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HelpRomeo : Solid Opinions Needed
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I have a character named 'Romeo' (Full name Romeo Honório Tomé Filipe Roberto Mendes • Botticello. How he got his name is meant to be ironic and not at all romantic (His mother was locked in a bitter loveless marriage with his frequently absent father and named him Romeo in a bit of passive aggressiveness)
Romeo (Pronounced Ro-May-Oh) . I looked up the name in Italian roots it means 'pilgrim to Rome'.
I didn't want to go by way of 'Roman' for my character , and Romano didn't feel quite right. Another option I considered was 'Romeus' / Romaeus (Ro-Mei-os) which is Latin.
Shakespearean tragedy aside, what are your thoughts toward the name?
I have a character named 'Romeo' (Full name Romeo Honório Tomé Filipe Roberto Mendes • Botticello. How he got his name is meant to be ironic and not at all romantic (His mother was locked in a bitter loveless marriage with his frequently absent father and named him Romeo in a bit of passive aggressiveness)
Romeo (Pronounced Ro-May-Oh) . I looked up the name in Italian roots it means 'pilgrim to Rome'.
I didn't want to go by way of 'Roman' for my character , and Romano didn't feel quite right. Another option I considered was 'Romeus' / Romaeus (Ro-Mei-os) which is Latin.
Shakespearean tragedy aside, what are your thoughts toward the name?
This message was edited 7/16/2018, 4:25 AM
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...why is his name so long? Do the rest of the names have significance?
I like Romaeus more as a name, but it might not fit your character as well.
I like Romaeus more as a name, but it might not fit your character as well.
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Even without the Shakespeare association it sounds romantic-heroish. I don't get tragedy from it even though I should. It's just the shape of the name, it's sort of dashing.
I don't think the naming rationale (that "Romeo" represents love and romance generically and it's used purely out of bitterness) is believable. I think you should make her have a man in her past who was actually named Romeo, who she thinks of when she reflects on her choices with regret - like the mom in the movie Inside Out thinking of the Brazilian pilot when her husband annoys her.
In real life I think people don't use Romeo because of the tragedy but when someone's actually named it, it becomes normal very quickly.
I don't think the naming rationale (that "Romeo" represents love and romance generically and it's used purely out of bitterness) is believable. I think you should make her have a man in her past who was actually named Romeo, who she thinks of when she reflects on her choices with regret - like the mom in the movie Inside Out thinking of the Brazilian pilot when her husband annoys her.
In real life I think people don't use Romeo because of the tragedy but when someone's actually named it, it becomes normal very quickly.
This message was edited 7/16/2018, 10:17 AM
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