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HelpRe: Names that are just...wrong.
in reply to a message by LiaMaria
Along with everybody else, Adolph, Stalin, Lenin, Pol Pot, Osama Bin Laden, and Saddam Hussein are all definitely inappropriate. In addition, Yahya Khan (Bangladesh genocide), Pasha (involved in Armenian genocide), Hideki Tojo (war crimes against civilians), Kim Il-Sung (1.6 million killed in political purges).
Fictional mass killers would be in bad taste as well. For instance naming a kid Sauron, Darth Vader, or Voldemort.
Delilah - it is a common euphemism for a whore, and it is generally associated with a prostitute who betrayed her lover for money. On top of that the name means weak or languishing. Whenever I hear that this name is starting to be used, I wonder what exactly the parents are planning for their daughter. Are they advertising their intent to pimp her out? It seriously creeps me out that there are parents like that. Doxy, Floozy, and Strumpet out for similar reasons. Mata Hari isn't really usable either, but simply Mata might work in some countries. Do you think Aileen is unusable?
Aryan is a contentious name that might work in some parts of the world.
Fictional mass killers would be in bad taste as well. For instance naming a kid Sauron, Darth Vader, or Voldemort.
Delilah - it is a common euphemism for a whore, and it is generally associated with a prostitute who betrayed her lover for money. On top of that the name means weak or languishing. Whenever I hear that this name is starting to be used, I wonder what exactly the parents are planning for their daughter. Are they advertising their intent to pimp her out? It seriously creeps me out that there are parents like that. Doxy, Floozy, and Strumpet out for similar reasons. Mata Hari isn't really usable either, but simply Mata might work in some countries. Do you think Aileen is unusable?
Aryan is a contentious name that might work in some parts of the world.
This message was edited 12/8/2016, 11:46 AM
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