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Help[Opinions] Re: Dallas, Damian, Darwin
in reply to a message by Billina
Ooh! This one is hard.
I really like Dallas. It was a originally a surname, but it has been in regular use as a first name since the 1800s. The meaning "meadow dwelling" is soothing. It makes me picture a little cottage nestled among the rolling hills with smoke coming out of the chimney, a dog on the porch, and deer grazing in the glen. I'm ambivalent toward the Texas association.
Damian - I love the sound and meaning "tamer or soother." Damian is one of the patron saints of physicians, which lends the name a healing quality. Despite its taming and healing associations, there is something a little spicier and edgier about Damian, which adds interest.
Darwin - I love the meaning of Darwin, but the name is too associated with Charles Darwin. The use of Social Darwinism to justify the Nazi regime gives it a negative connotation, and some of Darwin's views were definitely racist. If there was another Darwin famous enough to give the name another prominent association other than Charles Darwin, then I would feel more comfortable using it. It would be fun to name a chimp Darwin.
I will go with Damian although Dallas is a close second.
I really like Dallas. It was a originally a surname, but it has been in regular use as a first name since the 1800s. The meaning "meadow dwelling" is soothing. It makes me picture a little cottage nestled among the rolling hills with smoke coming out of the chimney, a dog on the porch, and deer grazing in the glen. I'm ambivalent toward the Texas association.
Damian - I love the sound and meaning "tamer or soother." Damian is one of the patron saints of physicians, which lends the name a healing quality. Despite its taming and healing associations, there is something a little spicier and edgier about Damian, which adds interest.
Darwin - I love the meaning of Darwin, but the name is too associated with Charles Darwin. The use of Social Darwinism to justify the Nazi regime gives it a negative connotation, and some of Darwin's views were definitely racist. If there was another Darwin famous enough to give the name another prominent association other than Charles Darwin, then I would feel more comfortable using it. It would be fun to name a chimp Darwin.
I will go with Damian although Dallas is a close second.
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