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Desdemona
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"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves." - William Shakespeare
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I love this name. I’d strongly consider using it, even with its meaning having absolutely no upside.
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Its beautiful, but also very depressing. The Shakespeare association will never be shaken off, especially since he created the name himself. And it was specifically for that character.
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Hi !!!Desdemona ...
It has been in my list for a long, long, time I love its sound, how it flows and how it looks.It has a literarian but also gothic and witchy vibe.It Is definetly one of my GP.
That's because I personally would never use a name meaning "ill-fated" for a child.If the name were meaning something less negative It would be in my top10.
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I *would* like it, but the meaning, plus the -mona ending ("moan"), turn me off a lot.
Especially the meaning. It's just too nothing-but-negative for me, like Mallory (another name I might like based on sound if not for the meaning). And Desdemona seems like it was coined primarily to be extremely pathetic, like Echo. I feel kind of sorry for people with names like that.
If only it were Desdemana or Desdemora or something else similar, and meant something auspicious, I'd probably like it alright.
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I’m neutral about it
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Don't like it at all
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