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HelpRe: Do your religious beliefs influence your name choice?
in reply to a message by InvisibleDreamer
I'm a deeply religious person, specifically Christian, so I do think that tends to make me more interested in Biblical names. In fact, I stumbled onto Behind the Name in December 2004 specifically seeking out a list of Biblical names.
Biblical names encompass everything from uber-popular names like Elizabeth or Elijah or Abigail or John, to the more obscure ones that I'd never actually use (or want to see used, for that matter) - Keren-Happuch or Melchizedek or Habakkuk. I'm fascinated by the latter, but when it comes to names of actual usability, I definitely lean toward the former - though perhaps I do have a higher tolerance for names that are a bit less commonplace. (I really love the name Matthias, for example.)
Because of my religious and ethnic backgrounds (white American Christian cisgender man of European descent), I do think that there are names that I would avoid from other religious/cultural backgrounds. For example, I think names like Chava or Khadija are interesting and/or lovely, but I don't think I'd feel comfortable using them.
Andrew
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Biblical names encompass everything from uber-popular names like Elizabeth or Elijah or Abigail or John, to the more obscure ones that I'd never actually use (or want to see used, for that matter) - Keren-Happuch or Melchizedek or Habakkuk. I'm fascinated by the latter, but when it comes to names of actual usability, I definitely lean toward the former - though perhaps I do have a higher tolerance for names that are a bit less commonplace. (I really love the name Matthias, for example.)
Because of my religious and ethnic backgrounds (white American Christian cisgender man of European descent), I do think that there are names that I would avoid from other religious/cultural backgrounds. For example, I think names like Chava or Khadija are interesting and/or lovely, but I don't think I'd feel comfortable using them.
put a smile on your face - make the world a better place (:
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