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Help[Opinions] Re: Future BA: Clotilde Eupraxia Roxana
in reply to a message by Wordsmith
Wow, amazing! I love it too. If anything changes in that BA you'll have to let us know! I find Clotilde really cute, it's like Chloe meets Matilda.
It's funny how the historians I know don't seem to give their kids names that relate to their passions at all. In fact the ones I've met seem to have positively mainstream taste! Usually I assume they have a non-academic spouse who puts their foot down.... But I know of two highly eccentric professors who were married: one was a Hungarian expert in art from the Bauhaus, and the other was an East Indian expert of Romantic Occultism and Theosophy, and they named their kid Devin. DEVIN!
It's funny how the historians I know don't seem to give their kids names that relate to their passions at all. In fact the ones I've met seem to have positively mainstream taste! Usually I assume they have a non-academic spouse who puts their foot down.... But I know of two highly eccentric professors who were married: one was a Hungarian expert in art from the Bauhaus, and the other was an East Indian expert of Romantic Occultism and Theosophy, and they named their kid Devin. DEVIN!
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I feel like Devin totally works for those, though. The etymology means calf (sacred) or dark one (like Kali?) or "divine, seer" plus Dev / Devi is Sanskrit for god/goddess. And it's modern and minimalist, like Bauhaus?
But it's definitely understated as far as occult names go! Lol.
But it's definitely understated as far as occult names go! Lol.
This message was edited 2/12/2024, 3:58 PM
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Devin must be the ultimate in missed opportunities.
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