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[–] 13 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child)

It was “Ea-nasir”, until that one guy ruined the name for the rest of us.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    He used to throw killer parties with many jugs of beer and all the figs you can eat (which is usually about 4 until he starts threatening you to save some for others). Not sure how he makes so much in the copper shipper/receiver industry.

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I don't know how to objectively answer a subjective question.

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    [–] 10 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    My name is awesome but I would literally dox myself. I can't tell anyone because I'm actually the only person that has it (except for 2 other people)

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I'm actually the only person that has it (except for 2 other people)

    Unless my math is wrong, 3 people with the same name doesn't make you the only one. Make it make sense! 

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    Alexander and Benjamin for boys. Catherine and Elizabeth for girls.

    Simply because those names have a lot of nicknames available.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago* (4 children)

    The best are like James and Mary. Names so common they help you blend in and commit crimes.

    (Okay not actually my reasoning but I think common names are usually a good choice. Don't need to be that special you get a unique name)

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    Cillian / Killian is a great name IMO.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    Jean-Claude

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Met a kid named Dragon. That's my favorite name

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Liz, short for Lizard. “Liz? Is that short for Elizabeth?” “No….”

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    [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    Kayhla, but spelled in very complicated ways for zero reason. A machine wouldn't do that even if it was trying to force an awkward acronym.

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    [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    The real question is, why do people pick the names they pick. Probably some positive experiences with those names.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    When I was a baby punk I was an insecure try-hard and got dogged on for it by the older punks. I was bequeathed a nickname that while not a total insult, was not the best and sort of an inside joke about my desperation to be “punk”. A lot of those older punks left the scene in their early 20s, but I kept on and discovered that people I didn’t know knew me by that name even if they didn’t know it was originally an insult. It’s still with me 30 years later, simultaneously cringe because it’s so, so “nehhh, PUNK ROCK!” sounding, but at the same time, punk as fuck and kinda badass. Overall it’s been a positive experience, but knowing its origin helps keep my ego in check when I lean too hard into “punker than thou”.

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    [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Audra

    I first read that name in a book when I was a teen and I’ve loved it ever since. My Warcraft rogue Audacity was even partially named using it.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Morgan or Morgana

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I wonder how many people know the meaning of their names.

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    Me and the wife made it a point to choose names with actual meaning for our kids. The youngest certainly lives up to hers. She has a name fit for a warrior and she is a fierce one.

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    [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Falmerbar, Mogador

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    Women: Sophia, Carmen or Elizabeth

    Men: Not much can top William.

    I swear, both William and Elizabeth have the most nicknames, Bill, Will, liam and all the lys options. Elizabeth, beth, liz, eliza, libby, betty, Beth, Ellie…

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Judas, Trismagistus, Skrillex, Hideo, Jamboree, Moonbeam, Barry, Ganon, Hadjar, Boromir, Grendel, Jesus, Annana, Jone, Bess, Roger, Sugarloaf, Ponder, Basil, and Ernest. Those are the best ones, but there are many others.

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    If you can go with multiple names, I do like my parents' reasoning: pick one interesting/local name that we like, and one that works in many cultures/languages. Something like Pierre Henry.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago* (3 children)

    Robert.

    So much versatility. Rob, Robb, Robby, Robbie, Robert, Bob, Bobby, Bobbert...

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    James laughs at Robert

    You can be James when you meet the king, Jimmy to your mates or jimbob when you want to be a tool. Jane if you want to be female, though not a lot of good songs about Jane. Like the band Janes's addiction or Janey's got a gun

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

    J'nique (followed by a first name used as a last name like Robert, Nicole, Jackson, Jean, etc). Like J'nique Nicole.

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    I firmly believe that India has a monopoly on badass first names.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Muhammad, Khadija, Fatima, Hideo, Pablo, Maria, Eiji, LeBron.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Names that are also things, optional with different spellings;

    • Skye/Sky
    • Lily
    • Cloud
    • Ravioli
    • Cherry
    • June
    • Autumn

    Etc

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