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/lit/, I've got a daughter on the way, and I wanted to give her a literature-inspired name. I'm considering naming her Lesbia. Convince me out of it.

>> No.3625245

>>3625241
First, can you explain the rationale behind Lesbia?

>> No.3625251

>>3625245
Lesbia, to me, represents the truest love. She's the object of Catullus's poetry.

>> No.3625254

If you want ethnic minorities to devour her alive in public schools, then this is a good name.

I would call her Portia.

>> No.3625259

well lesbia sounds like lesbian

i'm sure her classmates will be understanding and mature about it

>> No.3625261

Lesbia will have a hard life.
Elizabeth is a nice literary name

>> No.3625256

>>3625241
>Lesbia

It's like you want your daughter to be bullied.

>> No.3625267

Mila
Amia
Emmryn
Sasha, middle name Gray.

>> No.3625272

>>3625267
Wouldn't Sasha be "Alexandria," though?

>> No.3625275

Sasha. Sasha-Grey.

>> No.3625281
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haven't seen this thread in a while. How long's it been OP?

>> No.3625282

Bathsheba
Sappho
Allegra

>> No.3625290

Rosalind
Emma

>> No.3625291

>>3625282
>Allegra

That's allergy medicine. Do you want my child to be bullied?

>> No.3625292

some literary inspired names for your daughter

Dagne

Queequeg

Dewey Dell

>> No.3625305

>>3625261
Elizabeth is what I plan on naming my daughter. I think it strikes the perfect balance between refinement and pretension.

>> No.3625310

I've thought of plenty of names for boys, but names for girls always stump me. I always liked the name "Victor," so I guess I could go for the feminine form and name her "Victrix."

>> No.3625318

>>3625310
Or Victoria...

>> No.3625322

>>3625318
But the feminine form of Victor is Victrix.

>> No.3625326

>>3625318
don't be silly.

>> No.3625328

This thread is ridiculous

>> No.3625340

How's Stella? I'm a big fan of Astrophel and Stella. Is that less "ridiculous"?

>> No.3625341

>>3625322
http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Victor
>A very popular saint's name common in Christian Rome, as was the female form Victoria.

Not in English, champ.

>> No.3625343

>>3625341
Victoria is the concept of victory itself. Victor is a male whom obtains it. Victrix is a female whom obtains it. The meanings are completely different.

>> No.3625347

>>3625343
Victor actually means a guy named Victor.

>> No.3625349

>>3625347
To you, perhaps. But I want my children's name to have meaning, like Lesbia.

>> No.3625353

>>3625343
And yet, the female equivalent of the male proper noun Victor is Victoria. Not Victrix.

>> No.3625354

>>3625340
Yes. Stella is less ridiculous than Lesbia or Victrix.

>> No.3625357

might as well name her Regina, but pronounced like the city in canada.

or L-a
(phonetically LA-DASH-A)

>> No.3625360

Dagny

>> No.3625363

Ayn

>> No.3625365

>>3625357
>Ladasha

A name born exclusively by crack-whoring female niggers. Certain to take his daughter far in life.

>> No.3625367

>>3625251
No one will thing of Catullus when they hear her name. Name her Sophia.

>> No.3625368

>>3625357
While Regina isn't a bad idea, I can't get over associations with Regina Spektor. Not happening.

>> No.3625372

>>3625357
>or L-a
>(phonetically LA-DASH-A)

Cuh da dash dont be silent!

>> No.3625373

Thea or Thecla

>> No.3625375

Name her Clio.

>> No.3625377

Okay, so right now, my top options are 1) Lesbia, 2) Victrix and 3) Stella.

>> No.3625382

>>3625377
Stella is the only one that wont have be get bullied.

Lesbia, what the fuck are you thinking? Might as well call her Rarity.

>> No.3625388

>>3625377
>naming your daughter lesbia

i hope your daughter grows up to resent you for naming her that

>> No.3625392
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3625392

>>3625382

>> No.3625393

>>3625382
I could name her Lesbia's real name (Claudia), but I feel like that name is outdated. Like Gloria.

>> No.3625401

"you're name is Lesbia?!" she exclaimed, clearly surprised.

"yeah, my father named me that because it apparantly is a significant name in some old book, he says that she...."

Lesbia kept talking, trying to get through the rehearsed explanation of her name as quick as possible, like she had done her whole life, to every person she had ever met.

