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I just went to...
babynames.com and OMG! I took a look at the Slavic names - for starters, they gave different explanations for Ivan and Ivana. If they weren't misleading people, they would be hilarious o_0
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Baby-Names.com is AWEFUL. PeriodThey have messed up meanings for everything, soften things up, and make up nicer meanings.
I love this website *Hugs BtN* It actually focuses on what the name means!Lala
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I know!And it misleads so many. But why shouldn't it? It's the first name site that pops up in a search engine when you type in "baby names", and if you're going the "type random URL into the address bar" route, well, all you have to do is type "babynames.com" and you'll get the site.And the heinous kre8iv spellings! I just looked up Mackenzie (which, miraculously, is said to mean "son of Kenneth" in Celtic/Gaelic), and it lists these as "alternate spellings": McKenzie, McKenzee, Mahkenzee, Mahkenzie, Macenzie, Mackensi, Mackensie, Mackenzee, Mackenzi, Meckenzy, Mekenzie, Mykenzie, and Mykenzi. X_XWe've seen many here who insists a name means something is doesn't because of that site, or one of its many clones. All of them should be taken out and shot for Name Crimes imo.Miranda
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OMGI've seen the name Mykenzi used. I've always wondered where people came up with that spelling. *gag* Now I know.
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I saw a MyKenzi too, mentioned on the Net once o_O Not good!
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and of course, they fell for the Roman KatherineKatherine means "pure" according to them. I've gone through all these websites where people say their Daughter Hayley Katherina means "amazing pure one".Grrrr. I could SCREAM looking at these.Lala- who feels like a pit bull
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Hayley = Amazing? Now, that IS amazing!But I must take issue with you on the Katharine question. Yes, certainly it was a false etymology a couple of millenia ago. But by now I think it's gained a meaning and a status of its own. Words do change their meanings, look at 'nice' and 'silly', and in this case the, admittedly sanitised, version is the one that namers want.I don't think that it's in the same league as all those strange people who were posting about Damian recently - they're mysteriously fixated on old movies, and intent upon ignoring facts. Whereas the long-ago lads who tried to find a meaning for Katharine - which is still tricky! - were actually trying to be scholarly. There's a difference!
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