I looked it up a few years ago, and it seemed like it was being used (at least at first) primarily by Hispanics, along with
Adonai. So yeah, could still be hard to live up to in that context but just kind of in the way
Jesus or
Salvador would be.
It reminds me of names like
Romeo,
Dante,
Paris, classical and cliche-romantic...I don't hate any of those names, though. I like the sound of
Adonis, and overall would prefer it to
Don or
Donny. Pretty sure if I knew an
Adonis or 3, the myth reference wouldn't be on my mind (it's not commonly mentioned anyway), although if it were my name, the mythic connection to anemones could seem cool + the older story's a bit like
Persephone in a way (and
Persephone seems fine though dramatic) or
Shepherd even.
This message was edited 6/14/2023, 10:12 AM