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Re: Would you give your child a name with a negative meaning?
I'm quite divided on this and have thought about it. Some of my favorite names ever are Claudia and Ichabod, but they mean "lame" and "no glory" respectively. I would just wonder if my future children would look up their names as I did at a young age and get palatable meanings like 'graceful' or 'moon' or 'radiant', and then poor Claudia and Ichabod find theirs. I wouldn't want them to think I set them up for failure.

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I understand. I don't think I could choose a name with a negative meaning.