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English names with unfortunate meanings (Edit: thank you for the replies!)
I considered posting this in the Writing Room, but that room isn't seeing a whole lot of activity so I figured I'd post it here. Anyway, I'm looking for a masculine name of English origin / use that has an unfortunate meaning - one that would be known by someone reasonably educated in Victorian England.So far, the three I've come up with are Claudius / Claude ("lame, crippled"), Mallory (literally "unfortunate"), and Cecil ("blind"). But I don't think any of them feel right. Can anybody come up with any others?EDIT--Thank you, everyone, for your replies! Thanks to feedback regarding names with both unfortunate meanings and associations, this is the main list I have so far:Uther
Cain
Herod
Tarquin
Azazel ("scapegoat")
Esau
Ahab
Ananias / Annas
Haman
Amnon
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English names with unfortunate meanings (Edit: thank you for the replies!)  ·  erb816  ·  7/30/2020, 4:59 PM
Re: English names with unfortunate meanings  ·  Theodora'sMommy  ·  7/31/2020, 5:53 AM
Re: English names with unfortunate meanings  ·  PrincessZ  ·  7/31/2020, 5:40 AM
Re: English names with unfortunate meanings  ·  AhaRememo  ·  7/31/2020, 2:52 AM
Re: English names with unfortunate meanings  ·  Anneza  ·  7/31/2020, 12:56 AM
Re: English names with unfortunate meanings  ·  erb816  ·  7/31/2020, 6:14 PM
Re: English names with unfortunate meanings  ·  Anneza  ·  8/1/2020, 12:00 AM
Agree (m)  ·  Janan  ·  7/31/2020, 7:08 AM
Re: Agree (m)  ·  Anneza  ·  7/31/2020, 8:56 AM
Re: English names with unfortunate meanings  ·  Kerilyntaryn21  ·  7/30/2020, 9:39 PM
Re: English names with unfortunate meanings  ·  Ora (hufflepuffer)  ·  7/30/2020, 7:47 PM
Re: English names with unfortunate meanings  ·  Jamie  ·  7/30/2020, 7:34 PM
Re: English names with unfortunate meanings  ·  erb816  ·  7/31/2020, 6:29 PM
Re: English names with unfortunate meanings  ·  Higuma Kanora  ·  7/30/2020, 6:07 PM
Re: English names with unfortunate meanings  ·  Somebody random  ·  7/30/2020, 5:24 PM
Re: English names with unfortunate meanings  ·  erb816  ·  7/31/2020, 6:16 PM