• Lemminary
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    61 month ago

    A girl I knew was called, and I shit you not: Estradivarius. 5 syllables. Yes, the same name as the clothing store which itself named after the string instrument.

  • @[email protected]
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    51 month ago

    In Spain, four syllable names aren’t rare. Antonio or Ignacio are quite common. Isidoro and Wenceslao, are more rare but I’ve met some.

    Then there are composite names that might seem two names but are considered a single one, like José María or Francisco Javier.

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    41 month ago

    I work with a lot of folks in India with super long names and they generally have a shorter version everyone calls them by.

    I think the longest for someone I’ve met is “Vishnuvardhan” but everyone calls him Vish.

    Then the problem is having a dozen Vish’s.

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    31 month ago

    Rasmus-Nikolaj, with a hyphen, counts as one name right?

    One of my teachers’ son is named such. Was to be named Ib but they found that too short, and then couldn’t agree on their favorite alternatives so they chose both. With a hyphen.