My parents chose my first name based on one of Hafiz's sonnets. I had no problem with my first name for many years. During my english learning years, only during one term my teacher got a problem with me (my first name and another girl's name was the same, but i was taller and she was shorter. Our teacher decided to call her "small Negar", and me "big Negar". 😁😁
Anyway, i am still proud of having such an uncommon and meaningful name. I just wish more of my classmates had uncommon first names like me (my classmates' first names were mostly Zahra and Fateme, which are Islamic names).
Yes, it's amazing. Truth be told, it's one of lesser-known traditions among some Shirazi people that they choose their kids' first names from literary works. Hafiz and Sa'di are two stars in the literary sky of Shiraz. I can talk a lot more about this, but i need to be more careful not to overshare.
Great to hear you bought that Hafiz book. I'm sure you'll read it when you have no other book to read. Also, i'm sure you'll enjoy reading those sonnets.
I'm always happy to be known only and simply as Bill, but one advantage of a name like Karenlynlee is that it [hopefully] can give the child some agency over nicknames/diminutives. To get to choose to be Karen, or Lyn, or Lee, or Lynlee, seems an embarrassment of riches.
I can certainly empathise with this as someone who grew up in a time of Fred / Albert / Susan / Alice / Sheila / Christine / Bill / Ken / Dave and ....
My parents chose my first name based on one of Hafiz's sonnets. I had no problem with my first name for many years. During my english learning years, only during one term my teacher got a problem with me (my first name and another girl's name was the same, but i was taller and she was shorter. Our teacher decided to call her "small Negar", and me "big Negar". 😁😁
Anyway, i am still proud of having such an uncommon and meaningful name. I just wish more of my classmates had uncommon first names like me (my classmates' first names were mostly Zahra and Fateme, which are Islamic names).
I love that your name is connected to poetry--that's amazing. We named our oldest daughter after one of my favorite poets, Gwendolyn Brooks.
Yes, it's amazing. Truth be told, it's one of lesser-known traditions among some Shirazi people that they choose their kids' first names from literary works. Hafiz and Sa'di are two stars in the literary sky of Shiraz. I can talk a lot more about this, but i need to be more careful not to overshare.
I bought a Hafiz book on your recommendation, and I'm still waiting to get to it, but it's on the shelf.
Great to hear you bought that Hafiz book. I'm sure you'll read it when you have no other book to read. Also, i'm sure you'll enjoy reading those sonnets.
Car names have gotten weird (i.e. totally made up), too.
One of my favorite lines from Don DeLillo, a stand alone sentence with no context in his novel White Noise, is "Toyota Celica." That's it.
I'm always happy to be known only and simply as Bill, but one advantage of a name like Karenlynlee is that it [hopefully] can give the child some agency over nicknames/diminutives. To get to choose to be Karen, or Lyn, or Lee, or Lynlee, seems an embarrassment of riches.
I confess to liking "Billiam." But yes, I agree--Charles and Chuck leave horrible alternative options.
Charles --> Chuck
William --> Wuck
Freegan????
I can certainly empathise with this as someone who grew up in a time of Fred / Albert / Susan / Alice / Sheila / Christine / Bill / Ken / Dave and ....
Sheila. Now there’s a good one, even immortalized in song by… Sheila E.
... and Tommy Roe
Turns out that people do name their kids after the days of the week
https://onomasticsoutsidethebox.wordpress.com/2024/08/04/days-of-the-week-as-names-sunday-and-monday/
Now this is cool.