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What do you think of King for a boy?
This message was edited 11/19/2019, 3:04 PM
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It seems a little peculiar on paper, but I think if I met one in real life it would very quickly become just the guy's name. Like Earl. It's namey, since it's a surname. And might slightly allude to MLK Jr. I'd rather meet a King than, say, a Deacon or Bishop or Cohen, any day. I don't see why it's any less namey than those.
I sort of secretly like the idea of noble titles as names (though there aren't any that particularly appeal to me). It seems like maybe people would respond to them emotionally without realizing it, like they do to uniforms -- in a way that could (one hopes) uplift both King and the person addressing him. As long as there isn't someone who resents saying the name, or scorns the style - that would cancel out the positive effect.
I sort of secretly like the idea of noble titles as names (though there aren't any that particularly appeal to me). It seems like maybe people would respond to them emotionally without realizing it, like they do to uniforms -- in a way that could (one hopes) uplift both King and the person addressing him. As long as there isn't someone who resents saying the name, or scorns the style - that would cancel out the positive effect.
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I’m going to pass on this one.
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I'm uncertain if I like King as a fn for other people but it is definitely not my style partially because I don't love many one syllable names and it seems a bit braggadocious or pretentious.
I was watching the Ken Burns National Parks documentary a few months ago and they were talking about a guy named Sir Lancelot Jones who donated all his land to the parks. His first name was Sir Lancelot and his older brother's first name was King Arthur. Both the brothers also had mn's but I am forgetting what they were. I think King Arthur and Sir Lancelot are actually pretty cool as names especially since they often went by nicknames.
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I was watching the Ken Burns National Parks documentary a few months ago and they were talking about a guy named Sir Lancelot Jones who donated all his land to the parks. His first name was Sir Lancelot and his older brother's first name was King Arthur. Both the brothers also had mn's but I am forgetting what they were. I think King Arthur and Sir Lancelot are actually pretty cool as names especially since they often went by nicknames.
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This message was edited 11/19/2019, 4:11 PM
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Hi !!!
I personally like names such Roy, Régis, Queenie, Reine, Reina, Reyes, Malik, Amir, Rajesh ... why not King? It's ok.
Here in Italy Regina ("queen") is a common used name but Re, Principe or Principessa aren't in any case. The case of Regina is because it has a religious meaning (an epithet of the Virgin Mary).
As King is established in the English-speaking world so I agree with its usage.
I personally like names such Roy, Régis, Queenie, Reine, Reina, Reyes, Malik, Amir, Rajesh ... why not King? It's ok.
Here in Italy Regina ("queen") is a common used name but Re, Principe or Principessa aren't in any case. The case of Regina is because it has a religious meaning (an epithet of the Virgin Mary).
As King is established in the English-speaking world so I agree with its usage.
This message was edited 11/19/2019, 3:55 PM
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It's a title not a name
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