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in reply to a message by hylo
Pardon everyone's confusion, but using descriptive words like tiresome, tedious, unimaginative and pedestrian lead the average reader to assume you are looking down on the name choice, or more specifically your assumed method of arriving at that name choice.
That is how I read it - but I am glad to hear you didn't mean it that way.
I would not be the first one to like Nausicaä, but I do think that we (as name nerds) can become so versed in naming, trends and etymologies that we put a little too much thought into what people "must" have been trying to do when they chose a name.
To express my own opinion - I don't think that "scouring" is a negative in any way when it comes to naming. It shows effort and deliberation. It is much preferable to indifference or top tens.
As a side note, I totally agree with you on people like Tolkien, who can come up with new names (Miriel is a favorite, but I also love Muriel and Mirielle... which may have some connection). This is probably why Nameberry holds a contest every year to see if anyone can submit a great "new" name.
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That is how I read it - but I am glad to hear you didn't mean it that way.
I would not be the first one to like Nausicaä, but I do think that we (as name nerds) can become so versed in naming, trends and etymologies that we put a little too much thought into what people "must" have been trying to do when they chose a name.
To express my own opinion - I don't think that "scouring" is a negative in any way when it comes to naming. It shows effort and deliberation. It is much preferable to indifference or top tens.
As a side note, I totally agree with you on people like Tolkien, who can come up with new names (Miriel is a favorite, but I also love Muriel and Mirielle... which may have some connection). This is probably why Nameberry holds a contest every year to see if anyone can submit a great "new" name.
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Momma to Clarisse Bituin Gioia and Nadine Marikit Irene.
Mahal na mahal from our little family to yours!
NEW PNL---> https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/134393/101162
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