Is this name usable

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Samhain

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I'm disappointed by the response as I thought it would be on the same level as valentine

No it's like calling your kid Easter or Diwali

Why mess about? Just call him Halloween.

Seriously, no.

Damien?

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I'm disappointed by the response as I thought it would be on the same level as valentine

Valentine is the saint, not the festival.

There’s a St Wolfgang who has his feast day on 31 October. Wolfie?

The band Samhain call themselves Sam Hain and I believe it was Sam Hain on Buffy too. Barbarians the lot of them.

It's definitely not useable as a name, OP. Only 1% of the world's population will know how to pronounce it. Also, it's not a name.

@DotDotDotDotDot

To be honest any thread that starts “is this name usable?”, the answer is almost always no!

Exactly what I thought when I saw the thread title. And it is no in this case too!

OP most people won’t know how to pronounce it nor will they know what it means anyway. If you want a pagan name what about Lugh?

I kinda like it, I wouldn't pick it but if I heard it I wouldn't think it was awful. My concern would be that no- one would ever pronounce it properly.

On a similar theme gave you considered Mahon or Alban.....

@Lulu1919 it's pronounced more like sow-in with the "sow" being the pronunciation meaning female pig rather than scattering seeds.

@Lulu1919

Is it Sam - hayne ?

No it’s like sow-in

@KingsleyShacklebolt

No, don't be ridiculous.

Would you call a child Halloween? or Harvest?

I know a woman called Harvest ...

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.

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Sorry, it's really really bad OP

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.

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

How on earth do you pronounce it?

No its ridiculous sorry

@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?

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

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

Absolutely not.

NO.

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

No

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

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

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

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.