For me I don’t think anything will ever beat my grandson’s name: Belial. Yes, like the devil.

  • CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social
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    26 days ago

    I’ve actually heard a story from a family member once about briefly encountering a kid with that name and pronunciation. So either funny coincidence to meet the same kid, or there’s more than one set of parents out there that thought that was a clever name idea somehow.

    • BougieBirdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      26 days ago

      Yeah, I think these goofy names are all based on trends. There’s probably some overlap between the people who would name their kids without regards for their kids’ feelings, and the people who would jump on some bandwagon or claim it as their own.

      A distressingly common one I’ve been seeing is “Nevaeh” which is “Heaven” spelled backwards. If you’re devout enough to name your kid after the pearly gates though, you’d think you’d realize that backwards heaven is likely hell

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        25 days ago

        A good friend of mine in college had that name. Nicest girl. Really should have dated her when I had a chance.