In my culture, name is parents’s prayer for their children. For example, if you wish your child to be a wise person, you name them something that means wise. If you wish them to be strong, you name them something that means strong. Etc. So, naming your child something wacky like “X” would be like cursing your own child here.
Interestingly, there is also a believe that your child will be sickly if you give a name that’s too heavy for your child. E.g. naming them with long names that includes too many great traits. You used to be able to identify people with aristocracy lineage because their name would be something most people considered “too heavy”, but the line is blur these days.
In my culture, name is parents’s prayer for their children. For example, if you wish your child to be a wise person, you name them something that means wise. If you wish them to be strong, you name them something that means strong. Etc. So, naming your child something wacky like “X” would be like cursing your own child here.
Interestingly, there is also a believe that your child will be sickly if you give a name that’s too heavy for your child. E.g. naming them with long names that includes too many great traits. You used to be able to identify people with aristocracy lineage because their name would be something most people considered “too heavy”, but the line is blur these days.
“I name you, ‘pretty awesome, but, y’know, no pressure, like’”