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Help[Opinions] Padme
I created a poll for it a few days ago, and here are the results so far...
Usable as a first name 35%
Like it but only as a middle name 11%
Can't take it seriously 14%
Don't like the sound 41%
I like it, but I was kind of surprised more people didn't pick "can't take it seriously" (although those people might just dislike the sound more?).
What would your reaction to Padme (pronounced Pad-may) be, if you saw it used in a real life combo, and why?
Usable as a first name 35%
Like it but only as a middle name 11%
Can't take it seriously 14%
Don't like the sound 41%
I like it, but I was kind of surprised more people didn't pick "can't take it seriously" (although those people might just dislike the sound more?).
What would your reaction to Padme (pronounced Pad-may) be, if you saw it used in a real life combo, and why?
This message was edited 5/18/2018, 1:27 PM
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I'd immediately think "Star Wars fans".
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I'd think they were huge Star Wars fans. I've met a Padma and two people called Padmini, but I've never seen the SW spelling used as an Indian name and I've known & worked with a lot of women from Indian backgrounds.
eta: it does have a nice sound, but she was too tragic a character to make a great namesake, imo.
eta: it does have a nice sound, but she was too tragic a character to make a great namesake, imo.
This message was edited 5/19/2018, 6:44 AM
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Unless at least one parent was of Indian origins or identified strongly with Indian culture, religion etc, I'd feel uncomfortable. In its own context, it'd be fine.
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While it has a nice sound, I would think the parents were obsessed with Star Wars.
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I like it a lot. Personally, I'd use Padma instead becasuse Padme seems a little too Star Wars for IRL.
(I don't think that's true of all Star Wars names. On a scale from Obi-Wan to Luke, I'd put it slightly to the Obi-Wan side of Leia if that makes sense. And I think Leia is VERY usable but still more "Star Wars" than Luke.)
(I don't think that's true of all Star Wars names. On a scale from Obi-Wan to Luke, I'd put it slightly to the Obi-Wan side of Leia if that makes sense. And I think Leia is VERY usable but still more "Star Wars" than Luke.)
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I like it! I actually met someone named Padme a while back, they were in their 50s (I assume). It’s meaningful but is best kept to people who are Buddhist, South Asian, or somehow connected to that philosophy and/or culture.
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I'd think of pads and pad me and if I made an assumption at all I'd assume the person was from India or thereabouts.
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