Flossie

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Flossie Wong-Staal (née Wong Yee Ching, Chinese: 黄以静; pinyin: Huáng Yǐjìng; 1946 – 2020) was a Chinese-American virologist and molecular biologist. She was the first scientist to clone HIV and determine the function of its genes, which was a major step in proving that HIV is the cause of AIDS. From 1990 to 2002, she held the Florence Riford Chair in AIDS Research at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). She was co-founder and, after retiring from UCSD, she became the chief scientific officer of Immusol, which was renamed iTherX Pharmaceuticals in 2007 when it transitioned to a drug development company focused on hepatitis C and continued as chief scientific officer.
― Anonymous User  10/12/2024
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This name is cute.
― Inxpect  9/4/2023
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This could be a nickname for Florissa, Florice and Florisse.
― Lumi  12/1/2022
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Flossie M. Byrd (1927 – 2020) was an American home economist, family and consumer services scientist, educator, and the first provost and vice president for academic affairs at the public historically black university (HBCU), Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) in Prairie View, Texas.
― Lumi  12/1/2022
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Sounds like what a dentist would name her daughter...
― Anonymous User  2/15/2022
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I like how this name looks. It feels more like for an older female, but it still feels simple and sweet. Flossie is an elegant name, unusual and rare. Just alright!
― DeeDeeRee  3/10/2021
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Flossie loves to floss. Yeah, no don't do this to your child. She would get made FUN of her beautiful white teeth!
― Janessa2542  2/3/2021
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This is something a dentist would name his daughter.
― Anonymous User  5/16/2020
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Seriously?
― someone-  2/3/2020
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A nickname to a one who flosses his or her teeth daily, even if more than once.
― RHAWK3935  7/31/2019
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I be flossin
I be flossin
I be flossin.
― Alex v  6/26/2019
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The ULTIMATE old lady name. Please don't even think about giving a baby this dowdy name.
― Anonymous User  5/9/2019
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I giggled when I saw this name.
― Luvbug86  4/9/2019
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I love this name, though I would never use it. It's more of a guilty pleasure name for me. I think the dental floss associations are a bit too strong for it to sound like a proper name.
― Kathy D.  12/16/2014
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Flossie is a better nickname for Florence than Flo, by a mile. (At least, here in America. Is "My Aunt Flo" a phrase used in Britain?)
― Anonymous User  3/2/2010
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The pronunciation given here "FLAW-see" only works for some (and not all) North American accents. It makes no sense for anyone British, Australian, etc. I think if you write it as "FLOSS-ee", everyone will understand.Anyway, I do like this funny old nickname, though I think it's best just to use as an occasional affectionate pet name around the house. Funnily enough I have heard that it is used for Sophie? Don't know if that's true - Florence certainly makes more sense.
― aquamarina  11/20/2009
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Sounds old-fashioned, and quite infantile and cutesy. Makes me think about flossing one's teeth.
― slight night shiver  4/22/2008
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Flossie Bobbsey is one of the younger twins in the children's book series The Bobbsey Twins.
― celeria  10/7/2005
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