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A kid just posted in our neighborhood Facebook page about some high school fundraiser and I immediately thought of this thread. His name? Jayvith
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There was a Gandalf Skywalker in my daughter’s kindergarten class last year. The family moved away over the summer. Presumably to either Valinor or Dagobah.
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Jan 17, 2023 18:45
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2022 list Not accepted (asterisk denotes a newborn name): Ahdin - compressor (as in a thing you attach to an automobile motor to make more vroom) Aicksar* Alfred's daughter Amnell* Annatar - Appelsiinikki* - Orangeeny (orange as in the fruit, not the colour) Azazel Buddha Caladrius Eklander* - established surname Ellé* Ephimachius* Felín* Filipecki* Haades - Hades Jezebel* johannes - Johannes but with a small j Juhoha - Juho is a cromulent name Julma-Hurtta - Cruel-Hound Kaaos* - Chaos Kallen-Kallela - allusion to Akseli Gallen-Kallela (born Axel Gallén) Klapi - a piece of chopped firewood Koivuniitty* - Birch Meadow, established surname Kukurtaja* - thing that kukurs or kukurts. There is no verb kukurtaa in Finnish so  Lord Lucifer Maï Mielivalta - arbitrary rule, literally "mind might" Nat8hquhs* Nex Otawa* - Otava means the Big Dipper Paperi - paper Pelekkä - Onoly (as in only but misspelled) Punpuli - Pumpuli means cotton Puukko Armo - Traditional Finnish Knife Mercy Raivomieli - Ragemind Rikia* Rody's son* Rosmo* - Rosvo means thief or robber, rosmo is a common childish variant samsam Saturnius* Sheikki* - Sheik Sorína* - Murmur Suudelmitar* - Kissette (from suudelma "kiss" and suffix "-tar" that makes it feminine) Taawi* - Taavi is a cromulent name Tanyá - Tanja is a cromulent name Tsygä - bicycle in Eastern dialects Tuoni - Death Uakke Uhka - Threat Ukonvaaja* - Geezer's Stake (actually Ukko is a proper name for an old god so Ukko's Stake) i.e. fulgurite or stone-age tool later used as a magic amulet or some such poo poo Wiiru - Viiru means stripe, dunno if it's a cromulent name Åriz* - No comment but Å is a Swedish O in case you didn't know. The only Finnish word to use it is ångström Accepted (ditto): Aamuntähti - Morning'sstar (not Morningstar, that's Aamutähti) Aarnik Anoo - Begs Arsitar* - Arsi is a cromulent men's name, -tar makes it feminine. Maybe arsi means something but I can't be arsed to Google it Avreno Bobandy Ellandar Feeni - Phene, or Fenian Heito Häkä - Carbon Monoxide Juhania* - Juhani and Juhana are cromulent men's names. I'm assuming this is a girl's name. Kide-Pilvi - Crystal-Cloud Kimara - Cocktail, Mixed Drink (I'm assuming from Χίμαιρα) Konon Korppi - Raven Lapitar - Lappish Woman Lourences Messis* Mieli - Mind Niittu* - Archaic spelling of niitty i.e. meadow Petäjä - some sort of pine tree. Should not have been accepted as it's an established surname but what do I know. Piamon Pihlajanmarjukka - Rowan'sberrette (diminutive form[ish] of pihlajanmarja i.e. rowan berry - Pihlaja and Marja are both common women's names) Pihlamo* Poolo - Polo Pöly - Dust Sanervatar - who loving knows Saturnus Sjöbjörn* - Sea Bear in Swedish Taide - Art Torspo - Originally Finnish Manufacturer of Ice-Sporting Goods (original brand name was Toronto), also used as a bad name (as in "vitun torspo" is roughly equivalent to "loving idiot") Unikonsiemen - Poppy Seed Wâânutamwee* -  Yennefer 3D Megadoodoo has a new favorite as of 13:41 on Jan 19, 2023 |
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Jan 19, 2023 12:58
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Wâânutamwee* - Looks like a bastardization of a Native American name/word.
