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For the person who send me an anon ask about the name doc: can you send me a DM with your full email address? I'd love to discuss this with you further!

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Would YOU like to contribute (some more) to my thesis project?

Hi, you might remember me from that other survey I did last week. The one I had to pause because I got 1400 replies in three days (sorry about that, I got slightly overwhelmed). Well, if you'd like to help me gather further data, I've made a shiny new survey that will STAY ACTIVE until 10th January!

This is part of my university work in the linguistic field of onomastics, the study of proper names. The survey takes about 10-15 minutes to do and participation is anonymous; data will not be shared with third parties.

I'm looking for participants, especially ones who

are trans*/genderqueer (binary transgender, nonbinary, genderfluid, agender, or anything in between!) and/or

have changed their first name (legal proceedings not mandatory, you just need to be using one that's different from your birth name in some way)

Please note that you are welcome to participate if these criteria do not apply to you! Also you don't need to be a native English speaker to participate, and you can complete this new survey if you've done the previous one already! (Basically, I'll be comparing the answers of this one and the old survey to see if there are any changes/noticeable trends.)

It would be lovely if folks would reblog this post and pass on the link to people they know who might be interested in participating as well!

(If you encounter any technical problems or other issues, please let me know so I can go see what's up! And get in touch if you have any questions!)

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Cottagecore name ideas!

Ivy

Ember 

Velvet 

Winter 

Cassette 

Blossom 

Sunny 

Willow 

Fallon

Poppy

Finnis 

Archie 

Edgar 

Micah

Lilac 

Skye 

Lark 

Lavender 

Charlie 

Sparrow 

August 

Prim 

Levi 

Milo 

Melian

Atlas 

Ambrose

Jonah 

Quinn

Wells

Taylor 

Spencer 

Tethan 

Stevie 

Ivory 

Newt 

Lavender 

Honey  

Cedar 

Aspen

Chip

Cookie 

Beans 

Scribbles 

Rosalie 

Marigold 

Nikko 

Felix 

Casper 

Cassian 

Artemis 

Bug 

Moth 

Thistle 

Nellie 

Gaia 

Zephyr 

Styx

Toby 

Hazel 

Everett 

Orion 

Navy 

Rosemary

Elodie 

Prim(rose) 

Thatcher

Dahlia 

Vinny 

Toadstool 

Pixie 

Otto 

Wisteria 

Emery 

~ Basil

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          Anon asked: Hi! Common names in American/usa, masc or masc-leaning, shorter/medium length names, I like Conner and Michal but neither of them feel right, I also like Basil but don’t want a plant name. Sorry if not enough information, and thank you in advance! 

Don’t worry, this is a perfect amount of info to go off of! Hopefully one of these either works or gives you an idea! 

James, Danny, Samuel, Oliver, Matthew, Ryan, Lucas, Alex/Alexander/Xander, Jackson, Joshua, Gabriel, Nick, Cameron, Kayden, Casper, Benedict/Benny, Baz, Bass, Mikey 

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      Anon asked: some long-ass masc/neut names (10+ letter type shit) preferred Greek/roman or Arabic

Alexander or Alexandros (popular Greek/roman name, means defender of man) 

Demetrius (masc verison of Demeter) 

Zakariah (Arabic, god has remembered 

Ataullah (Arabic, gift from god) 

Tamanna (Arabic, generous) 

Suleiman (Arabic, man of peace) 

Bahaadur (Arabic, brave warrior) 

Some random long names that first came to mind: 

Constantine, Belladonna, Lexington, Hazelwood, Sebastien, Hawthorne 

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Names similar to Billy for @4ng3l-g4br13l

Noah, Finn, Liam, Freddy, William, Joey, Bailey, Kelly, Jamie, Eddie, Willow!

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Anon asked: Would it be alright to request for names that have the same vibe or aesthetic as Charon (the Stygian boatman)? Much thanks in advance! 

I love that name! 

Hades 

Stick 

Styx

Iris 

Oscar 

Athen 

Castel

Nicodemus 

Chandra 

Orion

Desmond 

Belladonna 

Ambrose 

Ellowen 

Miles 

Atlas 

Erebus (Greek god of darkness) 

Cerbie 

Rus 

Achyls (death mist or mist over eyes in Greek) 

Moros (Greek god of doom and child of Nyx and Erebus) 

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Anon asked: hi!! I’ve been trying to find a name for a while but kinda hit a roadblock.  do you have any names that feel… dog-like? Either names commonly associated with dogs or themed words!! also preferably masc or neutral <33

hopefully some of these work for you!

