the translation of names is strange but both Henry and Henric originate from the same source, same with Charles. and to be fair, it’s a very ancient historical practise, it’s very frequently done with Islamic names even nowadays
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for example, we know the philosopher, astronomer and doctor Ibn Sena as Avicenna
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okay well his full name is more accurately transliterated as Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn bin ʿAbdullāh ibn al-Ḥasan bin ʿAlī bin Sīnā al-Balkhi al-Bukhari but that’s only his formal, full Arabic name
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Ask your grandma, your great great grandparents, your future grandsons and chances are
Is that they probably know a middle eastern king named Mohammed.
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im a lesbian im not going to have any grandsons my bloodline ends here but i appreciate the point, though it’s not really that profound, we have names just as common
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like Josh, an extremely popular name, is derived from Joshua and Joseph, and Joshua can also be translated into the english name Jesus, which I am sure you’ve heard of
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the practise of naming folks after important religious figures is just something distinctly human
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Hmm a very common name here in Romania for girls is Ana/Maria and in case you are indecisive: Ana-Maria
For boys is Andrei/Mihai
And yes, those are saint names.
Funny story, when I was a kid, I told a random girl “hi maria” and she was very shocked
“wow”
“how do you know my name?”
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I have never played a Dangan Ronpa. Once someone put “all Komaeda voice clips compilation” in a VC I was in and he was so rancid I had to skip it
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Did the magnifique Magnus tell you about Danganrompa Gaming forum ever?
Nah
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Do you know Satori, Taka and Nuto? She’s from there
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They’re
Ah yes, Satori, Take and Nuto. My favorite singular person
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Oh cool
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I can invite you there, but you have to get use to the lingo dingo
I am busy right now and probably would not have time to commit to another Place, but maybe someday
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