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I met someone claiming Mittatilias (m), Jethodion (m), Debias (f), Alysisias (f), and Rolias (f) as legitimate Greek names. I can't find anything anywhere about these names, and I'm suspecting that they're fake, but the person keeps asserting they're real. Does anyone have any info on these "names"?
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My judgement: Those names are just made-up. While Greek feminine names occasionally end in -o, they cannot end in -as.
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That's what I thought, but I'm not an expert on the subject so I wasn't 100% sure.
@Rene: I wish I had thought to ask for the original script, but she left and I don't have any way to contact her now.
After a little questioning, the person admitted that they were "amalgams" of Greek names rather than true Greek names in their own right. Considering how huffy the person acted when no one bought the names, I'm thinking she was just a troll.
Thanks for the responses! :)
@Rene: I wish I had thought to ask for the original script, but she left and I don't have any way to contact her now.
After a little questioning, the person admitted that they were "amalgams" of Greek names rather than true Greek names in their own right. Considering how huffy the person acted when no one bought the names, I'm thinking she was just a troll.
Thanks for the responses! :)
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All those names fail what I call the "Facebook test": Among the one billion or so people on Facebook there was not a single person with one of these given names, as far as I could see. No proof per se, but rather unusual for real, existing names.
In my opinion, you should ask your informant for the names in their original i.e. Greek script; it would be much easier to verify them. Now, with Latin script, there is always the uncertainty that a name does indeed exist but you were given a very unusual transliteration from Greek to Latin script.
In my opinion, you should ask your informant for the names in their original i.e. Greek script; it would be much easier to verify them. Now, with Latin script, there is always the uncertainty that a name does indeed exist but you were given a very unusual transliteration from Greek to Latin script.
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