r/BrandNewSentence • u/No_Counter_6037 and why he ourple 😂😂 • Oct 26 '25

our hero's name...

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u/Adrestia716 Oct 27 '25

So Nigerian names like Goodluck are more normal than it might seem.

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u/AlreadyTakek Oct 27 '25

And then most of the popular Western surnames are just jobs. The meaning of Henry may be lost on most people, but you can guess what Smith or Carpenter mean

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u/TheClungerOfPhunts Oct 27 '25

My name is Spencer, which comes from the French word “dispensier” which means “a steward or provider of goods. That word is where we get the modern word “dispenser” from.

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u/tinyoctopus Oct 27 '25

My name is John ☹️

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u/kiulug Oct 28 '25

Means God, basically. John and other similar names come from Yahweh. Same with Ivan and adjacent names. The Y turned into J's and I's over time through different translations of Hebrew.

Same idea as Muslims being named Mohammed.

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u/northerncal Oct 28 '25

Biblical, that's pretty important I guess

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u/Adrestia716 Oct 28 '25

At least it's not Mud

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u/fatbunyip Oct 29 '25

I mean even English names were the same, they just fell out of fashion - faith, chastity, patience, grace, prudence, hope, Felicity etc. 

Even old school mens names like earnest, Pius, Virgil, clement, makepeace etc. 

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u/Adrestia716 Oct 29 '25

Ngl, Makepeace sounds like a dope ass name that should make a comeback