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I considered posting this in the Writing Room, but that room isn't seeing a whole lot of activity so I figured I'd post it here. Anyway, I'm looking for a masculine name of English origin / use that has an unfortunate meaning - one that would be known by someone reasonably educated in Victorian England.

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So far, the three I've come up with are Claudius / Claude ("lame, crippled"), Mallory (literally "unfortunate"), and Cecil ("blind"). But I don't think any of them feel right. Can anybody come up with any others?

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EDIT--Thank you, everyone, for your replies! Thanks to feedback regarding names with both unfortunate meanings and associations, this is the main list I have so far:

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Uther
Cain
Herod
Tarquin
Azazel ("scapegoat")
Esau
Ahab
Ananias / Annas
Haman
Amnon
Abiram

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This message was edited 7/31/2020, 6:51 PM