Ryder 

Bell 

Teddy 

Buddy 

Charlie 

Max 

Milo 

Bandit 

Pawson 

Champ 

Chester 

Dexter 

Duke 

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Names similar to Sean and Zhan for @pattch

Zane

Shawn 

Sea

Soren 

Siena

Zayn 

Zander

Zuri 

Leon 

Jake

Finley 

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names similar to ellis 

Elliot 

Elias

Elise

Elle

Elmer

Emery

Yellow vibe names 

Buttercup - small yellow flowers 

Citrine - a golden-yellow crystal that’s associated with apollo and Freyr, as well as positivity and optimism. 

Clem - shortened from Clementine 

Fawn 

Carmela (Carmen, Care, Mel) 

Ginger 

Camber (Cam, Cammy) 

I tried to find some as close as I could to broken promises: 

Anima-Sola - lone soul, lonely spirit from Latin American statues

Dolion - Greek name for betrayal of deceit

Amaris - a Hebrew name for fulfilling gods promises

Airleas - Irish for a promise or oath

Var - a Scandinavian goddess who is portrayed as punishing those who break promises

Nolasco (Nolas) - Spanish for a person who forgets about promises or doesn’t fulfill them)

I hope at least one of these was helpful anon! Ellis is a beautiful name aswell :) - Basil 🌿 

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introduction 

Cas’s intro 

Hello everyone! My name is Cas. I am an aspiring writer and I love to create new characters. Especially the names are always fun. I’ve created this blog to share and save my favourite names. It’s not just for characters. You can also request names for yourself, your pets, your plants, or anything else you need a name for.

Basil/Will’s Intro 

Hi! I go by basil or will, and use he/him pronouns. I’ve created far too many name lists for my characters! Over two years ago this blog helped me find my pen name, and now I’m super excited to be an admin here. My solo blog is @stray-mossballs-and-buckets 

Rules: 

No TRASH (transphobia, racism, anti-semitism, sexism, homophobia, etc) on my blog

Don’t get angry if I make a mistake, just point it out and explain what I did wrong so I can fix it

Be respectful of other people’s opinions and ideas

I have an ongoing project to find out people’s perceptions on unisex names. You can find the doc here

Noun name ideas doc. Please suggest more!

Requests -  open

Name/pronoun validation - open

Name vibe - open

Brutally honest opinion - open

Other asks - open

Please read this post before requesting a name list. Thank you!

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Hello! My name is Basil/Will and I use he/him pronouns. I’m a new admin for this blog and sadly I’m unable to view any unanswered asks sent previously, so please feel free to send any in that didn’t get answered! I’ll try to get through them as fast as I can.

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Things that running this blog would entail:

Answering asks

Making posts

Keeping up the gender neutral name doc

Taking care of the noun name doc

You may also: give this blog a facelift and even change the rules If you wish to do so

Hello everyone,

For a few years I've run this blog with much joy and inspiration but for a while now it's felt more like a chore. I'm moving on to other things. That gives me two options: archive this blog or pass it on to someone who will treat it well.

I'd rather to the latter. If anyone feels inclined to try it out send me a message and we'll give it a go.

Sorry for all the unanswered messages. You deserve better.

I hope this blog has a future. Here's to helping more people find a name 🥂

Love,

Cassander

[prettygoodnames]

Hello everyone,

For a few years I've run this blog with much joy and inspiration but for a while now it's felt more like a chore. I'm moving on to other things. That gives me two options: archive this blog or pass it on to someone who will treat it well.

I'd rather to the latter. If anyone feels inclined to try it out send me a message and we'll give it a go.

Sorry for all the unanswered messages. You deserve better.

I hope this blog has a future. Here's to helping more people find a name 🥂

Love,

Cassander

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looking for names like ray/raymond. 90s vibe idk.

Brett

Dean

Douglas

Matt

Shane

Terry

Warren

Wes

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okay wild request bc people associate the name jared with assholes but i need names like jared but in like a cool guy with long hair who makes music or somehything way

I'm on mobile and by god I'm not going to open my laptop but I just remembered this blog exists so I'm sorry this isn't up to my usual standards but here have this:

Conor

Derek

Diego

Erik

Heath

Levi

Reed/Reid

Sean

Troy

Wade

But if you like Jared best you should go for Jared. Fuck them stereotypes you know? People will always have opinions no matter what name you choose. Pick what you think is best

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may i ask for fem names similar to jelly? like w a bit of a sweet feel pls, ty!

Apple

Blossom

Candy

Cherry

Cocoa

Daisy

Hazel

Honey

Jellybean

Lily

Mochi

Peach

Petal

Posie