英国人最惧怕和最不信任的名字

   达缅、米拉和凯莉是英国人最惧怕和最不信任的名字，因为它们和迷信以及一些不吉利的说法有关。（Damien, Myra and Carrie are Britain's most feared and mistrusted names due to superstitious and dark associations.）

   “达缅”这个名字在调查中居首，十名受访者中有九人因为联想到20世纪70年代的电影《凶兆》中魔鬼之子而感到不安。仅次于达缅的是米拉，83%的受访者对其心存迷信，这可能是因为该名让人联想到英国连环杀手米拉·新德利。（Damien topped the poll with nine out of 10 respondents uneasy about the associations with the devil child from the 1970s film "The Omen". Myra, was the next most feared and distrusted name at 83 percent, potentially due to associations with British serial killer Myra Hindley, the survey said.）

   紧随达缅和米拉的是另外两部著名恐怖电影中的名字——凯莉（1976年影片，由茜茜·斯派塞克主演）和罗丝玛丽（影片《魔鬼怪婴》，由罗曼·波兰斯基导演）以及《圣经》中背叛耶稣基督的犹大。（That was followed by two other prominent horror film names Carrie (a 1976 film starring Sissy Spacek), Rosemary ("Rosemary's Baby", directed by Roman Polanski) and Judas, who the Bible says betrayed Jesus Christ.）

   四分之三的受访者称，他们会尽量避免与名叫达缅的人约会，66%的女性受访者说她们忌讳用自己上学时讨厌的某个同学或是前男友的名字给孩子起名。（Three quarters of respondents said they would avoid dating someone with the name Damien and 66 percent of women said they were superstitious about naming a child after someone they hated at school or an ex-boyfriend.）

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