Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26184308-20150330222607/@comment-16953943-20150411234338

CoolDudeAl wrote: Shadows Vale wrote: AuntieJoans wrote: I doubt he will become that important in the future, but I think it's a little bit dumb to name your child with such evil name. Maybe he didn't aware of the meaning of Lilith? Anyway, as a father he should really do reserch before naming his child lol, even he knew that the baby was meant to be evil like you said, there's no point to name her with an evil name. You would probably call me dumb then because if I have a little girl in the future, my husband and I will name her Lillith Victoria. I think it's sad you see people as dumb for picking a name just because you have some pre-concieved notion that a name is somehow "evil". Well, there are two ways this goes. 1. A name is evil because an evil person was given the name, which makes people not want to name their children it. Perfect example: Adolf. The name's origin is fine, but because it is associated with Adolf Hitler, it has fallen to disuse. 2. A name is evil in origin, even if the origin is fictional. Perfect example: Lucifer. The name of the fallen angel in the bible (aka the devil), it would esentally be naming your kid after the devil (regardless on your view of the religon). I believe Lilith falls into the second category. It means "of the night" and is the name of a jewish demon and Adam's first wife (if I've understood what others have written). Name your kid what you want, just realize certain people will see the name and think "evil". I do not assume anything about anyone based simply a name. I base my opinons of people on their actions and the way the present themselves to others.

Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of names that I would see as ill choices. (Many names Celebrites chose falls into this), but that has nothing to do with the "meaning" of the name. I think it's not a good idea to name you child after an object (Diamond, Jet, Cash, ect) It doesn't look good on college/job applications and doesn't look professional. Same goes with most unconvetional spellings of names or outright made up nonsense.

However, that does not make me assume anything about the person who was cursed with such a name.

Lillith, Adolf, and Lucifer are not names that fall into the above catagories.

I understand that certain names will remind people of certain things. That's unavoidable. I also know that not everyone will like or agree with whatever choice you make when naming your children. That's fine. However, assuming someone is "evil" or anything based of soley their name is wrong.