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minus-squareSnowclone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 days agoIt’s so weird that names mean stuff and aren’t just a feel. How many cultures besides Americans have names with no meaning?
minus-squareStJohnMcCrae@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-25 days agoBasically all names have meaning if you trace the etymological roots back far enough - even American’s. In most cases, those meanings are just unknown to the people passing them down.
It’s so weird that names mean stuff and aren’t just a feel. How many cultures besides Americans have names with no meaning?
Basically all names have meaning if you trace the etymological roots back far enough - even American’s. In most cases, those meanings are just unknown to the people passing them down.