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It was Ea-nasir, until that one guy ruined the name for the rest of us.
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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)
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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Seamus
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)
This can also have the opposite effect. There are a number of cases where the wrong person has been arrested simply for sharing a name with someone else that has a warrant for their arrest.
James and Mary are super neat and combine with every kind of surname. Maybe that's why they're so common??
They're so common in America and Europe because religion mostly if I had to guess. Then from there people often use names from their family and it just kept growing.
You are correct, biblical names stick around because they are written down and people like familiar things.
Alexander and Benjamin for boys. Catherine and Elizabeth for girls.
Simply because those names have a lot of nicknames available.
I don't know how to objectively answer a subjective question.
Sorry i'm apparently super careless, i wrote the second part first lol. I'll change it
Jean-Claude
J'nique (followed by a first name used as a may name). Like J'nique Nicole.
J'Nique is often interpreted as a creative, empowering variation of "unique" ... However, it is important to note that in French, this phonetic spelling translates to slang meaning "I f*ck" or "I screw".
That's very much intentional
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.
Cillian / Killian is a great name IMO.
but is it sillian or murderillian
"Kill Ian"
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…
I do love Sophia / Sophie because it means "wisdom."
Hugh Mann.
I currently have the pleasure of re-playing the first trilogy but in Spanish. I guess Hugh Mann will become Hugh Mano
En la vida había visto esa traducción de Ace Attorney. ¿Es adaptación oficial a latinoamérica o es un mod?
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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.
Muhammad, Khadija, Fatima, Hideo, Pablo, Maria, Eiji, LeBron.
The real question is, why do people pick the names they pick. Probably some positive experiences with those names.
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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Oubliette
Courgette! Aubergiene! 24-6-01!
Names that are also things, optional with different spellings;
- Skye/Sky
- Lily
- Cloud
- Ravioli
- Cherry
- June
- Autumn
Etc
Robert.
So much versatility. Rob, Robb, Robby, Robbie, Robert, Bob, Bobby, Bobbert...
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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