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Grim
I saw this name in a BA. I've only heard it once or twice before but I really like the old, mythological feeling. I submitted the name after some research:
http://www.behindthename.com/submit/view.php?name=grimI know that it's probably a pretty bad name in English (the grim reaper etc) but I would still like to know what you think of Grim?
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I actually kind of like it. It reminds me of John Grimm from the DOOM games and movie.
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My first thought was Grimm's Fairy Tales. My second thought was John Grimm from Doom. I know a lot of people consider those negative/dark connotations, but I think it's kind of neat. I'm on the fence about this name. I know that's not much help.
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Grim: brothers Grimm, grim repear, the word grim...everything about it is just so negative / gloomy / dark. Even the fairy tales, originally, were spooky. I wouldn't want a name so steeped in negative connotations. I'd rather be an Ayden. (Can't believe I'm saying that)edited: for clarity.

This message was edited 4/22/2008, 10:04 AM

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It does have a mythological feeling. I do thin of the grim reaper and stuff, but it also reminds me of the brothers Grimm.
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The Grim from Harry Potter is what I think of [m]plus Grim Reaper, Brothers Grimm and Grim as in sadness.

This message was edited 4/22/2008, 9:39 AM

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nt.
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Tritto
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Exactly my thoughts, too!
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Glad I'm not the only one who thought that :)
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Ditto!
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Double post!I am sorry!
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Ditto!
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My first thought is always the Brother's Grimm, which makes me love the name. I like Grimshaw NN Grim.
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I think its kinda cute, and it might be possible to eventually shed the reaper association once you know a living breathing child with that name. It does sound mythological.
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I think of the Grim Reaper whenever I hear it so I say that it would be a bad name for a child.
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Aw... I hate associations. Grim would be the coolest name if it wasn't such a... grim word. Well, it would be the coolest after Octavius, that is. :-PJen
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Ooh! Octavius Grim!
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Love it! :-D
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It would be a good name anywhere else but in Denmark, because Grim is our word for "ugly". So here it would be "poor child", if meeting someone by that name.
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I really can't see it... before I thought about Grim reaper I just thought of the word Grim and its not really a nice one.... I just wouldn't want to be called it.
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