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HelpRe: Specific questions about Linnaea/Linnéa
in reply to a message by Jagoda
I'd never heard of him. I was vaguely aware that the Linnaea flower was named after a person but not who it was or anything about him.
Uhhh okay. It's never a connection I'd make and it's a connection very few people would make, and the small minority who might would still think you named your daughter after a pretty flower and never make any negative judgments towards you or her because of it. There are names with much more prominent bad associations that get used by plenty of people without a second thought. But I still understand why you're concerned about it. You're overthinking, but I tend to overthink things too, so I understand. It's more about the icky feelings you get thinking about the unsavory origins of this name than of actual judgments others would make.
It's alright, I've never liked the sound of it much. I like that's botanical. And the stuff about Carl Linnaeus does't exactly endear me to it.
Idk if any of this is helpful, sorry!
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/87410
Uhhh okay. It's never a connection I'd make and it's a connection very few people would make, and the small minority who might would still think you named your daughter after a pretty flower and never make any negative judgments towards you or her because of it. There are names with much more prominent bad associations that get used by plenty of people without a second thought. But I still understand why you're concerned about it. You're overthinking, but I tend to overthink things too, so I understand. It's more about the icky feelings you get thinking about the unsavory origins of this name than of actual judgments others would make.
It's alright, I've never liked the sound of it much. I like that's botanical. And the stuff about Carl Linnaeus does't exactly endear me to it.
Idk if any of this is helpful, sorry!
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/87410
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Yes, you're right, it's the icky feeling! I'm trying to figure out my own feelings about the whole thing, I guess.
And of course your answer is helpful!
And of course your answer is helpful!
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