cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/1361025

Idk, something chill like Hakim Shaoqi… or Mikhail Sorensen

Both in different scripts (arabic et chinese) or (Cyrlic and Roman)

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    10 months ago

    I suggest traditional and historical Polish names, because not only will they stand out and be unpronounceable to anglos but will also have a cool meanings behind them.

    Many unfortunately are gendered, but boys being given girls names was something that often happened. You were even sometimes out of luck if the preist decided to himself name the child not giving the shit about its parents wishes.

    Like Będzimir, a mans name for “There will be peace”. It would even stand out in contemporary Poland! For the trans ladies into grandma core I suggest Jarosława, “Hot, angry, harsh glory”, but the list is endless really.

    Slavic names have gone unappreciated in the post-socialist era. Most people tend to make their children either abrahamic names, sometimes anglo names for which these children are unfortunately bullied. Brian and Jessica being the common stereotypical names, sometimes used as slurs when written Brajan and Dżesika.

    Only a few “standard” Slavic names have survived into today. Mostly for girls being named after flowers and fruit. Like Róża and Jagoda. Or for boys which tend to have easy foreign translation. Stanisław to Stanley for example.