ryujin470@fedia.io to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoIs there a graph about the amount of people named after the Olympian gods in the real world?message-squaremessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up16arrow-down1message-squareIs there a graph about the amount of people named after the Olympian gods in the real world?ryujin470@fedia.io to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-text
Region or country doesn’t matter. Asking here as I couldn’t find an equivalent to Reddit’s r/namenerds community here.
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-22 days agoI don’t know, but there are some common names that are actually obscure forms of classic theonyms, and the people using them may not even be aware of the connection—for instance, “Dennis” is a form of “Dionysus”. Would you count that or not?
I don’t know, but there are some common names that are actually obscure forms of classic theonyms, and the people using them may not even be aware of the connection—for instance, “Dennis” is a form of “Dionysus”. Would you count that or not?