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Help[Opinions] Amaranthe
I came across Amaranthe in a book series I'm reading and it's starting to grow on me. What do you think of it? What do you think of names related to it, such as Amarante or Amarantha?
I'm not sure it would ever be on anything other than a guilty pleasure name list, but I'm curious to hear other's impressions of the name.
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I'm not sure it would ever be on anything other than a guilty pleasure name list, but I'm curious to hear other's impressions of the name.
Check out my ever changing name list! http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/137889
Mom to Amalia and Jon
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My friend's cat is named Amaranth. Her husband wanted to use the name for a future baby, but she vetoed it, so the cat got it instead. I have to say, it's a cool name, but not really user-friendly. Most people mush it into "Amranth" and the nicknames seem so forced and unnatural (Amma, Ammy, Ammo). Also, it kills me that I have this instinct to call the cat Ranthy or Randy, which is so awful. Randy from Amaranth?? Seems sacrilegious somehow.
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I looked up amaranth and it's a food crop. So naming somebody Amaranth would be like naming them Soybean or Corn.
But at the same time it sounds very YA fantasy.
But at the same time it sounds very YA fantasy.
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That's what originally turned me off to the name since I know it's used in gluten free baking. But the more it grew on me, the more I looked into the name and saw yes, the seed is ground into flour, but it's actually a flowering perennial that is named after the Greek word for "unending". So I wondered if it could be more of a flower/nature type name or if it would always be associated with the food product. But if food is what people think of first, I guess not :/
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