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Ruined Names
by MasonThursday
8/8/2020, 8:01 PM
What are some names you like, but due to cultural or personal connections, can't use?Here are some of mine:- Lucifer (M)
- Satana (F)
- Malcolm (M)
- Leah (F)
- Jude (U)

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- Elena   +1
8/10/2020, 5:11 PM
Delilah is just beautiful, imo, yet I'd never use it due to the biblical character. I feel the same way about Jezebel. It's actually a lovely name. It was also the name of one of my dh's dogs when he was a child, lol.
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- MasonThursday
8/11/2020, 12:06 PM
AgreeI've always adored the name Jezebel, but it's come to represent an evil and salacious woman. Due to its recent trend and having been used in America for years, I think Delilah is far more usable and accessible.
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- Somebody random (guest)
8/9/2020, 11:53 AM
Isis, definitely. I love how delicate it sounds but I can never use it. At least there’s Iris, I guess.
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- z.amy
8/10/2020, 10:52 AM
Unless it's the popularity/ubiquity of John that you don't like. I could understand that.I do know a young person named Constantine and he seems to enjoy his name.
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- brunette ambition (BuckeyedPeach86)
8/9/2020, 8:45 AM
Joel... I won't say why unless asked, but let's just say I still shiver sometimes when I see his name.But names personally ruined for much less traumatic (or not AS traumatic) reasons are:
Erica
Bethany
Leticia
Devon (m)
Audrey
Blair (m)
Nancy
Holly
Diane
Cody
Michelle
Melissa
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- WinterWonderland   +2
8/9/2020, 8:09 AM
JemimaIn the US, Jemima is a name I really wish we could take back, so to speak. I actually think it's quite lovely. But it has acquired a lot of unfortunate baggage culturally. It's pretty much unusable.
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- Elena
8/10/2020, 5:18 PM
I forgot about Jemima and I totally agree with you. Thankfully, Jemma or Gemma wouldn't be a problem for me at all since the JEM sound is what I find most attractive about Jemima.
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- z.amy
8/10/2020, 10:53 AM
Agree but I find Gemma to be appealing and a close substitute
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- noisynora   +1
8/9/2020, 7:27 AM
Bianca, Matthew, Jack, Mario, Gordon, Rebecca, Donald, Priyanka, Ivanka, Hilary, Lincoln, Naomi, Charles, David, William, Grace, Adolf, Vlad, Elise. Also, yeah Lucifer is a cool name. I might still use it tho. Did you mean Santana? I've never heard of Satana but it sounds neat.
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- MasonThursday (guest)
8/9/2020, 8:24 AM
No, I mean Satana. It’s a name from Ossetian Mythology that’s actually pronounced sa-ta-nie, but I wouldn’t want to use it thanks to the Satanic implications.
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- dorothy (Hekate Rose)
8/9/2020, 5:37 AM
Isis (f)
Marlene (f)
Vanessa (f)
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- Kinola   +1
8/9/2020, 4:45 AM
Karen is one that I really like despite the "Karen" trend.
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- z.amy
8/10/2020, 10:56 AM
I feel bad for people I know named Karen right now. :|
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- Xena
8/8/2020, 9:07 PM