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HelpRe: Etymology Post- your opinion on name meanings
in reply to a message by Dianatiger
I feel about the same way you do. I don't prefer a name or dislike it solely because of meaning.
With a few exceptions, but those exceptions also *seem* notorious to me (it's not only the literal meaning that I dislike). Ex. Desdemona
I took your polls, and chose the kinds of meanings I am most pleased to find attached to my favorites (but I don't give any preference to names that have these meanings):
beauty, pleasant, bright, charming, strong, brave.
virtues (not all of them though), mercy, love, loved/wanted, heart, gift, blessing, truth, liberty, faith, wisdom, miracle, gift; religious meanings that make any sense to me.
The Sun.
I like botanical names, but they're not as gratifying to me as meanings that are more abstract.
I think maybe you left out occupation names - since there are a lot of surnames transferred to first name use. I might have just overlooked it since I was choosing ones I like, though. I don't remember seeing liberty/free among the choices either.
- mirfak
With a few exceptions, but those exceptions also *seem* notorious to me (it's not only the literal meaning that I dislike). Ex. Desdemona
I took your polls, and chose the kinds of meanings I am most pleased to find attached to my favorites (but I don't give any preference to names that have these meanings):
beauty, pleasant, bright, charming, strong, brave.
virtues (not all of them though), mercy, love, loved/wanted, heart, gift, blessing, truth, liberty, faith, wisdom, miracle, gift; religious meanings that make any sense to me.
The Sun.
I like botanical names, but they're not as gratifying to me as meanings that are more abstract.
I think maybe you left out occupation names - since there are a lot of surnames transferred to first name use. I might have just overlooked it since I was choosing ones I like, though. I don't remember seeing liberty/free among the choices either.
- mirfak
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I like the botanical names because you can stretch out significance a bit more in order to add meaning. Such as my favorite female middle name idea being Violet and attributing that significance to violets being one of the symbols of everlasting love. Plants in general can have other cultural significant meanings too beyond the etymology so that is in part why I like that category as it is "flexible" in interpretation. The same can be extended to other nature names as well like gemstones.
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That is a good point I think I did leave out occupational and Liberty/Freedom, the latter is a good one as well. It had been my intention to include truth or true as well but I forgot it.
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