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in reply to a message by Felie
Interesting that Amabile can be m and f: Mabel and Amabel are strictly girls-only.
Selvaggia is unlike anything else. A strange look and sound, and a very strange meaning. Perhaps it's tempting Fate and she'll grow up to be very diligent, quiet and respectable.
Lardo is unkind. But, Lardner is an English ln meaning 'the person in charge of the larder' or room for storing food, lard being pork fat. That seems quite OK, somehow, but Lardo really does not.
The revolutionary threesome is fascinating! They sound just like names - unfamiliar but convincing! And, how did the parents know they'd have three boys? Rivo, Luzio and Annamaria would just be sad.
And, on the subject of siblings, whyever use Kocis and Eros when Aramis and D'Artagnan are available? OK, Aramis is a line of male cosmetics ... perhaps not the best!
Antevleva deserves special treatment. Giving a name with that kind of very personal meaning is not unexpected in African societies, or there is also the old superstition that giving a child a name with a positive meaning could anger the gods, so rather give a negative name so they won't get jealous and bring death or bad luck to that child. But in a modern Western society, it does seem harsh.
Selvaggia is unlike anything else. A strange look and sound, and a very strange meaning. Perhaps it's tempting Fate and she'll grow up to be very diligent, quiet and respectable.
Lardo is unkind. But, Lardner is an English ln meaning 'the person in charge of the larder' or room for storing food, lard being pork fat. That seems quite OK, somehow, but Lardo really does not.
The revolutionary threesome is fascinating! They sound just like names - unfamiliar but convincing! And, how did the parents know they'd have three boys? Rivo, Luzio and Annamaria would just be sad.
And, on the subject of siblings, whyever use Kocis and Eros when Aramis and D'Artagnan are available? OK, Aramis is a line of male cosmetics ... perhaps not the best!
Antevleva deserves special treatment. Giving a name with that kind of very personal meaning is not unexpected in African societies, or there is also the old superstition that giving a child a name with a positive meaning could anger the gods, so rather give a negative name so they won't get jealous and bring death or bad luck to that child. But in a modern Western society, it does seem harsh.
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