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[Opinions] Venus
Today's name of the day is Venus. WDYT?I have two associations with Venus: 1. the planet (obviously); and 2. Venus Williams. Now, people certainly use names from astronomy - most often stars and moons - but it's much rarer to be named after a whopping planet in our solar system. Other than perhaps Mars, this is the only one that can be reasonably used for humans. (I've certainly never met a Jupiter or a Mercury.) It's a lot of name. Couple that with Venus Williams being as famous as she is, and it might be too big for most people. (I also happen to prefer Aphrodite anyway.)***Please rate my personal name lists:www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381
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I actually quite like it.
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Romantic.
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I like it.
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I can only imagine the planet.
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only as a planet
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I don't care for the mythological association at all, but I love it thanks to Venus Williams (those sisters have great names!)Also names related to astronomy are generally pretty cool; I'd love to meet a boy named Mercury :)
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I don’t like names too strongly associated with beauty, I don’t think the sound of Venus is particularly nice either.
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I have always associated the name Venus with mythology and have always adored the name. In Italian mythology, Venus is a Goddess associated with cultivated fields and gardens. In Roman mythology, Venus is a Goddess whose functions encompassed love, beauty, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory. I know to most this would make the name undesirable but it honestly doesn't affect how I feel about the name, I mainly focus on the beauty part because my name, Kalista, is a variant to the Greek name Kallistō, a name meaning "most beautiful". I think I like it mostly because it has a similar meaning to my name.
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It’s the name of a literal planet and it means “sexual desire” - those two things should show my feelings toward this name rather nicely. Verena and Vered are much safer and far better.
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