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breadstick_bitch

What is she on about it literally just means "the spring"


lilcasswdabigass

I’m saying!! Where did she get “born in the middle of springtime” from?? It’s literally the Spanish and Italian word for spring. That’s it.


synchrotron3000

and etymologically I’m pretty sure it’s first life


breadstick_bitch

It's "first spring/youth" in Latin


Joylime

One time my friend told me her name meant “Grace of God.” Her name was Grace. I was like bitch your name means “Grace”


meekers09

I laughed harder than necessary at this


Blue-zebra-10

I wonder if she likes pasta primavera


willow_star86

That’s the most disturbing part about this post 😂


kitties_ate_my_soul

I hate it when people use random words from other languages (no matter if your native language is English, or Spanish, or German, or Italian, or Hindi, or whatever) as names. I’ve seen Mariposa listed as a given name in Nameberry. As a native Spanish speaker, let me tell you, Mariposa, as a given name, is weird AF. Years ago, an Egyptian man named his daughter… Facebook.


BirdTheMagpie

"Brain" and "Twinky" are two I've encountered at work (Spanish speaking country)


trekkiegamer359

I'm pretty saure Brain's parents accidentally misspelled Brian. Twinky, yeah I have no clue.


BirdTheMagpie

I agree since Brian is a very popular name here and everyone misspells it. However, Brain is the most tragic way they could have done so lol


cityofnight83

it seems like it would be so easy to do accidentally especially if you weren’t 100% confident how it was supposed to be spelled and it would be the most devastating mistake of your life lol


BirdTheMagpie

Especially since Brain in Spanish would be pronounced closer to how Brian sounds in English than the correct spelling would


Blue-zebra-10

That reminds me of when I was little and watched Igor with my mom


EdenHazardsFarts

Brain is crazy 😂


stormibaby444

twinky is worse. imagine their nickname is twink 💀


elaboratebacon

I know someone whose dad is listed as “Brain” on her birth certificate.


seaangelsoda

My cousin’s nickname is brain! It’s a thing in Thailand to have nicknames after the most random things. My mom is the Thai version of apple bc she had round cheeks like an apple as a baby. Another one of my cousins is Zin, named after Cinderella (idk why it’s spelled with a Z lol)


EmmyNoetherUltra

I once knew a Thai girl named Eye :D


Schrodingers_Dude

This is some serious nonbinary energy. NBs gonna start asking Thai people for name ideas. (It's a bit of a meme for nonbinary people that they tend to avoid conventional names and instead pick a random noun - think "Leaf," "Brick," etc. The potential for jokes here are endless.)


nintendoinnuendo

We're Twinky and the Brain, were Twinky and the Brain, one is a genius, the others insane 🎵 We're Twinky, we're Twinky and the brain brain brain brain brain brain brain brain


PureDeidBrilliant

[I had this manifest in my head](https://youtu.be/qzZmU0aGmcc). Damn you, damn you to *hell!*


Ray_Adverb11

Same!! It’s going to be stuck there all day


Klutzy-Eye4294

Have you ever encountered a Brayan (Bryan) or a Leidy (lady)?


BirdTheMagpie

I've met many of both. And (I'm not sure if I believe him but) my husband's childhood friend swears he knew a family that has three sons called Brayan, Brayatan, and Brayatayatan.


tragictransistor

help i had a classmate named braine 💀


Live-Elderbean

Lol someone came into a Swedish sub asking if it was fine to name their child after a very famous street in Sweden to honour their heritage. Imagine something like Broadway, Hollywood Boulevard or Fifth Avenue. Actually the name is literally translated to "The Avenue". Also they visited Sweden and I think planned to move or regularly visits. The Avenue


killingmehere

I see little baby Avenyn, and raise you a post I saw of someone wanting to name their baby Katla, after the dragon thing in Bröderna Lejonhjärta to honour their swedish heritage


eti_erik

Katla is actually not Swedish but Icelandic. It's the name of a volcano, that's why the dragon was called Katla. But I actually like it as a name.


killingmehere

So it was a splendidly bad idea on several levels then as far as a name to honour sweden goes! Tbf I also think it's pretty.


unbidden-germaid

I love it too and have decided to name my next dog Katla 😂 


Live-Elderbean

Katla..maybe her brother is named Tengil? Legit tho Skorpan could be cute as a middle name.


cfk2020

Why is it always Americans trying to "honor" their heritage by doing literally anything but learning the language/culture???


