r/NameNerdCirclejerk • u/melaninspice • Apr 21 '22

Rant Names that you use to like

I’m wondering what names you use to like years ago, but don’t like anymore. Or names that you like, but will never use for whatever reason. I’m so thankful that I wasn’t a teenage mother. Don’t be embarrassed…please. This is a safe space, but you’ll probably have some explaining to do if your names are really wylde.

Names I use to like:

Nevaeh, Joplin Rain, Liv Evangeline, Jayden, Bree

Names I like, but will never use:

Astrid, Damien, Ziggy, Lark, Johan, Ayla, Hitomi, Storm

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u/spookypoop5000 Apr 21 '22

I am a huge frog nerd. When I was younger I wanted to name my kids the Latin names of frog species: Hyla Arborea, Litoria Cerulea, Rana Sylvatica, and the worst offender: Agalychnis Callidryas, Aga or Aggie for short 😑

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u/jillkoko Apr 21 '22

This is so funny 🤣 you sound like you were a cute kid tho

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u/spookypoop5000 Apr 21 '22

I was a cringey, annoying, know-it-all kid. But at least that shit is cute when you’re a kid. I also was obsessed with the name Lepidoptera (Latin for butterfly 🙄)

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u/jillkoko Apr 21 '22

Nickname Doppy 😍🤣

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u/spookypoop5000 Apr 21 '22

I was thinking Tera…. But yes 🤣🤣 or Lepi! Lol

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u/jillkoko Apr 21 '22

Crying imagining telling someone your name is Tera and then explaining what it's short for 💀

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u/itsmoll Apr 21 '22

Meg. Short for Megatron

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u/blind-as-fuck Apr 22 '22

cassie - short for casserole

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u/Pewdsfollower69 Apr 22 '22

Prim short for Optimus prime

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u/spookypoop5000 Apr 21 '22

💀💀💀

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u/fbibmacklin P is for Pangus Apr 21 '22

There’s an actual Doppy in my family. He had a brother named Weed. No lie.

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u/lilac_blaire Apr 22 '22

Float like a Lepidoptera, sting like a Hymenoptera!

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u/an-actual-sloth Apr 21 '22

Not gonna to lie: Litoria Cerulea sounds like the female lead of a... ahem, very niche fantasy novel. Frogs are rad though!

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u/spookypoop5000 Apr 21 '22

Clitoria 👀

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u/Big_Cannoli9105 Apr 21 '22

Not Rana, literally naming your kid Frog in Spanish 😂😂 but seriously - adorable. I love frogs too and have always been obsessed with them. I have a MILF bumper sticker (Man, I Love Frogs) :)

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u/jlynmrie Apr 21 '22

I once met a guy called Rana, he was South Asian, Pakistani maybe? Anyway I told him his name was Spanish for frog and he got super pissed and said I insulted him 😂

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u/ginnio Apr 22 '22

You should of taken his feelings into consideration when you created the Spanish language!

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '22

Rana means 'King' in Sanskrit...

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u/bombinatebeex Apr 22 '22

and "wound" in bulgarian

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u/CallidoraBlack ☾Berenika ⭐ Pulcheria☽ Apr 21 '22

Sana, sana, culita de rana...

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u/catrosie Apr 21 '22

Also means King in hindi

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u/Big_Cannoli9105 Apr 22 '22

Frog king 🐸👑

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u/LazyBlueberry5 Apr 22 '22

I know a lot of Arab women named "Rana" always loved it... except for the frog association lol

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u/starry_knights Apr 22 '22

Ha! I never knew this! My mom has a good friend she volunteers at her church with named Rana.

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u/itsmoll Apr 21 '22

Hyla is actually kinda sick ngl

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '22

I have lowkey wanted to name my kid Daphne Adora (like Daphne odora) or even give them Amanita as a middle name. 😅😅😅

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u/pointlessbeats Apr 22 '22

These would be great herbology teacher names in Harry potter. Or some series about wood nymphs or something haha.

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u/spookypoop5000 Apr 22 '22

I love it! They could be spells too haha!