Is it? I mean Peter is just “rock”. Arent most basic names just objects or existing words turned human label?
Alternatively, heavy names like theodrick get shortened or adapted to Theodore, derrick, and so on, but that’s by nickname more than “cleverly” changing spelling.
Can you name a really common name that is a unique spelling of a name that has fallen out of style?
Arent ment basic names just objects or existing words turned human label?
With a few exceptions, like names of mythical gods - Gabriel (Gabri-El), Michael (Mika-El), Jesus, etc. I was going to list a few Norse god names as well, then realised they’re also just regular words - Baldr (courage), Vili (will), etc.
I thought “mispellings of basic white girl names” are funny enough, but nope, we now have mispellings of words that are not even names. Triniteigh… What’s next, Conflagurayshawn?
Yep. That’s Felix. I don’t even know his deadname. I think my daughter told me once because the school deadnamed him over the announcements and she didn’t know they were talking about him.
It makes me think of Felix the Cat, which is not an insult. I like Felix the Cat. Dude knows how to party.
Squid has mentioned Squidling’s trans friend in other comments.
I’m a transgender man who also picked a “popular in Europe, not in the US” name, and names popular for trans people is a running joke in the trans community. When I came out, Aiden/Kayden/Jayden were the ones that everyone joked about being popular, and then it was the “drowned Victorian child” names, now it’s Elliot and a few others I can’t remember right now (and for trans women, my support group back in the day had a half dozen Jen/Jenny/Jennifers and now the popular trans femme name is probably Emily). And non-binary people stereotypically pick nouns, Target’s pride collection had some stuff by someone who picked the name Bird.
Do these parents not realise that they are naming real humans that will also be adults one day? Like, just imagine a grown-ass woman named “Brexleigh”.
As someone whose name is an odd spelling that is close to something more conventional, life can be taxing. I’m not saying that there isn’t room for creativity or fun/romantic name choices here. But Triniteigh’s Parents are setting their kid up for a lifetime of bullying and inconvenience, followed by the shock of their kid going to the courthouse at 30 to undo things.
For a bounty hunter? Definitely. For shift supervisor at the run-down Walgreens on the shitty side of town in Des Moines next to a Matress Firm and the CBD shop? Less so.
They’re not exactly known for their smarts. The only musician who was both a genius and would write a song called “Slice of Your Pie” was Frank Zappa. They only achieved the latter.
I have a half-baked outline for a character who goes by C. M. Mil’naire and is really embarrassed about the fact that his full name is actually Cash Money Mil’naire. I have no idea how to use him, but I love him too much to not keep around.
A baby name from Amazon would be like “BABY CHILD YOUTH LIL ADULT 6LB 7LB 8LB DOCTOR OLYMPICS ATHLETE FAMOUS TALL INDOOR OUTDOOR EASY TO CLEAN CUTE COLLECTIBLE FAMILY 3-PACK”
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