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Kid Names (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] 15 points 1 year ago (8 children)

A number of traditional names the world over are literally "first son", etc. Not to mention all the names that mean "so-and-so got me pregnant with this one." Normal names are only normal because we're used to them, not because they aren't made-up bullshit.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (7 children)

    70% of the names have a meaning usually, at least the most used names in Italy have a meaning in a way or another, so i suppose it's the same for all the countries

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    I think people in English have lost the connection between their name and its original meaning. No one thinks about the fact that naming your kid "Peter" is the same as naming him "Rock", or that a brook(e) is a little river.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    I think it's for all languages, if the name is not very similiar or the same to the original word or meaning it's hard for someone to make a connection. So yeah, i agree

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  • [+] 3 points 1 year ago* (3 children)
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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    In my family (and some friends families too) sometimes we came up with a name and think about the meaning of that meaning too, idk how much common is it tbh.

    I think it really depend on the culture

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