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I wonder how many US babies have been named Donald in the last few years and may live to regret it. (lemmy.world)
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[–] greenshirtdenimjeans@sh.itjust.works 24 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Remember when Khaleesi was a popular name?

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 20 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Which I never understood. Khaleesi was her title, not her name.
It´s equivalent-ish to naming a kid King or Czar or something.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Like Cesar, or Roy, or Regis, etc.

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 3 points 4 months ago

hm, good point.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

It's even worse, because my understanding is that "Khaleesi" doesn't actually mean "queen", but would more accurately mean "concubine/wife of the king/khal". I believe the queenship is only implied after the death of the khal.

[–] ech@lemm.ee 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not really implied by the term itself, since after the death of the khal the khaleesi are basically exiled to the capital. Daenerys only brought greater meaning to the title when she used it in her conquests.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 2 points 4 months ago

Thanks for that clarification!

[–] AllYourSmurf@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Donald means something like “ruler of the world,” so not far off.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

My niece named her daughter after Bella from Twilight. At least her full name is Isabella, but the inspiration is there.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

Tell her to tell people she's named after the Phineas and Ferb character. There's zero down side.

[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

A lot of us jumped on the fad of naming our daughters after Game of Thrones characters, especially the ones popular in the earlier seasons. And then D and D came along as show runners, and fucking wrecked everything for our baby girls. So Hodor, I regret getting sucked into that show and hope you'll forgive me one day.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

My son Ghsrrfgff really hates me 😢

[–] greenshirtdenimjeans@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

I like the name actually and don’t think it’s bad at all. The shower thought OP posted just reminded me of it. This dothraki female liberator saving her people —-> dragon firing everyone lol

I don’t think Khaleesi or Donald are going to be names that are dunked on in the future, at least not that badly.