See the results of this poll: Which combo do you prefer?
Respondents: 16 (This poll is closed)
- Gray Eros : 4 (24%)
- Graham Eros : 8 (47%)
- Nice thought but keep looking.: 5 (29%)
Respondents: 16 (This poll is closed)
I really like [name_m]Graham[/name_m] [name_m]Eros[/name_m] nn [name_u]Gray[/name_u].
Thank you.
Not a nicknamer, so [name_m]Graham[/name_m] would be called [name_m]Graham[/name_m]. Or possibly [name_m]Graham[/name_m] [name_m]Eros[/name_m]. My son went by his first and middle name for years.
The flow isn’t ~perfect~ on either to me, but I really like [name_u]Gray[/name_u] [name_m]Eros[/name_m]. Very cool name.
I prefer [name_m]Graham[/name_m]. [name_u]Gray[/name_u] [name_m]Eros[/name_m] feels like a tribute to 50 Shades.
Or in my case a tribute to my late mom.
I personally do not know much about 50 shades. Children would not know either and once those children become adults, I’m sure many people will not know or care about it.
Plus Gray was around long before 50 Shades.
I picked keep looking. The names themselves are fine, and the tribute to your mom is sweet, but the flow of both combos just doesn’t work for me.
I think [name_m]Eros[/name_m] is a bit much. I get that he is the god of love, but I feel that it’s more sexual and romantic love rather than family or platonic love. It’s where we get ‘erotic’ and other related words. It just strikes me as a very odd and frankly quite inappropriate choice for parents to name a little baby.
P.S. I definitely get that this is slightly hypocritical coming from someone who named her child Freyja but at least Freyja had other things going on and the actual meaning is ‘lady’ rather than literally ‘sexual love’.
I get what you are saying. When I’ve talked to people they all thought about [name_m]Cupid[/name_m] and his bow and arrow, which might still not work. The meaning, does*. It’s been difficult to try to find a name that works. Maybe need to keep searching. I think I also want to keep to [name_u]Gray[/name_u], [name_m]Graham[/name_m] might have the sound of [name_u]Gray[/name_u] in it but does not look like [name_u]Gray[/name_u].
But as I said, maybe I should keep searching.
Thank you, everyone.
Yes, the point is that the Ancient Greeks had several words for love instead of just one to cover everything like we have in English. So yes it means love, but it is also a bit more specific than just ‘love’. This is explained in the Wiki article I linked. Neat 1=1 translations between languages are rarely possible.
I’m sure lots of names can be seen differently in other languages, and countries. People seem to love [name_m]Benedict[/name_m] in some countries. As someone living in the states, it only makes me think of one person. It is a harsh name and one I would not want to give my son.
Now in the case of [name_m]Eros[/name_m] the actual name is Greek…
I will check out the article.
I need to put up a new thread asking for suggestions of names that mean “love” or something similar. Not having luck myself.
Thank you, again.