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Jan 19, 2023 13:32
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Samovar posted:Looks like a bastardization of a Native American name/word. Maybe one or both parents are Native American
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Jan 19, 2023 13:40
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3D Megadoodoo posted:2022 list Any country that won't let you name your kid "Supercharger" can go to hell
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Jan 19, 2023 17:55
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Petäjä - some sort of pine tree. Should not have been accepted as it's an established surname but what do I know. Nah, was rightfully accepted. The naming law states that a name can't be a first name if it's "obviously of a surname type", and there's no ban on existing surnames being given as first names. Petäjälä and Petäjäinen would've both been denied, but considering that Petäjä means, as you stated, pine, it's perfectly within the law. This is pretty typical with names that refer to natural places and phenomena. One recentish example is Joki (river), which has been a surname for ages but only got accepted as a first name a few years ago iirc. Of course there's also the more ancient examples such as Koivu (birch), Salo (a type of forest), Nurmi (grass) and Mäki (hill), though I'm not whether the first name or last name existed first. The last two haven't been in recent use as first names but have been used recently enough that it's possible for the persons to still be alive, so it'd be pretty interesting to see if they'd be accepted. I think they should, as they both have similar surname suffixes (Nurminen/Nurmela, Mäkinen/Mäkelä). quote:Sanervatar - who loving knows Seems to be a old Finnish folklore deity/spirit, which is pretty common with the -tar endings. There's a shitload of these regionally.
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Qtamo posted:Seems to be a old Finnish folklore deity/spirit, which is pretty common with the -tar endings. There's a shitload of these regionally. lol nerd
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Jan 20, 2023 07:49
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A name I feel you must be very careful with, "Niga" (40 something y/o white lady)
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Jan 30, 2023 20:29
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Marcade posted:A name I feel you must be very careful with, "Niga" (40 something y/o white lady) So how the gently caress is that supposed to be pronounced?
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Jan 30, 2023 21:44
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I only saw it in print, no idea.
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Jan 30, 2023 21:45
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Probably with a drawn out i, sounding like "Neega* to an anglophone. I'm imagining the same pronunciation as the Swedish word "niga", meaning curtsy.
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Jan 30, 2023 21:51
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Why would you name your daughter Curtsy in the first place? Do they have a son named Kowtow or some poo poo?
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Feb 6, 2023 07:03
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In the "yes, we want our child's name misspelled their entire life" category, "Mersaideez"
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Feb 8, 2023 16:01
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mersaideez nutz
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Feb 8, 2023 18:51
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I was listening to some podcasts which covered smallpox vaccination, which, of course, could not help but mention the person who popularized Turkish innoculation methods to Europe, Mary Wortley Montagu. Her history is pretty interesting, however relevant to this thread was when one of the podcasts mentioned the name of her would-be betrothed, a man who's name is so ridiculous, Roald Dahl would say is sounds too stupid: Clotworthy Skeffington.
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Feb 15, 2023 07:36
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Have a 4 year old I teach (esl) who is always talking about her brother, whose name she insists is Doi. Yeah it's Roy.
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Feb 15, 2023 18:20
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Japanese? I understand that the Japanese d and r are very close.
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Feb 15, 2023 18:59
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Have you mentioned that itt before, or is there another Japanese kid with a brother called Roy ?
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Feb 15, 2023 21:26
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Lady Disdain posted:Have you mentioned that itt before, or is there another Japanese kid with a brother called Roy ? Oh God I have an awful memory so yes, I probably mentioned that before.  My bad.
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Feb 15, 2023 23:38
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Edit: repeated myself. Yep.
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Feb 15, 2023 23:40
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No worries; just checking my mind wasn't playing tricks on me. I know(-ish) a woman who had to be talked out of naming her twins Theo and Teo, which their French-speaking father pronounced identically. I also know a kid called Haley, whose French father can't pronounced the initial /h/ sound, so he just calls her "ma princesse" because the mum insists that "her name's Haley, not Aley" so he doesn't bother. And back when I was an ignorant wee wean (but still definitely old enough to know better), I didn't realise that the name Arthur also existed in other languages, and asked my mum why our friends would name their child Arthur if his German dad couldn't even pronounce it correctly.
