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HelpRe: Opinion on made up names?
in reply to a message by kayisforkeen
Miranda has a meaning, which doesn't really make it a 'made up name' to me. Even Vanessa has some meaning behind it, and now you could even say it means a certain type of butterfly.
I would have more problems with a name that is made up without any reference to anything meaningful. But even then, if it's first used in literature and later someone names a child after a specific literary character it's not without meaning.
I would have more problems with a name that is made up without any reference to anything meaningful. But even then, if it's first used in literature and later someone names a child after a specific literary character it's not without meaning.
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I don't think the meaning really matters in terms of whether or not a name is made up. As long as you're the first person to pick a certain root word and stick a namey suffix on it, you can say that you "made up" that name.
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agree ...
When you get right down to it, all names are made-up, just some a long time before others. Somebody had to make up Adam and Eve, even.
When you get right down to it, all names are made-up, just some a long time before others. Somebody had to make up Adam and Eve, even.
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