guys, what’s the coolest first name you’ve ever seen or heard in person?
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@astronomerritt I was *almost* named Lemuel by my parents, but they decided I would be bullied at school.
@aoanla Oh my GOD. Lemuel! Like the Biblical king! Love an obscure Biblical name usually, but I have to say I'm not 100% sure about Lemuel...
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@astronomerritt That's my eldest child for you. #ProudDadMoment
@matthew feel free to tell 'em this random internet person thinks they chose an incredibly cool name. or not, of course :D
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I'm pretty jealous of cool names because our parents gave us the most 80s American soap opera names possible. To be fair, they weren't very common in the UK, but even still.
@astronomerritt My sisters were given french names that sound very exotic in the US: Yvette and LaVonne. I was named after my father because assholes have egos.
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guys, what’s the coolest first name you’ve ever seen or heard in person? doesn’t have to be a name you’d give your own kid, just something that made you go “damn, what a cool name”.
I ask because one of my nephew’s besties is called Endeavour and that is a COOL name.
(his mates call him Noun, which is hilarious)
@astronomerritt not a cool name exactly, just a funny coincidence, but a former colleague whose wife was a school teacher told me that she once had two girls in her class both called “Unique”.
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@astronomerritt My sisters were given french names that sound very exotic in the US: Yvette and LaVonne. I was named after my father because assholes have egos.
@astronomerritt Nobody in my family is French.
Yet.
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@astronomerritt My sisters were given french names that sound very exotic in the US: Yvette and LaVonne. I was named after my father because assholes have egos.
@roknrol Oh ugh. I was going to say I don't understand why fathers do that, but, I mean, you said it yourself. Assholes have egos.
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@astronomerritt not a cool name exactly, just a funny coincidence, but a former colleague whose wife was a school teacher told me that she once had two girls in her class both called “Unique”.
@hedders Oh dear. Bless their little hearts. I do think a lot of these virtue names are a lot to saddle a child with. What if Unique wants to be basic?
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@roknrol Oh ugh. I was going to say I don't understand why fathers do that, but, I mean, you said it yourself. Assholes have egos.
@astronomerritt My mother promised her dad on his deathbed that if she ever had a son, she'd give his name (James). Was a big fight after I was born over that. I was given James as my middle name, which was different than my dad's (John), but he insisted that I have 'Jr' tacked on anyway. 'Junior' was actually part of my name until I changed it.
A repulsive man. 'Asshole' is the nicer way of putting it. Calling him what he was would get a Youtube video demonitized.
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guys, what’s the coolest first name you’ve ever seen or heard in person? doesn’t have to be a name you’d give your own kid, just something that made you go “damn, what a cool name”.
I ask because one of my nephew’s besties is called Endeavour and that is a COOL name.
(his mates call him Noun, which is hilarious)
@astronomerritt One of my besties from Uni called her daughter Persephone, which has inevitably been shorted to "Percy".
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I'm pretty jealous of cool names because our parents gave us the most 80s American soap opera names possible. To be fair, they weren't very common in the UK, but even still.
@astronomerritt I'm still happy to discover The Avengers was being repeated when I was born so I am named after Emma Peel.
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@astronomerritt One of my besties from Uni called her daughter Persephone, which has inevitably been shorted to "Percy".
@kittylyst I've always loved the idea of Persephone as a name, but always thought "that's just asking to be called Percy though", so I feel quite vindicated to learn I was right 😆
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@astronomerritt My mother promised her dad on his deathbed that if she ever had a son, she'd give his name (James). Was a big fight after I was born over that. I was given James as my middle name, which was different than my dad's (John), but he insisted that I have 'Jr' tacked on anyway. 'Junior' was actually part of my name until I changed it.
A repulsive man. 'Asshole' is the nicer way of putting it. Calling him what he was would get a Youtube video demonitized.
@roknrol He sounds like an absolute fucking dirtbag, pardon my French.
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@astronomerritt I'm still happy to discover The Avengers was being repeated when I was born so I am named after Emma Peel.
@Emmacox Now that's a pretty cool namesake!
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@roknrol He sounds like an absolute fucking dirtbag, pardon my French.
@astronomerritt He's dead, and good riddance. No idea where he'd be politically these days, but he almost certainly wouldn't have voted for the black woman.
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@astronomerritt He's dead, and good riddance. No idea where he'd be politically these days, but he almost certainly wouldn't have voted for the black woman.
@roknrol This is perhaps a personal question, but do you find that people get weirdly offended when you say things like that? I was raised by an abusive grandmother and I often express relief and joy that she's dead, and people can be SO WEIRD about that. It's refreshing to hear someone else say a hearty "good riddance" about a family member.
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guys, what’s the coolest first name you’ve ever seen or heard in person? doesn’t have to be a name you’d give your own kid, just something that made you go “damn, what a cool name”.
I ask because one of my nephew’s besties is called Endeavour and that is a COOL name.
(his mates call him Noun, which is hilarious)
@astronomerritt I knew a Gandalf. He was a hip-hop dance teacher. (I didn't know him to talk to. He was far too cool - partly because of the dancing, partly because of the name.)
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guys, what’s the coolest first name you’ve ever seen or heard in person? doesn’t have to be a name you’d give your own kid, just something that made you go “damn, what a cool name”.
I ask because one of my nephew’s besties is called Endeavour and that is a COOL name.
(his mates call him Noun, which is hilarious)
@astronomerritt I found my father-in-law had an aunt called Aviellria. I loved it so much that I gave it to my main character in my fantasy WIP.
Endeavour always makes me think of Inspector Morse. But I do like Verity as a name.
My sister was going to name her son Eben. But she abandoned it because everyone kept saying, 'What, you mean Ebenezer?' Some people associated it with Scrooge, but I could only think "E's are good E's are good. He's Ebenezer Good!'
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@astronomerritt I knew a Gandalf. He was a hip-hop dance teacher. (I didn't know him to talk to. He was far too cool - partly because of the dancing, partly because of the name.)
@rhamphorhynchus Holy shit. The double barrel of being called Gandalf AND teaching hip-hop dance? Yeah, that's TOO cool, I'd be intimidated too.
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@Emmacox Now that's a pretty cool namesake!
@astronomerritt Sadly, I can't pull off the catsuit look like Diana Rigg could.
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@astronomerritt I found my father-in-law had an aunt called Aviellria. I loved it so much that I gave it to my main character in my fantasy WIP.
Endeavour always makes me think of Inspector Morse. But I do like Verity as a name.
My sister was going to name her son Eben. But she abandoned it because everyone kept saying, 'What, you mean Ebenezer?' Some people associated it with Scrooge, but I could only think "E's are good E's are good. He's Ebenezer Good!'
@Emmacox Aviellria is really unusual! Do you know where it came from?
I also really like Verity.
Also, yes, that is EXACTLY what would have happened in my brain if I came across a kid called Eben. I get that song stuck in my head a lot as it is, for some reason.
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