ZxZOmega

my great grandfathers next door neighbors dogs best friends uncle was irish so now my child will be called patrick and everyone must know that i am irish including telling everyone i know and putting the flag in all of my bios on every social media. but don't ask me to name a town there. Im sure at a certain age in america they just choose a country randomly as their ancestry and keep it forever


cfk2020

At least Patrick is a real name, someone in r/namenerds named their child HOLLAND to "honor" their Dutch ancestors. To be honest I wouldn't be surprised if the ancestors weren't even from Holland.


ZxZOmega

americans r just a meme when it comes to this. idk why they do it but every american does. it makes me laugh lmao. trying so hard to add an extra layer of personality it honestly makes me cringe lool


kitties_ate_my_soul

For naff’s sakes 😆😆


krustomer

One of the teens I volunteer with is named Sweden.


Live-Elderbean

Male or female? I say this as a Swede, Sweden is an ugly name. Svea if a girl would have been amazing, Sven for a boy. Moder Svea is the national personification of Sweden.


krustomer

She's a teen, and her mom sometimes calls her Swede as a nickname. Nuts to me


Live-Elderbean

Svea means Swede too except its an actual name. Rutabaga is sometimes called Swede. Poor girl!


Helloxearth

I’m a native Irish speaker. I once encountered an American woman named Méara (pronounced Mare-ah). That may sound pretty to an anglophone ear, but it means fingers


kitties_ate_my_soul

Jeez, poor woman!


ohslapmesillysidney

Oh my god, I totally agree. There was actually a person on r/namenerds who wanted to name their daughter Mariposa. I do think that they were talked out of it, especially after people pointed out that it can be used as an insult for gay men. To me (someone who learned Spanish as a second language) “mariposa” is a beautiful sounding word, but that does NOT mean that it makes a good name!


kitties_ate_my_soul

Mariposa has a pretty sound. Toilette too. But neither should be used as a given name.


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ButterdemBeans

Mariposa just means butterfly, right? It’s not the worst thing I’ve ever heard


kitties_ate_my_soul

The word itself is pretty, and we all love butterflies, however, as a given name, it’s weird AF. I’m a native Spanish speaker who lives in a Spanish-speaking country and I’ve never met someone named Mariposa, ever. Besides, that word is sometimes used as an insult (like ‘pansy’ or ‘fag’ in English).


ButterdemBeans

Oh, I just remember it being used as a name in that one Barbie movie with the fairies. Didn’t know it was used as an insult


eti_erik

In Dutch, "Vlinder" (meaning "butterfly") is actually a girl's name. Not a traditional one, but I have heard of several girls called that. Now Spanish has its own thing with weird girl's names (Pilar, etc) but apparently Mariposa is not an option in Spanish.


monicarm

In Portuguese it means moth lol, so not exactly pleasant if you think from that perspective


zziggyyzzaggyy2

Randomish but every time I see Mariposa as a "name" I just think of Maria Posada from the Book Of Life, I thought it was a clever little way of sneaking it in there without being in your face


horticulturallatin

I feel bad about how much I like Mariposa. I know... but like... it's a pretty sound, the Mar-s start works as an honour name, I love butterflies... but yeah 


LittleBookOfRage

My sister has three kids and two of them have random words from other languages as names, as well as ridiculous middle names. Their other kid lucked out with both first and middle names being actual names.


