg but Örebro län, and it also seems to have been somewhat common in Skaraborgs län (they border each other). And there, it also seems to have been a surname before it was a first name! Now, where did the surname come from ...?
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