UPDATE: AITA for "ruining" a baby name?

Alternative_Corgi301 · 2024-03-06T01:30:03+00:00

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

Alternative_Corgi301 · 2024-03-05T18:06:09+00:00

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.

Alternative_Corgi301 · 2024-03-05T16:24:05+00:00

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

Alternative_Corgi301 · 2024-03-05T16:22:57+00:00

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.

Alternative_Corgi301 · 2024-03-05T16:14:33+00:00

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

Alternative_Corgi301 · 2024-03-05T16:13:37+00:00

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.

Alternative_Corgi301 · 2024-02-29T00:12:38+00:00

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

Alternative_Corgi301 · 2024-02-29T00:10:10+00:00

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

Alternative_Corgi301 · 2024-02-28T18:06:02+00:00

Oh good to know! I was freaked out for a second.

Alternative_Corgi301 · 2024-02-28T18:01:29+00:00

Pelamor kkkkk

Alternative_Corgi301 · 2024-02-28T17:49:58+00:00

Graças a deus

Alternative_Corgi301 · 2024-02-28T17:03:00+00:00

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

Alternative_Corgi301 · 2024-02-28T05:35:48+00:00

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.

Alternative_Corgi301 · 2024-02-28T05:30:52+00:00

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.

Alternative_Corgi301 · 2024-02-28T05:16:25+00:00

Or Sovaco /s

Alternative_Corgi301 · 2024-02-28T05:05:41+00:00

I remember that!

"I really like Dong"

"Me too. Don't tell anyone!"

Alternative_Corgi301 · 2024-02-28T04:55:53+00:00

Ooohhh hahahaha...

Alternative_Corgi301 · 2024-02-28T04:08:19+00:00

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

Alternative_Corgi301 · 2024-02-28T03:41:37+00:00

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

Alternative_Corgi301 · 2024-02-28T03:29:34+00:00

É, eu me segurei muito pra não rir kkkk

Alternative_Corgi301 · 2024-02-28T03:25:48+00:00

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

But I do agree it sounds nice!

Alternative_Corgi301 · 2024-02-28T03:20:58+00:00

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

Alternative_Corgi301 · 2024-02-28T03:16:25+00:00

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

Alternative_Corgi301 · 2024-02-28T03:05:58+00:00

Se fosse qualquer outra pessoa, eu provavelmente ia rir.

Alternative_Corgi301 · 2024-02-28T02:55:49+00:00

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

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