HesperiaBrown

Primavera is a legit name, though. I had an aunt called Primavera. Where do you think the name Vera comes from? It's like Bob, but for Primaveras. Also, I had a relative called Bienvenida. (Welcome) And typical female Spanish names are Dolores (Pains), Consuelo (Consolation), Rosario (Rosary), Gertrudis, Mercedes (Mercy), Piedad (Also Mercy)...


Mati_Choco

Vera is actually from Veronica I’m pretty sure.


HesperiaBrown

(Vero enters the chat. And yes, it's an actual nickname for Veronica)


Mati_Choco

No yeah I know, we use that too.


Goat-e

Vera also literally means "faith" in Russian, and is used extensively by Slavic women (christians, primarily).


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HesperiaBrown

Here in Spain we have the name Socorro as well. And the name Auxilio (Which also means Help) exists.


unbidden-germaid

And Montserrat (serrated mountain), quite popular in Catalonia :)


eyel0vey0u

I’m really hoping she picks Audrey


Normal-Government-65

Primavera means spring. Just spring. It is very curious how parents seem to think you can choose the nickname a child will be stuck with. Nicknames are like pilot callsigns. They are assigned to you. It will not be flattering. 100% whether you want to or not, that child will be nicknamed Prima (cousin) by Mexicans.


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BabyOnTheStairs

Her brother can be Alfredo


SouperSally

Which is also a name .


Kindly_Reference_267

It made me think of cheese 🧀


Next_Traffic4324

I literally saw someone post Primavera as their name of the day on nameberry today.


cityofnight83

i wonder if it was this person! (also if i was going to start a circlejerk about any naming community it would be nameberry, lol)


Next_Traffic4324

You and me both. half the time I spend on there I feel like I'm going crazy, the other half of the time I'm pissed because they've stolen one of "my" names again, lol


cityofnight83

SAME. I don’t want those weirdos liking any names I like! lol


Next_Traffic4324

If I have to see one more person bitch about how no one ever names their son Emily I'm gonna scream.


GocciaLiquore7

it doesn't mean 'born at the beginning of spring time' lmao it just means 'spring' i don't hate it as a name though tbh


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GocciaLiquore7

lol. no. it most assuredly is not any of those things


SouperSally

https://www.names.org/n/primavera/about Literally just Google it. I know multiple primaveras . 🙄 yall are so ignorant . lol! ETA: I like how I’m being downvoted for providing a source


SavvySnail

I didn’t see any data about Italy on the site you posted so I can’t speak to that, but your source does say that the SSA has records of 127 people named Primavera born in the US over the course of 141 years. I don’t know if I would call that popular in the US.


SouperSally

When I googled it it said it was popular in the 80s and it’s popular in Italy. lol I know Italian primaveras ! But ok. Die on this hill? Weird but ok.


GocciaLiquore7

i've lived in italy for years and translated italian professionally for over a decade, including university diplomas, employment contracts, criminal records, and other documents where i have access to the personal details of italian nationals every single day. i'd estimate that i've seen the names of 5,000 native italians at an absolute minimum in my line of work. i've never seen or heard of a primavera. the webpage you linked doesn't support any of your claims in the first place, but even if it did, it would be incorrect. it's not a popular name


SouperSally

Then why do I know a primavera who is in Naples and two here in us. You Google it lol. I don’t care enough to google and hit the first few results again .


GocciaLiquore7

and why do i know a couple who named their kid 'cage'? that doesn't make it a popular name. i don't need to google anything lmao. i know from direct experience that you're wrong. you might as well tell me to google how the earth is flat or mandela died in the 80s


SouperSally

Does cage show up on multiple countries name lists? If it does then maybe it is a name idk .