>> No.3625411

>>3625401
She would leave ever person she meets better than they were before. You guys are acting like that's a bad thing.

>> No.3625425

Um, I don't encounter this one too much. What do you guys think of Diana? I could settle on Diana.

>> No.3625430

>>3625363
bad man bad

>> No.3625433

Lucretia

>> No.3625438

>>3625393
yeah, its way outdated, unlike lesbia which no-one has been called this side of the birth of christ and now has very strong connotations of homosexuality

>> No.3625441

>>3625433
Predestinating my daughter to rape and suicide? What is wrong with you?

>> No.3625443

You're actually asking /lit/ to help you name your child.

>> No.3625444

Beatrice

>> No.3625449

>>3625444
In fact, I considered this. But only because I love Much Ado About Nothing, though I assume you're referencing Dante's Beatrice.

>> No.3625453

>>3625449
Though I'd have to alter the spelling to Beatrix, for obvious reasons.

>> No.3625455

I prefer Elara.

>> No.3625479

Vesna, just Vesna.

>> No.3625497

>>3625241
Eowyn, lol.

>> No.3625501

JOHN GALT

>> No.3625581

>>3625501
Don't be ridiculous.

>> No.3625592

>>3625501

okay I actually laughed

>> No.3625594

Nately's Whore.

>> No.3625603

>>3625594
Or even better, Nately's Whore's Kid Sister.

>> No.3625639

>>3625241
Fantasy fan here, for me the truest representation of love will always be the story behind Geralt and Yennefer from The Witcher series. Also Yennefer is an unique, beautiful name. Go for it, you won't regret.

>> No.3625662

>>3625241
chryseis

>> No.3625674

Didn't someone used to make one of these threads on a bi-weekly basis?

I've been having trouble distinguishing between Deja Vu and actual memories lately.

>> No.3625677

I've got a list of name that might satisfy your urge.

Himeros
Teicu
Tlazolteotl
Tlaco
Xocotzin
Astarte
Bes
Kurupi
Rati
Inanna

And my personal favorite: Qandisa

>> No.3625682

>>3625639
He said literature, not pulp.

>> No.3625685

I've always wanted to name my daughter Ayn Rand White (white being my last name). I'm a communist and never read any rand, I'll leave that up to her

>> No.3625688

>>3625241

If you need suggestions on literary names from /lit/ you don't read as much as you ought to.

>> No.3625698

Laura

>> No.3625708

Call her Beatrice.
You know, like Dante's bitch.

>> No.3625711

Antigone
or Jocasta

>> No.3625721

>tfw a guy in my town called his children Amon Ra and Hagia Sophia

I cannot possibly see the reasoning behind that.

>> No.3625744

>>3625677
What about Xochítl?

I quite like that.

>> No.3625772

>>3625305
Nobody ever calls someone Elizabeth though. It's always Lizzy or Eliza.

>> No.3625788

>>3625772
Or Betty.

>> No.3625798

>>3625772
>>3625788
Ew.

>> No.3625808

The only convincing you should need is that your daughter will be fucking crucified in school. You fucking dick.

>> No.3625970

>>3625322
In Latin maybe, but let's be practical.

>> No.3625975

>>3625241
>Lesbia
Then you can name your son Homosexua

>> No.3625980

>>3625241
Pyrrha.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~milton/reading_room/fifth_ode/index.shtml

>> No.3626013

I really like Kunefa, it's aramic for beauty

>> No.3626020

just name her something modest but cool like

Leigh
Rebecca
Heather

>> No.3626024

Franny or Zooey from Salingers book would be nice.

>> No.3626032

There's plenty of outstanding women whose names are Crystal in the literature I keep under my bed.

>> No.3626038

>>3625688
/thread

>> No.3626048

Is anyone here a bad enough dude to name their daughter Dolores?

>> No.3626066

>>3626048
It is on the list of names the Wife and I have for daughters
1) Catherine Elizabeth
2) Madeline Rose
3) Dolores Marie

>> No.3626075

>>3625241
She's gonna fuck with mad heads, bro. Do it, bro.

>> No.3626114

>>3625241
Name her Sophia. Then you can say you´re a true philosophos.

>> No.3626142

>>3625241
George

>> No.3626170

>>3625241
do an author instead and name her flannery.

>> No.3626343

>>3625411
If this is what OP actually thinks, I doubt he will be convinced otherwise and I already feel sorry for poor Lesbo.

