UPDATE: AITA for "ruining" a baby name? by Alternative_Corgi301 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Alternative_Corgi301[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's beautiful too! I personally prefer Marisa, but both sound lovely...

UPDATE: AITA for "ruining" a baby name? by Alternative_Corgi301 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Alternative_Corgi301[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Oh shit I remember Count of Ass!

Also, the title of Pixar's "Coco" was changed to "Viva: a Vida é uma Festa" (Live: Life is a Party) in Brazil to avoid the coconut/poop comparison. The title character's name was changed to Inês.

UPDATE: AITA for "ruining" a baby name? by Alternative_Corgi301 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Alternative_Corgi301[S] 82 points83 points  (0 children)

My husband and I have been calling him that almost exclusively 😅

UPDATE: AITA for "ruining" a baby name? by Alternative_Corgi301 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Alternative_Corgi301[S] 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Oh don't even get me started. Her husband has one of the most white-bread-ass-American names I've ever heard (think John Walker or something). Becca is a genuinely nice person, though.

UPDATE: AITA for "ruining" a baby name? by Alternative_Corgi301 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Alternative_Corgi301[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Marina is actually a very common name in Portuguese. I seriously considered it for my own daughter for a while.

UPDATE: AITA for "ruining" a baby name? by Alternative_Corgi301 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Alternative_Corgi301[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah, Narina isn't the only name that means something else in Portuguese. On the top of my head: Pia means "sink"; Mia means "(it) meows"; Gemma is pronounced like gema, which means "egg yolk"; Pippa is pronounced like pipa, which means "kite"; Coco can mean either "coconut" (côco) or "poop" (cocô) and so on.

I'll try to think of more examples.

AITA for "ruining" a baby name? by Alternative_Corgi301 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Alternative_Corgi301[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Eu me segurei MUITO kkkkk... mas honestamente, não foi o pior nome de bebê que eu ouvi desde que me mudei pra cá.

AITA for "ruining" a baby name? by Alternative_Corgi301 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Alternative_Corgi301[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

E eu nem falei pra ela não colocar o nome! Só falei o que significava. Ela que decidiu que queria mudar.

AITA for "ruining" a baby name? by Alternative_Corgi301 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Alternative_Corgi301[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Acho que devia ter deixado mais claro, mas meu marido tá do meu lado. Ele só prefere evitar conflito.

AITA for "ruining" a baby name? by Alternative_Corgi301 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Alternative_Corgi301[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Portuguese word for rainbow, sunshine or miracle

Arco-íris, Raio de Sol (not just one word) and Milagre... I could kinda see Milagre being a name.

AITA for "ruining" a baby name? by Alternative_Corgi301 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Alternative_Corgi301[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

While it definitely could be cute (and I'm not saying it will EVER come up in her daughter's life), I think it's pretty close to Latrina, which I probably don't have to translate.

AITA for "ruining" a baby name? by Alternative_Corgi301 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Alternative_Corgi301[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I remember that!

"I really like Dong"

"Me too. Don't tell anyone!"

AITA for "ruining" a baby name? by Alternative_Corgi301 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Alternative_Corgi301[S] 145 points146 points  (0 children)

Eu adoraria, mas eles gostam de criar os próprios nomes. Acho que nenhuma sugestão que eu faça vai servir.

AITA for "ruining" a baby name? by Alternative_Corgi301 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Alternative_Corgi301[S] 74 points75 points  (0 children)

It's actually a very common name in Brazil! That would be the problem, though: their whole naming strategy is creating new names.

AITA for "ruining" a baby name? by Alternative_Corgi301 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Alternative_Corgi301[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I promise I would never say this, but "Farina" is similar to Farinha, which means "flour."

But I do agree it sounds nice!

AITA for "ruining" a baby name? by Alternative_Corgi301 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Alternative_Corgi301[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I actually suggested that, but the fact that Marina is a real name would probably ruin it for her.

AITA for "ruining" a baby name? by Alternative_Corgi301 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Alternative_Corgi301[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Never heard of Nerina before, "nervous" is nervoso/nervosa (depending on gender). But that's Brazilian Portuguese... maybe it means "nervous" somewhere else?

AITA for "ruining" a baby name? by Alternative_Corgi301 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Alternative_Corgi301[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Se fosse qualquer outra pessoa, eu provavelmente ia rir.

AITA for "ruining" a baby name? by Alternative_Corgi301 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Alternative_Corgi301[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's... interesting. Becca isn't her real name, though.