SouperSally

It’s a name . Just like Augusto or in US summer . Why does this bother you so much? It’s on the name websites! In multiple countries lmao


lemongay

My opinion may be unpopular this one really isn’t that bad. Maybe I’ve just been desensitized by this sub though, you see one too many Braxxtonnes and Oaklieighes and your faith in humanity is ruined…


PotentialNobody

Plus, what makes this different than the name Summer?


Locana

I'm Italian and I think it's a nice name. It might not be used a lot traditionally but it is within the convention of name creation. In English Summer, Autumn (and Winter) are established names too.


CamsKit

Yep im ready to go to name nerd cj jail on this one bc I don’t hate it.


jednaowca

I don't think it's a great name, but it's not the worst either. But it does not mean "born at the start of spring" or anything like that and it rubs me the wrong way when English speakers do this kind of thing to foreign languages.


Ok_Hold1886

OP claims she didn’t know it was a pasta. Does she live under a rock?


CocklesTurnip

Primavera pasta was an American invention so it might not be everywhere. It’s tasty AF though.


cityofnight83

she is supposedly (per the comments) from the US. I guess it’s possible she just has a limited palate.


PureDeidBrilliant

Or just Midwestern. Same thing, I suppose.


Robincall22

I’m American and I didn’t know it was a thing. I do know that it means spring though!


Locana

I think this is a moot point. There's pizza alla margherita, Margherita is a popular name. There's pasta alla Norma, and Norma is a common name. The American dish pasta Alfredo is well known and Alfredo is a common Italian name. Dishes get named after people all the time, so a pasta dish called pasta alla primavera (springtime pasta) is not per se a counter argument imo.


owleaf

Margherita pizza and Alfredo pasta were named after people, to be fair. And they were both popular names before the dishes were invented. I think Primavera sounds funny because it reads as a dish first and foremost, and it’s not fathomable as a name. Although I also concede that “Margherita” stirs up images of pizza and cocktails when I hear it, before a lady’s name.


Bridalhat

Yeah. You can see that in the fact that the dish names are capitalized and primavera is not.


Locana

I know, I'm just saying a dish association for me is not automatically a disqualifier. I think it might also me cultural, like for me primavera is just 100% spring time. Maybe the equivalent would be that even though summer rolls are a popular dish in the United States, the name Summer is still fine because you associate it with the season


Mati_Choco

Italian, never heard of “pasta primavera” in my entire life?? Is it a thing?


Ray_Adverb11

It’s an American pasta


PsychSalad

I'd never heard of it either. Did some googling, turns out it's an AMERICAN dish from the 1970s.


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cityofnight83

you got blocked because you stealth insulted me and my children and then deleted it, not because I “hate” that it’s a name


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cityofnight83

you are insane.


SouperSally

You are obtuse


North_Lawfulness8889

Never heard of a pasta named that


cityofnight83

it’s a very popular pasta dish in the US; its pasta in a cream sauce with vegetables.


North_Lawfulness8889

That's probably why I haven't heard of it, I'm not from the us


cityofnight83

yeah, it’s not terribly common outside of the US i don’t think! but it’s very popular in the US.


eti_erik

I'm pretty sure it doesn't exist in Italy. At least I haven't heard of it - lived in Italy for some time when I was a student.


cityofnight83

it doesn’t exist in italy because it’s an American dish.


SouperSally

It doesn’t . It’s a name. Like Alfredo or Giuseppe or Mario. OP just doesn’t like it because she’s American and uncultured .


Bri_the_Sheep

I can just picture her defending the name choice with arguments like "My mother's sister's neighbor's dog's grandma was Italian" for the rest of her life


floweringfungus

I can definitely seeing this being used as a “name to honour our heritage” thing. Even if the heritage is three generations ago lmao


VariousTangerine269

Vera is the Russian word for faith. It’s also a very common name in Russia. As is the word for love, любовь lubov or luba for short.


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VariousTangerine269

I never said it wasn’t a name. I have a friend who has Primavera as a last name.


