• Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
    1864·
    6 个月前

    He probably should have been honest and upfront about it, but he also named their kid after something he obviously loves, and I think that’s great. If she loved the name before knowing its origin, she should love it even more for being associated with something that at least one parent thinks is beautiful.

    • Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3026·
      6 个月前

      The issue there is that she loved Moana. He thought she would get bullied for that name, so instead named her after a bug. He put his love for insects over his wife’s love, and tried to rationalize it to himself. But his rationalization doesn’t hold under the least bit of scrutiny, because more kids would tease her after being named after an insect than a Disney movie. The saving grace here is that the cicada doesn’t come up in Urban Dictionary (kids love that shit), and it comes up after the Brazilian municipality.

      Overall, I’d say he is the butt head, but it’s not a huge deal.

      • PiJiNWiNg@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1111·
        6 个月前

        Who is going to recognize that name as being after a bug though? Only people who they tell, lol

  • Th4tGuyII@fedia.io
    931·
    6 个月前

    I mean it’s a beautiful name, who really cares if it’s named after a genus of Cicadas? There are worse sounding “normal” names out there. Plus it’s named after OP’s passion, I think that shows a lot of love

  • threeduck@aussie.zoneEnglish
    92·
    6 个月前

    In Maori, Maua means “we”, or “both of us”. It’s also shorthand for “we share similar beliefs”.

    Could have gone that route.

    • Anas@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      6 个月前

      It’s a sister subreddit with more lax application of the rules. They did a few of those, mainly for April fools.

      • tempest@lemmy.caEnglish
        4·
        6 个月前

        How can the rules be more lax? More than half of aita reads like rage bait written by chatgpt

        • Anas@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          6 个月前

          There are many topics that aren’t allowed on the main sub (revenge stories, violence, asking for advice, etc.) that would be allowed on aitb.

          I’ve seen way more fake posts on other aita subs (r/AITAH, r/TwoHotTakes, etc.), the moderation on r/aita usually catches most obvious rage bait posts.

    • Fugtig Fisk@feddit.dkEnglish
      5·
      6 个月前

      I had to google that abbreviation and only came up with

      Adventures In The Beetroot Field (booking agency; London, UK)

      I eventually clicked on the reddit link though, after putting on some rubber gloves and taking a few anti-nausea pills. There i found the right explanation

  • Krauerking@lemy.lolEnglish
    68·
    6 个月前

    I mean I have said I would want to name my kid Nodo-Chinko. It’s the Japanese word for the Uvula but it more directly translates to “throat penis”…

    So he could have done way worse.

    • protistEnglish
      181·
      6 个月前

      I’ve always been partial to the name Pubert myself. It’s pronounced “Pube-air.”

    • tiredofsametab@kbin.run
      5·
      6 个月前

      I mean　チンコ (chinko) is still censored on at least TV, so I think it’s a little disingenuous to say it’s the word. The actual word is 口蓋垂 ( こうがいすい - kougaisui) whose kanji mean something like mouth, cover, and zig-zaggy thing (specifically a type of Shinto zig-zag paper design, according to my dictionary).

  • LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    671·
    6 个月前

    Idk it’s not the worst name ever. Definitely sounds like a “kooky millennial parents wanted an interesting name” name. But there’s worse. Much worse. He should’ve told her where it came from though, kinda a dumb thing to not involve your wife in. You know. The name of her child.

  • fatalicus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    661·
    6 个月前

    I wonder if they are aware that in Europe the Disney character is called Vaiana, because there is a porn star named Moana.

    • Fugtig Fisk@feddit.dkEnglish
      341·
      6 个月前

      I got downvoted to hell for stating the same thing on reddit a couple of years ago!

