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My opinion is pretty much the same as you. I can appreciate the etymological aspect of a name, but the sound and the look with many other things are 10x more important. Sentiment too, if there is any. As far as “unfortunate meanings” go, there are definitely some meanings that aren’t exactly desirable or cute, but that’s okay. Names like Cecily, and Claudia I actually like; and would happily use if a partner loved it so much. I’d probably just tell them “Hey, did you know Claudia means “crippled”?” and just see what they have to say about that. If they don’t care, well I guess we just agreed on a name. Kennedy, on the other hand, I don’t like the sound of, meaning, or anything associated with it. Charlotte, Caroline and others mean “man” but that doesn’t stop anybody from using those names.

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1. I think it’s cool actually! I like looking into how names came to be and looking up what they mean. Some are pretty boring, but others are pretty cool and quite interesting. I do like unusual name meanings a little bit. At the end of the day, a name is a name and as long as it’s good I’ll use it. When I was looking into my name because I thought it was boring and ugly, I found out some stuff and it actually made me like my name a lot more. And for some reason almost whenever I introduce myself, people feel the need to educate me on my name. I also find it shocking when my friends who have made up names and are insecure about it actually wish they had my name, when I always thought their names were pretty and cool.

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2. I don’t really have any name meanings I like the most, but I do find names that mean love, wisdom, bravery, traveling, or something that denotes power pretty cool.

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"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves." - William Shakespeare

This message was edited 7/19/2022, 12:13 PM