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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

(Try to ~~be objective and~~ not just put your own first name at the top! You wouldn't want to tell your name to strangers on the internet, would you?)

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[-] Lumidaub@feddit.org 25 points 1 month ago

Human McHumanface.

[-] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

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[-] Iconoclast@feddit.uk 12 points 1 month ago

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

[-] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Sorry i'm apparently super careless, i wrote the second part first lol. I'll change it

[-] urheber@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 month ago

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)

[-] shawn@thagoat.org 12 points 1 month ago

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! 

[-] snooggums@piefed.world 5 points 1 month ago

It is true except that it isn't!

[-] urheber@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago

Yes but they don't really count

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[-] Pudutr0n@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

damn now I wanna know.

[-] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago
[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Is it... Highlander?

Plz update when it's down to two.

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 9 points 1 month ago
[-] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 7 points 1 month ago

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

Simply because those names have a lot of nicknames available.

[-] Womble@piefed.world 3 points 1 month ago

Alexander and Catherine are both great, but so is Peter.

[-] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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)

[-] Coastal_Explorer@feddit.online 10 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

James and Mary are super neat and combine with every kind of surname. Maybe that's why they're so common??

[-] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 6 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] snooggums@piefed.world 3 points 1 month ago

You are correct, biblical names stick around because they are written down and people like familiar things.

[-] shawn@thagoat.org 6 points 1 month ago
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[-] scytale@piefed.zip 5 points 1 month ago

Cillian / Killian is a great name IMO.

[-] leoj@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago

but is it sillian or murderillian

[-] littleomid@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago
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[-] Glitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

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

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[-] matelt@feddit.uk 4 points 1 month ago

Jean-Claude

[-] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 3 points 1 month 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.

[-] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago
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[-] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[-] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

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".

[-] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago

That's very much intentional

[-] moondoggie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

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

[-] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I love calling various Lizzies "Lizard." And Sally is short for 'Salamander.' Bill is short for 'Billiards,' ¹ Leo is short for Leopard and maybe Lee is short for Leezard as well. Penny is short for Penguin.

That said, we do have a lot of funny animal first names.

  • Arthur, Bjarni, Ursula and Orson all mean 'bear.'
  • Robin and Robyn
  • Rudolph is a type of wolf
  • Rana means "beautiful" until you go to a spanish speaking country, where it means 'frog'

¹Billiards is not an animal admittedly. Sometimes it can be short for Shoebill

[-] kbal@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] dkppunk@piefed.social 2 points 1 month 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.

[-] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago
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[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Robert.

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

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