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Is this name usable

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Forumsforfun · 29/10/2021 17:53

Samhain

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CaMePlaitPas · 29/10/2021 22:43

@ZoyaTheDestroyer Or Loup?

celestebellman · 29/10/2021 22:39

I'd think you were Pagan if you called your child that - not an issue in itself but it would be odd if child when older chose a different kind of lifestyle (like being an accountant).

It is the name of a character in the most recent Robert Galbraith (aka JK Rolling) book, Troubled Blood, from quite an odd (and troubled!) family.

AuntDympna · 29/10/2021 22:32

Samanak is made for Nowroz, the spring equinox which is Persian New Year, and Saman is a fairly popular Persian name meaning "calm".

AuntDympna · 29/10/2021 22:20

Oh and "samh" is Irish for summer.
"Samhán" would mean "summer one".
"Sámhán" would mean "calm one".
"Sadhbh" is similarish.

TuftyMarmoset · 29/10/2021 22:13

@LizzieAnt

No, it's not usable imo. It was Sam-Hayne on Scooby -Doo too, I remember being very surprised by that as a child Grin

I wouldn't call a child Lugh (Loo) either, I think, TuftyMarmoset. It's not so bad as a short version of Louis or something, but on it's own, I don't think I would.

Doh I didn't even make the loo connection, even though it's what I always say, as was thinking of Lou - clearly got the German hat on too tight tonight!
3luckystars · 29/10/2021 22:12

I would pronounce it ‘Sow Enn’

I don’t think it’s a nice name for a person, no. Is the baby due around now?

SisforSoppy · 29/10/2021 22:08

Only 1% of the world's population will know how to pronounce it

That many? 1/100? There are 60 million in the uk and I’d think you were lucky if 60 people largely English speaking people got the pronunciation correct.

PeterIsACockwomble · 29/10/2021 22:00

@girlmom21

Sorry *@PeterIsACockwomble* Grin
Grin
AuntDympna · 29/10/2021 21:57

The Irish names Samhradán and Somhairle (from Norse) have been used as boys names. There's a Saint Samthann, abbess of Clonbroney monastery.
"Samhain" with that spelling has not been used iiuc.
Fun fact: in Afghanistan they make wheat porridge they call "samanak" for a festival but I can't remember the date, not end of harvest.

LizzieAnt · 29/10/2021 21:23

No, it's not usable imo.
It was Sam-Hayne on Scooby -Doo too, I remember being very surprised by that as a child Grin

I wouldn't call a child Lugh (Loo) either, I think, TuftyMarmoset. It's not so bad as a short version of Louis or something, but on it's own, I don't think I would.

Thebookswereherfriends · 29/10/2021 20:25

If you like the way it sounds then why not “Owen”?

scottishnames · 29/10/2021 20:21

Sow-whanh or Sow-whinn. The feast of the dead etc. The origin of Halloween, but much more serious.

www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/paganism/holydays/samhain.shtml

www.brown.edu/Departments/Joukowsky_Institute/courses/13things/7448.html

missymousey · 29/10/2021 20:16

No

FindingMeno · 29/10/2021 19:48

I like it but the pronunciation issues would get tiring very quickly.

LittleDandelionClock · 29/10/2021 19:47

NO.

DariaMorgendorffer · 29/10/2021 19:45

Absolutely not.

SweetPetrichor · 29/10/2021 19:34

No way. A) it’s not a name, and b) most people wouldn’t be able to pronounce it!

dopenguinsdance · 29/10/2021 19:22

Sow-in. 'Sow' is pronounced as in female pig. In American tv shows, the actors always mispronounce it as Sam- Hayne.

Jasmine11 · 29/10/2021 19:22

@cushioncovers

How on earth do you pronounce it?
Along the lines of 'Soween' but most people would just say 'Sam Hain' Sorry OP it's a terrible idea. How about something like Sylvan instead?
MajorCarolDanvers · 29/10/2021 19:20

No its ridiculous sorry

cushioncovers · 29/10/2021 19:19

How on earth do you pronounce it?

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 29/10/2021 19:15

My cat is called 'George' short for 'mad king who lost America'

OakPine · 29/10/2021 19:12

Give me strength! Just call your child a normal name, a human name that other people have.
Always makes me laugh when people think they are being so unique calling their child after a slebrity and then you find out there are another 4 in their primary class with the same name!
Poor child.

ofwarren · 29/10/2021 19:07

🤣
Sorry, it's really really bad OP

dopenguinsdance · 29/10/2021 19:05

My birthday is 31 October and I'm so glad my parents weren't of the same mind as you. Valentine is a Christian saint, Samhain is the Celtic/Pagan end of summer/harvest festival. They're really not comparable.