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HelpRe: Names that are just...wrong.
in reply to a message by LiaMaria
One of the worst I can think of is Gypsy, the term is often used as an insult towards the Romani people. I also think Ginger is kind of difficult. Ninel (Lenin spelled backwards) is another one that has been in use. Lenina is equally bad. Fanny is another one that doesn't work anymore at all. And I would hate to be called Adolf or any variant of it such as Adolfo or Adolfina :(
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Fanny works fine in Scandinavia and Finland. It's a pity it doesn't work in English-speaking countries.
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Yes, it works in France too. But the association is just too weird (in the US it just means butt but in the UK it is a slang term for a vagina). And English is a language pretty much everyone has to learn at some point. If it had that meaning in a very unknown language that would be different. I still think it is ok as a nickname as long as the birth certificate has a full version or middle name the child could use if she moved to an English speaking country. Stephanie nn Fanny is kind of cute.
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Yah, I would personally steer clear of any name that had a bad association in another popular language.
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I have actually read about a Swedish girl called Fanny who had to use her middle name when she moved abroad (to England, I think it was), because people took her name as an insult!
BTW, in Swedish we pronounce it like the English work "funny". I have a cousin Fanny, but I guess she could use one of her middle names if she moved to an English-speaking country.
BTW, in Swedish we pronounce it like the English work "funny". I have a cousin Fanny, but I guess she could use one of her middle names if she moved to an English-speaking country.
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