Comments for ULYSSES:

The original first name of Ulysses S. Grant was Hiram. Ulysses was his middle name.

-- Kosta  5/10/2006

To add to that, Hiram Ulysses Grant, the American president, was in the military with a man named Ulysses Simpson Grant. There was a name switch-up, and it stuck!

-- Akua Topaz  8/16/2006

Ulysses is the name of a chapter in Wind in the Willows.

-- GroovyLady  9/9/2006

The name Ulysses is actually the Anglicization of the Roman name of Odysseus, which is Ulixes.

-- kateyvic  4/9/2007

Well, I guess the name's ok. I mean, it's not common and it sounds cool, but what kind of nickname would come from it?

-- rv14142  7/31/2007

I really like this name, but am currently unsure if I would ever use it for a child. There's someone at my school with this name. For nicknames his friends call him Ulyss or 'Lysses. I guess you could also call him Sissy for short, although that would seem cruel.

-- mingolando  11/21/2007

Tales of Brave Ulysses is an excellent song by the band Cream. It was written about the mythological character Ulysses.

-- Pippin  3/15/2008

Pompous, pretentious, and old-fashioned. I can't picture this name on a person today.

-- slight night shiver  5/11/2008

I've heard this name pronounced more like YULE-(schwa)-seez on British television before.

-- Akua Topaz  8/6/2008

I know a Ulysses who goes by Uly (OO-lee.) I think that's a suitable nickname. Plus, Ulysses is only three syllables. It doesn't really need a nickname any more than Adrian or Emily do.

-- Akua Topaz  8/6/2008

Ulysses is a famous poem by Sir Alfred Lord Tennyson.

-- Anonymous User  8/10/2008

Ulysses was the name of the chimpanzee on the comedy film Rocket Man.

-- ICEyun  2/25/2009

The British rock band Franz Ferdinand wrote a song called Ulysses. I love that song!

-- Polly.C  3/7/2009

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