What do you all think of Luther ?

[benfoldsfive]

What do you think of Luther as a name? Lu or Louis for short? I love the meaning Solider of the people and its the only name that i haven't gone off after a few days. But i am still really unsure :S

Why would you need to be of the same ethnic origin of someone to name your child in honour of them?!

I can't find anything that backs up Luther being a variant of Lucifer. (Doesn't the latter comes from the Latin for light?)

I like it - I think it's strong and unusual enough to be interesting. I think you might get comments along the lines of, "Did you name him for MLK, Martin Luther, or the TV show?" but I'm sure you'd be ale to ignore.

I think the temptation to shorten it to Luth might be strong though.

When I was younger there seemed to be a lot of German Shepherd dogs around called Luther, so no way.

I like it.

I first thought of idris alba. Not a bad connection in my (swoon) eyes.

I can't admire MLK or use any of the three names because I'm white?!?

That has to be THE biggest crock of shit Ive ever heard on mn.

I agree with Dackyduddles.

It's not exclusively a "black" name, my great-grandfather was called Luther and he was Welsh.

I thought of another Luther, but he's a baddie I'm afraid - in the film "The Warriors", he's the one who shot Cyrus. He's a white guy too.

The name does NOT have any connection with Lucifer or the devil. That has come from someone confusing two separate things.

Also having just re-read katydid02 's post above mentioning MLK - do you not realise that he was named after Martin Luther, a white European? So in your opinion he shouldn't have been?

Yes, I know he was, and that's fine. Just, rightly or wrongly, I would tend to assume that a Luther would be black as I'd assume he was named after MLK.

But you said "I'd assume you had the same ethnic origin. Fine if you do but not otherwise!"

That's not the same thing at all.

I just think of it as a name that I'd associate with somebody who was black. Same if you were called Ivan, I might assume you had Russian origins or Spanish ones if you were called Feliciano.

I love it.

I think 'Lex' I'm afraid. But if you like it then go for it - be boring if we all liked the same things!

Given that the TV series is, albeit awesome(due no less to the hotness of Idris Elba!), relatively short lived I don't think you need to worry about that, especially as the character's first name is John!
And I don't think many people would assume you have named him after MLK, regardless of ethnic origin.

It makes me think of Martin Luther.

1. Martin Luther (not a very good catholic man)
2. Lex Luthor
3. Martin Luther King.
4. Mum (or dad) trying to be original.

Disclaimer: I wanted to name my son Amaru or Tupac Amaru for a while. I am not black, but I am of the same ethnicity of Tupac Amaru II, not Tupac Shakur (who was named after the former). In the English speaking world no one knows about this, so I used a 'normal' name for my son.