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HelpRe: Volodymyr
in reply to a message by Anya Mel’nik or Mel’nyk
It does sound similiar to me esp if you don't pronounce the T. Voldemort is the only other association most English speakers are going to have with Vol*d let alone Vol*d*m*r. But I don't think in practice it'd be that strong of an association - I'd guess a Vlad would get Dracula comments more than a Volodymyr would get Voldemort comments.
I think it's an ok name if I imagine using it for a person. But I've never personally encountered it. I guess people dislike it in the abstract because they're not familiar with it and then only have negative word associations (I can see vole and dim as possibilities for example); they might also associate it with politics and dislike that, if Zelenskyy is the only one they've heard of. And in general, I think the majority of users on this site tend to be biased in favor of Romance language based names and conventional English/biblical names.
I think it's an ok name if I imagine using it for a person. But I've never personally encountered it. I guess people dislike it in the abstract because they're not familiar with it and then only have negative word associations (I can see vole and dim as possibilities for example); they might also associate it with politics and dislike that, if Zelenskyy is the only one they've heard of. And in general, I think the majority of users on this site tend to be biased in favor of Romance language based names and conventional English/biblical names.
This message was edited 12/23/2024, 11:39 AM
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Well English words aren't really a problem where I live, but we do have the word "дим (dym)" that means smoke that sounds similar to part of the name. I don't think anyone here really associates the two, there's just enough people called Volodymyr in the country. Like, I assume most English speakers don't think about how the name Penelope ends in 'pee'.
I've never been a fan of Penelope
Right, that's what I meant.