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Does anyone feel this way about a name?

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SunRayLoving · 10/06/2020 15:20

This is just a general question for people with a mixed heritage or background. Do you ever feel like a name has lost its connection to your background/origins due to its popularity and how common it is for people that don't have a connection to that culture/country to use it now?

I feel this way about the name Luna. Maybe 10-15 years ago it would have been a lovely name to represent my background but now I feel it's totally unusable. Of course no one owns a name and we are all free to name our DC whatever name we choose and it's absolutely respectable.

I'm just wondering if anyone feels like that too about any names in particular. Not trying to come off as a stuck up or saying I own any names at all but just a thought really.

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peachypetite · 10/06/2020 17:53

Ex-avier is truly cringeworthy.

MikeUniformMike · 10/06/2020 17:51

But Xavier is pronounced Zay-vee-er in English. Inigo might be a similar comparison.

SunRayLoving · 10/06/2020 17:11

Luna is definitely the biggest representative of it when it comes to girls names but on the boy's side it's Xavier

Absolutely lovely name but if I hear 'zay-vee-er' or 'ex-avier' one more time I might just cry myself to death.

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Rebelwithallthecause · 10/06/2020 17:02

The mispronunciation is the most annoying for sure

MikeUniformMike · 10/06/2020 16:45

Yes. I dislike names from other languages being used and mispronounced.
If the mispronounced version becomes mainstream, the otherwise pleasant name seems tarnished.

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