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How did this go from Aias (ai-yahs) to Ajax (ay-dzhaks)?
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The cleaning agent Ajax has the slogan ‘’Stronger Than Grease’’ a pun on the mythological figure being stronger than all of Greece.
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Ajax is a really cool name. It instantly reminds me of two things: a painting by John Steuart Curry and a character from Genshin Impact. In addition, Ajax was one of the first names I started liking as a kid! I think that people should not forget about it. Ajax would be a nice name for a person or a pet.
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This name sounds both cool AND classic to me. I would like to name a son Ajax or Jax.
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Why did people have to use such a handsome, classic boy's name for a bathroom cleaner? Couldn't they have chosen anything else? "Best-cleaner" or "Sprint Clean" could have been better! Anyways, anyone with the name Ajax, be pround of your name and IGNORE all the teasing cause you don't deserve it!
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Ajax is the birth name of the playable character Tartagalia (or Childe) in the game Genshin Impact.
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Come on! This could have been a REALLY handsome name if not for the stupid bathroom cleaner!
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The bathroom cleaner? *Eye roll*
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It’s nice but unfortunately a chemical was named after it.
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People who think first of a bathroom cleaner are hugely ignorant, I fear. But not surprising. Ask them the origin of the name. I bet they have no idea. It's a great, great name. Strong masculine and classical.
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Ajax was the name of the James Remar character in the 1979 movie The Warriors.
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A very cool, simple and short name. I like Ajax Paul, lately.
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AJAX is a wonderful name. I guess most of you came across web pages where you need to select a state based on a country. If you closely observe the page won't refresh that magic is done using AJAX framework, AJAX (Asynchhornus javascript and xml) it also means quick. Before the age of Ajax the user experience was so painful that they needed to wait until the page was refreshed, and then the shaky screen. AJAX has brought a great improvement in new age user experience.
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Possibly a resurgence of this name after the success of Deadpool?
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Ajax is the first name of Mr. Penumbra in Robin Sloan's book, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore.
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I've never actually heard of the brand, but I've been put off now because of the comments about it. Other than that, I think this is a cool, badass name.
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So many people here parading and attempting to justify their own ignorance.
If you think of the brand before the myth, you're the problem.
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If you think of the brand before the myth, you're the problem.
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This name does not have anything to do with the Greek word for 'mourning.' This is a common mistake because of the connection with the words of mourning used in the Illiad (Ai!) in connection to the hyacinth, which bears on its leaves the two first letters of his name (ai).
Truly, Ajax is named for Zeus's eagle (in Greek, 'aietos'). Before Ajax was born, Hercules prayed to Zeus that his friend, Telemon, also Ajax's father, would be given a brave son. An eagle appeared in the sky as Zeus's acknowledgment of the prayer.
The name Ajax is, in fact, derived from the Greek word for 'eagle' (aietos), not for 'mourning.'
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Truly, Ajax is named for Zeus's eagle (in Greek, 'aietos'). Before Ajax was born, Hercules prayed to Zeus that his friend, Telemon, also Ajax's father, would be given a brave son. An eagle appeared in the sky as Zeus's acknowledgment of the prayer.
The name Ajax is, in fact, derived from the Greek word for 'eagle' (aietos), not for 'mourning.'
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This name reminds me of the Ajax Spray product, which my mother uses to clean the kitchen.
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When I hear the name I think of the Mythos not the cleaner and with nicknames A.J. and Jack/Jax I think it's a rounded name. But I get how the cleaner association ruins it for some. I might have agreed if I used the brand or if the product was advertised as heavily as Mr. Clean.
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This name sounds weird. Cause Ajax is a town in Ontario, Canada. Parents are silly if they name there child this if the baby was born in Ajax.
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Like General Kaka said in "Flash" the Queen song:
"Dispatch war rocket Ajax to bring back his body!"
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"Dispatch war rocket Ajax to bring back his body!"
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Ajax is also the name of a major soccer club in The Netherlands, namely that of Amsterdam.
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I have a dog named Ajax. I pronounce it eye-axe.
He is a harlequin great dane and people tell me quite frequently that the name suits him very well.
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He is a harlequin great dane and people tell me quite frequently that the name suits him very well.
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If this hadn't been used as the name for a product, I would have used it. It's short, masculine & distinctive, I think it'd be pretty cool to be named after a warrior in mythology. Pity about the spray & wipe - just kills it!
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Ajax is an elderly archer from the Mythadventures of Aahz and Skeeve, a humourous fantasy book series by Robert Asprin.
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Using any brand names as names for people is extremely tacky. Even if this wasn't one of those, it rather comes across as one of those silly pseudonyms some ridiculous middle-aged guy anxious in his masculinity would use.
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FC Ajax is one of the most succesful soccer clubs in the Netherlands. I support Ajax myself but I would never consider this for a child. People here would either associate it with the soccer club and think you're an obsessive fan of with the cleaning brand. It's a shame because I don't even think it's that bad of a name.
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Ajax was a champion Australian racehorse of the 1930s.
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I love this name and would totally consider using this name.
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Personally, I would never name a child Ajax, but the actual Greek version of the name, Aias (Eye-yas), isn't so bad.
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This name is rather harsh and crude, though it fits the described character well. It might work well as a character name in a book, or something of the like. However, I still wonder why anyone would name a cleaning product after a person in Greek mythology.
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It's alright for a character, but naming a child after a cleaning product would be as stupid as naming your dog Comet (like what Danny Tanner named the golden retriever on Full House).
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This is a stupid name for a child. Hello, it's the cleaning stuff I use to clean my bathtub.
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This would be an awful name for a child. 'Ajax Spray and Wipe' the cleaning label.
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