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Help[Opinions] unfortunate meaning
There's a name on my list that I really like. It's unusual yet familiar and easy to spell and pronounce. I live in Sweden, but the only thing that puts me off from using it is that it's an English word, and with a quite unfortunate meaning (along the lines of mean, awful etc).
I'm trying to convince myself that it's not a deal breaker since we don't even live in an English speaking country. But at the same time we travel quite a lot and you never know which part of the world that your kids will live in as adults. But there's also people out there named Dick and they seem to be alive and well. Plus there will always be names with unfortunate meanings in other languages - like Galen for example, which is the Swedish word for crazy.
So, how much of a problem is this? If you met this person, would you assume that s/he was from another country or that the parent(s) were just plain stupid?
Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.
PNL: http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/45898
Top: Alice and Elias
Bottom: Kensi and Alve
I'm trying to convince myself that it's not a deal breaker since we don't even live in an English speaking country. But at the same time we travel quite a lot and you never know which part of the world that your kids will live in as adults. But there's also people out there named Dick and they seem to be alive and well. Plus there will always be names with unfortunate meanings in other languages - like Galen for example, which is the Swedish word for crazy.
So, how much of a problem is this? If you met this person, would you assume that s/he was from another country or that the parent(s) were just plain stupid?
PNL: http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/45898
Top: Alice and Elias
Bottom: Kensi and Alve
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