>> No.3626344
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3626344

I named my cousin's son Francis Scott because I'm a rich beta faggot.

>> No.3626361

>>3625241
Poor girl, I'm serious, try to think about what she will have to endure because of that name.

>> No.3626403

Maybe Aphasia instead

>> No.3626412

>Hi, I'm Mike. Can I buy you a drink?
>I'm Lesbia.
>Oh. Sorry.
She'll never meet a guy.

>> No.3626413

>>3625425
Diana is much better.

>> No.3626440

Gertrude
Lolita

>> No.3626451

>>3625241
Call her Sapho instead

>> No.3626452

Brett-Ashley

>> No.3626453

Call her Oedipa. That should make for some interesting therapy sessions down the line.

>> No.3626455

>>3626453
Especially if OP molests her.

>> No.3626462

>>3626455
that isn't my intention, but i'm open to the possibility of that happening at some point.

ophelia might be a decent option.

>> No.3626463

>>3626455
>Explaining the joke

>> No.3626464

>>3626462
Oh lord, OP please. Don't molest your child.

Call her Brett, or Ashley, or Brett-Ashley, and let her live a normal life.

>> No.3626466

>>3626463
I feel that I added to it.

>> No.3626470

Name Artemis or something.

>> No.3626473

>>3626464
normal life? go on, present a sound logical argument as to why incest is morally questionable. i'm overdue for a good laugh.

>> No.3626476

>>3626473
Oh God.

>> No.3626479

Beatrice

>> No.3626490

>>3625444
>>3625708
>>3626479

Now I wish I had a daughter, just so I could name her Beatrice.

>> No.3626491

>>3625744
>i quite like that

>> No.3626513

Rosalind is a great name and a great character.

>> No.3626521

Gwen is a pretty sweet name. You can do the full Guinevere/Gwendolyn if you're feeling cheeky.

>> No.3626544

>>3626473
incest isn't what you're being asked not to do

>> No.3626575
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3626575

>ctrl-f Cordelia
>no results

>> No.3626611

>>3625772
All the Elizabeth's I've known went by Liz.

Lizzy sounds like a nickname for a kid, and Eliza a different name altogether.

>> No.3626616

Dakota Fanning

>> No.3626620

>>3626473
I...oh my god.

What the fuck is this thread DOING

>> No.3626621

Callisto

>> No.3626624

>>3626544
If he waits till his daughter is of age would it still be as objectionable?

>> No.3626629

Alexstrasza

>> No.3626636

>>3625441
All women are raped at some point in their lives, so it doesn't matter. Better that she kills herself first.

>> No.3626637
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>>3625241
Pick an acceptable name. This is a child, not a pet. You have to consider what kind of life she's going to lead because of the way her name is interpreted by those around her.

A name like Lesbia is just asking for a hard life of torment and ridicule. If you must use a literary name like Artemis or Oedipa, please use it as her middle name.

I have friends who named their first son Loki because they love Nordic mythos. By the time he turned 4, they were completely regretting it because everyone was assuming they named him after Marvel comics.

And think of it this way: how would your life had changed if you had an oddball name that no one but a select group understood?

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>>3626636
>All women are raped at some point in their lives.
What kind of bullshit are you spouting there?

>> No.3626642

>>3626637
I would go so far as to say names like Lesbia and Oedipa should be avoided at all costs. Even as a middle name.

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>> No.3626646

>>3626642
I absolutely agree, but in most situations, you're not asked for a middle name, or you can just put an initial, so I'd give it a pass if the parents MUST have an oddball name in there somewhere.

>> No.3626647

>>3626048
Stop beating around the bush and just name her Lolita.

>> No.3626649
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3626649

>>3626645

>> No.3626651

Labia.

>> No.3626652

>>3626641
Sex is rape perpetrated by the man. In every case.

>> No.3626655

>>3626649
>>3626645
OP you should probably name your child before she reaches school age.

>> No.3626656
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3626656

>everyone's faces when a nerd couple we went to college with named their daughter "Zelda Peach [Last Name]" and their son "Link Yoshi [Last Name]"

>> No.3626657
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>>3626652
Nice trolling there.

