Fell in love with [name_m]Severus[/name_m], Avarice, and [name_m]Invictus[/name_m] as a sibset. Due to many things, I don’t think any of them are usable, but I’d like to hear your thoughts.
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[name_m]Severus[/name_m] I don’t think could break free from the [name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m] connotations, and I love [name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m], but [name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m] himself named his kid after Snape, and got bashed over the head for it, I can’t imagine it would go over well in real life. Plus, it translates to stern, serious, strict, or severe.
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Avarice literally means an excessive or insatiable desire for material wealth, I think it’s a beautiful name, and I could personally get over the meaning, but I’m still not sure it’s a great idea for a baby girl. A lot of people put a lot of weight behind the meaning of names, and I’d hate to cause a baby girl that kind of trouble over a name.
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[name_m]Invictus[/name_m] seems to be the most wearable of the three, it means unconquered, or undefeated, so basically like a glorified [name_m]Victor[/name_m], not a bad meaning, but somehow it seems so much more condemning than [name_m]Victor[/name_m], which again, I’m okay with, but might give a boy with this name trouble later in life.
Avarice does have a pleasing sound but that meaning might be tricky to wear [name_f][/name_f]- I guess it crosses the line between ambition and greed, which is a shame when it doesn’t sound[name_f][/name_f] like it should mean that
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[name_m]Severus[/name_m] is heavy (though I’ve seen people use Severe/ Sévère?) [name_f][/name_f]- but yeah, it is very much attached to HP and that’s not something I’d want [name_f][/name_f] (nor do i think the name will be free of that anytime soon, given remakes etc)
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[name_m]Invictus[/name_m] is bold, but six boys were given the name in 2024 (first time it entered the US stats!). I think it could fit in with the likes of [name_m]Chosen[/name_m], [name_f]Halo[/name_f], [name_m]Saint[/name_m] etc. [name_f][/name_f]- and would make a cool middle (as you say, a bit like [name_m]Victor[/name_m], and you’ve got the poem and [name_m]Invictus[/name_m] [name_m]Games[/name_m] link?)
I’d say no way to [name_m]Severus[/name_m] and Avarice. It’s not like they’re little known meanings… [name_m]Severus[/name_m] is basically just the word severe, and I grew up playing snakes and ladders that had the word avarice as at the top of a snake that slides you back down, just like envy and sloth.
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[name_m]Invictus[/name_m] is a bold, unusual choice that I’m sure would get some negative feedback from relatives/friends (though some rellies have a knack for giving feedback on any regular old name regardless )… but may be usable?
Agree with the above. [name_m]Severus[/name_m] is not only very[name_f][/name_f] much tied to a specific character and franchise but it is essentially ‘severe / sever’ neither of which are pleasant words to have as a name. [name_m]Even[/name_m] if you like the character and even if you overlook the meaning it’s just very…fandom-y, like using [name_f]Khaleesi[/name_f].
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Avarice is again, not a pleasant meaning to carry around, although it does have a nice sound.
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[name_m]Invictus[/name_m] I can see as a middle. [name_m]The[/name_m] poem is great, and there’s the whole idea of ‘sol invictus’, the sun (or sun god) returning [name_f][/name_f]- it would actually make a great[name_f][/name_f] bold middle for a December/winter solstice baby on that count!
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[name_m]You[/name_m] might like [name_m]Septimus[/name_m], [name_m]Sylvander[/name_m], Severin(e), [name_m]Azriel[/name_m], [name_m]Asterion[/name_m], [name_m]Arcturus[/name_m]?
[name_m]Invictus[/name_m] is a bold name but not unusable.
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Avarice is 100% unusable. It is not just an established name with an unfortunate meaning, but really a word that literallly means something bad. Maybe you like [name_f]Avarose[/name_f] instead?
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[name_m]Severus[/name_m] is not as bad as Avarice but I wouldn’t recommend using it for a real child. [name_m]Severin[/name_m] is a alternative that is not as closely connected to [name_m]Severus[/name_m] Snape.
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If it’s just a GP/fictional sibset, I do think the names go well together!
I’d suggest Amaris or Amarice instead of Avarice. I see what you mean about name meanings. But I think there is a difference between a name that may derive from a word that means something negative in an old language like Latin or Ancient Hebrew but has other positive associations (like Mary or James for example), and a word name that literally means something negative in English like “Avarice” or “Envy”.
For Severus, the Harry Potter character is really iconic so it will be hard to escape that association. Also the meaning is obvious in English due to it’s similarity to “severe”.
Invictus to me seems the most usable of the three.
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