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No way. It sounds like a disease.

So I did some research..

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I heard somebody with that name the other day and I thought it was very unusual. Going down the rabbit hole figured it would’ve meant “love, to open” or some crap like that, but I’m pretty sure it’s just made up or something.

is this a real name?

This message was edited 3/8/2021, 12:24 PM

This seems like a slur - against androids and... otherwise. (It looks and sounds like an existing slur for people with Down syndrome.)

this isn't a name ...

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Unless it's for a type of cancer or meningitis or something.

It's pretty awful. I think hemorrhoids, mongoloid.

I agree with the rest of the comments here. It doesn’t come across as a name. As a sound, I find it completely unappealing.

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Only plus is that it made me remember Freakazoid. That was a fun show.

I don't think the -oid ending work well for a name. Most of the words that come to mind aren't all that pleasant to think about. I'm thinking schizoid, paranoid, opioid and, with this name starting with an m and with the n in the middle, mongoloid which is very unfortunate.

Why not Murgatroyd? That's got more oomph to it.

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Where did you find this name? I tried to do some searching and couldn't find anything. Is it like Mina + Lloyd? It does look a lot like "melanoid"

Melanoid? Menaloid? Very strange, and not name-like at all.

Looks too much like the word "melanoid".

Honestly, it reminds me of the highly offensive former term often used to describe people with Down Syndrome, mongoloid.

It doesn't sound namey to me. It just reminds me of random words (polaroid and menopause).

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Is it in use as a name somewhere?