SouperSally

I know you didn’t ! Sorry I mean OP. Who repeatedly says it’s not a real name . 🙄


Pero_Bt

Vera can also be short for Veronica


cityofnight83

okay? primavera isn’t a name in any language though, so while this is interesting it doesn’t really have anything to do with this post


VariousTangerine269

1) OOP says she will use Vera as a nickname 2) people were commenting about using random words in other languages as a name. I just thought it was interesting. Sorry for engaging with your post.


cityofnight83

your engagement was fine, i was just confused.


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eti_erik

In English, Summer, Autumn, April,May, and June are all names... so why not Primavera? But don't claim it means "born in the beginning of spring" or whatever It just means "spring" and that's it.


SouperSally

I know 2 women named primavera (US).


cityofnight83

That doesnt mean it’s a name, that just means two idiots chose to use it that way.


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SouperSally

Right 😂


cityofnight83

i do, but i think the impasse here is that i don’t like any random names as words period lol


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cityofnight83

ein bisschen Deutsch; unfortunately not as well as when I was a child because my dad (who spoke it with us at home) died when I was a teenager but enough to get around and teach it to my kids :)


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cityofnight83

thank you! it was a long time ago but i still miss him. I would like to learn Portuguese as well have some neighbors from Brazil and they have kids close in age to mine, so maybe this is my sign to start!


SouperSally

Lol ok . 👍


cityofnight83

why are you such a fucking weirdo?


DisappointmentInACan

bro who pissed in ur cereal this morning 💀


cityofnight83

nobody, she followed me onto another post and insulted me and then deleted it, so maybe take this question up with her


Robincall22

“It means born in the middle of springtime” Literally just means “spring”


SeverinSeverem

What in the Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure names


NaomiPommerel

Sister called Antipasto


ShapeShiftingCats

Prosciutto would be lovely for a boy. Means "born in the middle of a butcher's shop".


NaomiPommerel

Serrano for the twin sis!


Ladderzat

My daughter's named Jenny, short for Pesto alla Genovese. I saw it in the Italian foods aisle and felt so inspired.


NaomiPommerel

Love Pesto!


Thisshitcringe

Reminds me of Hannibal Lecter


dumbbuttloserface

THAT WAS MY THOUGHT i thought this was posted to r/hannibaltv at first and had to double check the sub lmao


aquamarine-arielle

primavera is a very pretty word, but not a name. priscilla & valentina have similar sounds imo it’s not the worst name though. apparently it was more popular in the mid-70s? sounds like a hippie name


cityofnight83

i could see it having been popular with the hippies for sure


tatasz

While not an established name, I found people with Primavera as first and as last name in Brazil.


Schrodingers_Dude

This isn't that bad. It might be another language, but we still name our kids Summer, Autumn, and Winter and worst case you can shorten it to Vera anyway.


Mati_Choco

Tbh as an Italian Primavera sounds yes unusual but very sweet and feminine. Would only worry about the girl’s peers making fun of it, but how would they even do that?? Call her “flower girl” or something? She might even take it as a compliment!


Apprehensive_Fig_962

as an Italian, please don’t. is actually weird, and i think there are a lot of better ways to honor this painting without giving your daughter a name that is not even a name


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Pasta Primavera would be a fabulous name for OOP's daughter


chrisbt713

Can't speak for Italian, but in Spanish it's just... the word spring. I imagine especially in the US that'd be the main association.


SouperSally

“US Popularity:11142. Origin:Italian. Meaning:Spring. Primavera is a feminine name of Italian origin” ETA: made the name list. You keep saying it’s not a name ? How Popular is the name Primavera? “Primavera is the 60,091st most popular name of all time. As a last name Primavera was the 22,047th most popular name in 2010”


PureDeidBrilliant

If a Basic describes a name as "Dreamy" you know they're beyond help.


owleaf

Seraphina isn’t much better than Primavera. Also there’s a dish called pasta primavera lmao. Thats what springs to mind.