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Middle name for Aryan?

158 replies

FreddoPops · 09/02/2014 12:42

Prefer a more common and international middle name.

Any ideas?

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Cleopatois · 09/02/2014 12:43

That name is very offensive.

FunkyBoldRibena · 09/02/2014 12:44

Nazi?

blondiedollface · 09/02/2014 12:45

Understand previous posters but surely it's no different than the female Ariana?

Shallishanti · 09/02/2014 12:48

I don't think you can use that name.
Arran?
Aaron?

lilyaldrin · 09/02/2014 12:48

Aryan is most commonly associated with white supremacy these days - not really a suitable name for a child.

WitchOfEndor · 09/02/2014 12:49

Pride?

anothernumberone · 09/02/2014 12:50

I agree with the others that name is as appropriate as Adolf Hitler.

DrewsWife · 09/02/2014 12:51

Please tell me that this is a piss take..

AmberLeaf · 09/02/2014 12:51

Nation.

Artandco · 09/02/2014 12:52

Aryan is the old name of Persia. Female form aria/ ariana. In Sanskrit it means noble. I understand some see it as from 'nazi' era but it is a lovely name. It's pronounced ' arry-an' rather than 'air-rean' in my experience. I know an Artan, if that also appeals.

Some middle name ideas:

Aryan Theodore
Aryan James
Aryan Casper

BonaDea · 09/02/2014 12:52

If for a girl, the spelling Arianne might be better...

Hawkmoth · 09/02/2014 12:53

Adolf, or Adolphe.

mrssmith79 · 09/02/2014 12:53

Amberleaf, you beat me to it! OP, please don't name your child after a Nazi movement. What about Aaron? Or Alex Ryan?

AmberLeaf · 09/02/2014 12:53

It masy be a lovely name and have legitimate origins, however, people with assume the parents of a child with that name are far right/white supremecists.

RightInTheKisser · 09/02/2014 12:54

I have taught a couple of Aryans. I think it is a name with Hindi origins. It is a name.

17leftfeet · 09/02/2014 12:55

Ever get the shit off your car op? You never updated

Hope you managed to move

anothernumberone · 09/02/2014 12:56

The swastika has beautiful peaceful origins and can be seen all over India I would not put in on a flag outside my home. This must be a joke thread.

PlentyOfPubeGardens · 09/02/2014 12:56

Is this a typo? Ryan perhaps or Aryn?

Reincarnatedpig · 09/02/2014 12:57

I have heard the name Arjan in Holland. Never associated it with "aryan".

eurochick · 09/02/2014 13:00

I had the same thought - you cannot call a child that. It has such awful associations.

But if you must, how about Adolf as a middle name?

tracypenisbeaker · 09/02/2014 13:03

I hope that you havent run this name by all your friends and family without anyone realising... i doubt anyone would hold their tongue knowing what it meant.

RightInTheKisser · 09/02/2014 13:05

It's not a typo. It's a name. It's Arabic. It's used. I have taught children with this name. It's pronounced Ay Raan.

cafecito · 09/02/2014 13:07

I know a few Indian Aryans and I don't think I have ever thought white supremacy.. I don't think many people will at all in years to come either. People are called anything really and nobody really cares or notices, surely? It is only the overanalytical parents who might notice - and even then they only think about their own child's name combinations usually, not other people's children unless absolutely outrageous

For a middle name I'd say if your surname is 2 or more syllables, go for a monosyllabic middle name like James. I also like Nicholas, Matthew, Ralph... names ending in 'an' or 'am' wouldn't go so well.

EmpressOfTheWellOfLostPlots · 09/02/2014 13:08

And with this name especially it doesn't matter about Persian or Hindu origins. For most people there's only one connotation and you'd be marking your entire family out as Nazi sympathisers and probable members of the EDL.

Is that really what you want?

Shallishanti · 09/02/2014 13:10

people DO care and notice
a Jewish person, for example might very well care and notice
I would, and I'd think the parents were, at best, ignorant.
If the parents were Indian and living in India would be different