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I think that Bane is a great name, I really like it. The meaning isn't the greatest i guess but i still love. Do you think the meaning really ruins it?
The meaning is -
Fatal injury or ruin
A cause of harm, ruin, or death
A source of persistent annoyance or exasperation
A deadly poison
The meaning is -
Fatal injury or ruin
A cause of harm, ruin, or death
A source of persistent annoyance or exasperation
A deadly poison
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The name definitely ruins it for me. And I wouldnt want to walk around with a name that meant so many bad things. I would think that my parents didnt want me in the first place...like I was the "bane" of their existence or something. Ick!
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I think it could work only if it were short for a longer, quasi-medieval or quasi-Puritan name which indicated 'of what he is the bane.'
For example, there's a plant called Fleabane, which presumably can be made into a poison against fleas.
So Bane could be short for Fearbane, or Vicebane, or Serpentbane, or Doombane, or Griefbane or Dolorbane or Sorrowbane, or somesuch.
Crazy, artificial and weird? Yeah ... but at least it's not sad or repugnant!
Otherwise, Bane makes a great name for a guard dog.
For example, there's a plant called Fleabane, which presumably can be made into a poison against fleas.
So Bane could be short for Fearbane, or Vicebane, or Serpentbane, or Doombane, or Griefbane or Dolorbane or Sorrowbane, or somesuch.
Crazy, artificial and weird? Yeah ... but at least it's not sad or repugnant!
Otherwise, Bane makes a great name for a guard dog.
This message was edited 5/16/2007, 10:30 AM
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Bane makes a great name for a guard dog
In fact...
Diane Alexis Whipple (January 21, 1968 – January 26, 2001) was a lacrosse player and coach, who is best known as the fatal victim of a dog attack in San Francisco in January 2001. The dogs involved were two Presa Canario/mastiff mixes named Bane (male) and Hera (female), owned by neighbors living in the same apartment building. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Whipple]
So, yeah. Bane.
In fact...
Diane Alexis Whipple (January 21, 1968 – January 26, 2001) was a lacrosse player and coach, who is best known as the fatal victim of a dog attack in San Francisco in January 2001. The dogs involved were two Presa Canario/mastiff mixes named Bane (male) and Hera (female), owned by neighbors living in the same apartment building. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Whipple]
So, yeah. Bane.
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OH yes! I recall
... that must be why I thought of it. Gods, how that case raised my hackles. No pun intended. Those dog owners were flipping barbarian idiots. I say unapologetically. I'm glad they got convicted of murder, because it was.
... that must be why I thought of it. Gods, how that case raised my hackles. No pun intended. Those dog owners were flipping barbarian idiots. I say unapologetically. I'm glad they got convicted of murder, because it was.
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Fearbane is excellent. May I borrow it? :D
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Sure, glad someone likes it =D
I was thinking maybe I'll keep Sorrowbane. It seems like it could actually be in the right spirit for the name of a child.
I was thinking maybe I'll keep Sorrowbane. It seems like it could actually be in the right spirit for the name of a child.
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You know that some one will call him the "Bane of their existance..."
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uh... yes
I mean, you might as well name a person Ruin or Pest or Suffering. :)
I mean, you might as well name a person Ruin or Pest or Suffering. :)
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Yeah, I do.
If it's something like Cameron meaning "crooked nose," who cares? People who pull out obscure, esoteric things like that as reasons to despise a name (particularly when their real reasons have a lot more to do with its usage) are, IMO, being too pedantic. The average person isn't going to look at baby Cameron and say to their friends, "Oh, the poor boy. Did you know Diane named her baby Crooked Nose?"
Bane, however, is a commonly used English word with a bad meaning. It's not something where the etymological origin is veiled by centuries of time and language differences. Anyone who's been well-educated, and most of those who haven't been, is going to recognize the phrase "the bane of my existence." And the average person very well might titter to her friends over lunch, "Did you hear Sally's son is called Bane? Why not put a sign on him saying "not wanted"?" That, of course, is neither polite nor thoughtful, but it's something I would certainly expect if I named a son something that still very clearly means "a source of harm or ruin".
If you like the sound, Zane is always a possibility, as are Kane, Dane, Rain, Lane, Wayne, and Jayne (though that last one doesn't fly quite so easily ;). I'd prefer to see Zane to any of the others, personally.
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If it's something like Cameron meaning "crooked nose," who cares? People who pull out obscure, esoteric things like that as reasons to despise a name (particularly when their real reasons have a lot more to do with its usage) are, IMO, being too pedantic. The average person isn't going to look at baby Cameron and say to their friends, "Oh, the poor boy. Did you know Diane named her baby Crooked Nose?"
Bane, however, is a commonly used English word with a bad meaning. It's not something where the etymological origin is veiled by centuries of time and language differences. Anyone who's been well-educated, and most of those who haven't been, is going to recognize the phrase "the bane of my existence." And the average person very well might titter to her friends over lunch, "Did you hear Sally's son is called Bane? Why not put a sign on him saying "not wanted"?" That, of course, is neither polite nor thoughtful, but it's something I would certainly expect if I named a son something that still very clearly means "a source of harm or ruin".
If you like the sound, Zane is always a possibility, as are Kane, Dane, Rain, Lane, Wayne, and Jayne (though that last one doesn't fly quite so easily ;). I'd prefer to see Zane to any of the others, personally.
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Sorry, but major ditto. Especially "source of persistant annoyance." :( poor kid.
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Big ditto.
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Ditto Array, sorry
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It isn't just that its meaning is bad. It is a word. An actual word. An actual word with a bad meaning. People use those in sentences. "My mother-in-law is the bane of my existence."
It would be like naming someone Poison, Venom, Contagion or Contamination. I got all those out of a thesaurus.
Imagine your little Bane (your little poison?) sitting in class during the vocabulary lesson. Teasing potential? Yikes.
Don't. Please, just don't.
It would be like naming someone Poison, Venom, Contagion or Contamination. I got all those out of a thesaurus.
Imagine your little Bane (your little poison?) sitting in class during the vocabulary lesson. Teasing potential? Yikes.
Don't. Please, just don't.
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Well, it's not in the database. But, from the definition you give, I'd never use it. I think that meaning does indeed ruin the name. Besides, when I hear it, I think of Poison Ivy's sidekick, Bane.
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Ha! Poison Ivy I remember her, Bane would be her sidekicks name because of the whole poison thing, im sad now, I like it so much...
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Bane isn't the best name in the world, but if it didn't mean what it means, it would be alot better! Maybe you could find a name that is like Bane or rhymes with Bane but isn't Bane.
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FirChlis
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Yes, the meaning ruins it. Absolutely do not name a child Bane.
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