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HelpRe: What do you think baby name trends will be like during the 2030s/2040s?
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I really like Damian for the meaning and sound. If it comes back it may be as a nod to the saint(s) rather than as a nod to an old horror film.
Etymologically, I know Damon has nothing to do with demons, but some people might play off the sound similarity. I was thinking of Philip Pullman's Dark Materials with the Daemon familiars that he deliberately named in a play off of the word demon (although there isn't really anything demonic about them).
Etymologically, I know Damon has nothing to do with demons, but some people might play off the sound similarity. I was thinking of Philip Pullman's Dark Materials with the Daemon familiars that he deliberately named in a play off of the word demon (although there isn't really anything demonic about them).
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I don't think Pullman intended it to play off the word demon! A daemon / daimon is not originally malignant. He may be a critic of Christianity, but he wasn't deliberately suggesting that what is defined as malignant (the Christian concept of a demon - the word usage is a distortion / malinterpretation of daimon), is actually good.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A6mon_(His_Dark_Materials)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimon
(I guess you know this already - links for the information of anyone who reads this)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A6mon_(His_Dark_Materials)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimon
(I guess you know this already - links for the information of anyone who reads this)
This message was edited 6/29/2022, 5:43 PM
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