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ArchivesRe: Hello :) just looking for a meaning of a name!
in reply to a message by Cleveland Kent Evans
No doubt that's "priceless" = "very expensive", not "priceless" = "very funny"?
Clearly you're right - but this also applies to other names as well, surely? People complain about Caleb, for instance, because they find it distasteful to give a child a name that means "dog" ... but people don't go through the wonderful Search function looking for a name that means "dog" in the first place; they like the biblical connection and/or the sound of the name. Probably the sound. Not many Philomenas, compared to Anthonys, and practically no Frideswides, though they've got perfectly respectable religious pedigrees.
Clearly you're right - but this also applies to other names as well, surely? People complain about Caleb, for instance, because they find it distasteful to give a child a name that means "dog" ... but people don't go through the wonderful Search function looking for a name that means "dog" in the first place; they like the biblical connection and/or the sound of the name. Probably the sound. Not many Philomenas, compared to Anthonys, and practically no Frideswides, though they've got perfectly respectable religious pedigrees.
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