Alienation and a senseless name
Watching local television I have found one of the oddest names I can remember... Here a lack of valorization (is that the right word?) of everything which is native or at least Spanish (I'm writting this from Peru) makes such odd names like "Wenhy" (a variant of "Wendy") appear... I have known worse examples but can't remember them... However I would love to find an explanation for the "Diggi" name which I heard in the tv show I began "talking" about (sorry for my grammar and ortography; I'm rusty right now)... Bye
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Diggi, eh? I don't know Spanish (European or American), so I'm not sure what sound changes might take place ... but two possibilities might be Digby or Diggory. Can't think of anything for a girl - those are both male names, and pretty uncommon.
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If it's a Spanish-speaking country there's a chance "Diggi" could be a nickname for Diego?
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Personally I suppose it's a disgusting attempt of creating a name to sound bouth Italian and English at the same time... But here this tendency of inventing names out of sheer (is this the proper word?) shame about being a native is more common in people who would understand more about Aymara and Quechua than about English or Italian (see my participation in the "behind the surname" message board for good sites about that)... It sounds more like "digi" in "digimon" (but it's older than the anime) to me, I doubt it could be related to Diego for it wouldn't be seen a name to carry around with (false, stupid and alienated) pride if it's origin is so clearly Spanish... maybe there is no point in making the question in first place because maybe it's not even based in a name (Here some people are called things like "Jhonson Quispez Mamani" or "Filypz Estrada De los rios" were both "Jhonson" and "Filypz" are wrong alienated spellings of the easy-etymology surnames "Johnson" and "Phillips" but names like "Keyria" without real English names behind can be seen born from the imagination of people who, I hate to admit but they exist, believe that is better to look like a fool with a name not akin to one's surname as long as it seems "European" or "North American" rather than having, with proper ortography, a local name; it's the same problem with xenophoby just the other way around, seen in the same people who later show xenophobic behaviour). Thanks anyway for the suggestions.
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