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Help[Opinions] WDYTO Nemo?
Nemo... on a boy? On a girl? It's neutrois as heck imo.
(The meaning "nobody" is peaceful to me. Also the pop culture associations with the ocean, underwater scenes add to the peaceful quality.)
Obvi there's the Finding Nemo association... but can someone explain to me why/if that's a bad association?
ॐ मणिपद्मे हूं
"Speak the truth; yield not to anger; when asked, give even if you only have a little."
"Live alone and do no evil; be carefree like an elephant in the elephant forest."
(The meaning "nobody" is peaceful to me. Also the pop culture associations with the ocean, underwater scenes add to the peaceful quality.)
Obvi there's the Finding Nemo association... but can someone explain to me why/if that's a bad association?
ॐ मणिपद्मे हूं
"Speak the truth; yield not to anger; when asked, give even if you only have a little."
"Live alone and do no evil; be carefree like an elephant in the elephant forest."
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Finding Nemo isn't a bad association, but it is an overwhelming one. I'd get tired of being told "fish are friends, not food" *real* fast
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Too anonymous.
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Well, it's a bit unfortunate to me that so many peoples' first and only association is a cartoon clownfish...I don't know if that's *bad*, really - I just assume it sounds less serious, more kitschy, because of that, than it would otherwise...I imagine it seems about as a singular and pop culture-y as Elvis or Simba or Jafar would have seemed to me as a kid, but I do like Ursula and Elmer, and my first association with those was cartoons.
I don't personally associate Nemo with the movie that much (I only saw part of it like once 12 years ago), though.
I can't imagine intentionally naming a human 'no one', myself...I learned this as a Latin word before I heard it as a character name, so that sticks out...but it's probably less noticeable to most people (and therefore more usable, to my mind) than naming someone Zero, which is a GP of mine. I think the meaning originally (I'm guessing Jules Verne was the first to use it as a name? - eta, no, looks like Dickens used it in Bleak House as an alias of a former British Army officer who became an impoverished copyist and died of opium overdose) was picked to be mysterious.
It sounds nice, at least, and it's not a name I'd dislike seeing IRL...if I met siblings Nemo and Naoise and Nimue, that'd be fun...but also I suspect a Nemo would have to deal with a lot of "finding..." jokes/comments.
I don't personally associate Nemo with the movie that much (I only saw part of it like once 12 years ago), though.
I can't imagine intentionally naming a human 'no one', myself...I learned this as a Latin word before I heard it as a character name, so that sticks out...but it's probably less noticeable to most people (and therefore more usable, to my mind) than naming someone Zero, which is a GP of mine. I think the meaning originally (I'm guessing Jules Verne was the first to use it as a name? - eta, no, looks like Dickens used it in Bleak House as an alias of a former British Army officer who became an impoverished copyist and died of opium overdose) was picked to be mysterious.
It sounds nice, at least, and it's not a name I'd dislike seeing IRL...if I met siblings Nemo and Naoise and Nimue, that'd be fun...but also I suspect a Nemo would have to deal with a lot of "finding..." jokes/comments.
This message was edited 12/17/2019, 6:10 AM
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It sounds masculine to me, and I do quite like it, and it would work exceptionally well on a sci-fi character, perhaps the commander of a steampunk spaceship. However, I do think the "Finding Nemo" association to be rather unfortunate, not because it's a particularly bad film, but because it's become almost completely associated with the cartoon fish. It's a bit like naming your son Pluto.
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Well, probably since I know the meaning, it sounds pathetic to me.
Definitely masculine imo, because of the character.
Nemo is a hapless lost child in his film. That's why I don't think it's a good association. Gives me a passive and insignificant impression. Sad.
I think Neo would be a better gender neutral name.
Definitely masculine imo, because of the character.
Nemo is a hapless lost child in his film. That's why I don't think it's a good association. Gives me a passive and insignificant impression. Sad.
I think Neo would be a better gender neutral name.
This message was edited 12/17/2019, 12:06 AM
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Too fishy for me
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