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HelpRe: Etymology Post- your opinion on name meanings
in reply to a message by Dianatiger
Etymology ranks the highest. I find people who choose a name solely for its aesthetic very vapid. That's how we wound up with atrocities like "Zayden" "Jaylin" etc. Names have history and meanings and if I'm going to name my child something, I want it to actually have something to draw on.
Not just because it looks or sounds "kool".
Associations are also important as well, famous or infamous bearers of a name contribute to my opinion of it.
My beautiful, beautiful Makkari.
Not just because it looks or sounds "kool".
Associations are also important as well, famous or infamous bearers of a name contribute to my opinion of it.
My beautiful, beautiful Makkari.
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Couldn't say it any better rhan this.
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also this is going to sound terrible and it is in no way a reflection of your character but every time I see your username I read it first as "Captain Drunkard" and imagine a pirate lmao
This message was edited 7/19/2022, 3:15 PM
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interesting, hot take
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I should rephrase what I mean by that: there are several historical names with historical significance but do not have a known meaning.
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no I am usually not into modern names. I favor classics I just found your opinion interesting since several names are nice that have no particular meaning at all.
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I disagree; meaning of historical or old names being lost to time is very different from them having "no meaning" at all. There are names preserved from extinct cultures or languages. Simply because the native speakers aren't around to translate doesn't mean they are meaningless in the way "made up" names today are. I once saw a comment on the name "Jayden" that said it meant "Fire bird" because it was a conjoining of "Jay" after the jay bird, and the Irish "Aiden" which means "fiery"???
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you might not favor them, and that is valid. My point is just to say they don't exist at all is nonsensical. It's just a false statement.
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What about the historical names that were made up, such as the classic literature names that an author concocted? You can't doubt the existence of historical names with "no meaning" because I see them time and again whenever I read the name pages. No known meaning can likewise just as well mean there was no meaning to begin with the details just aren't clear. Made up names with no meaning have existed across the history of naming it isn't a new phenomenon of recent decades. Many of them gained traction because of fictional works itself and that is the origin point. No meaning does not correlate to no history by any stretch.
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If that's your stance then I'm waiting for an"Jaylynn" to pop up in a great work of literature.
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