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HelpRe: If popularity and associations would play no role at all...(edited)
in reply to a message by Perrine
Most names I like are completely un-"usable" (sort of hate that word). This is fun! I'll do a top 5.
boys:
1. Vsevolod (I have no Russian or Ukranian heritage and it would be far to difficult for the average Westerner to pronounce.)
2. Harith (I have no Arabic heritage either, and it's probably too difficult to pronounce.)
3. Llyr (I feel like this should be "usable", but I'm not sure?)
4. Judas (Obviously un-"usable" 'cause of... the Bible. It's one of the first names that I really liked though.)
5. Detlev (I'm not German either, and I think a lot of Americans would think it's weird?)
girls:
1. Berlind (Again, not German. Idek if it's used as a name in Germany?)
2. Remedios (Not Spanish or Hispanic either. :()
3. Edelweiss (It's sort of weirdly Nationalistic isn't it? Which is uncomfortable.)
4. Capucine (If only I was French.)
5. Bambi (People think it's ditzy and a "stripper" name. :( I just love it though.)
boys:
1. Vsevolod (I have no Russian or Ukranian heritage and it would be far to difficult for the average Westerner to pronounce.)
2. Harith (I have no Arabic heritage either, and it's probably too difficult to pronounce.)
3. Llyr (I feel like this should be "usable", but I'm not sure?)
4. Judas (Obviously un-"usable" 'cause of... the Bible. It's one of the first names that I really liked though.)
5. Detlev (I'm not German either, and I think a lot of Americans would think it's weird?)
girls:
1. Berlind (Again, not German. Idek if it's used as a name in Germany?)
2. Remedios (Not Spanish or Hispanic either. :()
3. Edelweiss (It's sort of weirdly Nationalistic isn't it? Which is uncomfortable.)
4. Capucine (If only I was French.)
5. Bambi (People think it's ditzy and a "stripper" name. :( I just love it though.)
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Edelweiss, indeed! I had a colleague once (we're both white South Africans; she was a supporter of the apartheid government, back in the day) who was always and only known as Edel. I assumed, gloomily, that the full name was probably Edelweiss (Noble White - I ask you. Like an expensive wine.), but when I saw it on a computerised list it turned out that her actual given name is good old Elizabeth.
I've never been sure if this makes the whole situation better or worse!
I've never been sure if this makes the whole situation better or worse!
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