[Opinions] Trafalgar
Watching the Father Brown Mysteries on tv and one of the characters is using the name Trafalgar Devlin. WDYT of Trafalgar?
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I think of Trafalgar Square and Trafalgar Law from One Piece.
The Battle of Trafalgar and Trafalgar Square are the first things that come to mind.
After saying it a few times it doesn't sound terrible for a name, but might be best for a middle name.
It sounds like it belongs among a long list of middle names for some son of a British nobleman or for a child of a history professor.
After saying it a few times it doesn't sound terrible for a name, but might be best for a middle name.
It sounds like it belongs among a long list of middle names for some son of a British nobleman or for a child of a history professor.
Anachronistic. I can well imagine someone naming a child Trafalgar in 1805, especially if the family had links with the Navy. But Father Brown is a good century away from that; perhaps Trafalgar became a family name?
I dimly remember that there was a provincial-level cricketer (think, County) in South Africa in the early 1960s or even the late 1950s; no idea what he did or for which team even, but I read once that although it sounded as if he was known as Laurie, his actual name was Lorraine and he got it because of some male relative who fought there in the First World War. That's another possibility: a long-dead relative's own name wouldn't have the resonance of the battle in which he featured and maybe fell. Or, variation on Oscar Wilde, he could have been found in a handbag in Trafalgar Square instead of Victoria Station!
I dimly remember that there was a provincial-level cricketer (think, County) in South Africa in the early 1960s or even the late 1950s; no idea what he did or for which team even, but I read once that although it sounded as if he was known as Laurie, his actual name was Lorraine and he got it because of some male relative who fought there in the First World War. That's another possibility: a long-dead relative's own name wouldn't have the resonance of the battle in which he featured and maybe fell. Or, variation on Oscar Wilde, he could have been found in a handbag in Trafalgar Square instead of Victoria Station!
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This message was edited 5/5/2022, 4:55 PM