• Snowclone@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    It’s so weird that names mean stuff and aren’t just a feel. How many cultures besides Americans have names with no meaning?

    • StJohnMcCrae@slrpnk.net
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      13 hours ago

      Basically all names have meaning if you trace the etymological roots back far enough - even American’s. In most cases, those meanings are just unknown to the people passing them down.