What are the best human-being first names in your opinion?

(Try to be objective and not just put your own first name at the top! You wouldn't want to tell your name to strangers on the internet, would you?)

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Lumidaub@feddit.org · 25 pts · 151d

Human McHumanface.

AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 151d (1 reply)

It was “Ea-nasir”, until that one guy ruined the name for the rest of us.

Buddahriffic@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 151d

He used to throw killer parties with many jugs of beer and all the figs you can eat (which is usually about 4 until he starts threatening you to save some for others). Not sure how he makes so much in the copper shipper/receiver industry.

Iconoclast@feddit.uk · 12 pts · 151d (1 reply)

I don't know how to objectively answer a subjective question.

FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 151d

Sorry i'm apparently super careless, i wrote the second part first lol. I'll change it

urheber@discuss.tchncs.de · 10 pts · 151d (9 replies)

My name is awesome but I would literally dox myself. I can't tell anyone because I'm actually the only person that has it (except for 2 other people)

shawn@thagoat.org · 12 pts · 151d (5 replies)

I'm actually the only person that has it (except for 2 other people)

Unless my math is wrong, 3 people with the same name doesn't make you the only one. Make it make sense! 

snooggums@piefed.world · 5 pts · 151d

It is true except that it isn't!

urheber@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 151d

Yes but they don't really count

mech@feddit.org · 2 pts · 151d (2 replies)

The other 2 aren't human-beings.

moondoggie@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 151d (1 reply)

Rover!

anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 151d

Mr Fluffles?

Pudutr0n@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 151d

damn now I wanna know.

DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 3 pts · 151d

Okay, Uma!

Buddahriffic@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 151d

Is it... Highlander?

Plz update when it's down to two.

thisbenzingring@lemmy.today · 9 pts · 151d (7 replies)

Zod

FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 151d (4 replies)

I like Zod

thisbenzingring@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 151d (3 replies)

Kneel before Zod!

bunkyprewster@startrek.website · 8 pts · 151d (1 reply)

That escalated quickly

FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 151d

🫣 😓

snooggums@piefed.world · 4 pts · 151d

Zod should buy dinner first.

SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 151d (1 reply)

the Immortal

Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 150d

The Rune that Makes Shit Indestructible

DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 7 pts · 151d (1 reply)

Alexander and Benjamin for boys. Catherine and Elizabeth for girls.

Simply because those names have a lot of nicknames available.

Womble@piefed.world · 3 pts · 151d

Alexander and Catherine are both great, but so is Peter.

shawn@thagoat.org · 6 pts · 151d (1 reply)

Seamus

LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 151d

Siemous

mushroommunk@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 151d (4 replies)

The best are like James and Mary. Names so common they help you blend in and commit crimes.

(Okay not actually my reasoning but I think common names are usually a good choice. Don't need to be that special you get a unique name)

Coastal_Explorer@feddit.online · 10 pts · 151d

This can also have the opposite effect. There are a number of cases where the wrong person has been arrested simply for sharing a name with someone else that has a warrant for their arrest.

FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 151d (2 replies)

James and Mary are super neat and combine with every kind of surname. Maybe that's why they're so common??

mushroommunk@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 151d (1 reply)

They're so common in America and Europe because religion mostly if I had to guess. Then from there people often use names from their family and it just kept growing.

snooggums@piefed.world · 3 pts · 151d

You are correct, biblical names stick around because they are written down and people like familiar things.

scytale@piefed.zip · 5 pts · 151d (3 replies)

Cillian / Killian is a great name IMO.

leoj@piefed.social · 4 pts · 151d (2 replies)

but is it sillian or murderillian

404@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 151d (1 reply)

"Kill Ian"

leoj@piefed.social · 1 pts · 151d

yah thats the right way, was curious about OP since they offered the different spellings.

matelt@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 151d

Jean-Claude

Glitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 151d (3 replies)

Met a kid named Dragon. That's my favorite name

FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 151d (2 replies)

Draco Malfoy

Glitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 148d (1 reply)

Oof, a punchable git, I see your rebuttal and respectfully withdraw

FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 148d

No it's definitely a cool name

Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 151d
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littleomid@feddit.org · 4 pts · 151d (4 replies)

Hugh Mann.

FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 151d (3 replies)

I currently have the pleasure of re-playing the first trilogy but in Spanish. I guess Hugh Mann will become Hugh Mano

capuccino@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 151d (2 replies)

En la vida había visto esa traducción de Ace Attorney. ¿Es adaptación oficial a latinoamérica o es un mod?

FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 151d (1 reply)

Es el oficial, fue una actualización gratuita en Steam.

capuccino@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 151d

Vaya. Yo toda la vida he jugado la version europea de Nintendo DS. Larry Butz, Dick Gumshoe... Me pregunto qué otros cambios hubo.

IcedRaktajino@startrek.website · 3 pts · 151d

Kayhla, but spelled in very complicated ways for zero reason. A machine wouldn't do that even if it was trying to force an awkward acronym.

ieatpwns@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 151d (1 reply)

Oubliette

FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 151d

Courgette! Aubergiene! 24-6-01!

wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 151d (2 replies)

J'nique (followed by a first name used as a last name like Robert, Nicole, Jackson, Jean, etc). Like J'nique Nicole.

FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 151d (1 reply)

J'Nique is often interpreted as a creative, empowering variation of "unique" ... However, it is important to note that in French, this phonetic spelling translates to slang meaning "I f*ck" or "I screw".

gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 151d

That's very much intentional

moondoggie@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 151d (1 reply)

Liz, short for Lizard. “Liz? Is that short for Elizabeth?” “No….”

FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 151d

I love calling various Lizzies "Lizard." And Sally is short for 'Salamander.' Bill is short for 'Billiards,' ¹ Leo is short for Leopard and maybe Lee is short for Leezard as well. Penny is short for Penguin.

That said, we do have a lot of funny animal first names.

  • Arthur, Bjarni, Ursula and Orson all mean 'bear.'
  • Robin and Robyn
  • Rudolph is a type of wolf
  • Rana means "beautiful" until you go to a spanish speaking country, where it means 'frog'

::: spoiler ¹ Billiards is not an animal admittedly. Sometimes it can be short for Shoebill

:::

IWW4@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 151d (2 replies)

Women: Sophia, Carmen or Elizabeth

Men: Not much can top William.

I swear, both William and Elizabeth have the most nicknames, Bill, Will, liam and all the lys options. Elizabeth, beth, liz, eliza, libby, betty, Beth, Ellie…

FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 151d (1 reply)

I do love Sophia / Sophie because it means "wisdom."

IWW4@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 151d

It is such a great name!

SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 151d

Morgan or Morgana

bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 151d (1 reply)

Tyyfyyynyy

Buddahriffic@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 151d

Pronounced as if you're pointing out some tie fighters on the horizon.

Grail@multiverse.soulism.net · 2 pts · 151d

Fido

1984@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 151d (2 replies)

The real question is, why do people pick the names they pick. Probably some positive experiences with those names.

FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 151d

Yes, and I actually have a mental list of names (for my hypothetical children) that I wouldn't touch with a flagpole because of bad experiences with people of those names. Just feels tainted for me. Can be fixed by meeting a good person with that name. There's one name where everyone I've met with it - like five different people - has been an asshole.

backalleycoyote@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 150d

When I was a baby punk I was an insecure try-hard and got dogged on for it by the older punks. I was bequeathed a nickname that while not a total insult, was not the best and sort of an inside joke about my desperation to be “punk”. A lot of those older punks left the scene in their early 20s, but I kept on and discovered that people I didn’t know knew me by that name even if they didn’t know it was originally an insult. It’s still with me 30 years later, simultaneously cringe because it’s so, so “nehhh, PUNK ROCK!” sounding, but at the same time, punk as fuck and kinda badass. Overall it’s been a positive experience, but knowing its origin helps keep my ego in check when I lean too hard into “punker than thou”.

Kolanaki@pawb.social · 2 pts · 150d (3 replies)

Robert.

So much versatility. Rob, Robb, Robby, Robbie, Robert, Bob, Bobby, Bobbert...

Geobloke@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 150d (2 replies)

James laughs at Robert

You can be James when you meet the king, Jimmy to your mates or jimbob when you want to be a tool. Jane if you want to be female, though not a lot of good songs about Jane. Like the band Janes's addiction or Janey's got a gun

Kolanaki@pawb.social · 1 pts · 150d (1 reply)

Robert also has woman alternatives. Roberta, Bobbie, Robbie, Robby, Bobette...

Geobloke@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 150d

I can not wait to meet Bobette, I feel like she could oulift and outdrink amule. And i want to marry her

quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 151d (2 replies)

I wonder how many people know the meaning of their names.

kubok@fedia.io · 2 pts · 151d

Me and the wife made it a point to choose names with actual meaning for our kids. The youngest certainly lives up to hers. She has a name fit for a warrior and she is a fierce one.

FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 151d

Me too, I love name meanings. It's like the conceptual seasoning on human beans.

Pudutr0n@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 151d
dkppunk@piefed.social · 2 pts · 151d

Audra

I first read that name in a book when I was a teen and I’ve loved it ever since. My Warcraft rogue Audacity was even partially named using it.

kbal@fedia.io · 2 pts · 151d (2 replies)

Judas, Trismagistus, Skrillex, Hideo, Jamboree, Moonbeam, Barry, Ganon, Hadjar, Boromir, Grendel, Jesus, Annana, Jone, Bess, Roger, Sugarloaf, Ponder, Basil, and Ernest. Those are the best ones, but there are many others.

FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 151d (1 reply)

Annana

protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 151d

thats an Annanas

LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 151d

If you can go with multiple names, I do like my parents' reasoning: pick one interesting/local name that we like, and one that works in many cultures/languages. Something like Pierre Henry.

TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 151d

Falmerbar, Mogador

thethrilloftime69@feddit.online · 1 pts · 151d

Muhammad, Khadija, Fatima, Hideo, Pablo, Maria, Eiji, LeBron.

TabbsTheBat@pawb.social · 1 pts · 151d

Skirgaila

gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 151d

Names that are also things, optional with different spellings;

  • Skye/Sky
  • Lily
  • Cloud
  • Ravioli
  • Cherry
  • June
  • Autumn

Etc

glimse@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 151d

I firmly believe that India has a monopoly on badass first names.

captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 151d
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notsosure@sh.itjust.works · -2 pts · 151d

Donald.