#NAMES

[incognitopolls]

Anon is trans and didn't want to face job discrimination from having a chosen name that would be too unusual or seen as non-serious.

–

We ask your questions anonymously so you don’t have to! Submissions are open on the 1st and 15th of the month.

[forgottenkirbyfacts]

forgotten kirby facts 121 - the english localization for marxs name (possibly inspo for his japanese name as well, going off official romanization) was likely inspired by the comedian group the marx brothers, the chinese localization also gives it a symbol meaning demon.

(info gotten from his wiki article)

[nicholas-the-paleomancer]

Some people have the best names…

1. Garland Ironmonger is the best name I’ve ever seen.

2. I looked Mr. Ironmonger up and it turns out he grew up to be an honest to god fighter pilot.

3. COLONEL Ironmonger flew F-86 Sabres.

4. Garland Ironmonger: Sabrejet Pilot sounds like something straight out of a bad 70s sci-fi novel that I would totally read.

(source: The Newport News Daily Press, December 15, 1936.)

[butchjesus]

alright friends. you have to rename yourself using the NATO phonetic alphabet. which one are you choosing?

[silvermoon424]

For the purposes of this poll please just stick to birth names! I'd like to do another poll for names people chose themselves later in life.

[froody]

Since you guys like my male name list, here are some vintage girl’s names from old historic documents, recently updated:

(Sorry I listed the name origin/individual’s place of birth on some and not others.)

[foxflowershrine]

One day I was idly pondering the name Kiyoe in the shower, because it was an old penname we came up with by taking Kat's name and translating it into kanji by meaning. Then, about 10 seconds later, there was suddenly a pair of fuzzy ears in my face because Kiyoe popped up in front of me and basically went "you called?" so loudly I physically couldn't ignore her XD

Some of us just come pre-labeled idk man lol

[yeoldenews]

Another selection of some of the better names I've come across in Regency era newspapers recently.

[incognitopolls]

We ask your questions so you don’t have to! Submit your questions to have them posted anonymously as polls.

[santapau]

One from the archives.

[feathery-dreamer]

I understand the joke, but hear me out (as someone who's in no way an expert in history); also there's some personal stuff in the last part of this rant.

The bloodline thing was maybe valid for royal and noble families, for whom having no heir meant the lands would go to someone they hated and/or the family name would actually end.

But since infant mortality has been reduced, family names have branched out more and more. There are maybe thousands and thousands of people with the same family name in a single, average-sized country. Even here in France, we've had instances of hearing or reading our (Turkish) surname in other people, even the same full name once.

Our genetic line? all of my cousins are in straight marriages, no risk of extinction there. Our family name? see above, they're everywhere including foreign countries. I absolutely have 0 reason to worry about either of those things.

Nowadays, the reason you hear often is your parents "want grandchildren" and; well frankly, my marital choice is none of their business nor concern.

We no longer live in Medieval times when it was normal to marry your kid off to whomever you picked, or try to convince a more powerful person (lord, count, prince...) to marry your child, for socioeconomic improvement. We live in a time and place where your child chooses if, when, whom, why they marry - which includes socioeconomic betterment, but for the person in question and not for their parents.

If you, my parent or grandparent, only "love" me in hopes that I would one day "repay the debt" by giving you (great-)grandchildren? Then I'm sorry, but you do NOT love me at all. You love a presumed image of me that you have, your own planned future with grandchildren. That is NOT love, it's using your offspring as a tool for your own personal agenda.

It's as manipulative and awful as my mother when she claimed I could talk to her, but then kept cutting me off five words in. One time (just one) I pointed out she always interrupted me, and she instantly hit me with the "because you talk too slowly". What does this mean? "I will support you but won't provide the energy to adapt to your need, you must supply extra energy in the midst of your struggling to speak faster." Also, "it's not on me to make an effort to listen (as I said I would), it's on you to catch my attention and make me listen."

Conditional "support" doesn't count. Conditional "love" doesn't count. Conditional "care" or "attention" or "nurturing" doesn't count.

You, the parent, are the one who DECIDED to have a child - it's on YOU to adapt to whatever you end up with. The kid never signed up for this, they don't owe you jack shit for something you chose to do.

The older generation's fixation on forcing you to have kids is something they absolutely refuse to unlearn. You can give the calmest and most reasonable explanation for not having kids and the only thing they can think to say is, "But what of the heir to the lands?" "Who will inherit the throne?" "Please sire upon your barren death there will be a parochial schism that will soak our soils with brother-blood." They literally hate to see you happy with just a cat.

[bibyebae]

names not numbers

The Palestinian Ministry of Health released a report on Thursday, including the names of more than seven thousand Palestinians who were martyred in the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip.

Red color highlights 0-4 years old age group

Green color highlights age group 5-17

White color highlights the age group between 18 and 59 years old

Gray color highlights the age group over 60

These are not just names, but people killed in the midst of a brutal war. Remember their names.

(Designed by @georgedeebstudios on insta)

[lilac-dreamxxz]

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀𝒹𝒾𝓈𝓅𝓁𝒶𝓎𝓃𝒶𝓂𝑒 l𝒶𝓎❀𝓊𝓉𝓈

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀𓈒⠀⠀𓏸 ⠀name⠀𓇼

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀𝅄⠀⠀ㅤׂ ⠀name⠀ 𓈒⠀⠀✧

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀୨୧ㅤִㅤׄ nameㅤׄ 🍥ㅤִㅤ

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 𓄹⠀𓈒⠀ㅤׄ name ⠀ㅤ𓄼

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ꞌꞋ ࣪ _ name ✿ . ꒱

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀୨୧ name __ ⟆

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀៹ 𔘓 name ! ꞌꞋ ࣪

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀# . name 𓂃 ♥︎

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ೃ❀࿔ name ₊   ˙

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀₊ ˚ name ꒰꒰🎀꒱꒱

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀𓏲࣪ ִֶָ ︎ִֶָ name 𖤐 .

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀🍣 ˛ 𓏲࣪  name ᜊ︐

⠀⠀⠀⠀ㅤ󠀠󠀠󠀠𓊆ྀི󠀠󠀠󠀠󠀠󠀠󠀠󠀠 ⠀ׁ⠀ㅤ © ㅤ 𝑙𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑐⠀ ︎︎︎︎ ︎︎︎︎ . ⠀⠀✿ ㅤ 󠀠󠀠󠀠𓊇ྀི

[squareallworthy]

Some people name their child after themselves, and some people say they think of their pets as their children, but rarely do you see a pet owner name their pet after themself. "Hi, I'm Dave, and this is my dog, Dave" -- you just don't see that a lot.