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What should I call my son (due at the end of April) (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Im having difficulty finding names I like. I need two - three names that roll off the tongue and wouldn't be out of place with a long hyphenated surname.

No religious names

No surnames

No places

Nothing that rhymes with Aden

Upvote good suggestions otherwise post ones. Bonus points if it's a sci-fi name.

Edit: lots of good suggestions, but I think I'm going with 'Wash'.

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[–] Hegar@kbin.social 44 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm very partial to early bronze age names.

Epirmupi

Manishtushu

Tiglath

Inshushinak

Labarna

Naramsin

If you look at the Sumerian or Elamite king lists, you really can't go wrong.

[–] DaGeek247@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Manishtushu is nearly the worst name i have ever seen. Kids would absolutely wreck that guy all the way to college.

[–] Hegar@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People are going to make fun of the conqueror of Anshan, King of Kish, Ruler of Sumer and Akkad? That seems unlikely to me.

[–] DaGeek247@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Man-ish tush-u. It aint hard to see why the kid would grow to hate his name.

[–] Moonguide@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He'll have to get tough or die

[–] thegreatloofa@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Bill or George or anything but Manishtushu, I still hate that name!

[–] fred@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Y u no Ea-Nasir

[–] yngmnwntr@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

As soon as I saw bronze age I thought of old Ea-Nasir, was very surprised he wasn't the point of this reply.