#[ names ]

[incognitopolls]

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[anarchist-rat-swarm]

Something I see sometimes when bigots are talking about trans people is "birth name" or just a weird obsession with the name you were "born with."

Humans aren't actually born with names. None of them pop out with a nametag, as far as I know. Generally, human parents formally choose a series of noises with which to refer to the baby in question shortly after they're born, usually some time after wiping the goo off.

It's a very inefficient system, but it's nevertheless a very quaint tradition.

[oldinterneticons]

[sing-you-fools]

me: this is a background character who's in one scene, has two lines, and is completely irrelevant to the rest of the story. i am going to stop obsessing over what to name him and use the random name generator on behindthename.com. i am going to accept the first thing it gives me and move the fuck on.

behindthename.com:

[silvermoon424]

For the purposes of this poll please just stick to birth names! I'd like to do another poll for names people chose themselves later in life.

[froody]

Since you guys like my male name list, here are some vintage girl’s names from old historic documents, recently updated:

(Sorry I listed the name origin/individual’s place of birth on some and not others.)

[yeoldenews]

Another selection of some of the better names I've come across in Regency era newspapers recently.

[santapau]

One from the archives.

[bibyebae]

names not numbers

The Palestinian Ministry of Health released a report on Thursday, including the names of more than seven thousand Palestinians who were martyred in the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip.

Red color highlights 0-4 years old age group

Green color highlights age group 5-17

White color highlights the age group between 18 and 59 years old

Gray color highlights the age group over 60

These are not just names, but people killed in the midst of a brutal war. Remember their names.

(Designed by @georgedeebstudios on insta)

[lilac-dreamxxz]

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀𝒹𝒾𝓈𝓅𝓁𝒶𝓎𝓃𝒶𝓂𝑒 l𝒶𝓎❀𝓊𝓉𝓈

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀𓈒⠀⠀𓏸 ⠀name⠀𓇼

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀𝅄⠀⠀ㅤׂ ⠀name⠀ 𓈒⠀⠀✧

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀୨୧ㅤִㅤׄ nameㅤׄ 🍥ㅤִㅤ

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 𓄹⠀𓈒⠀ㅤׄ name ⠀ㅤ𓄼

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ꞌꞋ ࣪ _ name ✿ . ꒱

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀୨୧ name __ ⟆

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀៹ 𔘓 name ! ꞌꞋ ࣪

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀# . name 𓂃 ♥︎

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ೃ❀࿔ name ₊   ˙

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀₊ ˚ name ꒰꒰🎀꒱꒱

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀𓏲࣪ ִֶָ ︎ִֶָ name 𖤐 .

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀🍣 ˛ 𓏲࣪  name ᜊ︐

⠀⠀⠀⠀ㅤ󠀠󠀠󠀠𓊆ྀི󠀠󠀠󠀠󠀠󠀠󠀠󠀠 ⠀ׁ⠀ㅤ © ㅤ 𝑙𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑐⠀ ︎︎︎︎ ︎︎︎︎ . ⠀⠀✿ ㅤ 󠀠󠀠󠀠𓊇ྀི

[mysticdragon3md3]

[squareallworthy]

Some people name their child after themselves, and some people say they think of their pets as their children, but rarely do you see a pet owner name their pet after themself. "Hi, I'm Dave, and this is my dog, Dave" -- you just don't see that a lot.

[yeehawpim]

a comic about my name

this is just the way I look at it to feel empowered/at peace with how I'm called different names by different people

obviously it's not the same for everyone but looking at it like this is just what made me happy