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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)

tbf Kyle means "a narrow sea channel", Aiden means "little fire", and Tristan means "noise" or "sad" (lol)

every name has a meaning, they aren't just random noises

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Woah. I just looked it up, and my name means something cool.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

My name means something embarrassing and I can't say any more than that

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Mine too really, but only if you have humility.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Wdym Fartsmouth isn't embarassing at all

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Tristan does not mean sad. Tristan is from Britonnic, it's not Latin. Although tbf at this point that's a millenia old mistake.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

my name means handsome and it's proof of nominative determinism

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

They are mostly gaelic names pressed through a bazillion years of gallicization and Anglicization, of course people lose their OG context and miss the meaning. A lot of other cultures still have names where the og meaning is still evident.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Tristan means "noise" or "sad" (lol)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

I have heard that my entire life. Looked through books of names, and struggling to recal a time where any etymology was provided to suggest that the author didn't just make shit up.