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After months of tense psychological combat with my
wife she's settled on allowing the ues of Loki as a boy's
middle name. I love the name but find that it feels a
bit short. Is there anything technically "wrong" with
combining names from different cultures to form a
new one if the meanings of the parts of the names
you're using make sense?
For example I came up with several ways to use Loki
to make new potential names to choose form.
Lokiriil: Loki and Kiriil. I believe it would mean
something close to Lord of Chaos/Mischief or Lord
Loki .
Lokidor: Loki and Dor/Doron/Doros. I believe this
indicates that the name means Gift of Loki or Loved by
Loki .
Lokidin: A simple contraction of Loki and Odin .
Lokindr: Loki and Ander. If I'm not mistaken this
means something slightly more awkward like "chaos of
man" or "Loki of Man".
Do these names actually "mean" what I think they
should mean and is there anything wrong with
combining names from different cultures in this
manner?
wife she's settled on allowing the ues of Loki as a boy's
middle name. I love the name but find that it feels a
bit short. Is there anything technically "wrong" with
combining names from different cultures to form a
new one if the meanings of the parts of the names
you're using make sense?
For example I came up with several ways to use Loki
to make new potential names to choose form.
Lokiriil: Loki and Kiriil. I believe it would mean
something close to Lord of Chaos/Mischief or Lord
Loki .
Lokidor: Loki and Dor/Doron/Doros. I believe this
indicates that the name means Gift of Loki or Loved by
Loki .
Lokidin: A simple contraction of Loki and Odin .
Lokindr: Loki and Ander. If I'm not mistaken this
means something slightly more awkward like "chaos of
man" or "Loki of Man".
Do these names actually "mean" what I think they
should mean and is there anything wrong with
combining names from different cultures in this
manner?
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There is nothing "wrong" with this as long as you say this is what the names means to you alone. It would only be wrong to imply that these names existed before your created them, or that the "meaning" should be obvious to someone who is a native speaker of the languages involved.
This is sort of like the place name "Vermont." It was created from French words meaning "green mountain", but not in a way that someone who speaks French as a native language would do it. So in terms of the intentions of the creators Vermont "means" Green Mountain. It's just that it really doesn't mean that in French.
This is sort of like the place name "Vermont." It was created from French words meaning "green mountain", but not in a way that someone who speaks French as a native language would do it. So in terms of the intentions of the creators Vermont "means" Green Mountain. It's just that it really doesn't mean that in French.
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