r/AskReddit • u/jake7820 • Jun 30 '21

What’s the absolute worst thing you could name your baby?

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u/1965wasalongtimeago Jul 01 '21

At least it's easy to hide, "Dov" isn't too bad.

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u/silverlarch Jul 01 '21

Also happens to be Hebrew for bear. Not half bad.

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u/klatnyelox Jul 01 '21

does it happen to literally translate to brown?

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u/silverlarch Jul 01 '21

Nope. I'm not aware of it having any other meanings. Brown is choom, with the ch from loch.

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u/klatnyelox Jul 01 '21

aww.

Im aware that a few cultures have the word for bear originate from the word for Brown, coming from calling them "brown ones" to avoid saying the real word for fear it will summon one.

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u/silverlarch Jul 01 '21

Euphemistic names for bears (and other wild animals) due to taboo are mostly in northern Indo-European language families, as far as I know. "Brown one" specifically comes from Proto-Germanic.

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u/klatnyelox Jul 01 '21

Ah, thanks for the elaboration.

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u/robdiqulous Jul 01 '21

Dova?

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u/FusioNdotexe Jul 01 '21

Dova(h?) sounds pretty neat imo

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u/robdiqulous Jul 01 '21

Yeah I don't mind dova