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What if you met a little girl named Agrippina? Would you feel bad for her, or would you think her parents had great taste?
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I would be so intrigued. I absolutely live for the long and elaborate and nonsensically fanciful. I would probably conduct a full-on interview with her mother right there at whatever location we were at. I wouldn't say it's necessarily my first choice in this type of category of name but it is definitely very interesting and I would definitely want to know the story behind it regardless.
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Yes I'd feel bad, don't like the name
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It's one of my favorite names but I think it's best in the middle. I would be excited to see it on someone but would feel bad for a little girl that hated it.
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Why is it one of your favorites?
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I like the sound of it. I like the sound of the ancient diminutive nickname for it, Agripinilla. I like the old Polish nickname for it, Gryfina(Polish is my native language).
I like the history of it. It's connection to the masculine name Agrippa. And to some of the women who carried it. This includes eastern European princesses who lived where I was born and an early saint.
I like the history of it. It's connection to the masculine name Agrippa. And to some of the women who carried it. This includes eastern European princesses who lived where I was born and an early saint.
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Gryfina is interesting. Never heard it, before.
Thanks for the cultural context.
Thanks for the cultural context.
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Obviously I can't answer for Kirke, but the namesake(s) were very bold women for their time. Not that they didn't make mistakes, but still.
Or, maybe they just like the sound and meaning of the name, IDK.
Or, maybe they just like the sound and meaning of the name, IDK.
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Sure, I've just never seen someone claim it as a favorite before, so I'm curious.
Are famous namesakes why you like it (do you actually like it)?
Are famous namesakes why you like it (do you actually like it)?
This message was edited 3/26/2023, 2:19 PM
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I'm imagining a little girl with short black French braided pigtails. It seems like it could be cute for a little girl sort of the way Hermione or Ursula could be.
I'd mostly just wonder what she thought of it or if it looked less unusual in her cultural background than mine. I think if I'd grown up with that as my name, I'd have embraced the "wild horse" meaning and Strong Woman vibe, but I might rather have been Hippolyta, Drusilla, Philippa, Eponina, Augusta, Valentina; maybe my nn would be Pippa.
I'd mostly just wonder what she thought of it or if it looked less unusual in her cultural background than mine. I think if I'd grown up with that as my name, I'd have embraced the "wild horse" meaning and Strong Woman vibe, but I might rather have been Hippolyta, Drusilla, Philippa, Eponina, Augusta, Valentina; maybe my nn would be Pippa.
This message was edited 3/26/2023, 9:02 AM
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I would feel bad for her and if she asked me to call her a nickname, I’d gladly comply and never call her Agrippina.
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The historical character isn't exactly a role model, but I don't mind that. What I do mind is any name that shortens to Aggie.
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