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Feb 16, 2023 00:57
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Oof the mom not letting him say his daughters name with his accent sucks. That seems like something to test before choosing a name  Then again, I have two students named after the main characters from Death Note and I didn't even notice until a year in, so maybe I'm not good for name advice.
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Feb 16, 2023 13:02
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I occasionally wonder how many fandom-y names I'm missing because I'm unfamiliar with the fandom. D'you reckon the parents are disappointed every time someone fails to acknowledge that their child is named after the best character from the best [piece of media] ever ?
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Feb 16, 2023 22:45
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Lady Disdain posted:I occasionally wonder how many fandom-y names I'm missing because I'm unfamiliar with the fandom. "Oh Flexnes is six and baby Aki-Turo will turn two next week!"
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Feb 17, 2023 11:25
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Did you know two Hitlers served in the Union Army during the Civil War? One of them was Adam Hitler of the 16th Massachusetts Infantry, who died in Annapolis in October 1862. The other was Christ Hitler of the 1st Missouri Regiment of the US Reserve Corps. Yep, his name is listed as Christ Hitler. Somewhat disappointingly, this wasn't his actual name. His real name was Christian Hittler and he was born in Karlsruhe to father Christian Hittler (making him Christian Hittler, Jr.) and mother Marie Schmuck. So he was half Hittler, half Schmuck. He survived the war and died in St. Louis in 1883, presumably a proud Schmuck-Hittler to the end.
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Feb 17, 2023 12:31
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:Did you know two Hitlers served in the Union Army during the Civil War? One of them was Adam Hitler of the 16th Massachusetts Infantry, who died in Annapolis in October 1862. Christ, what a ½Shmuck.
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Feb 17, 2023 12:33
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Oh, and the name of Christian Hittler's wife? Maria Eva Hittler.
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:So he was half Hittler, half Schmuck. He survived the war and died in St. Louis in 1883, presumably a proud Schmuck-Hittler to the end. Somebody call Mel Brooks, he doesn't have much time left to make a civil war movie
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Feb 17, 2023 16:03
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I'm sure this thread has talked about Dr. Gay Hitler and his father George Washington Hitler before. https://www.circlevilleherald.com/news/hitlers-were-county-pioneers/article_2a6487b2-a34a-55f4-83f4-dfcf116d15d5.html
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Today I had a Rooky, and three (3) un-related "Namename"s (think Jimbob), all born within 3 years of one another in the early '60s. Also, google says that there is a man named Jim Bob Cooter (American football-adjacent), which is the most cartoon-hillbilly name I've heard in a while.
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Feb 27, 2023 07:58
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watched an episode of dateline on serial rapist/murderer ynobe matthews, and it wasn't until i was laying in bed later that night that i realized the rear end in a top hat's name is "ebony" backwards.
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Feb 28, 2023 01:52
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Apparently there is an literal actual human being on earth named General Booty. Wow.
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YeahTubaMike posted:Apparently there is an literal actual human being on earth named General Booty. Wow. And selling a full variety of Booty merchandise. The name wasn't as good, but the situation was. Several years ago, a gentleman named Chris Smelley played quarterback for South Carolina. For you non-sporting/non-American sporting people, South Carolina has a nickname of Gamecocks. Thus, there were shirts that read: My Cock is Smelley I thought about this thread earlier today when I came across someone named Dick Weed in 1930s track results.
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Feb 28, 2023 04:20
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The billing company my job uses is on "Collections Center Drive", so we get calls all the time from people who think they've been sent to collections. It's so stupid.
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Three people on my list of 20-odd today had the middle name Gay or Gai. And I think Marie/Maree is the most common women's name (first or middle name) I've seen at this job, which I find quite surprising. Although, I do see a lot of old people, so I guess that increases the chances.
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I came across someone with the name Aeriahna on Facebook. That might be the first time I saw a name other than Caitlin with a totally out-there spelling.
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Mar 2, 2023 14:27
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It's been over 10 years since MegaZone graced us with his presence.megazone posted:Indeed, my name is MegaZone. Has been since April 12, 2000. It has worked well for me in life. ;-)
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quote:Emma Finestone, a stone tool expert at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, says this new research is interesting to keep in mind when thinking about the first use of stone tools in human history.
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