>> No.3626662

Here are some good ones:

Merteuil

Mrs. Dalloway

Chron-nug, or Chronnug

>> No.3626663

>>3626657
TRIGGER WARNING: PLEASE PLACE A TRIGGER WARNING BEFORE USING WORDS THAT COULD TRIGGER MEMORIES OF MY RAPE. MY RAPIST CALLED HIMSELF A TROLL COLLECTING A BRIDGE TOLL

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>>3626663
Sounds like a friday night I had.
I was out collecting Bridge Trolls when I came across a young lady.
I asked her if she happened to know any Bridge Trolls and I was a sewer Troll looking to Troll some Trolls.
She Trolled me and said she knew no Trolls, so I Trolled her by using my Troll Fingers to make a Troll Sign of peace.
Then I stuck my Troll penis in her.
But then the tables got turned, she was in fact a Troll, who was Trolling me by being a girl, so we ended up Trolling each other pretty hard.
Now we go to Troll conventions together and try to Troll people with our Twin-Troll technique.

>> No.3626709

>>3625373
I like you.

>> No.3626746

Name her Taolin.

>> No.3626793

Name her Lolita instead

All jokes aside, I would probably name my first daughter Buffy

>> No.3626833
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Shirin

>> No.3626855

>>3626793
If not Lolita, I've always like Lola as a name.

>> No.3626857

>>3626575
This sculpture always makes me want to touch those thighs.

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>>3625241
Call her Laurie, OP.

>>3626855
Lola is derives from Dolores.

>> No.3626882

>>3626870
Yeah but Dolores is too outdated. Just keep it as Lola standard.

>> No.3626888

Lúthien Tinúviel LastName
Make sure you spell it with the ú.

>> No.3626891

>>3625393
Claudia is a fat girl name. Do you want your daughter to be fat?

>> No.3626893

>>3626855
El-oh-el-aye Lola

>> No.3626895

>>3625241
lol'd.
everyone's gonna think your daughter is a homo

>> No.3626901

Call her Lisa

>> No.3626902

>>3626895
At least she'll get to experience love in it's purest form instead of just becoming another piece of property to a disgusting privileged man.

>> No.3626906

>>3626893
version de besto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QufDdHzWhgw

>> No.3626914

Name her Max Stirner.

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>>3626902
Oh hai, Laurie. Can you check my privilege next?

>> No.3626920

>>3626915
Check it yourself bourgeois scum.

>> No.3626923

>>3626902
i think she is gonna get bullied for it which will turn her into a homophob.

more like hate in it's purest form.

if i sound like a homophobic person, i am not.
i think you get my point though

>> No.3626926

>>3626923
>if i sound like a homophobic person, i am not.
but you are check it (your privilege)

>> No.3626929

>>3626902

Quiet down you silly cumbucket

>> No.3626930

>>3626926
and why is that?

>> No.3626931

>>3625292
7.9/10 I laughed

>> No.3626932

>>3626923
So... naming your daughter Lesbia is kinda like naming your boy Sue? Can the OP expect an epic father-daughter bar fight in his future?

>> No.3626934

I am literally appalled at the fact that a law-abiding man somewhere in the civilised world in considering naming his child "Lesbia"

>> No.3626937

>>3626793
Wait, Buffy is a real name?
I always thought it was made up or just a slly nickname

>> No.3626939

>>3626932
fuck i actually get this reference because a former friend used to play that johnny cash sometimes.
i am proud of myself

>> No.3626942

>>3626934
It's not that terrible of an idea. What if she ends up founding her own nation some day and naming it after herself? An entire country of Lesbians.

>> No.3626954

If your last name is law, name her Sharia.

>> No.3626957

>>3626942
isnt there a greek isle with that name?

>> No.3626961
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3626961

Why don't you name her Deefdobelyoo. That's quite a pretty name for a little girl.

>> No.3627000

David Foster Wallace

>> No.3627010

>>3627000
Lesbia David Foster Wallace Harrington-Mosley.

Perfect.

>> No.3627042

No matter how nice a name I give any children, my surname still sucks. If I have a daughter I might have her take her mother's name.

>> No.3627192

>>3625449
>>3625708
>>3626479
My poor grandmother's name is Beatrice, goes by Betty, always says she hates it. Of course I don't think she's ever read Dante or knows what the name means (from beatus, "blessed") but I've always thought if I ever have a daughter I'd name her after her.

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>>3626906

>> No.3627207

>not having a Biblical name
lel to all you Brendons and Derricks

>> No.3627329

>>3625254
>>>/pol/