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Help[Opinions] Tenebrae
I'm reading Thomas Pynchon's Mason & Dixon, a novel written in the style of an 18th-century epic about the astronomers who lent their names to the Mason-Dixon line here in the U.S. One of the characters is a young woman named Tenebrae (Latin for "darkness"), and I'm totally taken by it. It's obviously whimsical, but the darkness of the meaning adds gravitas. Plus, Tennie is an adorable nickname. What do you think?
Combos:
Tenebrae Cecilia
Tenebrae Sophia
Tenebrae Louisa
Tenebrae Eugenie
Tenebrae Calista
Tenebrae Joanna / Johanna
Tenebrae Susanna
Tenebrae Georgina
Tenebrae Edith
Tenebrae Alice
Tenebrae Judith
Tenebrae Sara
Tenebrae Lucy
Tenebrae Ingrid
Tenebrae Agnes
Tenebrae Patience
Tenebrae Mary
Tenebrae Maud
Tenebrae Zoe
Tenebrae Chloe
Tenebrae Eve
Tenebrae Helen
Tenebrae Eustacia
Tenebrae Ignatia
Tenebrae Drusilla
Tenebrae Lucretia
Tenebrae Lucina
Tenebrae Lucilla
Combos:
Tenebrae Cecilia
Tenebrae Sophia
Tenebrae Louisa
Tenebrae Eugenie
Tenebrae Calista
Tenebrae Joanna / Johanna
Tenebrae Susanna
Tenebrae Georgina
Tenebrae Edith
Tenebrae Alice
Tenebrae Judith
Tenebrae Sara
Tenebrae Lucy
Tenebrae Ingrid
Tenebrae Agnes
Tenebrae Patience
Tenebrae Mary
Tenebrae Maud
Tenebrae Zoe
Tenebrae Chloe
Tenebrae Eve
Tenebrae Helen
Tenebrae Eustacia
Tenebrae Ignatia
Tenebrae Drusilla
Tenebrae Lucretia
Tenebrae Lucina
Tenebrae Lucilla
This message was edited 10/12/2022, 7:32 AM
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This is goth as hell and I'm here for it! I'd imagine she has sisters named Lachrimae and Suspiria. :-P
Of your combos, I like:
Tenebrae Louisa
Tenebrae Joanna
Tenebrae Susanna
Tenebrae Lucretia
Tenebrae Lucina
I would also like to propose:
Tenebrae Bernadette
Tenebrae Bernadine
Tenebrae Charlotte
Tenebrae Letitia
Tenebrae Lavinia
Tenebrae Maureen
Tenebrae Melicent
Tenebrae Melusine
Tenebrae Leona
Tenebrae Leontyne
Of your combos, I like:
Tenebrae Louisa
Tenebrae Joanna
Tenebrae Susanna
Tenebrae Lucretia
Tenebrae Lucina
I would also like to propose:
Tenebrae Bernadette
Tenebrae Bernadine
Tenebrae Charlotte
Tenebrae Letitia
Tenebrae Lavinia
Tenebrae Maureen
Tenebrae Melicent
Tenebrae Melusine
Tenebrae Leona
Tenebrae Leontyne
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I like Tenebrae. I grew up in a medical family, so I do get the vertebrae association, but that also makes it feel very familiar to me. It’s still far off enough for me to see it as a regular name though.
The nickname Tennie though 😭🖐 It doesn’t just make me imagine a tennis ball, but a person with shaved green hair that looks like a tennis ball.
The nickname Tennie though 😭🖐 It doesn’t just make me imagine a tennis ball, but a person with shaved green hair that looks like a tennis ball.
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Yeah. Tennie sounds like a shoe.
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It looks like a medical term. Like vertebra. I really can't get past that association.
Tennie as a nickname is adorable though!
Tennie as a nickname is adorable though!
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The brae part of the name is very reminiscent of some invented names, such as Braden/Brayden and Braelyn. So I take a natural disliking towards Tenebrae. The sound is just awful. The first part of the name is...just okay, even the nickname, although it almost sounds like someone asking for a ten dollar bill. /:
This message was edited 10/12/2022, 10:02 AM
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Don't really like it
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