Coccinellidae wide variety of beetle species in other families as "ladybirds", i.e. coccinellids. Beetles are particularly prone to such misidentification if they are spotted in red, orange or yellow and black. Examples include the much larger scarabaeid grapevine beetles and spotted species of the Chrysomelidae, Melyridae and others. Conversely, laymen may fail to identify unmarked species of Coccinellidae as "ladybirds". Other beetles that have a defensive hemispherical shape, like that of the Coccinellidae (for example the Cassidinae), also are often taken for ladybirds. A common myth, totally unfounded, is that the number of spots on the insect's back indicates its age.
Romanian name parents make such associations, especially when the name in that of a Christian saint. Christian parents may also choose names with a specific connotation with regard to Romanian religious history, such as "Arsenie", from Arsenie Boca, or "Zian/Ziana", the birth name of Arsenie Boca. "Alexandru/Alexandra" are very common names. They also include the variants of "Alex", "Alexia", "Alexandrina", or the 'foreign' variants of "Alessia", "Alessandra", "Alexa" (see below). In the 1990s, as telenovelas started to be broadcast in Romania, Spanish/Latin American names have become popular; and the trend of giving children such names has been reinforced by the migration or