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It's probably never usable for obvious reasons, but what do you think of the name Nike on a girl? I really like the sound of it.
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Oscar Wilde
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I think it's totally usable. I like it!
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In theory I like the sound and the origin is interesting, in practice it's impossible to use, yeah.
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Usually, I like ancient Greek and Roman names but I don't really like the sound of it.
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In my opinion very well usable, a really nice diminutive form of Berenike.
Cool and sophisticated sound, style and appearance. Sneaker manufacturer and brand name is of secondary interest to me, playing just a marginal role, a tiny non-issue.
Cool and sophisticated sound, style and appearance. Sneaker manufacturer and brand name is of secondary interest to me, playing just a marginal role, a tiny non-issue.
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I think it's lovely and wouldn't let the fact that it's a brand put me off using it. As I name I pronounce it NEE keh anyway
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That might be how you'd pronounce it, but that's not how anyone else (or the vast majority, at least) would pronounce it if they met a Nike. She'd be left either constantly correcting the pronunciation of her name or just accepting an alternate one, and people would always associate her with shoes no matter how she said it.
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Interesting, where are you getting that pronunciation from?
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It's how you would pronounce it as an English speaker reading Classical Greek. I think a modern Greek speaker would say it more like 'Nee kee'
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I love it. I wish it was usable. It's such an old name (obviously), but it sounds lively and young to me.
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I think she'll have no problem finding clothes and shoes with her name on them. ;)
The sound is all right, but a bit too masculine, IMO. It sounds just like Mikey, after all.
The sound is all right, but a bit too masculine, IMO. It sounds just like Mikey, after all.
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No good as a name, because, goddess or no goddess, all it is to anybody in living memory is sneakers.
Reebok might be a real word with a different meaning than sneaker, but that doesn't make it any better as a name.
Reebok might be a real word with a different meaning than sneaker, but that doesn't make it any better as a name.
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Well, I think that you'll find there are plenty of people in living memory who know that it's the goddess of victory, and think of the brand as a further development of that concept, and aren't vitally closer to one identification than the other. A lot of people are actually educated about this kind of thing - maybe not a large percentage of the population, but certainly a sizeable one enough to include "anybody in living memory."
It's totally not the same thing as Reebok at all.
Having typed out that all out, I just googled Reebok and found out that it's named after a type of antelope. Plenty of people probably know that, too. Foot in MOUTH! Granted, being the name of an antelope is different from being the name of a goddess, because it's traditional to use goddess names and not antelope names. Still - gyeesh.
It's totally not the same thing as Reebok at all.
Having typed out that all out, I just googled Reebok and found out that it's named after a type of antelope. Plenty of people probably know that, too. Foot in MOUTH! Granted, being the name of an antelope is different from being the name of a goddess, because it's traditional to use goddess names and not antelope names. Still - gyeesh.
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