      Also, the choice was not just to avoid association with the porn star. The name Moana was not legally available to Disney in several European countries so they had to find a different name

      • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        221·
        6 个月前

        i love the idea that disney would for some reason care about a porn star that barely anyone has ever heard about, as if search results for the name wouldn’t instantly be overwhelmed by the disney movie…

        the legal issues have to like 97% of the reason for the name change

    • Shard@lemmy.worldEnglish
      61·
      6 个月前

      Thank you kind sir for the vintage research material.

      Apparently there were legitimate trademark issues also at play. Apparently its an Ice cream brand in Romania and a perfume brand in Spain.

    • jol@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      172·
      6 个月前

      More precisely, how has the relationship come this far without him knowing she hates all bugs?

      • FiniteBanjo@lemmy.todayEnglish
        151·
        6 个月前

        I don’t think it’s on him for not knowing that when she agreed to marry an Entomologist. It’s nobody’s job to read their partner’s mind, they need to communicate likes and dislikes during the courting phase and I’m sure there were plenty of opportunities to bring that topic up.

        • jol@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          8·
          6 个月前

          I’m not blaming him at all. Him being an Entomologist makes this all worse. She didn’t even question where the name came from.

  • Holzkohlen@feddit.deEnglish
    617·
    6 个月前

    People make such a big deal of naming their kids. Just give them regular old names and call it a day. How about Paul? I guarantee everyone will feel indifferent to it, so it’s a winner.

    • BruceTwarzen@lemm.eeEnglish
      141·
      6 个月前

      She didn’t one day googe it for some reason, she read through his papers and found it for some reason.

  • Ziglin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    494·
    6 个月前

    What’s wrong with bugs? They’re cool, while a made up string of characters (that sounds good) might be better I don’t see what’s wrong with using an uncommon scientific name. Then again being honest is likely helpful.

    • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
      191·
      6 个月前

      There’s nothing wrong with bugs. It’s all about intent, and he clearly intended to hide this from her because he knew (correctly) it would be a problem for her. So it was a lie by withholding relevant information. About their daughters name. Its messed up. It’s also dumb because it’s so easy to look up the origin of a name that this “secret” isn’t really one at all.

      • petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        3·
        5 个月前

        It would be, but he did say he thought it was a harmless secret. That could be read as though he didn’t know it would bother her.

        Like, my name allegedly means things, but unless my mom really hates the Irish, I don’t think many of them would set her off.

        • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          5 个月前

          I see your point, but can’t square it.

          If he had said “I didn’t think it mattered so I didn’t think to tell her” that would make sense, but the fact that he said he deliberately hid it (ie harmless secret) means he knew she wouldn’t like it. Which makes sense because I think it would be pretty common to get “no” for an answer when you ask your spouse if you can name your kid after a bug.

          • petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            1·
            5 个月前

            Mm, yeah, that’s possible, too. I think I just considered that to be a turn a phrase.

            This is almost off-topic, but I’ve always found it kind of funny that people ask questions like these in AITA when they could get an answer if they just thought about it for 5 minutes. Like, “Wow, my wife really hates this. And, it either was or was not my fault, so… hm.”

      • Ziglin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        5 个月前

        I was questioning why it became so problematic. It’s still a good name and could totally have been a coincidence. The name being related to work seems like the main issue to me.

        • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          5 个月前

          I was questioning why it became so problematic.

          I guess I left this part out: If you haven’t noticed, many people don’t like bugs.

      • genuineparts@infosec.pubEnglish
        5·
        5 个月前

        What? Why would I have nightmares about the thing that secures my continued paycheck?
        I fucking love 'em.

        • pyre@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          5 个月前

          i guess it depends on whether you’re working for someone else or not. I’d guess most independent programmers would rather make new things rather then just fixing what they’ve made before.

    • Sorgan71@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      6 个月前

      Because having a weird name makes you a target for bullying. Also the name of a loud and annoying beetle is worse.

      • Ziglin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        5 个月前

        In my experience having a common name has that effect too. I feel like every name has the potential for bullies to target it. Also this is only one subcategory of beetle (that most people likely don’t know) if I read it correctly.