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HelpRe: Bodhi / thoughts on religious names?
in reply to a message by Laurasaurus
My brother is named Christian, and is a wiccan. His entire life is a bit ironic though, so it kinda works.
I am not usually a fan of overly religious names, but I do like many of the names that are considered religious. I think it all depends on whether you have a middle name and what it is.
I mean something like Bodhi Fatimah might be a bit much, especially if you are not Muslim.
I do like Bodhi btw, I just usually hear it on boys. I find it totally unisex though.
On the religious note - I DO believe that parents with strong religious or cultural connections do well to incorporate that into the meaning of their children's names. This is the main reason I am mildly obsessed with the Italian name Gilda, which means "sacrifice" or "value, worth". Parents can be creative and use a combo like Nadine Perlas Gilda to mean "hope in the pearl of great worth" which would refer to a Christian parable and, thus, make a much stronger statement about their faith than they would naming their children Adam and Eve.
I am not usually a fan of overly religious names, but I do like many of the names that are considered religious. I think it all depends on whether you have a middle name and what it is.
I mean something like Bodhi Fatimah might be a bit much, especially if you are not Muslim.
I do like Bodhi btw, I just usually hear it on boys. I find it totally unisex though.
On the religious note - I DO believe that parents with strong religious or cultural connections do well to incorporate that into the meaning of their children's names. This is the main reason I am mildly obsessed with the Italian name Gilda, which means "sacrifice" or "value, worth". Parents can be creative and use a combo like Nadine Perlas Gilda to mean "hope in the pearl of great worth" which would refer to a Christian parable and, thus, make a much stronger statement about their faith than they would naming their children Adam and Eve.
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