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To me that is popular/conventional vs rare, rather than traditional/old/abstract or not...though I'd think if anything, the more a name is used, the more concrete it'd seem...but splitting hairs, and limited by cultural exposure, ok.

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Anyway, I'm not meaning to argue with your impressions or personal preferences. Most names I would think of as kitschy seem like they could easily have sentimental value in some way that's commonly relatable/symbolic, though - like I didn't mean I'd assume a biblical connection, just similar cultural type sentimental associations (even though I don't personally have them), which pretty much most ancient fragrant plants have. Like I'd agree it's probably related to expense but doubt parents would name their kid Pricetag or something unless it symbolized something other than superficial expense to them, even if they liked the sound and especially next to a heavily religious middle name, so it'd make most sense to me if it did have spiritual/folk meaning, that's all (it doesn't to you, and you don't like it; ok, me neither really).

This message was edited 9/20/2022, 7:51 AM