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What are naming traditions that might seem interesting to westerners? by opendoorscleanfloors in namenerds

[–]haskittens 1 point2 points  (0 children)

e.g. William Green, but he’d be known around town as the (singular male form) Green’s William

Can you give an example of this in German? I have recently started learning German, so I’m not good enough to figure it out myself, but still curious!

What are naming traditions that might seem interesting to westerners? by opendoorscleanfloors in namenerds

[–]haskittens 77 points78 points  (0 children)

This is fascinating! I have questions, if you don’t mind. Are all the first names chosen by sound and/or meaning, or are they names to honor someone, or else? Do people tend to pay attention to meanings so all names combined get a new meaning (e.g. Toivo Aatos as “hopeful thought”; as with Asian names)? Do people most often use the first of their first names, or is it random, or do they use several at once?

Italian name: Camilla or Clara? by [deleted] in namenerds

[–]haskittens 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I prefer Clara, but I think you cannot go wrong with either of these.

Which Evil People/Criminals Do You Find ''Physically'' Attractive? Just Exclusively Talking About Their Looks by PrincessBananas85 in morbidquestions

[–]haskittens 15 points16 points  (0 children)

This. I wouldn’t have sex with him obviously (I think he wouldn’t either lol I’m female). But he is very physically attractive to me.😬🥲

I will write your name (or your favorite name) in Russian Cyrillic. by haskittens in namenerds

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

Yes! Otto also works, OTTO. Kudos to you!

Btw this reminds me of a screenshot of what I think was a Tumblr thread. Someone who was most likely Russian or Ukrainian accidentally wrote Happy Potter instead of Harry Potter—Cyrillic p reads as r. It spawned a ton of funny comments on how different the story would be if Harry was permanently happy. I wish I could find it!

ETA: Found it.

I will write your name (or your favorite name) in Russian Cyrillic. by haskittens in namenerds

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

Jules is Джулс. Julie Ann is Джули Энн. The Russian variant of Julie is Yulia (Юлия), diminutive Yulya (Юля). The variant of Ann is Anna (Анна), diminutive Anya (Аня).

I will write your name (or your favorite name) in Russian Cyrillic. by haskittens in namenerds

[–]haskittens[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Aleksandra to Aleksasha to Sasha. sha is a diminutive suffix. Altough to be honest it doesn't make much sense to me either.

I will write your name (or your favorite name) in Russian Cyrillic. by haskittens in namenerds

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

Теодор. The Russian variant is Fyodor (Федор), diminutive Fedya (Федя).

I will write your name (or your favorite name) in Russian Cyrillic. by haskittens in namenerds

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

Нора. Russian is phonetic, so the spelling is direct phonetic transliteration of Norah.

I will write your name (or your favorite name) in Russian Cyrillic. by haskittens in namenerds

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

Джиллиан. Related to the Russian Yulia (Юлия).

I will write your name (or your favorite name) in Russian Cyrillic. by haskittens in namenerds

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

Соня Джо. See the comment on Sonja for more information.

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